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Perkins, James Alfred, 1911-1998

 Person

Found in 26 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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University student protest films

Dale R. Corson oral histories

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065461869]
Identifier: 13-6-2556
Scope and content Reflections on his career and tenure at Cornell University include assessments of the contributions of individuals and organizations to education, industry, and public life. Subjects include athletics, administration, the budget, black students, faculty, trustees, students, and the Presidents' Papers Project. Major individuals mentioned include James A. Perkins, Robert Kane, Robert Plane, W. Keith Kennedy, Solomon C. Hollister, Robert Purcell, and Arthur H. Dean. Interviews by Gould P....
Dates: 1981-1994.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Dale R. Corson oral histories

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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Dale R. Corson papers

File on James A. Perkins

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065223442]
Identifier: 3-10-1793
Scope and content

Correspondence and other papers accumulated by Paul L. McKeegan, Director of the Budget at Cornell University, regarding the employment and resignation of Cornell President James A. Perkins.

Dates: 1963-1971.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / File on James A. Perkins

James A. Perkins interviews

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065469375]
Identifier: 47-8-2795
Scope and content

Tape recordings and transcripts of an interview conducted by Keith Johnson with James A. Perkins, President of Cornell University 1963-1969.

Dates: 1994.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / James A. Perkins interviews

James A. Perkins papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3-10-3158
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1941-1997.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / James A. Perkins papers

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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / James A. Perkins papers

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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / L. Michael Goldsmith papers

Perkins inaugural records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064924677]
Identifier: 4-3-886
Scope and content Correspondence, press releases, financial records, address lists, programs, speeches, and notes on logistics and seating arrangements relating to the inauguration of James Perkins as President of Cornell and its accompanying festivities. Also includes an LP record of Perkins' inaugural address. Organizations or offices involved, in addition to the Office of University Development, include the alumni Cornell Clubs, the University News Bureau, the University Council, the Office of University...
Dates: 1963-1964.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Perkins inaugural records

Philip Dorf papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064718269]
Identifier: 2328
Scope and content

Includes letters to Dorf concerning THE BUILDER from Allan Nevins, James A. Perkins, Eva Thomas, Nelson A. Rockefeller, and Frank Rhodes; a letter from Dorf to Edith Fox recalling visits to Frederic Treman Johnson and Liberty Hyde Bailey; "scrapbook" of clippings, reviews, and letters relating to Dorf's biography of Liberty Hyde Bailey, 1956. Also, Columbia recording, 78rpm, "Cornell," sung by Cornell Glee Club, ca. 1925.

Dates: 1952-1977.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Philip Dorf papers

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