Cornelius W. de Kiewiet papers

The papers of Acting President Cornelis W. de Kiewiet consist primarily of correspondence and office files for the years of his tenure, 1949 to 1951. Some material deriving from his provostship (1948-1949) is included, as well as a small amount of correspondence of Theodore P. Wright, who followed de Kiewiet as acting president for a short time in 1951. The majority of the correspondence pertains to the routine operation of the university between the presidencies of Edmund Ezra Day and Deane W. Malott. Subjects include the relations between the Office of the President and Acting President de Kiewiet and individual members of the Board of Trustees, the faculty, students, and with several committees, programs, academic departments, and colleges within the University, including the Cornell University Medical College. Topics also include the adoption and operation of a balanced university budget, the planning and construction of new buildings and facilities including Statler Hall and Mann Library, the growth of the Office of University Development, the Cornell University Library, the Social Science Research Center, ROTC, and discrimination in the Cornell University Medical College; also, relations between Cornell University and New York State and Federal governments and agencies, particularly the New York State Education Department and the State University of New York, and with several corporations and educational and philanthropic foundations. A small amount of material pertains to enrollment quotas, communism, and relations with other colleges and universities. There is some personal material pertaining to Acting President de Kiewiet's selection in 1951 as the fifth president of the University of Rochester.

Major correspondents include Lucile Allen, Howard E. Babcock, Neal Dow Becker, Martin P. Catherwood, Gilmore D. Clarke, Edmund Ezra Day, Arthur H. Dean, Mary H. Donlon, Victor Emanuel, Alvin C. Eurich, Edward W. Fox, Frank E. Gannett, Larry E. Gubb, Solomon C. Hollister, Asa S. Knowles, Carleton C. Murdock, William I. Myers, Myron C. Taylor, Maxwell M. Upson, Elizabeth Lee Vincent, J. Carlton Ward, Robin M. Williams, Robert R. Wilson, and Theodore P. Wright.