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"Cornell in Our Times," a symposium with Dale Corson, Alice Cook, Peter Kahn, W.K. Kennedy, Howard Evans, and Edward Smith, Sept. 24, 1990 and correspondence, newsletters and minutes of meetings from 1997-2000 and tape recordings.

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Covering letter from Cornell University President Dale R. Corson and enclosed material on Alternative Campus Governance System and Summary of Final Recommendations of the President's Commission on Self-Governance.

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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.

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Video tape and transcript of the Cornell Faculty Forum discussing Cornell '69: Liberalism and the Crisis of the University, by Donald Downs, on the takeover of Willard Straight Hall and the events of 1969 at Cornell University. Speakers include Hunter Rawlings, Donald Downs, Dale Corson, Robert Harris, Kenneth McClane, Walter LaFeber, and others. Also available digitally.

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Transcript of a panel discussion held at the Third Cornell Convocation in New York. City, April 1970 on problems that face universities adnd the outlook for the future. Participants included President Dale R. Corson, moderator; Samuel B. Gould, Chancellor, State University of New York; Isidor I. Rabi, University Professor Columbia University, and Max Black, Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy, Cornell University. Also, program for the event.

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Typewritten transcripts of presentations and discussions at the symposium on May 4, 1967, and correspondence concerning the transcripts; a brochure on the new Chemistry Research Building, including a program for the symposium and the building's dedication ceremony; a brochure on "Chemistry at Cornell"; and issues of the Cornell Daily Sun for May 4-5, 1967, containing articles on the new building's dedication and surrounding events.

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....

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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Papers of Dale Corson from throughout his career, but especially from the time before and after his provostship and presidency. Major correspondents include E. B. White, Floyd R. Newman, Leslie R. Severinghaus, and Philip Will.

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Tape recordings and transcripts of interviews with Solomon C. Hollister by John McManus, 1968, and by Walter R. Lynn, 1979; and with Dale R. Corson by Walter R. Lynn, 1980. Also, two videocassettes of an interview with Hollister by Prof. O. Allan Gianniny, Jr., University of Virginia and Associate Dean John F. McManus, College of Engineering, Cornell University, August 14, 1979.