Inventory of the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee records, 1969-1973

Abstract

The Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEOC) was established by President Sanford in April 1970 to monitor the implantation of the University's Affirmative Action Plan.

The collection contains minutes, memoranda, copies of affirmative action plans, correspondence, reports, employment and compliance statistics, news articles, and other materials relating to the operations of the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee. The materials in the collection range in date from 1969-1973.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: University Archives, Duke University
Creator: Duke University. Equal Employment Opportunity Committee.
Title: Equal Employment Opportunity Committee records, 1969-1973
Language of Material: English
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet, 250 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

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Access Restrictions

Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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Affirmative Action Plans for Equal Employment opportunity, March 17, 1970 and revised January 1, 1972

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Affirmative Action Report, no. 1; no.3-no.9, and some unnumbered, 1970-1971

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Agenda and meeting minutes, 1969-1973

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Correspondence, 1969-1973

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Subcommittees, 1971-1973

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Historical Note

The Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEOC) was established by President Sanford in April 1970 to monitor the implantation of the University's Affirmative Action Plan. The chair was Richard Bindewald, Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Business and Finance. In the fall of 1969, the Vice President had established a compliance program, and Sanford's EEOC appears to be an extension or further development of that program.

There were sixteen members, appointed by the President to the EEOC. Individually the committee members were responsible for counsel with employees and supervisors to assist in handling verbal and formal (written) complaints of discrimination and to promote the advancement of minority group employees. As a group the committee members were charged with regularly reviewing the University's Affirmative action plan in order to make recommendations and changes as well as monitor the Plan's implantation. The committee was also responsible for submitting regular reports to the President on the status of the Affirmative Action Plan.

An Equal Employment Opportunity Office was established in 1972.

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Office of Institutional Equity records, 1979-[ongoing]. (University Archives. Duke University.)
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Special Assistant to the President records, circa 1970s-1980s. (University Archives. Duke University.)