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Miller, R. D. (Robert Demorest), 1919-2011.

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Challenge to Governance oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-1285
Abstract

Over 100 interviews with students, faculty, staff, and administrators on subjects including the Vietnam War and the peace movement; the rights of women and minorities, especially blacks' rights and the Willard Straight Hall occupation; efforts to change the governing system at Cornell; and related issues. Most of the interviews have been transcribed.

Dates: 1969-1971.

Cornell University Afro-American Studies Program files

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064942695]
Identifier: 53-1-1318
Scope and content

Memoranda, meeting minutes, and typewritten letters concerning the creation of the Afro-American Studies Program at Cornell University. Correspondents include James A. Perkins, W. Keith Kennedy, Benjamin Nichols, Stuart M. Brown, Robert D. Miller, Earl Armstrong, James E. Turner, and others. Also included is a February 1970 issue of Harambee, evidently a local newsletter for the African American community in Ithaca, New York.

Dates: 1968-1970.

Cornell University Dean of Faculty records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064942588]
Identifier: 11-1-1279
Scope and content Minutes, agendas, and correspondence concerning the Faculty Council, including drafts of Faculty Council statements on campus issues, and minutes of meetings of the University Faculty Committee on Student Conduct. Correspondents include Royse P. Murphy, Urie Bronfenbrenner of the New York State College of Home Economics, and R.D. Miller of the New York State College of Agriculture. Issues discussed include University policy on experimentation on human subjects, freedom of expression on...
Dates: 1966-1967.

R.D. Miller Challenge to Governance correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065218418]
Identifier: 11-1-1277
Scope and content

Collection consists of incoming correspondence and newspaper clippings reflecting the reactions of the public (non-alumni) to Cornell's handling of the Willard Straight Hall takeover.

Dates: 1969.

Robert D. Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-13-3960
Abstract

Collection includes personal and professional materials regarding his travels and work at Cornell

Dates: [ca. 1933-1998]

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Subject
Willard Straight Hall takeover, 1969. 3
College students -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 2
College students -- Political activity. 2
Minutes (administrative records) 2
African American student movements -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 1