Challenge to Governance oral history project
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Over 100 interviews with students, faculty, staff, and administrators on subjects including the Vietnam War and the peace movement; the rights of women and minorities, especially blacks' rights and the takeover of Willard Straight Hall; efforts to change the governing system at Cornell; and related issues. Most of the interviews have been transcribed.
Interviews (tapes and Transcripts) with John Marcham, Alice Cook, Sarah Elbert Diamant, Douglas Dowd, W. Robert Finegan, Paul Marantz, Sheila Tobias, William G. Tomlinson, Stephen Wallenstein, Mark Barlow, Max Black, Clinton Rossiter, Bruce Gelber, D. Peter Harvey, Eldon Kenworthy, William S. Myers, David Lyons, Franklin Moss, F. Dana Payne, Barbara Hirshfeld, Norman Penney, James W. Pewett, James L. Zwingle, Orval C French, Walter LaFeber, Santo J. Laquatra, Pearl E. Lucas, James H. Matlack, Steven Muller, Cushing Strout, Robin M. Williams, Jr., Peter Agree, Tom E. Davis, George H. Hildebrand, Margaret E. Keck, Hartwig E. Kisker, Albert S. Miles, Edwin B. Oyer, Joel H. Silbey, Walter J. Slatoff, John Lee Smith, Burton I. Weiss, Paul Olum, Jeffrey M. Blunt, Douglas N. Archibald, Susan Barcus Zebelman, Anthony Fels, Jane Friedman, Irving Gross, William D. Jones, Joseph H. Kelly, Thomas J. Leonard, Donald C. Mangold, Bryron G. McCalmon, Charles G. McCord, Mark F. Sharefkin, Arthur B. Spitzer, Thomas L. Tobin, Stuart M. Brown, Jr., Jack K. Kiely, Gerald W. Lattin, Charles C. Marshall, III, Matthew F. McHugh, Frank Rosenblatt, O. M. Ungers, Paul M. DuBois, George C. Hildebrand, Carl A. Anderson, Larry Cooper, Cleveland Donald, Jr., David L. Dupree, Myra E. Gordon, Houston Johnson, Jr., Eric R. Krystall, Peter J. Sharfman, William L. Stallworth, Herman Wilson, Rev. David W. Connor, Jean Failing, Elmer E. Meyer, Reeve Parker, Steven W. Telsey, Gary W. Bickel, Charisse Cannaday, Ruth W. Darling, Harry Edwards, Gloria I. Joseph. William J. Osby, George R. Pfann, Raymond G. Thorpe, John W. Wilkins, Michael J. Wright, Madeleine H. Zelin, R. D. Miller, Harold R. Capener, Joseph P. King, LeGrace G. Benson, and W. Keith Kennedy.
Tape recordings only of interviews with students Robert Brauner, "Concerned Faculty," Kristeena Dalby, Howard M. Feinstein, Sharon Goldberg, Julie Jordan, Robert Ordman, Psycho-History Students, and Sister Mary Thomas.
Interviewers include Jeffrey M. Blunt, Gould P. Colman, Sarah Elbert (Diamant), Howard M. Feinstein, William G. Tomlinson, Stephen Wallenstein, and Michael J. Wright.
Dates
- 1969-1971.
Creator
- Cornell University. Program in Oral History (Organization)
- Agree, Peter. (Person)
- Anderson, Carl A. (Person)
- Archibald, Douglas N. (Person)
- Zebelman, Susan Barcus. (Person)
- Barlow, Mark, 1925-2012. (Person)
- Benson, LeGrace G. (Person)
- Bickel, Gary William. (Person)
- Black, Max. (Person)
- Blunt, Jeffrey. (Person)
- Brauner, Robert (Person)
- Brown, Stuart M., Jr. (Person)
- Cannaday, Charisse. (Person)
- Capener, Harold R. (Harold Rigby), 1919- (Person)
- Connor, David W. (Person)
- Cooper, Larry. (Person)
- Dalby, Kristeena. (Person)
- Darling, Ruth W. (Person)
- Davis, Thomas Edward. (Person)
- Elbert, Sarah. (Person)
- Donald, Cleveland, Jr. (Person)
- Dowd, Douglas F. (Douglas Fitzgerald), 1919-2017. (Person)
- DuBois, Paul Martin, 1945- (Person)
- Dupree, David L. (Person)
- Edwards, Harry, 1942- (Person)
- Failing, Jean, 1913- (Person)
- Feinstein, Howard M. (Person)
- Fels, Anthony. (Person)
- Finegan, W. Robert. (Person)
- French, Orval C (Person)
- Friedman, Jane. (Person)
- Gelber, Bruce. (Person)
- Goldberg, Sharon. (Person)
- Gordon, Myra E. (Person)
- Grossman, Irving. (Person)
- Harvey, D. Peter. (Person)
- Hildebrand, George C. (Person)
- Hildebrand, George Herbert. (Person)
- Hirshfeld, Barbara. (Person)
- Johnson, Houston, Jr. (Person)
- Jones, William D. (Person)
- Jordan, Julie. (Person)
- Joseph, Gloria I. (Person)
- Keck, Margaret E. (Person)
- Kelly, Joseph H. (Person)
- Kenworthy, Eldon, 1935- (Person)
- Kiely, Jack K. (Person)
- King, Joseph P. (Person)
- Kennedy, Wilbert Keith, 1919- (Person)
- Kisker, Hartwig E. (Person)
- Krystall, Eric R. (Person)
- LaFeber, Walter. (Person)
- Laquatra, Santo J. (Person)
- Lattin, Gerald W. (Person)
- Leonard, Thomas J. (Person)
- Lucas, Pearl Elaine (Person)
- Lyons, David, 1935- (Person)
- Mangold, Donald Carl, 1945- (Person)
- Marantz, Paul. (Person)
- Marcham, John, 1927- (Person)
- Marshall, Charles C., III. (Person)
- Matlack, James Henerson. (Person)
- McCalmon, Byron G. (Person)
- McCord, Charles G. (Person)
- McHugh, Matthew F. (Matthew Francis), 1938- (Person)
- Meyer, Elmer, Jr. (Person)
- Miles, Albert S. (Person)
- Miller, R. D. (Robert Demorest), 1919-2011. (Person)
- Moss, Franklin. (Person)
- Muller, Steven, 1927-2013. (Person)
- Myers, William S. (Person)
- Olum, Paul. (Person)
- Ordman, Robert. (Person)
- Osby, William J. (Person)
- Oyer, Edwin B. (Person)
- Parker, Reeve. (Person)
- Payne, F. Dana. (Person)
- Penney, Norman. (Person)
- Pewett, James W. (Person)
- Pfann, George R. (Person)
- Rosenblatt, Frank. (Person)
- Rossiter, Clinton. (Person)
- Sharefkin, Mark F., 1917-1970. (Person)
- Sharfman, Peter J. (Person)
- Silbey, Joel H. (Person)
- Slatoff, Walter J. (Walter Jacob), 1922-1991. (Person)
- Smith, John Lee. (Person)
- Spitzer, Arthur B. (Person)
- Stallworth, William L. (Person)
- Strout, Cushing. (Person)
- Telsey, Steven W. (Person)
- Thomas, Mary, Sister. (Person)
- Thorpe, Raymond G. (Person)
- Tobias, Sheila. (Person)
- Tobin, Thomas L. (Person)
- Tomlinson, William G. (Person)
- Ungers, O. M. (Oswald Mathias) (Person)
- Wallenstein, Stephen. (Person)
- Weiss, Burton I. (Person)
- Wilkins, John W. (Person)
- Williams, Robin M., Jr., 1914-2006. (Person)
- Wilson, Herman. (Person)
- Wright, Michael J. (Person)
- Zelin, Madeleine H. (Person)
- Zwingle, J. L. (Person)
- Benson, LeGrace G. (Person)
- Cook, Alice H., 1903-1988 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Access Restrictions:
Access to transcripts and tapes for Sarah Elbert (Diamant), Margaret E. Keck, Hartwig E. Kisker, Albert S. Miles, Joseph H. Kelly, Thomas J. Leonard, Charles C. Marshall, Larry Cooper, Myra E. Gordon, William L. Stallworth, Elmer E. Meyer Jr., Reeve Parker, Gary Bickel, Charisse Cannaday, Gloria I. Joseph, William J. Osby, John W. Wilkins, Madeleine H. Zelin, Harold R. Capener, and Joseph King restricted to their written permission.
Conditions Governing Access
Access to transcript and tape recording for Walter LaFeber restricted until 5 years after the death of Professor LaFeber and his wife.
Conditions Governing Access
Access to transcript and tape recording for Franklin Moss may not be used by law enforcement officials without written permission.
Conditions Governing Access
Access to tape recordings only for James W. Pewett, LeGrace Benson, Krysteena Dalby, Sharon Goldberg, and Robert Ordman restricted to their written permission.
Use Restrictions:
Transcripts and tapes for Paul Marantz, Sheila Tobias, Stephen Wallenstein, William S. Myers, David Lyons, F. Dana Payne, Santo J. Laquatra, James H. Matlack, Peter Agree, Edwin B. Oyer, Joel Silbey, John Lee Smith, Douglas Archibald, Anthony Fels, William D. Jones, Donald Mangold, Byron McCalmon, Thomas L. Tobin, Matthew McHugh, Paul DuBois, David Dupree, Houston Johnson, Harry Edwards, and Steven Telsey require their written permission to cite, quote, or reproduce.
Conditions Governing Use
Transcripts for Connor, Donald, Edwards, Gelber, and Zelin have been digitized.
Conditions Governing Use
Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections webpage.
Conditions Governing Use
Audio visual media that has been digitized: TR-1513 to TR-1624, and TR-5345 to TR-5347
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
The Cornell University Libraries, represented by the Program in Oral History and the University Archives, collected primary source materials and conducted interviews concerning changes in the governance of the university due to campus activism during the late 1960s. The project was coordinated by University Archivist Herbert Finch and Cornell Program in Oral History Director Gould P. Colman. The goal of the oral history project was to bring within the project appropriate interviewers for members of the various interest groups at Cornell and subdivisions of those groups formed in the process of crisis. An effort was made to match potential respondents with compatible interviewers in order to respond quickly to a highly mobile population and rapidly changing events.
Extent
105 items. (105 items.)
Abstract
Over 100 interviews with students, faculty, staff, and administrators on subjects including the Vietnam War and the peace movement; the rights of women and minorities, especially blacks' rights and the Willard Straight Hall occupation; efforts to change the governing system at Cornell; and related issues. Most of the interviews have been transcribed.
Physical Description
Extent is approximate.
Physical Description
Tape recordings and Transcripts.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Elaine Engst
- Date completed:
- July 2016
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, October 2016
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, August 2018
- African American student movements.
- African Americans -- Education.
- College student government.
- College students -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
- College students -- Political activity.
- Cornell University -- : History.
- Cornell University. Constituent Assembly
- Student movements.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements.
- Willard Straight Hall takeover, 1969.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- October 2016
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 12/07/2018: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
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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