Charles Haynie papers
Scope and Contents
Documented in this collection are Haynie's academic work, his activist activities, correspondence, and writings.
I contains Haynie's correspondence with family, friends, students, and colleagues.
II contains records of Tolstoy College. This series documents the college's controversial 1984 closure as well as the dispute regarding Haynie's academic appointment.
III contains extensive course material of the Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Degree Program, in which Haynie taught following the elimination of Tolstoy College.
IV contains Haynie's collection of activist materials, and mostly includes flyers, political, social, and environmental pamphlets, announcements, newsletters, and clippings of local, national, and international concerns. This series also includes records and documents regarding Haynie's 1979 campaign for the City of Buffalo Common Council, in which he ran in the Delaware District.
V includes Haynie's writings, most notably his involvement with the Civil Rights movements of the 1960's, the occupation of Seabrook Nuclear Station and campus rebellion at UB.
Dates
- 1963-2002
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection material in English.
Terms of Access
Charles Haynie papers, 1963-2002, are open for research.
Please note: This collection is stored off-site. Access to collection requires 3 business days’ notice. Contact University Archives at (716) 645-2916 or lib-archives@buffalo.edu to schedule an appointment.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Biographical Note
Charles Atkinson Haynie was former administrative coordinator and an instructor for the university's Leo Tolstoy College and a lecturer in the Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Degree Program. Born in Queens, New York, Haynie studied engineering physics at Cornell University. In 1956, Haynie left his graduate studies in mathematics and became involved in the civil rights movement. After a brief period doing engineering research, Haynie was a math instructor at Franklin and Marshall College and at Cornell University.
Haynie participated in numerous political, social, and environmental causes throughout his life, many of which influenced his popular courses. From 1963-1965, he was Field Director for a voter registration project in Fayette County, Tennessee, during which time he was also a Congressional lobbyist for various civil rights groups. In 1967 he worked with Massachusetts Political Action for Peace (Mass Pax) as a State Peace Organizer of anti-war delegations in all twelve congressional districts in Massachusetts. Haynie also participated in demonstrations against the Seabrook nuclear power plant in New Hampshire.
In 1969, Haynie came to Buffalo to teach at the university's free-thinking and experimental college, Tolstoy College. Teaching such courses as "The American Left," "Reactionary Movements," and "Grassroots Environmental Movements," Haynie was a voice of the liberal perspective on campus and in Buffalo. He was one of the "Faculty 45", a group of faculty members who were arrested during a campus protest in 1970. Haynie also ran for a Buffalo Common Council seat in the Delaware district in 1979 and helped organize the Buffalo Unity Day rally to ease racial tensions.
Haynie taught in the Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Program until his retirement in 2000. After a battle with cancer he died in 2001 at the age of 65. "Charles is remembered by his colleagues because he cared deeply about each individual student and demonstrated this concern through his involvement in the university, the local community and the nation," according to the Interdisciplinary Program website. Each year a memorial award is given in his name to a graduating senior who exemplifies Haynie's commitments.
Extent
5 Linear Feet (4 cartons)
Abstract
Collection includes Haynie's correspondence, teaching files, publications, and information on political, social, and environmental activism.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into five series: I. Correspondence, II. Tolstoy College, III. Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Degree Program, IV. Activism, and V. Writings.
Acquisition Information
Collection donated to the University Archives by Aeron Haynie, July 30, 2001.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
Processing Information
Processed by Mark McGuire, July 2006.
Finding aid encoded by Danielle White, December 2014.
- Announcements Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Articles Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Politics and government Subject Source: Local sources
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Tennessee Subject Source: Local sources
- Civil rights workers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Demonstrations -- New Hampshire -- Seabrook Subject Source: Local sources
- Fliers (printed matter) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Haynie, Charles A. (Charles Atkinson)
- Leaflets (printed works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Notes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Nuclear power plants -- New Hampshire Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pamphlets Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Radicalism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Radioactive waste disposal -- New York (State) -- West Valley Subject Source: Local sources
- State University of New York at Buffalo -- Archives
- Student movements -- New York (State) -- Buffalo Subject Source: Local sources
- Student protestors -- New York (State) -- Buffalo Subject Source: Local sources
- Syllabi Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Tolstoy College
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Voter registration -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- University Archives (Contributor, Organization)
- Tolstoy College (Contributor, Organization)
- Campus Unrest at the University at Buffalo Collection (State University of New York at Buffalo) (Organization)
- Environmental Issues in Western New York Collection (State University of New York at Buffalo) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Charles Haynie papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Mark McGuire.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
420 Capen Hall
Buffalo New York 14260-1674 US
716-645-2916
716-645-3714 (Fax)
lib-archives@buffalo.edu