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Cornell Forum and other lectures

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-6-4227

Scope and content

Tape recordings and transcripts of lectures sponsored by the Cornell Forum include: Floyd McKissick "The Black Revolution," November 9, 1966, sponsored by the Cornell Forum (#37-6-tr.103); Claude Brown, "Poverty in Urban America," March 10, 1967, sponsored by the Cornell Forum (#37-6-tr.108); Strom Thurmond. "Why not Victory," March 17, 1967, sponsored by the Cornell Forum and Cornell Conservative Club (#37-6-tr.109); Saul Alinsky, "Problems of the Urban Poor," October 30, 1967, sponsored by the Cornell Forum (#37-6-tr122); and Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa, "Is the Student Revolution Real," December 16, 1969, sponsored by the Cornell Forum and Cornell Conservative Club (#37-6-tr.178).

Scope and content

Also, talk by Secretary of State Dean Rusk, March 24, 1967, sponsored by Sigma Phi, James Norris Oliphant Fellowship (37-4-tr. 111); Cesar Chavez, "The Revolution of the Rural Poor," with Jerry Brown, moderator, April 23, 1967, sponsored by the Willard Straight Issues Committee (#37-7-tr.116); Noam Chomsky, "Resistance and Beyond," January 27, 1969, sponsored by SDS (#37-6-tr.159); and speech by Bernadette Devlin at Bailey Hall, February 23, 1971, sponsored by the Inter-Fraternity Council (#37-4-tr. 203). Also includes an event poster for Jacob Klein lecture.

Dates

  • 1966-1969.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Bernadette Devlin speech copyrighted by author..

Biographical / Historical

The Cornell Forum was organized in 1957 by Professors Clinton R. Rossiter, Andrew Hacker, and Alice H. Cook and members of the Class of 1958. The group began as the local branch of the Student League for Industrial Democracy to sponsor lectures, panel discussions and debates with nationally recognized speakers relating to events of national and international importance.

Extent

9 items. (9 items.)

9 audiotape reels. (9 audiotape reels.)

1 mapcase folders.

Related Archival Materials

Additional tape recordings of Cornell Forum and other lectures may be found in University Relations Tape Recordings and Movie Films, #4-3-875.

Description rules
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Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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