A Guide to the University of Connecticut, Committee of Five Records

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Library

Summary Information

Repository:
Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Library
Creator:
University of Connecticut. Committee of Five
Title:
University of Connecticut, Committee of Five Records
ID:
1970.0002
Date [inclusive]:
[1953]-1956
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of the Material:
English
Abstract:
In March of 1953, a Committee of Five was appointed by the standing committee of the University Senate (acting at the request of the administration) to investigate the charge that four members of the faculty, Paul Zilsel, Robert Glass, Harold Lewis, and Emanuel Margolis, were communists. Committee members included Fred A. Cazel, Jr., Harold G. Halcrow, C. Albert Kind, Arthur L. Wood, and Marcel Kessel as Chairman. In a unanimous report, the committee recommended to the Board of Trustees that all four faculty members be retained at the University of Connecticut.

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], University of Connecticut, Committee of Five Records. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Library.

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History

In March 1953, a Committee of Five was appointed by the standing committee of the University Senate (acting at the request of the administration) to investigate the charge that four members of the faculty, Paul Zilsel, Robert Glass, Harold Lewis, and Emanuel Margolis, were communists. Committee members included Fred A. Cazel, Jr., Harold G. Halcrow, C. Albert Kind, Arthur L. Wood, and Marcel Kessel as Chairman. In a unanimous report, the committee recommended to the Board of Trustees that all four faculty members be retained at the University of Connecticut.

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Scope and Content

These records primarily contain minutes of the Committee's meetings and the final report.

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement

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Revision Description

Revised for consistency. 2017 October

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from the owner(s) of the copyright.

Acquisition Information

These papers were donated by Marcel Kessel at an undetermined date.

Access

The collection is open and available for research.

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Controlled Access Headings

  • Anti-communist movements
  • Communists
  • Administrative records
  • Education
  • United States (nation)
  • Political participation
  • Connecticut (state)
  • Communism
  • Academic freedom

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Collection Inventory

Series I: Committee Records, 1953-1954

Title/DescriptionInstances
Correspondence, 1953 March - 1954 April
box 1 folder 1
Minutes of meetings, 1953 March - 1953 June
box 1 folder 2
Glass, Robert, 1953, 1956
box 1 folder 6
Lewis, Harold, 1953
box 1 folder 7
Margolis, Emanuel, 1953
box 1 folder 8
Zilsel, Paul, 1953
box 1 folder 9
American Associations of University Professors, 1953
box 1 folder 10
The Atlantic, vol. 191 no. 6, 1953 June
box 1 folder 11
Princeton Alumni Weekly, vol. LII no. 22, 1953 April 17
box 1 folder 12
Clippings, 1953
box 1 folder 13

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Series II: Report to the Board of Trustees of the University of Connecticut by the Committee of Five Investigating Charges of Communism Against Four Members of the Faculty, 1953

Title/DescriptionInstances
Draft pieces and notes, undated
box 1 folder 3
Semi-final Draft, undated
box 1 folder 4
Final Draft, 1953
box 1 folder 5

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