Folder 1, report of the Consultative Committee on Presidential Selection to the Academic Senate on the preparatory activities of the committee.

Folder 2, memo of Bob Smith, Chairman of the Consultative Committe, to Chancellor Dumke and Vice Chancellor Keene on the appointment of an acting president to replace Paul Dodd.

Folder 3, memo by Daniel D. Federer, Dean of Academic Planning on the proposal for a new major to be offered to a limited number of students to pursue a new type of educational program, memo to faculty and commentary by Marshall Windmiller, International Relations, on the planning of a convocation with the purpose of preventing possible disruptions of academic life by the Vietnam war, memo and analysis by Eric Solomon on the effects of the Vietnam war on university departments, instruction, courses and syllabi and on college recruiting by outside organizations, letter of Chancellor Dumke to the faculties of the California State Colleges regarding a special meeting of the Board of Trustees regarding the environment of uncertainty in American national and international policies, campus demonstrations, disruptions of educational programs, San Francisco State College unrest, emergency regulations, due process, disciplinary actions, academic freedom, academic self-governance, lawful dissent and threats to established institutions and to the American way of life.

Folder 4, memo to the Academic Senate by Rudolph Weingartner on the failure of the Senate to handle campus problems, memo by Eric Solomon to Michael Gregory on the SFSC position in regard to the Trustees, President Summerskill's public statement on resignation, documents related to the selection of a new president, including candidates' curricula vitae, campus newsletters, public relations approach, criteria for the selection, and rules for faculty involvement. More materials include letter by the Faculty Committe Against Repression of Black People to U S President Lyndon B. Johnson and Governor Ronald Reagan regarding the police treatment of the Black Panther Party, letters of William Perlmutter, Dean at State University of New York and of John H. Bunzel, Chairman Department Political Science re: recommendation for president job.

Folder 5, position statement by the Council of Academic Deans critical of President Summerskill's adverse decision regarding academic programs for minority/deprived students and the hiring of a faculty member, report to the academic community and timeline of events leading to the decision to close the administration building, School of Humanities emergency meeting report including dissociation with the AFROTC program and announcement of constitutional convention with the purpose of finding means of governing SFSC, memo of Caroline Shrodes dissenting with the Council of Academic Deans position, Mario D'Angeli Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee for Responsible Action's memo urging college administration to honor the previous administration's committment regarding academic programs for minorities and a referendum on the ROTC issue, SFSC's statement of operating principles following leadership changes in the student body, the academic senate and college administration, correspondence with the District Attorney and the Major of San Francisco requesting clemency and to enter a plea on behalf of arrested students and faculty, and correspondence with the Roger Alvarado Defense Fund between Eric Solomon and Robert E. Flynn regarding the status of the litigation. Other materials include faculty letter to the Board of Trustees requesting explicit rules of governance for the administration of the entire California State Colleges, paper by John H. Bunzel on Black Studies at SFSC and detailed request for a new degree program, Faculty Renaissance's position paper and statement of policy, program and aims, and informative pamphlet on the AFROTC referendum.

Folder 6, statements by President Robert R. Smith regarding the suspension of George Murray and the college efforts to increase educational opportunities for people of minority racial and ethnic background, memo of the Instructional Policies Committee on the approval of a Black Studies B.A. proposal, open letter of resignation by Ralph Anspach critical of the Instructional Policies Committee's (IPC) resolution that gave college administration staffing rights over the Black Studies Department, faculty actions summary in the case of George Murray and the Black Studies Department, statement from the Academic Senate in support of President Smith and addressing the College crisis as a manifestation of the larger cultural crisis of urban America and the increasing divide between the rich and the poor, statement to the Board of Trustees by Victor Lee, President of the California State College Student Presidents Association denouncing outside political intervention in the determination of college internal affairs, arbitrary interruption of due process, undue pressure on the president, and inadequacy of the curriculum. Other materials include statement of conscience of members of the English Department denouncing police presence on campus and requesting the creation and funding of a Department of Black Studies, statement in support of the right of students to participate in the governance and academic affairs of the college, and others.

Folder 7, Eastern Universities letter of support for striking students and faculty condemning Hayakawa's authoritarianism, the indifference of the Trustees and interference of Governor Reagan, Local 1352 AFT meeting resolution expressing outrage at punitive arrests of students, faculty and community members and pressing the District Attorney and Mayor Alioto to drop all charges, Hayakawa's Spring Semester welcome letter, Urban Whitaker memo arguing for a College instead than a School of Ethnic Studies, Jesse P. Ritter, Jr. of the SFSC Federation of Teachers , Local 1352 letter regarding the legitimacy of a paycheck and attendance report, SFSC Federation of Teachers letter regarding the legitimacy of a faculty meeting called by Hayakawa, letter from Trustee Louis H. Heilbron and Frank D Dollard for Acting President Hayakawa, addressed to Mr. George W. Johns Secretary-Treasurer of San Francisco Labor Council, re: Board of Trustees recommendations regarding an appellate grievance procedure, in matters of authority of the Board of Trustees, amnesty, arrests, grievance procedures, funding and maintainement of faculty positions, staffing and budgeting of the Black Studies Department, reduced teaching load, inspection of personal files, rehiring and reinstatement of striking persons and others. Other materials and topics include memo from Franklin Sheehan to Dean D. Pentony regarding physical plans and estimate costs for a School of Ethnic Studies, certified letter from James R. Wilson, Dean to H. E. Solomon regarding attendance and regularly assigned instructional duties, letter to faculty and staff from Trustee Heilbron and Acting President Hayakawa clarifying misunderstandings in the settlement of the strike of AFT Local 1352 in matter of amnesty, arrests and warrants, reduced teaching load, docking and pay reduction, letter from Eric Solomon to Leo McClatchy on controversial aspects of student disciplinary hearings, memo from Kai-yu Hsu to James R. Wilson regarding Professor Ruby Cohn's resignation, and others.

Folder 8, handwritten letter to Mr. Solomon from one of his students requesting to be graded, copy of the play "The Criticism of Function at the Present Time or As You Have It" by Kenneth Parker, memo regarding the appointment of members to the HRTP Committee for the School of Third World Studies, memo to the Academic Senate regarding operational procedures of the Presidential Selection Committee, AFT press release on Hayakawa's insensitivity to the educational needs of non-white people and the dismantlement attempt of ethnic minority programs, open letter to Hayakawa and the taxpayers of California from the SFSC AFT Local 1352 discussing among other subjects, the re-appointment of Juan Martinez and Nathan Hare, letter from richard L. Trapp, Acting Dean, to Eric Solomon offering reappointment to a full- time position, letter from SFSC FT Local 1352 to faculty regarding a recent meeting with Hayakawa and denouncing the total assumption of power by the Reagan-Dumke-Hayakawa forces. Other materials and topics include a questionnaire regarding critical developemnts on the development and purpose of the Black Studies Program, letter from the Office of the President to the SFSC community regardingserious troubles and events in the Black Studies Department, and others.

Folder 9, memo from the Office of the Academic Senate to faculty regarding the appointment of members to the Committe on Academic Freedom, memorandum on the matter of reappointment consideration of several members of faculty in the School of Ethnic Studies (list of names included), memos from David R. Seibert and Lloyd Crisp about attendance to faculty meetings, and others.

Folder 10, handwritten message from Hayakawa to Eric Solomon.

Folder 11, flyers and memo promoting mobilization against the arrest and trial of Huey Newton, account of the resolution of SFSC student disturbances by Ralph Anspach, unauthored paper titled "Cynicism in the Curts - The San Francisco State College Strike trials", proposal of Constitutional Convention for the creation of a "shared university", statement by the Ad Hoc Committe on the Chancellor's violation of Academic Due Process in the case of George Murray, unauthoted faculty request for BSU-TWLF demands implementation, a Board of Expidition, a special Inter-Ehnic Grievance Panel, departmental equality and others. Other materials and topics include a "no confidence" motion in Hayakawa introduced by Academic Senator Ralph Anspach and containing hand-written notes, list of faculty grievances and demands to make SFSC an autonomous center for free and equitable education, flyers on Martin Luther King and political firing at SFSC, lists of resolutions and demands authored by different faculty and faculty bodies, list of people likely scheduled to be present at several sit in stations, and others.

Folder 12, handwritten note on AFROTC, flyer denouncing the attempt of the administration to reopen campus under police surveillance and control, proposal for "A New School of American Ethnic Studies in San Francisco" by DeVere Pentony, Paper titled "Relevance: The Shadow of a Magnitude" (author's name not legible), directory of Scholl deans and Department Chairmen, genearl statements from Academic Freedom Commitee, the Academic Senate, and concerned faculty on the crisis, memo from Nancy McDermid to Eric Solomon on presence and behavior of recruiters for private corporations on campus, on freedom of speech and other issues, envelope addressed to Dr Solomon containing handwritten notes, drafts of speeches for unidentified events and handwritten notes signed by Eric Solomon, memo to Eric Solomon, Leo Young and Robert Branch from John Keane regarding statements erroneously attributed to Eric Solomon, statement from Leo G. MC Clatchy, Chairman of the Academic Senate clarifyng his personal feelings about the resignation of Robert R. Smith as president of SFSC, some issues with the process of appointment and confirmation of Robert R. Smith and announcing that the Trustees and Chancellor Dumke did not consult with the Presidential Selection Committee before announcing the appointment of Hayakawa as Acting President. Other materials and topics include flyers and clippings on student arrests, disciplinary procedures, faculties denied tenure/reappointment, support for the AFT, and others.