Walter Slatoff papers
Scope and content
Includes typescript of a lecture on blacks at Cornell and in American society, given shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King; handwritten notes for a talk on the same subject a year later; typed notes for a talk on racism, April 24, 1969; and a column entitled "Cornell Racism" written by Slatoff for the CORNELL DAILY SUN, April 17, 1969.
Also, subject files, correspondence, lesson plans, syllabi, and other professional papers.
Dates
- 1968-1975.
Creator
- Slatoff, Walter Jacob, 1922- (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Professor of English. Walter J. Slatoff chaired the Faculty-Student Committee on Human Rights at Cornell University.
Extent
7 cubic feet. (7 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
- African American college students
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- Cornell University -- : Administration.
- Racism.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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