Perkins, James Alfred, 1911-1998
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Cornell University student protest films
Collection — Dvd 780
Identifier: 37-11-2759
Abstract
Documentation of the events of the 1969 student protests, April 19 and 20, 1969. Includes footage of the occupation of Willard Straight Hall, the mass assembly and addresses in Barton Hall, and members of the University Faculty leaving Bailey Hall. Shows African American students giving speeches with guns, the takeover, members of the student body, speeches by the administration, and a press conference. Individuals include Eric Evans, Steven Muller, James Perkins, Dale Corson, and others....
Dates:
1969.
Dale R. Corson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3-11-1665
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...
Dates:
1963-1977.
James A. Perkins papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3-10-1022
Abstract
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
Dates:
1963-1969.
L. Michael Goldsmith papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065324042]
Identifier: 37-5-3049
Scope and content
Correspondence, collected subject files, newspaper clippings, posters and ephemera collected by a Cornell student in 1969 pertaining to the Willard Straight Takeover. Includes correspondence from James Perkins, Cornell University President at the time.
Dates:
1969.