Joint Committee on Disciplinary Affairs Records, 1967-1973

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Series VIII. Assorted Materials

Series VIII. Assorted Materials consists of the JCDA's subject files, chronological files, and miscellaneous materials. The series is divided into three sub-series: Subseries 1. Miscellaneous, Subseries 2. Subject Files, and Subseries 3. Chronological files.


Subseries VIII.1. Miscellaneous

Subseries 1. Miscellaneous contains published materials, blank forms and other items.



Box 6 Folder 34 25 Man Rule, 1970-1971


Box 6 Folder 35 Appellant Information Sheets (unused), undated


Box 6 Folder 36 Criminal Action, 1972


Box 6 Folder 37 Executive Committee of the Faculty, 1968


Box 6 Folder 38 Faculty Response, 1968


Box 6 Folder 39 Injunctions, 1969-1970


Subseries VIII.2. Subject Files

Subseries 2. Subject Files were maintained as a group of informative material on various subjects directly or indirectly relating to the Committee's work. For example, the subject files have a folder of minutes of the University Committee on Rules of Conduct. These are records of another committee, but copies were kept by the JCDA for reference purposes. Of particular significance is the Deane and Connor Paper on Discipline written by Herbert A. Deane, vice provost for academic planning, and James E. Connor, assistant professor of government. The working paper evaluated the disciplinary system created by the University after the 1968 protests. The Students for a Restructured University (SRU) have a response to this paper in the subject files, as well. The 25 Man Rule documents part of the discussion and controversy over the rule. The rule revolved around the number of spectators allowed at tribunal hearings. The 25 Man Rule would allow a maximum of 25 spectators at any given hearing. For more information on the 25 Man Rule see Series I. Governance for minutes relating to the Rule. The folder of the "Temple Committee Reports" documents some of the work done by the Temple Committee, a Special Committee of the Trustees of Columbia University, established by the Trustees on May 1, 1968 in order to "study and recommend changes in the basic structure of the University." The Committee was named after its chairman Alan H. Temple.


Box 6 Folder 40 Alumni Response, 1968



Box 7 Folder 1 Booklet of Important Documentation, 1968-1972


Box 7 Folder 2 Charters and Statutes, 1970


Box 7 Folder 3 "Columbia University in Crisis" by A.G. Hart, 1968


Box 7 Folder 4 Cox Commission, Quentin Anderson Testimony, undated


Box 7 Folder 5 Deane and Connor Paper on Discipline, 1968


Box 7 Folder 6 Deane and Connor Paper, SRU Response to, undated


Box 7 Folder 7 Discipline at Other Universities, 1968


Box 7 Folder 8 Education Protest Legislation, 1969


Box 7 Folder 9 Graduate Student Union Paper on Discipline, 1968


Box 7 Folder 10 Independent Faculty Group Memorandum, 1968


Box 7 Folder 11 Report of the Columbia University Committee on Relations with Outside Agencies (Henkin Report),, 1968


Box 7 Folder 12 Rules of Conduct (never promulgated), 1969


Box 7 Folder 13 Status of University Discipline, Reports, 1968-1969


Box 7 Folder 14 Student Council, 1964


Box 7 Folder 15 Student Life Report, 1967


Box 7 Folder 16 Student Organizations, 1969


Box 7 Folder 17 Students for A Restructured University (SRU) Petition, 1968


Box 7 Folder 18 Temple Committee Reports, 1968-1969


Box 7 Folder 19 Tribunal Letters, Samples, 1972


Box 7 Folder 20 University Committee on Rules of Conduct, Liss Report, undated


Box 7 Folder 21 University Committee on Rules of Conduct, Minutes, 1968-1969


Box 7 Folder 22 University Senate Bulletins and Documents, 1969-1970


Box 7 Folder 23 University Senate, Proposal For, 1968-1969


Box 7 Folder 24 "Who Rules Columbia?", 1968


Subseries VIII.3. Chronological Files

Subseries 3. Chronological Files appear to have been created by the JCDA administrative assistant who compiled all of the important correspondence and documentation for a given time period and bound it together chronologically for reference use. Therefore, the material in the chronological files is mostly duplicate material found in other areas of the records.


Box 7 Folder 25 Chronological Files Copy 1, 1968-1970


Box 7 Folder 26 Chronological Files Copy 2, 1968-1970


Box 7 Folder 27 Chronological Files Copy 1, 1970 July -1971 July, 1970


Box 7 Folder 28 Chronological Files Copy 2, 1970 July -1971 July, 1970


Box 7 Folder 29 Chronological Files, 1971 July -1972 July, 1971


Box 7 Folder 30 Chronological Files, 1972 July -1973 May, 1972