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Cornell University Special Trustee Committee on Campus Unrest records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2-6-1444

Scope and content

Includes tapes and transcripts of interviews, printouts, financial records, and other materials relating to the Special Trustee Committee on Campus Unrest (Robertson Committee).

Dates

  • 1969-1971.

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Access resricted to permission of office of origin from October 27, 1986 through October 26, 2031.

Restrictions on Access

Access restricted to permission of the Archivist after October 26, 2031.

Biographical / Historical

The Special Trustee Committee on Campus Unrest (also known as the Robertson Committee) was formed in order to investigate the issues and forces surrounding the armed takeover by black students of Cornell's Willard Straight Hall, April 1969. Douglas Williams Associates, Inc. was employed by the commitee to study these issues and events through interviews of Cornell students, faculty, and administrators, and local government officials.

Extent

2 cubic feet. (2 cubic feet.)

30 audiocassettes. (30 audiocassettes.)

Language of Materials

English

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

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)