Concerned primarily with policies, procedures, regulations, channels of communication, and benefits for the faculty, the 1974 faculty handbook of the University of South Alabama discusses: (1) organization and administration; (2) colleges, divisions, departments, and programs; (3) university facilities and services; (4) student-related information; and (5) general faculty personnel policies. Appendices cover: (1) academic freedom and tenure; (2) faculty dismissal proceedings; (3) research; and (4) inventions, discoveries, patents, and copyrights. (KE)