Joel H. Silbey papers
Scope and content
Correspondence, research, lecture notes, memoranda, clippings, leaflets, and items concerning events at Cornell University in 1969-1970 including the occupation of Willard Straight Hall and other student protests. Includes copies of The New Left and Liberal Democracy by Walter Berne; A Case Study of a University's Pattern of Error by Allan P. Sindler, September 1969, for the panel on The New Left and the University; incomplete draft manuscript of Backfire, The Lesson of Cornell, later Open Breeches: Guns at Cornell by Stephen Wallenstein and George Fisher; typescript of the speech by Tom Jones given at Willard Straight Hall, June 29, 1969.
Dates
- 1969-1970.
Creator
- Silbey, Joel H. (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Access to manuscript box 27 folder 1 is restricted. Boxes 15-26 are closed until processed.
Biographical / Historical
Joel H. Silbey, born 1933, professor of history at Cornell University.
Extent
8.4 cubic feet.
Language of Materials
English
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- 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
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