Trojan Horse oral history project

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 13-6-476

Scope and content

Interviews conducted by Gould P. Colman with John Marcham, editor of the Cornell Alumni News, on March 28, 1968 (1 tape, 1 transcript - pp. 1-82); and with James M. Herson, supervisor of public safety, on July 28, 1967, August 1, 1967, and August 4, 1967 (2 tapes, 2 transcripts)

Scope and content

Interview conducted by Sarah Diamant (Elbert) with Elizabeth Reed, a student and editor of the Trojan Horse, on February 1, 1968 (1 tape, 1 transcript)

Scope and content

3 interviews.

Dates

1967-1968.

Creator

Cornell University. Program in Oral History (Organization)
Herson, James M. (Person)
Marcham, John. (Person)
Reed, Elizabeth. (Person)
Colman, Gould P. (Gould Patchin), 1926- (Interviewer, Person)
Elbert, Sarah (Interviewer, Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Elizabeth Reed tape and transcript require written permission to quote, cite, or reproduce..

Biographical / Historical

In January 1967, Cornell authorities decreed that the Trojan Horse, a campus literary magazine, was obscence and confiscated all copies. Students rallied in support of the publication and to oppose censorship.