University Committee on ROTC records, 1970 - 1971
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke University. University Committee on ROTC
- Abstract:
- The University Committee on ROTC was formed in 1970 to formulate recommendations on the future of ROTC at Duke University. The collection includes correspondence, minutes, testimony, reports, printed materials, reports from other institutions, student course evaluations and questionnaires, notes, and other materials. Major subjects include the role of the Naval and Air Force ROTCs on Duke's campus, the Vietnam War, the draft, and intellectual freedom on university campuses. English.
- Extent:
- 4.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English.
- Collection ID:
- UA.03.02.0017
- University Archives Record Group:
- 03 -- Presidents
03 -- Presidents > 02 -- Committees
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection includes correspondence, minutes, testimony, reports, printed materials, reports from other institutions, student course evaluations and questionnaires, notes, and other materials related to the Committee's investigations during 1970-1971. One of the Committee's major endeavors was a survey of students who were enrolled or had previously been enrolled in ROTC courses. These student evaluations make up approximately half of the collection.
- Biographical / historical:
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The University Committee on ROTC was formed in 1970 at the request of Duke President Terry Sanford. The Committee was established to review the status of the ROTC program at Duke, and to determine whether the program should be abolished, modified, or maintained. Some students and others had complained that ROTC did not fit into the curriculum at Duke, that its coursework did not allow students to think critically, and that Duke symbollically supported the war in Vietnam through its sponsorship of ROTC.
The members of the committee were Aubrey W. Naylor, Thomas G. Wilson, David Pace, Chip Rawlings, and A. Kenneth Pye. In May of 1971, the committee recommended that the ROTC program be continued, although modified, and offered a number of recommendations. ROTC is currently still in operation at Duke University.
- Acquisition information:
- The University Committee on ROTC Records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1972 (A72-67), 1973 (A73-159), and 1977.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Valerie Gillispie
Completed July 21, 2003
Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, July 22, 2003
- Arrangement:
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The materials are organized by accession number.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], Committee on ROTC Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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