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Joseph W. Straley

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By Joseph W. Straley

Joseph W. Straley papers, 1936-2002.

Straley, Joseph W., 1914- · 1936

Joseph W. Straley, born 1914, taught at the University of North Carolina, and his papers, about 600 items in a linear foot and a half spanning 1936 to 2002, are in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5252. Diaries and other primary material cover academic freedom and the Speaker Ban Law, civil rights work and segregation, the Community Church of Chapel Hill, Charles Miles Jones and Howard Lee.

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A manual of experiments in introductory modern physics

Straley, Joseph W., 1914- · 1970

Joseph W. Straley wrote this manual of experiments for an introductory course in modern physics, printed at Chapel Hill in 1970. A class manual for the University of North Carolina. Straley was born in 1914.

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About Joseph W. Straley

Norman Gustaveson papers, 1948-2010

Gustaveson, Norman · 1948

Norman Gustaveson's papers cover 1948 to 2010 and belong to the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5500. The papers document his work as a university employee and Chapel Hill activist, including the Speaker Ban Law and academic freedom in North Carolina, the Campus Y, student political activity, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, and the Triangle Land Conservancy.

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  1. The general faculty votes to let striking students take their grades as they stand or finish coursework later With more than 4,000 students rallying outside, the general faculty meeting in Hill Hall overwhelmingly approved a substitute motion by Marvin Silver and Gerhard Lenski calling the strike 'a reasonable, peaceful and responsible course of action' and allowing final grades on work completed so far or delayed completion of course requirements, with a right of appeal. Faculty chairman Daniel Okun's letter the next day explained the policy as no penalties for strike absences and make-up exams for those who could not in conscience sit the scheduled exam. People: Joseph W. Straley, Daniel A. Okun, Oscar Knefler RiceDigitalNC: The Daily Tar Heel, May 8, 1970, page 1 (OCR text)

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  • Hill Hall University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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