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Writings, speeches, songs, Various

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12

Scope and Contents

Includes materials relating to talks given and the talks themselves, eulogies, articles and other items mainly by Altschuler, but some about him. Speeches often show Altschuler's humor. Subjects include, Patsy Brannon, Kyle Dake, Abraham Seldin Eisenstadt, Kent Fuchs, Jeff Haitkin, Alfred Kahn, Isaac Kramnick,Phil Lewis, Dorothy and Thomas Litwin, Peter Meinig, James Mingle, Porus Olpadwala, Hunter Rawlings, Curtis Reis, Frank Rhodes, Joel Silbey, Debbie Halpern Silverman, David Skorton. topics include higher education, baseball, Cornell Penn football, Cornell history, Class of 1955, Class of 1964, Race at Cornell. Also includes song lyrics written by Altschuler as part of his speeches or for Cornell events including School of Continuing Education retreats. Also Song of Myself about Altschuler. Other speeches include his November 24, 1996 Sage Chapel sermon, "Where Have All The Teachers Gone?"; TCAM introducing Hunter Rawlings as the new Cornell President; October 24, 2025 remarks at the inauguration of President Michael I. Kotlikoff; a play titled A Finer Justice written with Anthony Caputi, Professor of English at Cornell, in the 1990s about the trail of Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield; Eulogy for Nick Salvatore.

Dates

  • Various

Creator

Access Restrictions

From the Collection:

List of advisees in box 2 restricted to permission of the University Archivist.

Extent

.5 cubic feet.

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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