Title: UW-Milwaukee Equal Opportunity Office Records
Inclusive Dates: 1971-1988

Creator:

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Equal Opportunity Office

Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 9

Quantity: 5.6 cubic ft. (7 boxes)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

The collection documents affirmative action planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). The records largely consist of affirmative action plans, goals and timetables, and reports. Recruitment of minorities and women was a priority for the Equal Opportunity Office (EOO), and the collection has a large amount of materials on their availability and recruiting. The program manual and files on policies and guidelines detail legislation and procedures for handling gender and racial discrimination cases, filing grievances, and academic staff hiring. The numerous affirmative action reports detail how well UWM met its hiring goals for academic staff and faculty. There are records on the Ad Hoc Committee for the Status of Academic Women, the Advisory Committee for Disabled Students, Minority and Disadvantaged Students Task Force on Planning, and the Wisconsin Task Force on Equal Education Opportunities. The collection also contains correspondence and memos from the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor concerning affirmative action. The files on individual offices and departments contain information on their goals, timetables, and results in reaching affirmative action quotas. The final report of the Search and Screen Committee for the Assistant Chancellor for Equal Opportunity, which is not restricted, contains questions asked of the candidates and describes how the final selection was made.

Language: English

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The Vice Chancellor and his staff developed UWM's first Affirmative Action Program in September 1973. It included the creation of an Affirmative Action Office and appointment of a Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Affirmative Action as the office's director. The office was created to monitor the University's compliance with federal affirmative action laws as outlined by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in Higher Education Guidelines (October 1972). The Affirmative Action Office began operation during the 1973-1974 academic year.

Before the 1975-1976 academic year, the Affirmative Action Office was renamed the Equal Opportunity Office. Before the 1988-1989 academic year, the office became the Office of Affirmation Action and Equal Opportunity. The office documents compliance with federal and state affirmative action and equal opportunity laws and investigates complaints of discrimination on campus.

The files are organized alphabetically by personal name, name of office, or by subject, then chronologically. Files can contain a variety of materials, including correspondence, staff memos, and reports.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The collection originally consisted of ten separate accessions. The date of transfer of five accessions is unknown, but predates 1989. Unknown administrators transferred the other five accessions on 26 May 1983, June 1983, 1 October 1984 (two accessions), and 27 November 1986.

Processing Information

Theresa Larson processed the collection at the Archives in February through March 1993. Box 5 was processed and added to the collection in July 1993. Jessica Sawinski processed additional material in December 2006. Jeremy Brett processed accession 1993-018 in May 2007.

Box   1 Folder   1	Ad Hoc Committee for the Status of Academic Women, 1971-1973
Box   1 Folder   2	Administrative Internships, 1975
Box   1 Folder   3	Advanced Opportunity Programs, 1977-1979
Box   1 Folder   4-6	Advisory Committee for Disabled Students, 1976-1980
Box   1 Folder   7	Affirmative Action, 1974-1976
Box   6 Folder   1	Affirmative Action Advisory and Planning Committee, 1987-1988
Box   6 Folder   2	Affirmative Action Data, 1973-1976
Box   6 Folder   3-5	Affirmative Action Data, 1979-1981
Box   6 Folder   6-7	Affirmative Action Data, 1983-1984
Box   1 Folder   8	Affirmative Action for Women, 1974
Box   1 Folder   9	Affirmative Action Guidelines, 1973
Box   1 Folder   10-30	Affirmative Action Plan, 1973-1974
Box   1 Folder   31-36	Affirmative Action Plan, 1976
Box   2 Folder   1-22	Affirmative Action Plan, 1976-1981
Box   2 Folder   23	Affirmative Action Plan for Disabled Vietnam Veterans, 1977
Box   2 Folder   24-25	Affirmative Action Program Manual, 1980-1981
Box   2 Folder   26	Affirmative Action Program Proposal, 1972
Box   3 Folder   1	Affirmative Action Progress Report on the Representation and Status of Minority Group Members, July 1, 1976
Box   7 Folder   1	Affirmative Action Progress Reports, 1981-1983
Box   3 Folder   2-5	Affirmative Action Report, 1973
Box   3 Folder   6	Affirmative Action Report, 1975
Box   3 Folder   7	Affirmative Action Report, 1978
Box   3 Folder   8	American Association for Affirmative Action, 1973-1976
Box   3 Folder   9	American Association of University Professors, 1975
Box   3 Folder   10	Annual Reports, 1975-1977
Box   3 Folder   11	Applicant Flow Form, Classified Staff, 1974-1976
Box   3 Folder   12	Application Forms, 1975
Box   3 Folder   13	Appointment of Graduate Student Staff, 1975-1976
Box   3 Folder   14	Auxiliary Enterprises, 1975-1976
Box   3 Folder   15-16	Baum, Werner, Chancellor, Memoranda, 1974-1978
Box   7 Folder   2	Budget Planning Documents, 1984-1987
Box   3 Folder   17	Budget Preparation Materials, 1975-1977
Box   3 Folder   18	Central Administration Reports, 1973-1974
Box   3 Folder   19	Central Administration Reports, 1975-1977
Box   3 Folder   20	Changing Role of Women in the Humanities, 1976-1977
Box   3 Folder   21	Classified Applicant Flow Data, 1974-1976
Box   3 Folder   22	College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1973-1977
Box   3 Folder   23	College of Letters & Science, 1974-1978
Box   3 Folder   24	Communication, 1974-1976
Box   3 Folder   25	Compliance Report, Health Education and Welfare, 1974-1975
Box   3 Folder   26	Computer Services, 1973-1976
Box   3 Folder   27	Controller's Office, 1976-1977
Box   5 Folder   1-22	Correspondence, 1974-1988
Box   3 Folder   28	Crook, Clark, 1973
Box   3 Folder   29	Cultural and Technological Studies, 1975-1976
Box   3 Folder   30	Dance Department, 1975
Box   3 Folder   31	Data on Blacks, 1975-1977
Box   3 Folder   32	De La Mora, Hector, Legal Council, 1977-1978
Box   3 Folder   33	Department of Afro-American Studies, 1974-1976
Box   3 Folder   34	Department of Anthropology, 1974-1976
Box   3 Folder   35	Department of Athletics, 1974-1975
Box   3 Folder   36	Department of Facilities and Services, Job Descriptions, 1974
Box   3 Folder   37	Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 1974-1977
Box   3 Folder   38	Dunleavey, Janet E., 1974
Box   3 Folder   40	Effective Techniques for Affirmative Action Workshop, 1974
Box   3 Folder   41	Employee Statistics, 1977-1978
Box   5 Folder   23	Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Reports, 1984-1987
Box   3 Folder   42	Equal Opportunity Report, 1976
Box   7 Folder   3	Equal Opportunity Report, 1977
Box   3 Folder   43	Equal Opportunity Office Meetings, 1980-1981
Box   3 Folder   44	Ethnic Studies, University of Wisconsin System Task Force Report, 1975
Box   3 Folder   45	Exceptional Recruitment, 1974-1975
Box   3 Folder   46	Experimental Program in Higher Education, 1975-1976
Box   3 Folder   47	Faculty Appointments, 1974
Box   3 Folder   48	Form B, 1974
Box   3 Folder   49	Fraudulent Solicitations, 1976
Box   7 Folder   4	General Information on the Equal Opportunity Office, n.d.
Box   3 Folder   50	Goals and Timetables, Academic Staff, 1973
Box   3 Folder   51-54	Goals and Timetables, 1973-1978
Box   3 Folder   55	Graduate and Undergraduate Awards, 1975-1977
Box   3 Folder   56	Graduate School, 1974-1976
Box   3 Folder   57	Great Lakes Native American Research Center, 1975
Box   3 Folder   58	Grievance Procedures, Academic Staff and Classified Staff, 1970-1977
Box   3 Folder   59	Grievance Procedures, System Wide Proposal, 1974
Box   3 Folder   60	Harmon, Lenore, Assistant Chancellor, 1977-1978
Box   3 Folder   61	Hess, Herbert, Assistant Chancellor, 1976-1978
Box   3 Folder   62	Hiring Goals for Classified Personnel, 1974
Box   3 Folder   63	Institutional Media Laboratory, 1973-1975
Box   3 Folder   64	Internships, 1977-1978
Box   3 Folder   65	Komsi, W. C., Assistant Chancellor for Administrative Affairs, 1974-1977
Box   3 Folder   66	Latin American Studies Data, 1976
Box   3 Folder   67	Legal Faculty Status Report, 1976
Box   3 Folder   68	Letters of Appointment, 1975-1978
Box   4 Folder   1	Library, 1974-1976
Box   4 Folder   2	Madison Data Processing Center, 1977
Box   4 Folder   3	Mass Communication, 1976-1978
Box   4 Folder   4	Minority and Disadvantaged Students Task Force on Planning for 1977
Box   4 Folder   5	Native American Internship, 1975-1976
Box   4 Folder   6	Native American Studies, 1973-1977
Box   7 Folder   5	New Hires, 1987-1988
Box   4 Folder   7	New Hires, Classified, 1976-1977
Box   4 Folder   8	Non-Discrimination Notices, 1977-1978
Box   4 Folder   9	Office of Institutional Studies, 1974-1975
Box   4 Folder   10	Office of Legal Council, 1974-1978
Box   4 Folder   11	Percey, Donald E., 1974-1976
Box   4 Folder   12	Personnel Department, 1973-1976
Box   4 Folder   13	Personnel Information System, 1975-1977
Box   4 Folder   14	Personnel Rules, Academic Staff, 1975, 1977
Box   4 Folder   15	Policy for Transfer and Promotion of Academic Staff, 1975-1977
Box   4 Folder   16	Policy on Faculty Recruitment, 1973-1977
Box   4 Folder   17	Positions, Appointments, Titles, Academic Staff, 1974-1976
Box   4 Folder   18	Race and Ethnic Definition, Identification, United States Accounting Office, 1977
Box   4 Folder   19	Recruitment, Fund Budget Requests, 1974
Box   4 Folder   20	Recruitment, Guidelines, 1974-1977
Box   4 Folder   21	Recruitment, Policy, Classified, 1975
Box   4 Folder   22	Reusch, Cynthia, 1977
Box   4 Folder   23-24	Salary Equity Review, 1971-1977
Box   4 Folder   25-27	Salary Equity Review, Correspondence, 1976-1978
Box   4 Folder   28	Salary Study, 1978
Box   4 Folder   29	School of Allied Health, 1976-1978
Box   4 Folder   30	School of Architecture, 1974-1975
Box   4 Folder   31	School of Architecture, 1975
Box   4 Folder   32	School of Business Administration, 1973-1978
Box   4 Folder   33-34	School of Education, 1973-1978
Box   4 Folder   35	School of Fine Arts, 1973-1977
Box   4 Folder   36	School of Social Welfare, 1974-1978
Box   4 Folder   37	Search and Screen Committee for the Assistant to the Chancellor for Equal Opportunity, Final Report, 1984
Box   4 Folder   38	Search and Screen Committee for the Assistant to the Chancellor for Equal Opportunity, Interview Questions and Meeting Minutes, 1984
Box   4 Folder   39	Search and Screen Committees, 1973-1976
Box   4 Folder   40	Search for Dean of Social Welfare, 1974
Box   4 Folder   41	Sex Discrimination Guidelines, 1974
Box   4 Folder   42	Sexual Harassment Grievance Committee, 1982-1987, undated
Box   4 Folder   43	Staff Services, 1977-1978
Box   4 Folder   44	Staff Services, Special Outreach Programs, 1977
Box   4 Folder   45	Status Surveys, 1971
Box   4 Folder   46	Student Activities, 1974-1975
Box   4 Folder   47-48	Student Services, 1974-1977
Box   4 Folder   49-51	Student Services, Assistant Chancellor, 1974-1978
Box   4 Folder   52	Student Services, Correspondence, 1976-1977
Box   4 Folder   53	Title IX Student Survey, 1977
Box   4 Folder   54	University Relations, 1973-1975
Box   4 Folder   55	Urban Outreach, 1974, 1976
Box   4 Folder   56	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Women Faculty, 1977-1978
Box   4 Folder   57	Veteran's Plan, 1977
Box   4 Folder   58	Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, 1974-1976
Box   4 Folder   59	Vice Chancellor, William L. Walters, 1977-1978
Box   4 Folder   60	Wisconsin AFL-CIO Women's Conference, 1973
Box   4 Folder   61	Wisconsin Task Force on Equal Education Opportunities, 1976
Box   4 Folder   62	Women and Minorities, Academic Staff Recruitment Sourcebook, 1973
Box   4 Folder   63	Women and Minorities, Faculty Recruitment Sourcebook, 1973
Box   4 Folder   64	Women and the Arts State Conference, 1973
Box   4 Folder   65	Women and the Arts Week, 1972-1973
Box   4 Folder   66	Women Athletics, 1973-1974
Box   4 Folder   67	Women Employees, 1974
Box   4 Folder   68	Women Faculty, 1977-1978
Box   4 Folder   69	Women's Studies, 1974-1975