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Joel H. Silbey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-17-1821

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

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

Related Materials

Additional material and digital versions can be found online here: http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/66553

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

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
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