Scope and content

Six transcripts of tape recordings of June 1960 forums involving Perry W. Gilbert, Stuart M. Brown, John W. Reps, Hans A. Bethe, Cyril L. Comar, and Richard W. Conway; also, three tape recordings of 1967 forums involving Isaac Rabinowitz, Robin M. Williams, Jr., Hans Bethe, and others and brochures from 1959-1961, 1963 and 1967.

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...

Scope and content

Includes material on education legislation; education research; scholarships and financial aid; academic departments and divisions of the University; admissions budgets and correspondence; University budgets; University libraries; R.O.T.C.; campus planning; academic associations; research grants; faculty and staff; minutes of meetings; Board of Trustees records; reports; and other records of the Vice President for Academic Affairs; includes files of Stuart M. Brown.