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Priscilla Gage Specht, collector. Sigma Kappa suspension papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 16 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065303855]
Identifier: 37-4-m.484
Scope and content

Letters and mimeographed material relating to the suspension of the Cornell chapter of Sigma Kappa by the national organization for pledging an African-American girl.

Dates: 1956.

Galvin family papers

 Collection — Mu 1022: [Barcode: 31924027053309]
Identifier: 4933
Abstract

Correspondence, passports, photographs, certificates, awards, biographical clippings, and other papers of an upstate New York physician and college professor. Includes correspondence, accounts, historical descriptions, constitution and by-laws, and other papers pertaining to Cornell University's African-American fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha.

Dates: 1906-1987.

Edward A. Peterson Civil War correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924088334812]
Identifier: 8520
Scope and content 15 items inlcluding autograph letters, signed, from Peterson to his parents; one letter written on his behalf, but in someone else's hand; and a letter from his cousin commenting on Edward's death in battle on July 7, 1864. Also, a printed circular letter from February 1864 on the imminent departure of the 20th regiment of United States Colored Troops for the South, with information on obtaining a pass to visit them before their departure; a pass for a Mrs. George W. Degroot to visit a...
Dates: 1864-1879.

James Leonard Carlton reminiscences

 Collection — Manuscript box 48 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065250825]
Identifier: 2396
Scope and content

Typed reminiscences of James L. Carlton as dictated to Charlotte Holmes Crawford describe life in the Cherokee Strip, the Oklahoma land rush, and service in the 31st Michigan Infantry, National Guard, 1898-99, with comments on the Cuban campaign in the Spanish-American War and the role of blacks in the Battle of San Juan Hill.

Dates: 1958.

Cornell University student protest films

 Collection — Dvd 780
Identifier: 37-11-2759
Abstract Documentation of the events of the 1969 student protests, April 19 and 20, 1969. Includes footage of the occupation of Willard Straight Hall, the mass assembly and addresses in Barton Hall, and members of the University Faculty leaving Bailey Hall. Shows African American students giving speeches with guns, the takeover, members of the student body, speeches by the administration, and a press conference. Individuals include Eric Evans, Steven Muller, James Perkins, Dale Corson, and others....
Dates: 1969.

Steven Muller Challenge to Governance correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065218400]
Identifier: 4-3-1276
Scope and content

Collection consists mainly of incoming correspondence reflecting the reactions of the public (non-alumni) to Cornell's handling of the Willard Straight Hall takeover. Also included are some letters written by Muller in reply to those he received, and newspaper clippings documenting the reporting and commentary on the incident in various parts of the country.

Dates: 1969.

R.D. Miller Challenge to Governance correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065218418]
Identifier: 11-1-1277
Scope and content

Collection consists of incoming correspondence and newspaper clippings reflecting the reactions of the public (non-alumni) to Cornell's handling of the Willard Straight Hall takeover.

Dates: 1969.

Challenge to Governance oral history project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-6-1285
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.

Dates: 1969-1971.

The South Side Community Center of Ithaca, New York: Built through "community mothering" 1938.

 Collection — Manuscript box 72 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924112433200]
Identifier: 6797
Scope and content

Article from Afro - Americans in New York Life and History. New York: Jan 2008. Vol. 32, Iss. 1; pp. 75-90.

Dates: 2008.

Phyllis Pollack papers

 Collection
Identifier: 8130
Scope and content Papers include magazine and newspaper articles, photographs, posters, photocopies and ephemera documenting Hip Hop in the 1980s and 90s. Included are FOIL copies of the FBI's files on Tupac Shakur and Eazy-E, a recording contract for an album featuring Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys, a press release for NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" video, which was banned by MTV. Other documentation focuses on the rise of gangsta rap, the censorship of rap lyrics and the controversy over the Recording...
Dates: circa 1985-2000.

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African American college students 15
Photographs 12
African American college students -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 7
Willard Straight Hall takeover, 1969. 7
Student movements. 6
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African American student movements -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 5
Hip-hop. 5
Women college students. 5
African American student movements. 4
African Americans -- Education 4
African Americans. 4
College students -- Political activity. 4
Greek letter societies. 4
Student movements -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 4
Women college students -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 4
African American musicians 3
African American women. 3
Interviews. 3
Minority college students -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 3
Students -- Political activity. 3
Women's rights 3
Academic freedom. 2
African American Greek letter societies 2
African American college students -- Political activity. 2
African American newspapers. 2
African American women 2
African American youth -- Social life and customs. 2
African Americans -- Civil rights 2
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century 2
African Americans -- Music 2
African Americans -- New York (State) -- Ithaca 2
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York. 2
Athletics. 2
Civil rights 2
Civil rights movement -- United States. 2
College administrators 2
College presidents. 2
College student government. 2
College students -- Conduct of life. 2
College students -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 2
College students -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- Ithaca. 2
Demonstrations. 2
Feminism. 2
Gay liberation movement 2
Gay rights 2
Gender identity 2
Homosexuality. 2
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs. 2
Memorials -- Washington (D.C.) 2
Minorities -- Education (Higher) 2
New York Amsterdam news. 2
Peace movements. 2
Race relations. 2
Rap (Music) 2
Rap (Music) -- Political aspects. 2
Rap (Music). 2
Rap musicians. 2
Social history. 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American. 2
Videotapes. 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- African Americans. 2
16mm 1
AIDS (Disease) 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Law and legislation. 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Counseling of -- New York (N.Y.). 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects. 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment. 1
Abolitionists -- United States. 1
Account books 1
Adolescence. 1
Africa -- American influences. 1
Africa -- Study and teaching. 1
African American Muslims 1
African American Sunday schools--New York (State)--Deposit. 1
African American art 1
African American artists -- United States 1
African American artists -- United States -- Pictorial works. 1
African American athletes 1
African American authors. 1
African American business enterprises -- New York (State) -- Prattsburg. 1
African American college students -- Pictorial works. 1
African American criminals. 1
African American entertainers 1
African American entertainers -- Periodicals. 1
African American fraternal organizations 1
African American gay men 1
African American gay people 1
African American gay people -- New York (State) -- New York 1
African American gay people -- Social life and customs 1
African American gay people -- United States 1
African American intellectuals. 1
African American journalists 1
African American legislators. 1
African American lesbians -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Social life and customs. 1
African American lesbians -- Social life and customs. 1
African American mass media--New York (State)--Ithaca. 1
African American men 1
African American men -- California -- Los Angeles 1
African American men -- Diseases -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History. 1
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Names
Cornell University 33
Muller, Steven, 1927-2013. 6
Cornell University. Africana Studies and Research Center 5
Perkins, James Alfred, 1911-1998 4
no primary creator 4
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Cornell University. Board of Trustees 3
Corson, Dale R. 3
Kennedy, Wilbert Keith, 1919- 3
Sigma Kappa Sorority 3
Sigma Kappa Sorority. Alpha Zeta Chapter (Cornell University) 3
Adams, Morton, 1910- 2
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Alpha Chapter (Cornell University) 2
American Council on Education 2
Association of Colleges and Universities of the State of New York 2
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. 2
Barlow, Mark, 1925-2012. 2
Black, Max, 1909-1988. 2
Carnegie Corporation of New York 2
Clark, Van Alan. 2
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory 2
Cornell United Religious Work 2
Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing 2
Cornell University. Afro-American Studies Program 2
Cornell University. Constituent Assembly 2
Cornell University. Department of Economics 2
Cornell University. Division of Biological Sciences 2
Cornell University. Library 2
Cornell University. Medical College 2
Cornell University. Office of the President 2
Cornell University. University Faculty 2
Dean, Arthur H. 2
Donlon, Mary H., 1893-1977. 2
Edwards, Harry, 1942- 2
Ford Foundation 2
Guerlac, Henry. 2
Johnson, Herbert F. (Herbert Fisk), 1899-1978. 2
Kahn, Alfred E. (Alfred Edward.) 2
Leigh, Wilhelmina 2
Linowitz, Sol M., 1913-2005. 2
Long, Franklin A., 1910-1999. 2
Malott, Deane W. (Deane Waldo), 1898-1996. 2
Miller, R. D. (Robert Demorest), 1919-2011. 2
Morse, Chandler. 2
National Collegiate Athletic Association 2
New York State College of Human Ecology 2
Newman, Floyd R. (Floyd Roy), 1890-1990. 2
Noyes, Jansen. 2
Olin, John M. 2
Olin, Spencer T. 2
Palm, Charles Edmund, 1911-1996. 2
Penney, Norman. 2
Purcell, Robert W. 2
Shakur, Tupac, 1971-1996. 2
Sproull, Robert L. 2
State University of New York 2
Students for a Democratic Society 2
Thomas, Sarah Ethel. 2
Tobin, Thomas L. 2
Turner, James E. 2
United States Commission on Civil Rights 2
United States. Army 2
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902. 1
African Americans 1
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Afrika Bambaataa, 1957- 1
Agree, Peter. 1
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 1
Allen, James E., Jr., 1911-1971. 1
Alpha Phi Alpha 1
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Kappa Xi Lambda Chapter (Wall Street Alphas) 1
Ambler, W. E. 1
American Association of University Professors 1
American Baptist Home Mission Society 1
American Colonization Society 1
American Field Service 1
Amherst College 1
Anderson, Carl A. 1
Anderson, Charles N. 1
Appuzo, Virginia. 1
Archibald, Douglas N. 1
Armstead, Siobhan. 1
Ashby, Eric, 1904-1992. 1
BWMT/NY 1
Barboza, Anthony, 1944- 1
Barlow, J. Robert. 1
Battle, Juan (Juan Jose.) (Title of work: Say it loud: I\'m Black and I\'m proud..) 1
Bemis, Edward Webster, 1860-1930. 1
Benson, LeGrace G. 1
Berrigan, Daniel. 1
Berrill, Kevin. 1
Bickel, Gary William. 1
Bixby, George (Collector) 1
Black Literary Society of Cornell University. 1
Black, Max. 1
Blunt, Jeffrey. 1
Bok, Derek Curtis. 1
Booker T. Washington Club (Ithaca, N.Y.) 1
Boyer, Ernest L. 1
Brauner, Robert 1
Brewster, Kingman, Jr., 1919-1988. 1
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