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Dennis Fox Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0009

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the personal papers of Dennis Fox relating to this time as Professor of Legal Studies at Sangamon State University (later University of Illinois-Springfield). The bulk of the collection relates to his 1995 arrest for distributing leaflets in the university cafeteria. Also includes the faculty senate draft resolutions pertaining to rights of freedom of speech and assembly on campus, and various leaflet campaigns concerning lack of vegetarian foods served in the cafeteria and administrative salary increases 1990-93. Arranged alphabetically.

Dates

  • 1990-1995

Creator

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the University of Illinois-Springfield (UIS)

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by UIS.

Biography

Dennis Fox was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1949. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Brooklyn College in 1970, his M.A. in Social Psychology from Michigan State in 1971, and his Ph.D in 1985 from the same school. Prior to returning to Michigan for his Ph.D, Fox spent time in Israel, New York, Massachusetts, and California.

Fox joined Sangamon State University in 1988. He was critical of the school’s transition to the University of Illinois-Springfield and in 1998 took early retirement from his position of Professor of Legal Studies and Psychology.

Extent

.1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Transferred to the archives by Dennis Fox on July 27, 1998.

Property Rights

UIS owns the property rights to this collection.

Processing Information

This collection was reprocessed in August 2024.

Creator

Title
Finding Aid to the Dennis Fox Papers
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520