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Cornell University Board of Trustees Committee of Inquiry Concerning the Activities of Professor Philip Morrison records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2-6-1835

Scope and content

Includes correspondence, memoranda, transcript of a hearing, minutes, report, and other materials of the Trustee Committee of Inquiry Concerning the Activities of Professor Philip Morrison relating to Morrison's fitness for tenure. Topics include faculty involvement in subversive organizations, communism, McCarthyism, and freedom of speech.

Dates

1950-1956.

Creator

Cornell University. Board of Trustees. Committee of Inquiry Concerning the Activities of Professor Philip Morrison (Organization)

Biographical / Historical

Professor of physics, Cornell University.

Extent

1.2 cubic feet. (1.2 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Description rules: Appm
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

https://rare.library.cornell.edu/

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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