Skip to main content

Archives at Cornell

Perkins, James Alfred, 1911-1998

 Person

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Challenge to Governance Project records

 Collection — Box 4: [Barcode: 31924093390437]
Identifier: 47-5-1309
Abstract

Correspondence, transcripts of interviews, minutes, statements, broadsides, photographs, clippings, and other materials pertaining to civil rights activism and the work of various groups at Cornell to alter the institution's governing structure.

Dates: 1969-1970.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Challenge to Governance Project records

Charles E. Palm papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 21-2-1478
Abstract Correspondence, typescripts, reports, drafts, handwritten notes of telephone conversations, and publications pertaining to his deanship of the New York State College of Agriculture from 1959 to 1972 and to his work as Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Agricultural Sciences beginning in 1972. The papers mainly document the administration and growth of the New York State College of Agriculture, its departments, committees, and related activities, including the New York State Agricultural...
Dates: 1956-1986.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Charles E. Palm papers

Clark Hall dedication records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064939014]
Identifier: 43-31-887
Scope and content

Printed dedication program (with manuscript annotations) and typewritten transcripts of speeches given at the dedication of Clark Hall. Speakers whose remarks are transcribed include University Provost Dale Corson (presiding over the symposium), Morris Bishop, Hans Bethe, University President James A. Perkins (presiding over the dedication ceremony), Robert L. Sproull, Charles M. Herzfeld, and Donald Hornig.

Dates: 1965 October 20.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Clark Hall dedication records

Cornell presidents' speeches

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4-3-1863
Scope and content

Transcripts of speeches by Cornell University presidents Frank Rhodes, Dale Corson, and James Perkins.

Dates: 1961-1979.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell presidents' speeches

Cornell University Afro-American Studies Program files

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064942695]
Identifier: 53-1-1318
Scope and content

Memoranda, meeting minutes, and typewritten letters concerning the creation of the Afro-American Studies Program at Cornell University. Correspondents include James A. Perkins, W. Keith Kennedy, Benjamin Nichols, Stuart M. Brown, Robert D. Miller, Earl Armstrong, James E. Turner, and others. Also included is a February 1970 issue of Harambee, evidently a local newsletter for the African American community in Ithaca, New York.

Dates: 1968-1970.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University Afro-American Studies Program files

Cornell University Board of Trustees Presidential Search Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: 2-6-1872
Abstract

Records of the Presidential Search Committee and other materials associated with Presidential searches at Cornell University.

Dates: 1962-2014.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University Board of Trustees Presidential Search Committee records

Cornell University Centennial Celebration records

 Collection
Identifier: 47-4-798
Abstract

This collection contains materials relating to Cornell University's Centennial Celebration which took place in 1965. Planning material, correspondence, speeches and photographs all detail the events which took place in celebration of Cornell University's 100th year.

Dates: 1957-1967,-1960-1965 (bulk)
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University Centennial Celebration records

Cornell University Council records

 Collection
Identifier: 41-3-1020
Abstract

Includes lists of members; organizational charts; material on the Council's functions and regulations; manuals; minutes of meetings; reports; and tape recordings of meetings and talks at Cornell University.

Dates: 1951 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1951 - 1966
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University Council records

Cornell University Counsel records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5-3-1960
Scope and content Files of the University Counsel's Office include records relating to Weill Cornell Medical College, student employment, the Army Training Program, 1943-1946; student housing, 1954-1959; and real estate transactions, funds and scholarships, contracts, wills and estates, and other legal papers. Also, faculty personnel matters referred to legal counsel; contracts between James A. Perkins and Cornell University, 1963-1970; and correspondence of the University President, Board of Trustees and...
Dates: 1921-2018.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University Counsel records

Cornell University Presidential inauguration programs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 47-4-1290
Abstract

Programs for inauguration ceremonies of Cornell University presidents; includes invitations, congratulatory certificates, and guest lists from the inauguration of Frank H. T. Rhodes and videos.

Dates: 1867-2017.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University Presidential inauguration programs

Staff Interface | Visit ArchivesSpace.org | v3.3.1 | Send Feedback or Report a Problem