Faculty, 1947-1957
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Box 9. Materials relate to the interaction between the Office of the President and the members of the faculty, including policy documents, committee files, memoranda, and correspondence.
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Item Letter from Robert D. Leigh to Thomas Brockway Regarding Tenure(Bennington College, 1950-11-12) Leigh, RobertFormer Bennington College President Robert Leigh shares his experience in the operations of the 1-1-3-5-5 faculty tenure system with Tom Brockway.Item Report of the Committee on Faculty Salaries and Tenure as Amended by Faculty(Bennington College, 1935-03) Jones, Lewis W, 1899-1975; Garrett, Paul; Taggard, GenevieveItem Letter from Peter Drucker to President Frederick Burkhardt(Bennington College, 1947-12-02) Drucker, PeterItem Memorandum to the Faculty Regarding Faculty Re-appointments(Bennington College, 1947-12-01) Burkhardt, Frederick, 1913-2007"Normally, had there been only a limited number of renewals up, I should have made it my business to get sufficient evidence to make an independent and considered judgement. But with this great number, and my limited time in office, it has been impossible to do this."Item Special Report on the Faculty(Bennington College, 1955-10-24) Burkhardt, Frederick, 1913-2007In summary and conclusion it may be said that, despite the budgetary difficulties of the post-war years, the College has been successful in maintaining the high quality of its teaching staff. This was made possible by the practice of stringent economy in our operation and, perhaps most of all, by the devotion of the faculty to the College during a period when it was impossible for us to raise salaries as much as they should have been raised.Item Correspondence Regarding the Resignation of Stanley Kunitz and James Jackson(Bennington College, 1949) Kessler, Bernard; Duncan, Margaret; Franklin, ElsieCommunications about the resignations of faculty members, Stanley Kunitz and James Jackson Stanley Kunitz that may have started over the expulsion of Miriam Marx. More details can be found here https://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/articles/detail/68566Item Memorandum to Faculty from President Frederick Burkhardt(Bennington College, 1952-01-15) Burkhardt, Frederick, 1913-2007; Burkhardt/Box 9 of 16/Folder: 1947-1953 Faculty Committee-Faculty CommitteeItem Correspondence Between President Frederick Burkhardt and Ben Belitt regarding William Troy(Bennington College, 1948-01) Belitt, Ben, 1911-2003; Burkhardt, Frederick, 1913-2007