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Cornell University. Program in Oral History

 Organization

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Berrigan weekend oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-613
Scope and content Interviews with Cornell administrators about the planning for the weekend were conducted by Robert Kaplan with Stuart M. Brown, Jr., Vice President for Academic Affairs on April 15, 1970 (1 tape, 1 transcript); Mark Barlow, Jr., Vice President for Student Affairs, on April 15, 1970 (1 tape, 1 transcript); Jackson O. Hall, Assistant to the President, on April 14, 1970 (1 tape, 1 transcript); Alfred E. Kahn, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, on April 15, 1970; and Steven Muller, Vice...
Dates: 1970.

Black studies at Cornell oral history project

 Collection
Identifier: 13-6-2477
Scope and content

Interviews with students, faculty, and administrators describe the origins of Black Studies (Afro-American Studies) at Cornell and the various issues on campus in the spring of 1969.



Dates: 1967-1969.

Challenge to Governance oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-1285
Abstract

Over 100 interviews with students, faculty, staff, and administrators on subjects including the Vietnam War and the peace movement; the rights of women and minorities, especially blacks' rights and the Willard Straight Hall occupation; efforts to change the governing system at Cornell; and related issues. Most of the interviews have been transcribed.

Dates: 1969-1971.

College of Architecture oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-946
Scope and content Interviews by James P. Pfeifer, a fifth-year undergraduate in Architecture with Hubert E. Baxter (1887-1976, B.Arch. 1910), professor of architecture, 1911-1955, and Mrs. Phebe Baxter, May 4, 1969; John A. Hartell (1902-1995, B.Arch. 1925), professor of art, 1930-1968, chairman of the Department of Art, 1939-1959, May 30, 1969; Thomas W. Mackesey (1908-1976), professor of city and regional planning, Dean of the College of Art, Architecture, and Planning, 1951-1960, May 26, 1969 and June 3,...
Dates: 1967-1969.

Cornell alumni news oral history project

 Collection — Transcript box 33 - trans. 2446: [Barcode: 31924088333681]
Identifier: 13-6-454
Scope and content

Interview by Gould Colman with John Marcham about recent developments in editing the Cornell Alumni News, December 9, 1971 (1 tape, 1 transcript - pp. 261-320)

Dates: 1971.

Cornell Oral History Program records

 Collection
Identifier: 13-6-1747
Abstract

Includes correspondence and printed material relating to the formation of the Oral History Association and the conduct of oral history colloquia; correspondence related to the Oral History Program at Cornell University, directed by Gould P. Colman; projects undertaken or proposed; financial records; payrolls; travel records; records relating to the Sarah Diamant film project; and seminars, talks, and papers on oral history by Colman.

Dates: 1964-1974.

Eugene McCarthy oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-279
Abstract

Oral history interview transcripts related to the election of delegates pledged to Eugene McCarthy from the 33rd Congressional District to the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Dates: 1968-1969.

History of the College of Engineering oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-1858
Scope and content

Tape recordings and transcripts of interviews with Solomon C. Hollister by John McManus, 1968, and by Walter R. Lynn, 1979; and with Dale R. Corson by Walter R. Lynn, 1980. Also, two videocassettes of an interview with Hollister by Prof. O. Allan Gianniny, Jr., University of Virginia and Associate Dean John F. McManus, College of Engineering, Cornell University, August 14, 1979.

Dates: 1968-1980.

Jackson State College oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-1630
Scope and content The Jackson State College oral history project contains 12 interviews conducted between July 7 and July 14, 1970, collected by Cleveland Donald, Jr., a graduate student in history at Cornell and a native of Jackson, about the events at Jackson State College during the protests in the spring of 1970. The interviewees include seven students from Jackson State College: Ferries C. Adams, II, a student; Roosevelt Kelley, a high school student and incoming freshman; Louis McLaurin, a senior; Gene...
Dates: 1970.

Joseph McCarthy oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-286
Abstract

Interviews conducted by Richard Loss, a graduate student at Cornell, and Robert Griffin, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, with various government officials and professors on the Federal security program, and, more specifically, the State Department's reaction to Senator McCarthy's charges about security risks.

Dates: 1967.

Additional filters:

Subject
Oral histories. 12
College students -- Political activity. 4
Student movements. 4
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements 4
College student government. 2
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African American student movements. 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Jackson. 1
African Americans -- Education 1
African Americans -- Study and teaching. 1
Agricultural engineering. 1
Agriculture -- Economic aspects 1
Agriculture -- New York (State) 1
Agriculture -- Study and teaching. 1
Agriculture, Cooperative -- New York (State) 1
Agronomy. 1
Alternative education -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Apples -- Marketing. 1
Architecture -- Study and teaching. 1
Art -- Study and teaching. 1
Beef -- Marketing. 1
Botany 1
Brucellosis -- Control. 1
Censorship 1
College students -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Community and school -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Conservation of natural resources. 1
County agricultural agents. 1
Dairying -- New York (State) 1
Education -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Farm management. 1
Farmers -- New York (State) 1
Fruit 1
Fruit -- Cooperative marketing 1
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Politics and government. 1
Jackson (Miss.) -- Race relations. 1
Milk trade -- New York (State) 1
Murder -- Mississippi -- Jackson. 1
New York (State) -- Economic conditions. 1
New York (State) -- Politics and government. 1
Oral history. 1
Politics, Practical -- New Hampshire. 1
Politics, Practical -- New York (State) -- Tompkins County. 1
Politics, Practical -- United States. 1
Poultry -- Marketing. 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968. 1
Riots -- Mississippi -- Jackson. 1
School board-superintendent relations -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
School boards -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
School management and organization -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1
Seeds. 1
Student movements -- United States. 1
Tuberculosis in cattle -- Control. 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969 1
Vegetables -- New York (State) 1
Willard Straight Hall takeover, 1969. 1
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