{"value"=>"<p>Phase III is characterized by the distancing of the department in the nomination of candidates for tenure. Dean Rosovsky dissolved the Search Committee in October 1974 and appointed a subcommittee of the Faculty Council to work directly with departments involved in searching and screening candidates for joint appointment with the Afro-American Studies Department. A Procedure and Proceedings file in this subgroup includes correspondence between Rosovsky, Guinier and some Afro-American studies instructors on what was alleged as the \"second class\" treatment of the department. Also included are materials relating to Eileen Southern's nomination for a joint appointment with the Music Department and individual files for three other candidates. The file of Ephraim Isaac is by far the most substantial in the entire subseries. A respected scholar in Ethiopic language, literature and religion, Isaac was recommended for tenure during all three phases of the search committee, but his candidacy was consistently opposed presumably because his appointment would have emphasized African history at the expense of the Afro-American experience per se. He subsequently sued Harvard for discrimination against him, a course of action which continued in the courts into the 198 0s. The Isaac file is arranged chronologically and includes letters of support from prominent national and international scholars in the humanities, correspondence between Musgrave, Rosovsky and Bok on the one hand, and Guinier, Isaac and members of the department on the other. Also included are biographical and bibliographic materials on Isaac, position papers on the department's academic and political orientation, legal documents and printed matter.</p>"}