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Material from de Kiewiet's term in office, 1949 to 1951. Includes items relating to presence of communist influence among the faculty.

Scope and content Gifts presented to the President of Cornell University, Jeffrey Lehman, on the occasion of his inauguration and as President of the University; items include glass egg from the Weil Medical College in Qatar, a framed picture from the Qatar Foundation and a box containing proclamations from various other educational institutions, all given in honor of Lehman's inauguration. Also, brochure about Zhou Ren and paper nominating Cornell University as a member of the Imperial Nguyen Dynasty of...

Scope and content Gifts presented to the President of Cornell University, Hunter Rawlings, on the occasion of his inauguration and as President of the University; items include a wooden plate and plaque from the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana; medallion from Universitas Comenana; ornate scroll weights from National University of Taiwan; and bronze wall plaque and notebook of Shanghaiana from the Cornell Club of Shanghai; plate from the University of Science and Technology in China; bowl...

Abstract The Dale R. Corson papers consist of office files, correspondence, and other material deriving chiefly from his provostship (1963-1969) and presidency of Cornell University (1963-1977). The papers illustrate the Corson administration reconstituting the University following the trauma of the 1969 student revolt and the negative publicity following the takeover of Willard Straight Hall; dealing with anti-war demonstrations and protests relative to other social and local issues; and surviving...

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Scrapbook of a Cornell University undergraduate including clippings, photographs, invitations, theatre programs, examinations, academic records, letters, and other items, with especial reference to the effects of the 1903 typhoid epidemic in Ithaca on Davis' academic career.

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Correspondence, articles, media handbooks, planning documents, proclamations, videos, and other records relating to Hunter R. Rawlings' inauguration and inaugural festivities.

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Papers relating to James Perkins' career before coming to Cornell; speeches and articles; files relating to his inauguration as Cornell's president; files relating to activities at Cornell, including the events of 1969; subject files relating to other activities; a few photographs and personal letters; and certificates and honorary degrees.

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The papers of James A. Perkins consist of correspondence, reports, administrative management forms and records, drafts of speeches, correspondence, notes of telephone conversations, memoranda for the record, substantive inter-office notes and memos, commission reports, departmental reports to the President, tape recordings, transcripts, broadsides, a phonodisc, and letters received by the President's Office concerning the events on campus in the Spring of 1969