Title: David Randall Luce Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1945-2005

Creator:

• Luce, David Randall

Call Numbers: UWM Manuscript Collection 169; Accession 2009-060

Quantity:

• 1.6 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
• plus additions of 3.6 cubic ft. (5 boxes)

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

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

Abstract:

Papers of a former chair of the UW-Milwaukee Dept. of Philosophy largely documenting his political, professional, and teaching activities. Also included are files documenting the FBI's and the Michigan State Police's surveillance of Luce.

Language: English, German

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0169

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David Randall Luce was born in Boston on February 22, 1927. He served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. Luce received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Dartmouth in 1950 and his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1957. He taught at the University of Arkansas from 1957 to 1959. In 1959 Luce took a temporary part-time appointment at the University of Minnesota because he refused to sign an affidavit required of all teachers at the University of Arkansas in 1958 called the "Act 10," which, in 1960, the U.S. Supreme Court declared unconstitutional. Luce joined the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Dept. of Philosophy in 1960 as an assistant professor, and became an associate professor in 1966. Luce served as chair of the department from 1970 to 1972. He retired in 1997 and thereafter continued on as an associate professor emeritus. David Luce passed away in 2014.

The bulk of the collection consists of materials documenting Luce's political, professional, and teaching activities. The collection contains materials pertaining to Luce's political activities at UWM and with the ACLU, WCLU, Democratic Party, and Wisconsin Interchange, as well as files that the FBI and Michigan State Police kept on him for his political activism which Luce acquired under the Freedom of Information Act. Professional activity files largely consist of publications and drafts of Luce's writings, and fellowship and grant applications. Teaching materials largely consist of course syllabi and lecture notes. Also included are some materials from the UWM Dept. of Philosophy and materials from Luce's undergraduate and graduate school years.

This collection was received in, and is organized in, multiple parts. Additional materials have not been physically or intellectually arranged and interfiled, and researchers may need to consult more than one part of the collection to locate similar materials.

• UWM Manuscript Collection 169: Records, 1945-1996

The collection contains one additional accession.

• Accession 2009-060: Additions, 1962-2005

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• UW-Milwaukee American Association of University Professors Records. UWM Archival Collection 149.

• UW-Milwaukee American Civil Liberties Union Chapter Records. UWM Archival Collection 148.

• UW-Milwaukee Dept. of Philosophy Records. UWM Archival Collection 89.

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

David Luce donated his papers to the Archives in January 1994 (accession 1993-013) and August 2007 (2007-014). Luce donated some additional materials to the Archives in March 2009 (accession 2008-054). Luce donated additional materials in June 2010 (accession 2009-060) and in November 2011 (accession 2011-017).

Processing Information

Christel Maass and Lucy Waldrop finished processing the collection, started by an unknown individual, in September 2008. Some materials were removed and added to the UW-Mllwaukee Dept. of Philosphy Records (UWM Archival Collection 89) and the UW-Milwaukee American Association of University Professors Records (UWM Archival Collection 149). Adrian Zink processed accession 2008-054 (box 4) in April 2010. Christel Maass minimally processed accession 2009-060 and integrated accession 2011-017 into the collection in April and May 2018.

UWM Manuscript Collection 169	Records, 1945-1996 Physical Description: 1.6 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
	Personal Papers
Box   1 Folder   1	Correspondence, 1968-1981
Box   1 Folder   2	Dartmouth College Alumni Association, 1964-1970
Box   1 Folder   3	Graduate School, Transcripts and Diplomas, 1950-1957
	Philosophy Department
Box   1 Folder   4	Lectures and Colloquia, 1961-1969
Box   1 Folder   5	Philosophy Club, 1964-1970
Box   1 Folder   6	Professor Cornelius Golightly, 1945, 1952, 1976
	Political Activities
Box   1 Folder   7	ACLU, WCLU, Membership and Elections, 1974-1984
Box   1 Folder   8	ACLU, WCLU, Programs and Issues, 1970-1983
Box   1 Folder   9	Collected "Hate" Literature, 1972-1982, undated
Box   1 Folder   10	Correspondence, 1965, 1981-1986
Box   1 Folder   11	Democratic Party, 1974-1978
	FBI and Michigan State Police Files
Box   4 Folder   1	Correspondence, 1977-1982
Box   4 Folder   2	FBI File, 1952-1971
Box   4 Folder   3	FBI Surveillance Teach-Ins, 1984-1985
Box   4 Folder   4	Michigan State Police File, 1952-1960
Box   4 Folder   5	Press Clippings, 1976-1988
Box   4 Folder   6	Proposed Anti-Surveillance Legislation, 1975-1977
Box   4 Folder   7	Search for FBI and Michigan Police Files, 1977-1982
Box   1 Folder   12	Milwaukee Public Schools Resolution Concerning Up-Grading of Public School Education, 1977
	UWM
Box   1 Folder   13	Invasion of Cambodia, 1970-1971
Box   1 Folder   14	RAP for the '70s, 1970-1972
Box   1 Folder   15	Relevant Action Party, 1969
Box   1 Folder   16	"The Concept of Infiltration", 1984
Box   2 Folder   1	Wisconsin Interchange, 1981
	Professional Activities
Box   2 Folder   2	Brown Deer UCC Talk, 1968
Box   2 Folder   3	Conference Participation, 1964-1965
Box   2 Folder   4	Curriculum Vitae, undated
Box   2 Folder   5	Fellowship Applications, 1964-1966
Box   2 Folder   6	Grant Proposals, 1973, 1976, 1985-1987
Box   2 Folder   7-10	Publications and Drafts, 1959-1971, undated
	Publications and Drafts
Box   2 Folder   11	Causal Relations Between Mind and Body, 1957
Box   2 Folder   12	Fundamental Concepts of Modern Logic, 1966
Box   3 Folder   1	Sabbatical Proposals, 1987-1991
Box   3 Folder   2	Symposium, Philosophy and Revolution, 1971
	Teaching
Box   3 Folder   3	Correspondence, 1970, 1974
Box   3 Folder   4-5	Course Syllabi, 1960-1990, undated.
	Lecture Notes
Box   3 Folder   6	Belief, Knowledge, and Truth, 1963
Box   3 Folder   7	Modern Deductive Logic and Logic, 1967-1968, undated
Box   3 Folder   8	Nineteenth-Century Philosophy, 1965
Box   3 Folder   9	Philosophy of Science, 1960
Box   3 Folder   10	Philosophy of the Natural Sciences, 1960
Box   3 Folder   11	The Death Penalty, 1996
Accession 2009-060	Additions, 1962-2005 Abstract: Additions dating from 1962 to 2005, largely consisting of Luce's UWM Dept. of Philosophy course materials of syllabi and lecture notes. The collection also contains several manuscripts, correspondence, materials pertaining to Luce's work with the Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union, and FBI surveillance files of Luce. Physical Description: 3.6 cubic ft. (5 boxes)
Box   1	Course Materials, 1962-1995
Box   2	Course Materials, 1972-1997
Box   3	Course Materials, 1990-1996
Box   3	Jeremiah's Lectures Manuscripts, 2004-2005
Box   3	Towards a Marxist Position on the Nazi/KKK 'Free Speech' Issue Manuscript, 1979
Box   3	Correspondence and Curriculum Vitae Files, 1992-1998
Box   3	Academic Freedom and Student Strike, 1966-1970
Box   3	WCLU Materials, 1977-1981
Box   4-5	FBI Surveillance Files, 1977-1981