Milton Derber Papers, 1938-1987

Description: Papers of Milton Derber (1915- ), professor of labor and industrial relations (1949-87), including correspondence (1941-88), notes course materials (1953-82), reports and minutes of the College of Liberal Arts and sciences Committee on Policy/Planning and Development & Executive Committee (1964-66); University Senate Coordination Council, and Senate Committee on Academic Freedom (1951-56, 1964-66); concerning general educational requirements and recommendations for revision; educational opportunities for the Black population; proposals for new academic programs, committee membership; promotion and tenure policies of university faculty, proposed amendment of University publications on American Labor relations (1955-70). The series includes correspondence, budgets, publications, interview notes, and research material on "Bargaining & Budget-Making in Illinois Public Institutions" (1970-79), "Labor-Management Committees In Illinois" (1977-80), "Midwest Public Employee Bargaining: (1972-76) & "Labor in Illinois" (1978-87). The series includes material on industrial relations, labor unions and public employees in Danville, Decatur, East St. Louis, Peoria and Rockford; ethics; ethnicity; industrial democracy; labor history; mediation; race relations; Industrial Relations Research Association (1946-82); International Institute for Labor Studies (1978-87).