Mulford q sibley biography channel
•
Mulford Quickert Sibley papers
Skip to main content
Collection
Identifier: ua-00490
Scope and Content
This collection consists almost entirely of material pertaining the issue of academic freedom, which was initially brought to question as a result of a letter Mulford Sibley wrote to the Minnesota Daily, December 3, 1963. In the letter, he stated, "Personally, I should like to see on campus one or two Communist professors, a chapter of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism, a society for the promotion of free love, a League for the Overthrow of Government by Jeffersonian Violence (LOGJV), an anti-automation league, and perhaps a nudist club".
As a result of the letter, St. Paul Public Works Commissioner, Milton Rosen demanded that the University fire Professor Sibley. A now famous debate was held between Rosen and Sibley on January 8, 1964 in Coffman Memorial Union on the issue of academic freedom. The papers contain numerous references to the Sibley-Rosen debate.
Sibley and Sociology Professor Arnold Rose also came under attack by members of a group called Christian Research Inc. One member of this group distributed a copy of a circular to the Anoka County Board of Commissioners asking them to stop an Anoka County Lib
•
Mulford Q Sibley Winnipeg
Mulford Q Sibley Winnipeg
Copyright:
Available Formats
Original
•
Economic Theory Among the Czechs
Ben B. Seligman ▪ May – June 1969
To the Russian invaders, the liberal socialism of Ota Sik, one-time head of the Czechoslovakian Economic Institute, was intolerable. After the Russians entered Prague, Sik was high on the list of those to be removed from office. He happened to …
Leszek Kolakowski: Jester at the Court of Marxism
Henry Pachter ▪ May – June 1969
The name of Leszek Kolakowski is famous outside the borders of his native Poland and far beyond the circle of professional philosophers, not because his doctrines are exciting like Sartre’s or his discoveries pioneering like Galileo’s, but because his much …
A Russian Writer Speaks to Stalin
Mikhail Bulgakov ▪ May – June 1969
Throughout most of his career, Mikhail Bulgakov, author of The Master and Margarita, was under attack by Party critics. By 1930 his plays were barred from the Soviet stage, and ultimately a general ban was placed upon all his publications, …
A Political Solution For Vietnam?
Richard Falk ▪ May – June 1969
The poor prospects for peace in Vietnam arise directly from the military and political situation. Militarily, the war continues to be a stalemate, neither side b