Abstract

Material from de Kiewiet's term in office, 1949 to 1951. Includes items relating to presence of communist influence among the faculty.

Abstract

Dean's Office subject files, including correspondence, annual reports, minutes of meetings, and working papers concerning the establishment of programs and construction of buildings. Includes the administrative papers of Deans Andrew Schultz, William Streett, T. E. Everhart, Edmund Cranch, and Solomon Hollister. Earlier records consist primarily of the records of Assistant Engineering Dean John F. McManus. Also, blank Fuertes Medal for graduate research in civil engineering.

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....

Scope and content A certificate of Franklin Olin's appointment as a Corporal in the Cornell Corps of Cadets dated May 5, 1882 and signed by Andrew D. White; framed display of 7 ribbons awarded to Olin for athletic activity and field day exercises while an undergraduate - including tug-of-war, putting-the-shot, throwing hammer and throwing baseball; display of three mounted photographs of Franklin Olin, Frank Sheehan, Edmund Ezra Day, S. C. Hollister, and Thomas I. S. Boak on August 22, 1942 commemorating...