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Council of the Princeton University Community Records, 1965-2000 (bulk 1969-1976): Finding Aid

AC183

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Published in 2002

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Summary Information

Creator:

Princeton University. Council of the Princeton University Community.

Title and dates:

Council of the Princeton University Community Records, 1965-2000 (bulk 1969-1976)

Abstract:

The Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) was born out of the Special Committee on the Structure of the University established by President Robert F. Goheen in May 1968. CPUC is primarily a deliberative and consultative body, with the authority to “consider and investigate” university policy, governance, and any general issue related to the welfare of the University. Much of the work of the Council takes place through its standing committees: the Executive Committee, the Committee on Rights and Rules, the Committee on Governance, the Committee on Priorities, the Committee on Resources, and the Judicial Committee.

Size:

5.46 linear feet (13 archival boxes, 1 half-size archival box)

Call number:

AC183

Location:

Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.
Princeton University Archives.
Princeton, New Jersey 08540 USA

Language(s) of material:

English.

Storage note:

This collection is stored onsite at the Mudd Manuscript Library.

History of the Council of the Princeton University Community

In the tumultuous decade of the 1960s, the fight for civil rights and the escalating war in Vietnam dominated the American sociopolitical landscape. The college campus was but one stage on which these issues played themselves out. In 1964, student activists at the University of California, Berkeley came into conflict with administration officials over what they saw as their right to conduct civil rights and antiwar campaigns on campus. The confrontations that ensued began a wave of student protests intent on asserting the right to free speech. In December 1964, some 800 students were arrested for occupying the UC Administration building.

In the years that followed, student unrest gripped campuses across the country, including Princeton's. The 1967-68 academic year was particularly tense. A number of issues were being hotly debated on campus: the future of the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program and military recruitment, counseling students about the draft, the rule regarding women visitors in dormitories, and the relationship of the University to the Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA). On May 2, 1968, demonstrators marched on campus to the rallying cry “Community Control of Community Affairs” and demanded that the administration change its policies on all of these issues. In the largest demonstration in Princeton's history, more than 1,100 people marched on Nassau Hall to protest the exclusion of students and faculty from university decision-making. Peter Kaminsky, president of the Undergraduate Assembly (UGA), criticized University Trustees and administrators for what he called an “arrogant dismissal of student and faculty demands.” The University, in the view of demonstrators, should be “a community of students and faculty, not businessmen.” Their primary demand was a complete break with IDA. IDA, a Washington-based nonprofit research organization whose principal customer was the Department of Defense, was under the direction of retired General Maxwell D. Taylor, who also served as a special presidential assistant on Vietnam. Concerned members of the Princeton community expressed that association with IDA suggested a corporate stand on political issues, something that the University had traditionally avoided. “Change and advance in the university,” observed University President Robert F. Goheen, “must always be pursued by argument and debate, by reasoning rather than force.” In May 1968, Goheen established the Special Committee on the Structure of the University to be the agent of change for Princeton University.

In May 1969, the Committee publicized its final plans for a university-wide senate to be called the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC). Providing a forum through which all the major groups of the University could address problems and reach consensus, the first meeting of the Council took place on October 27, 1969.

The membership of CPUC is comprised of the University President, the Provost, and five representatives chosen by the President from among the Financial Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary of the University, the General Counsel, the Dean of the Faculty, the Dean of the Graduate School, the Dean of the College, and the Dean of Student Life. One member of the Library Staff, Administrative Staff, Research Staff, Technical Staff, and Office Staff also serves, in addition to fifteen faculty members, twelve undergraduate students, seven graduate students, and four alumni.

CPUC is primarily a deliberative and consultative body, with the authority to “consider and investigate” university policy, governance, and any general issue related to the welfare of the University. Recommendations are then made to the appropriate decision-making bodies, or to the appropriate officers, of the University. Typically the Council meets once a month, October through May, with special meetings as needed. Moreover, all Council meetings are open to the public. Much of the work of the Council is conducted through its standing committees. When first established in 1969, CPUC consisted of six such committees: Rights and Rules, Governance, Plans and Resources, Trustee Relations, External Relations, and Community Relations. Reflecting two of the most explosive issues on campus at the time, the committees on Trustee Relations and External Relations were established to ensure that the make-up of the University's Board of Trustees was less exclusive and to review Princeton's association with outside organizations to avoid the conflicts that grew out of the relationship with IDA.

Five years later, in 1974, CPUC issued a new charter that dismantled the Trustee Relations and External Relations Committees. The Committee on Priorities was established to review the budget and consider any issues that surfaced during budget preparations. The Committee on Community Relations became the Committee on Relations with the Local Community, but the focus was the same: ensuring a productive relationship between the University and the surrounding community. The Judicial Committee was established to hear cases of misconduct that involved alleged violations of the established rules and regulations of the University, such as infringements against the Honor System. When individuals contended that the proceedings against them were not conducted fairly, the Judicial Committee agreed to consider appeals.

The charter underwent a third revision in 1977, and the committees underwent their third and final evolution. The Committee on Relations with the Local Community was dropped, leaving only the Executive Committee, Committees on Rights and Rules, Governance, Priorities, Resources (formerly the Committee on Plans and Resources), and the Judicial Committee. In this final arrangement, the Executive Committee continued to set the annual agenda for CPUC committees. The Committee on Rights and Rules contemplated the fairness and effectiveness of rules of conduct within the university community, making recommendations to amend or reconsider regulations as appropriate. The Committee on Governance continued to manage concerns related to university authority and, in consultation with the Committee on Honorary Degrees of the Board of Trustees, offer advice on the awarding of honorary degrees. While the Committee on Priorities continued to review budgetary matters, the Committee on Resources concentrated on questions of general policy concerning the procurement and management of the University's financial resources. Finally, the Judicial Committee continued to hear and rule on cases of alleged violations of university regulations.

Special committees also have been established from time to time. For example, in 1970, the Special Committee on Sponsored Research was charged with an examination of Princeton's unwillingness to accept any outside funds for weapons-related research. In 1969, the Subcommittee on the Operation of the University Store examined the need for a new store to serve a growing student body with an eye toward profitability. The Subcommittee issued its report in 1970 recommending that the store not exist as a passive resource for books and supplies, but should rather proactively influence the community through a wider selection of books, parking options, a new and larger location, and the addition of lines of merchandise that “appeal[ed] to the changing composition of the University,” i.e., women.

Description

Material in the collections consists of minutes of meetings, reports, and correspondence produced by CPUC and its subsidiary committees. In addition, transcripts of judicial hearings as well as accompanying audio tapes of the hearings are included.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

• Series 1, Council Administration, 1970-1983
• Series 2, Committees of the Council of the Princeton University Community, 1969-2000
• Series 3, Ad-Hoc Committees, Subcommittees, and Reports, 1965-1977
• Series 4, Audio Material, 1972-1977

Access and Use

Access

The group and individual case files of CPUC's Judicial Committee concern persons who were the focus of investigative or disciplinary action. These files (Box 7, folders 6-15, Box 8, Folders 1-11, and Box 15), together with Judicial Committee material in Box 6, Folders 4-12, and Box 7, Folders 1-2, are therefore closed for the lifetime of the persons to whom they relate.

Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the University Archivist. Copyright is held by the Trustees of Princeton University.

Acquisition and Appraisal

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated to the Archives by the Council of the Princeton University Community.

Processing and Other Information

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Susan Hamson and Hiroko Hosaka '03 in September 2002. Finding aid written by Susan Hamson and Hiroko Hosaka '03 in September 2002.

Descriptive Rules Used

Finding aid content adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.

Encoding

Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Techbooks and Cristela García-Spitz on November 16, 2006.

Finding aid written in English.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Council of the Princeton University Community Records, Box and Folder Number; Princeton University Archives, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Subject Headings

These materials have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.

• Princeton University Council of the Princeton University Community.
• Princeton University Administration.
• Princeton University -- Faculty.
• Princeton University -- History.
• Universities and colleges -- Administration.
• Minutes.
• Correspondence.
• Memoranda.
• Audiovisual.
• Reports.

Browse other finding aids related to the following terms:

• Princeton University

Contents List

1. Series 1, Council Administration, 1970-1983 Series Description Series 1, Council Administration, 1970-1983, contains rosters of members and CPUC minutes arranged in chronological order. Series Arrangement (arranged by topic)

2. Committee Memberships, 1970-1980

   Box 1, Folder 1

3. Roll Call/Votes, 1973-1974

   Box 1, Folder 2

4. Membership, 1975-1983

   Box 1, Folder 3-18

5. Election Protocols, 1975

   Box 1, Folder 19

6. Minutes, 1974-1983

   Box 2, Folder 1-9

7. Minutes and Memoranda, 1974 Jan-May

   Box 3, Folder 1-9

8. Series 2, Committees of the Council of the Princeton University Community, 1969-2000 Series Description Series 2, Committees of the Council of the Princeton University Community, 1969-2000, contains minutes of meetings, reports, and correspondence produced by the Executive Committee, the Committee on Governance, the Judicial Committee, the Priorities Committee, the Committee on Resources, and the Committee on Rights and Rules. The Judicial Committee material contains group and individual case files that involve individuals who were the focus of investigative or disciplinary actions. These files, together with material in Box 6, Folders 4-12, and Box 7, Folders 1-2, are restricted for the lifetime of the individuals identified. Series Arrangement (arranged alphabetically by committee and topic)

9. Executive Committee Business, 1969-1982

   Box 4, Folder 1-5

10. Executive Committee: Minutes and Memoranda, 1969-1979

    Box 4, Folder 6-17

11. Executive Committee: Minutes, 1980-1982

    Box 5, Folder 1-3

12. Executive Committee: Nominating Sub-Committee, 1972-1983

    Box 5, Folder 4-7

13. Governance Committee, 1969-1983

    Box 5, Folder 8-20

14. Governance Committee: Material on Board of Trustees, 1970-1973

    Box 5, Folder 21

15. Governance Committee Minutes, 1969-1979 Mar

    Box 6, Folder 1-2

16. Governance Committee: Unionized Library Staff Representation, undated

    Box 6, Folder 3

17. Judicial Committee, 1970-1983 [RESTRICTED]

    Box 6, Folder 4-12

18. Judicial Committee: Correspondence, 1969-1973 [RESTRICTED]

    Box 6, Folder 13-16

19. Judicial Committee: Correspondence, 1973-1977 [RESTRICTED]

    Box 7, Folder 1-2

20. Judicial Committee: Procedures, 1970

    Box 7, Folder 3

21. Judicial Committee: Procedures, Changes in, 1969-1973

    Box 7, Folder 4

22. Judicial Committee: Rules and Regulations, 1971-1973

    Box 7, Folder 5

23. Judicial Committee: Group Cases: Firestone Sit-In, 1980 Mar 17 [RESTRICTED]

    Box 7, Folder 6

24. Judicial Committee: Group Cases: Nassau Hall Sit-In, 1978 Apr 14 [RESTRICTED]

    Box 7, Folder 7

25. Judicial Committee: Group Cases: Nassau Hall Sit-In: Appeals, 1972 [RESTRICTED]

    Box 7, Folder 8

26. Judicial Committee: Group Cases: Nassau Hall Sit-In: Hearings, 1972 [RESTRICTED]

    Box 7, Folder 9

27. Judicial Committee: Group Cases: Nassau Hall Sit-In: Pre-Hearing Conference, 1972 [RESTRICTED]

    Box 7, Folder 10

28. Judicial Committee: Group Cases: ROTC Classes, 1972 Fall [RESTRICTED]

    Box 7, Folder 11

29. Judicial Committee: Individual Cases, 1973-1979 [RESTRICTED]

    Box 7, Folder 12-15

30. Judicial Committee: Individual Cases, 1972-1977 [RESTRICTED]

    Box 8, Folder 1-11

31. Priorities Committee, 1969-1981

    Box 8, Folder 12-17

32. Priorities Committee, 1981-1990

    Box 9, Folder 1-10

33. Priorities Committee, 1989-1993 Nov

    Box 10, Folder 1-5

34. Priorities Committee: Report to the President: Recommendations Concerning the Budget, 1970-1983

    Box 10, Folder 6-18

35. Priorities Committee: Report to the President: Recommendations Concerning the Budget, 1983-2000

    Box 11, Folder 1-17

36. Resources Committee, 1969-1979

    Box 11, Folder 18-23

37. Resources Committee, 1979-1983

    Box 12, Folder 1-4

38. Rights and Rules Committee, 1969-1983

    Box 12, Folder 5-11

39. Ad-Hoc Committees, Subcommittees, and Reports, 1965-1977 Series Description Series 3, Ad-Hoc Committees, Subcommittees, and Reports, 1965-1977, includes material generated by short-term committees that addressed narrow issues of interest to the Council. Also in this series are various reports made to the Council by the President, Ad-Hoc Committees, and others. Material generated by the short-lived Local Relations Committee is also located here. Series Arrangement (arranged alphabetically by committee and report)

40. Ad Hoc Committee on ROTC, undated

    Box 12, Folder 12

41. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Free Speech, 1973

    Box 12, Folder 13

42. Advisory Environmental Committee, 1970-1973

    Box 12, Folder 14

43. Charter Amendments, 1973-1977

    Box 12, Folder 15

44. Committee on Land Resources and Development, 1975-1976

    Box 12, Folder 16

45. Committee on Relations with the Local Community: Correspondence, 1969-1973

    Box 12, Folder 17

46. Committee on Relations with the Local Community: Minutes, 1970-1972

    Box 12, Folder 18

47. Correspondence, Ad-Hoc Committees and Subcommittees, 1971-1975

    Box 13, Folder 1-4

48. Institute for Defense Analysis Negotiations, 1970-1972

    Box 13, Folder 5

49. President's Report, 1970 Oct 16

    Box 13, Folder 6

50. Report of the Chairman of the University Research Board and the Annual Report of the Office of Research and Project Administration, 1970-1971

    Box 13, Folder 7

51. Report: The Use of Time in University Governance, 1975 Sep

    Box 13, Folder 8

52. Special Committee on Outside Speakers, 1971

    Box 13, Folder 9

53. Special Committee on Sponsored Research: The Kuhn Report, 1970

    Box 13, Folder 10

54. Steering Committee of the Office and Library Staff, 1972-1973

    Box 13, Folder 11

55. Subcommittee on the Operation of the University Store: Correspondence, 1965-1975

    Box 13, Folder 12-15

56. Subcommittee on the Operation of the University Store: Surveys, 1970

    Box 13, Folder 16

57. Recommendations: Student Search Procedure, 1974

    Box 14, Folder 1

58. Recommendations: Various, 1973-1975

    Box 14, Folder 2

59. Audio Material, 1972-1977 Series Description Series 4, Audio Material, 1972-1977, is comprised of the reel-to-reel and cassette audiotaped Judicial Committee hearings for individual students whose cases are documented in Boxes 7 and 8 of Series 2. This series is restricted. Series Arrangement (arranged alphabetically by last name)

60. Judicial Committee: Individual Cases, Tapes, 1972-1977 [RESTRICTED]

    Box 15, Folder 1-9

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