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Academic freedom.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

American Civil Liberties Union records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-4-3042
Scope and content

Includes minutes, lists of activities, issue briefs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, subject files, and flyers concerning the Cornell University Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Dates: 1966-1990.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / American Civil Liberties Union records

Civil liberties publications

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924093390809]
Identifier: 6740
Scope and content

Publications relating to civil liberties issues, particularly academic freedom, from the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups.

Dates: 1952-1957.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Civil liberties publications

Cornelius W. de Kiewiet papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3-7-2559
Abstract

Material from de Kiewiet's term in office, 1949 to 1951. Includes items relating to presence of communist influence among the faculty.

Dates: 1949-1951.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornelius W. de Kiewiet papers

Cornell University Board of Trustees Committee of Inquiry Concerning the Activities of Professor Philip Morrison records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2-6-1835
Scope and content

Includes correspondence, memoranda, transcript of a hearing, minutes, report, and other materials of the Trustee Committee of Inquiry Concerning the Activities of Professor Philip Morrison relating to Morrison's fitness for tenure. Topics include faculty involvement in subversive organizations, communism, McCarthyism, and freedom of speech.

Dates: 1950-1956.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University Board of Trustees Committee of Inquiry Concerning the Activities of Professor Philip Morrison records

Cornell University Freedom of Expression Theme Year memorabilia

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924131903480]
Identifier: 3-17-4651
Content Description

T-shirt and stickers from Cornell University's Freedom of Expression theme year.

Dates: 2023 - 2024
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University Freedom of Expression Theme Year memorabilia

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

Francis Harley Scheetz papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2-10-1109
Abstract Includes materials relating to Scheetz' student days and papers from his work as a Cornell trustee and presidential councillor. Also, photographs; prints; four world maps prepared for King Louis XV of France (1740, 1741); a portrait of General Henry Dearborn, a Revolutionary War patriot; two Sèvres vases (gifts to General Dearborn from Louis Philippe); information concerning the Xth International Congress on the History of Science (1962); Theta Delta Chi correspondence; postcards; Scheetz'...
Dates: 1740-1963,-1947-1969 (bulk)
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Francis Harley Scheetz papers

Frank H. T. Rhodes papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3-12-1795
Abstract

Records relating to Rhodes' Presidency of Cornell University; papers consist of the routine administrative operation of the University; chief concerns include the University's financial development and alumni relations; relations between the University and research corporations and science foundations; the administration of colleges and units relating principally to programs, personnel, and academic matters; and the social role of the President.

Dates: 1977-1996.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Frank H. T. Rhodes papers

Gray Thoron papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 18-1-1695
Abstract Files of Gray Thoron include correspondence, surveys, memoranda, applications, reports, announcements, and other materials pertaining to Cornell Law School admissions, students, curricula, and examinations; personnel recruitment information and applications; budgets, endowments, fundraising, scholarships, and fellowships; alumni; the International Legal Studies Program; academic freedom and tenure; faculty members; policies; and other papers relating to Thoron's position as Law School...
Dates: 1922-1987.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Gray Thoron papers

James A. Perkins papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3-10-1022
Abstract

The papers of James A. Perkins consist of correspondence, reports, administrative management forms and records, drafts of speeches, correspondence, notes of telephone conversations, memoranda for the record, substantive inter-office notes and memos, commission reports, departmental reports to the President, tape recordings, transcripts, broadsides, a phonodisc, and letters received by the President's Office concerning the events on campus in the Spring of 1969

Dates: 1963-1969.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / James A. Perkins papers

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