Abstract

The Arthur K. Bierman Papers consist of the papers of San Francisco State University Professor Arthur K. Bierman for the years 1957 through 1984. The collection documents Bierman's early organizing for the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), his involvement in the 1968-1969 strike at San Francisco State College, his work to abolish the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), and his other efforts to defend civil liberties.

Abstract Comprises minutes of the executive board, constitution and bylaws, membership documentation, publications of the UPC and its locals, grievance files, committee records, collective bargaining material, information on the CSUC budget and policies, subject files on salaries, hiring, affirmative action, strikes and picket line material, and information on other academic organizations. Includes material on the origins of UPC and the AFT College Council (1965-1967), and records and ephemera...