Series I contains correspondence, minutes, memoranda, annual committee reports, and studies generated by the Faculty Senate's committees. Two of the major committees represented in this series are the Executive and the Faculty Economic Welfare Committee. The latter examined issues pertaining to faculty salaries and benefits. The Reports to the Senate outline meeting agendas and memoranda and reports from committees. Series IV contains informational materials and memoranda regarding the presentation of the OSU Distinguished Service Awards. Nomination packets of the winners of the Distinguished Service Award and other awards (containing curriculum vitas and letters of recommendation) are also in this series. The studies, opinion papers, and addresses were prepared for the Faculty Senate by faculty members, committees, and outside consultants. Series VI contains general correspondence, memoranda, and informational reports relating to the administrative structure, policies, and history of the Faculty Senate. The microfilm records date from 1944 to 1971 and consist primarily of correspondence, minutes, committee and curriculum council reports, informational materials, and memoranda. The minutes, informational material, and reports dating from 1944 were created by the Committee on Faculty Organization, an ad hoc committee formed by the University to establish the Faculty Senate. The microfilm also contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports from the Committee On Committees and the Publication Advisory Committee. Series numbers in brackets on the inventory correspond to series indicators in the microfilm.

This study examines systematically the development of faculty collective bargaining at four-year colleges and universities since 1969 and is a valuable addition to the limited and scattered information now available on the subject. The changes in federal and state laws that made this development possible and the application of the law to higher education by federal and state labor boards are carefully and critically analyzed through extensive accounts of the circumstances surrounding the turn to faculty bargaining at a number of institutions.