COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Materials of Professor Chai Feldblum relating to the effort by the Campaign for Military Service to assist President Clinton in his stated desire to lift the ban on gay service members. These materials include all documents used to lobby Congress and raise public awareness in 1993, as well as internal documents detailing efforts to propose alternatives to the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy.
Also, files regarding the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
Dates
- 1975-1997.
Creator
- Feldblum, Chai. (Person)
- Campaign for Military Service (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
Access for research purposes only.
One folder of correspondence has been RESTRICTED until 2019. This folder is temporarily stored in the Accession File.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Professor Chai Feldblum was the Legal Director for the Campaign for Military Service (CMS).
Extent
19.2 cubic feet. (19.2 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Materials of Professor Chai Feldblum relating to the effort by the Campaign for Military Service to assist President Clinton in his stated desire to lift the ban on gay service members. These materials include all documents used to lobby Congress and raise public awareness in 1993, as well as internal documents detailing efforts to propose alternatives to the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. Also, files regarding the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
SERIES LIST
Series I. Briefing Notebooks Boxes 1-2
Series II. Congressional Record Project Boxes 2-3
Series III. Research Files Boxes 3-15, 19-20
Series IV. CMS Organizational Materials Box 15
Series V. Videos Box 16
Series VI. Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) Boxes 17-22
Physical Description
Printed material, manuscripts, and videocassettes.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Andrea Hektor
- Date completed:
- Sept. 2003
- EAD encoding:
- Andrea Hektor, Sept. 2003
- Date modified
- Ben Wrubel, June 2018
Processing Information
Where possible, original folder headings have been retained. Folders labeled "Miscellaneous" contain information papers, comments by Navy officers, retired officials and veterans, various background papers, and other ban-related miscellany.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Andrea Hektor
- Date
- Sept. 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu