Cornell University student government anti-war records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 37-9-1095

Scope and content

Press releases, ballots, notes, and newspaper clippings concerning the resolutions passed by the Executive Board of Student Government at Cornell, along with the typewritten resolutions themselves. The ballots show the results of the student referendum. The notes document activities surrounding the referendum, including publicity and inviting speakers to an event (including Bill Moyers, to represent the Johnson administration's views). Newspaper clippings are from the Cornell Daily Sun.

Dates

1966.

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

In May 1966, the Executive Board of Student Government at Cornell University passed resolutions which protested against the Vietnam War and opposed Cornell's hosting Selective Service activities on campus to register male students to be drafted into the military. The student government also conducted a student referendum on the Vietnam War and the draft.