Steven Muller Challenge to Governance correspondence

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 4-3-1276

Scope and content

Collection consists mainly of incoming correspondence reflecting the reactions of the public (non-alumni) to Cornell's handling of the Willard Straight Hall takeover. Also included are some letters written by Muller in reply to those he received, and newspaper clippings documenting the reporting and commentary on the incident in various parts of the country.

Dates

1969.

Creator

Muller, Steven, 1927-2013. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Steven Muller was Vice President of Cornell University at the height of the campus unrest in 1969, including the takeover of Willard Straight Hall by a small group of African American student protesters in the spring of that year. Muller was deluged with letters from alumni, most of them highly critical of the University administration for being too conciliatory toward the students.