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Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Andrea Strongwater recollections

 Collection — Manuscript box 32 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065300323]
Identifier: 37-5-2885
Scope and content

Recollection of student life of a Cornell University undergraduate, with particular reference to campus episodes of student unrest on campus, especially the occupation of Willard Straight Hall.

Dates: 1996
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Andrea Strongwater recollections

Charles Atkinson Haynie articles

 Collection — Manuscript box 4 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065264552]
Identifier: 37-5-1030
Scope and content

Photocopies of two brief articles "The Music Room Crowd" (November, 1976) and "Why Us" (December 1976) which were published in Ethos (SUNY at Buffalo). Also "Me and the Italians: and "The End of Capitalism". Articles concern life at Cornell of radical students during the late 1950's and early 1960's.

Dates: 1975-1976.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Charles Atkinson Haynie articles

Charles E. Palm papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 21-2-1478
Abstract Correspondence, typescripts, reports, drafts, handwritten notes of telephone conversations, and publications pertaining to his deanship of the New York State College of Agriculture from 1959 to 1972 and to his work as Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Agricultural Sciences beginning in 1972. The papers mainly document the administration and growth of the New York State College of Agriculture, its departments, committees, and related activities, including the New York State Agricultural...
Dates: 1956-1986.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Charles E. Palm papers

Coalition Against Apartheid collection

 Collection — Manuscript box 45 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924112457324]
Identifier: 47-5-3798m
Scope and content Fliers, handouts, and press releases; also "Statement presented befor the Ad Hoc Committee of the Cornell Board of Trustees at hearings sponsored by the Cornell Campus Council: Cornell Investment in South Arica--Morally, politically and economically wrong," by Dr. Michael C. Latham, 1978; notes for a talk by Friedman; report of Student Trustee Neil V. Getnick on "Conflicts of Interest and the Cornell Board of Trustees Investment Committee," 1978; and "Position paper: Committee on South...
Dates: 1978.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Coalition Against Apartheid collection

Cornell Committee Against Segregation records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070738475]
Identifier: 37-6-3991
Scope and content

Includes press releases, newsletters, memos, publications and correspondence, including letters from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and a letter from Martin Luther King, Jr.



Dates: 1958-1961.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell Committee Against Segregation records

Cornell divestment movement collection

 Collection
Identifier: 47-5-3515
Abstract

Reports, legal documents, memos, articles, leaflets, posters, publications, and other items, all relating to the movement for Cornell divestment in South Africa.

Dates: 1983-1987.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell divestment movement collection

Cornell Liberal club records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924088349588]
Identifier: 37-6-609
Scope and content Two scrapbooks documenting the activities of the Cornell Liberal Club comprised of clippings of articles published in the Cornell Daily Sun, the Syracuse Post Standard, The Student Review, The Ithaca Journal News. Subjects include controversies over the ejection in Kentucky of delegates of the National Student League; compulsory R.O.T.C military training at Cornell University; coverage in the local press and material relating to the Secord Regional Conference of New York State Liberal Clubs...
Dates: 1932-1934.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell Liberal club records

Dale R. Corson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3-11-1665
Abstract The Dale R. Corson papers consist of office files, correspondence, and other material deriving chiefly from his provostship (1963-1969) and presidency of Cornell University (1963-1977). The papers illustrate the Corson administration reconstituting the University following the trauma of the 1969 student revolt and the negative publicity following the takeover of Willard Straight Hall; dealing with anti-war demonstrations and protests relative to other social and local issues; and surviving...
Dates: 1963-1977.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Dale R. Corson papers

David Lyons and Matthew Lyons. Cornell divestment movement collection

 Collection
Identifier: 18-2-2541
Abstract

Reports; legal documents; memos; and articles, leaflets, posters, and other publications, all relating to the movement for Cornell divestment in South Africa.

Dates: 1976-1987.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / David Lyons and Matthew Lyons. Cornell divestment movement collection

Divestment in South Africa

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 47-5-2545
Scope and content

Statements and press notices about the Trustee Investment Committee hearing on divestment in South Africa, Sept. 1978. Also, "Research Report on South Africa: Divestment Issues," v. 1-2; correspondence with other institutions; background materials for presentations and articles; and other files relating to divestment issues.

Dates: 1978-1989.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Divestment in South Africa

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