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Series XIII: The Office of the President Records, 1958-1974
This collection reflects the record keeping of the Office of the President
from the mid-sixties and early seventies with regard to student activism,
demonstrations, protests, the 1968 crisis, and the subsequent restructuring
of the University. The bulk of material relates to the events of April–May
1968 and their aftermath. This series was a collection on its own up until
August 2007, when it was added to this collection. For this reason some
materials contained in this series are duplicates of existing materials.
Subseries XIII.1: Subject Files, 1958-1973
This subseries consists of correspondence, forms, applications, memos,
proposals, press releases, handbills, transcripts, and many other
materials of all sorts relating to the 1968 crisis, collected primarily
by the Office of the President. The materials were generated in more or
less equal parts by student group and the administration and to a lesser
extent by the faculty. Nearly all aspects of the 1968 crisis are
reflected in one way or another in this series.
Altaway v. Trustees of Columbia University--Thacher Brief,
1969
Box 27
Folder 1
Alumni
Alumni Federation of Columbia University,
1968
Box 27
Folder 2
Alumni for a New Columbia,
1968
Box 27
Folder 3
General Responses,
1968,
Undated
Box 27
Folder 4
American Council on Education,
1968,
Undated
Box 27
Folder 5
Anderson v. Sills Court Opinion,
1969
Box 27
Folder 6
Architecture, School of,
1969,
1970
Box 27
Folder 7
Arrests, Records of,
1968,
1971,
Undated
Box 27
Folder 8
Arts, School of the,
1968
Box 27
Folder 9
Barnard College,
1968
Box 27
Folder 10
Bureau of Applied Social Research--Questionnaire and Report,
1968
Box 27
Folder 11
Capital Campaign, 1968-1969
Box 27
Folder 12
Class Disruption Notices,
1968
Box 27
Folder 13
Colloquium on Issues in Academic Governance,
1968
Box 27
Folder 14
Colloquium on Issues in Academic Governance,
1968
Box 28
Folder 1
Columbia College
Council,
1966,
1968
Box 28
Folder 2
Dean’s Office,
1968
Box 28
Folder 3
Dormitories,
1968
Box 28
Folder 4
Joint College Commission,
1968
Box 28
Folder 5
Columbia College Today,
1969
Box 28
Folder 6
Columbia Concerned Parents,
1968,
Undated
Box 28
Folder 7
Columbia Owl,
1968
Box 28
Folder 8
Columbia University Leadership Conference,
1968
Box 28
Folder 9
Columbia University student Council, 1968-1969
Box 28
Folder 10
Commencement, Handbills, Correspondence, Address,
1968
Box 28
Folder 11
Commentary on Student Unrest,
1968,
Undated
(2 Folders)
Box 28
Folder 12 to 13
Committee for Defense of Property Rights,
1968,
Undated
Box 28
Folder 14
Community Relations,
1968
Box 28
Folder 15
Cordier, Andrew--Statements, 1968-1970
Box 28
Folder 16
Cox Commission--Formation and Membership,
1968
Box 28
Folder 17
Crisis Background Information File,
1968
Box 28
Folder 18
Davis, Angus--Two Notebooks,
Undated
Box 29
Folder 1
Deans and Directors, Meetings of,
1968
Box 29
Folder 2
December Fourth Movement,
1970,
Undated
Box 29
Folder 3
Departments--Statements and Reactions,
1959,
1968,
Undated
Box 29
Folder 4
Discipline
Columbia College Disciplinary Tribunal,
1968
Box 29
Folder 5
Judicial Council, 1972-1973
Box 41
Folder 5
General, 1968-1969,
Undated
Box 29
Folder 6
Grossner v. Trustees of Columbia--Background and Ruling,
1968
(2 Folders)
Box 29
Folder 7 to 8
Executive Clemency,
1968
Box 29
Folder 9
Law School Tribunal--Gustin Case, 1968-1969
Box 29
Folder 10
Leniency Request, 1968-1969,
Undated
Box 30
Folder 1
Yellin Appeal,
1968
Box 30
Folder 2
Engineering and Applied Science, School of,
1968,
1970,
Undated
Box 30
Folder 3
Eyewitness reports--University Employees and Officers,
1968,
1970
Box 30
Folder 4
Faculty
Ad Hoc Faculty Group,
1968
Box 30
Folder 5
Columbia College--Meetings and Resolutions,
1968,
1970
Box 30
Folder 6
Committee on Instruction,
1968
Box 30
Folder 7
Executive Committee of the Faculty,
1968
Box 30
Folder 8
Independent Faculty Group,
1968
Box 30
Folder 9
Joint Meeting of the Faculties
Notices, Notes and Resolutions,
1968 May
4
Box 30
Folder 10
Official Record, Drafts,
1968 April
28
(2 Folders)
Box 31
Folder 1 to 2
Notices, Notes, Resolutions, Transcripts, Official
Record,
1968 April 30
( 3
Folders)
Box 31
Folder 3 to 5
1968 September 12
Box 31
Folder 6
Announcement Lists,
1968
Box 31
Folder 7
Miscellaneous Statements and Responses, 1968-1970,
Undated
Box 32
Folder 1
Medicine, Executive Committee,
1968
Box 32
Folder 2
General Studies, School of,
1968
Box 32
Folder 3
Government Sponsored Research,
1963,
1968-1969
Box 32
Folder 4
Graduate Student Union,
1968
Box 32
Folder 5
Gymnasium--Releases, Letters,
1968
Box 32
Folder 6
Handbills and Fliers--General,
1966,
1968-1970,
Undated
Box 32
Folder 7
Henkin Report--Committee on External Relations,
1968
Box 32
Folder 8
Injunctions against student Protesters, 1968-1971
(2 Folders)
Box 32
Folder 9 to 10
Interview Transcripts from Television and Radio
Face the Nation with Dr. Kirk,
1968
Box 32
Folder 11
Meet the Press with Dr. Kirk,
1968
Box 33
Folder 1
Radio TV Reports, Inc.--David Truman,
1968 May
3
Box 33
Folder 2
Radio TV Reports, Inc.--Dr. Herbert Dean and Fritz Stern,
1968 May 23
Box 33
Folder 3
Joint Committee on Disciplinary Affairs
Cordier--Notice to Students,
1968
Box 33
Folder 4
Draft of Recommendations for Interim Rules to Govern
Rallies, Picketing, and Other Mass Demonstrations,
1968
Box 33
Folder 5
Formation,
1968
Box 33
Folder 6
Operation,
1968
Box 33
Folder 7
Jouvenel, Bertrand de--Paper on Student Unrest,
1968
Box 33
Folder 8
Kirk, Grayson
Statements and Letters,
1968
(2 Folders)
Box 34
Folder 1 to 2
Drafts and Final Issuance of--A Message to Alumni,
Parents, and Other Friends of Columbia,
1968
Box 34
Folder 3
Legal Documents--Pertaining to Columbia University Trustees
as both Plaintiffs and Defendants,
1968
Box 54
Folder 7
Lost and Found Office,
1968
Box 34
Folder 4
Majority Coalition,
1968
Box 34
Folder 5
Military Recruiting, Reports and Statements, 1965-1969,
Undated
Box 34
Folder 6
Minority Student Issues, 1968-1970,
Undated
Box 34
Folder 7
Moratorium Coalition,
1968
Box 34
Folder 8
Moratorium,
1969 October 15
Box 34
Folder 9
Occupation of Buildings,
1968 April
(2 Folders)
Box 34
Folder 10 to 11
Paychecks--Disbursement Location Changes,
1968
Box 34
Folder 12
Petitions on Disciplinary Proceedings,
1968
Box 34
Folder 13
Picketing and Demonstrating--University Policy, 1965-1968
Box 35
Folder 1
Police Action, Comments,
1968
Box 35
Folder 2
President’s Office--Miscellaneous,
1969,
Undated
Box 35
Folder 3
Professional Schools
Business,
1968,
Undated
Box 35
Folder 4
Journalism, 1967-1968
Box 35
Folder 5
Law, 1968-1969,
Undated
Box 35
Folder 6
Social Work,
1968
Box 35
Folder 7
Other, 1968-1969
Box 35
Folder 8
Progressive Labor Party,
1968,
Undated
Box 35
Folder 9
Property, University,
1968
Box 35
Folder 10
Public Information, Office of
Chronology of Events, 1968-1969
Box 35
Folder 11
Press Releases, 1968-1969,
Undated
Box 35
Folder 12
Reports and Statements,
1968
Box 35
Folder 13
Public Relations--Hill and Knowlton,
1968,
Undated
Box 35
Folder 14
Registration Demonstration,
1968
Box 35
Folder 15
Religious Counselors, 1967-1969
Box 35
Folder 16
Restructuring
General,
1968
Box 35
Folder 17
Joint Hearings on University Restructuring--Minutes of
Sessions, Communications, and Materials,
1968
October
18-November 12
(2 Folders)
Box 54
Folder 5 to 6
Joint Hearings on University Restructuring,
1968
(2 Folders)
Box 36
Folder 1 to 2
Proposals and Recommendations
Administration, 1968-1969
(2 Folders)
Box 36
Folder 3 to 4
Faculty, 1967-1969
Box 36
Folder 5
Students,
1968,
Undated
Box 36
Folder 6
Trustees, 1968-1969
Box 36
Folder 7
Other, 1968-1969
Box 37
Folder 1
Faculty and Student Participation
California, Chicago and Cornell, 1966-1968
Box 37
Folder 2
Penn and Princeton, 1958-1968
Box 37
Folder 3
Yale and Others, Summary, 1963-1968
Box 37
Folder 4
Riot Data Review--Aftermath of King Assassination,
1968
Box 37
Folder 5
Search Committee for Permanent President, 1968-1969
Box 37
Folder 6
Security, Campus,
1968
Box 37
Folder 7
Senate Hearings--McClennan Subcommittee,
1969
Box 37
Folder 8
Staff, University--Position Statements,
1968,
1970
Box 37
Folder 9
Strike Coordinating Committee
The Rational Enquirer,
1968
Box 37
Folder 10
Statements and Fliers,
1968,
1970,
Undated
Box 38
Folder 1
Strike Education Committee--Class Schedules and
Announcements,
1968,
Undated
Box 38
Folder 2
Strike--Support for from Other Groups,
1968,
Undated
Box 38
Folder 3
St. Hilda’s and St. Hugh’s School,
1968
Box 38
Folder 4
Student Organization, Committee on, 1967-1969,
Undated
Box 38
Folder 5
Student Rights and Responsibilities, 1967-1968
Box 38
Folder 6
Students’ Afro-American Society, 1968-1969
Box 38
Folder 7
Students for Columbia University, 1968-1970,
Undated
Box 38
Folder 8
Students for a Democratic Society
Administration Records of, 1968-1969
Box 38
Folder 9
General, 1967-1968,
Undated
Box 38
Folder 10
Handbills and Fliers, 1968-1969,
Undated
Box 39
Folder 1
Meeting Space, 1967-1968,
Undated
Box 39
Folder 2
Reactions to,
1965,
1968-1969,
Undated
Box 39
Folder 3
Students for a Free Campus, 1968-1969,
Undated
Box 39
Folder 4
Students of Hamilton Hall--May Occupation,
1968
Box 39
Folder 5
Students for a Restructured University, 1968-1969,
Undated
Box 39
Folder 6
Teachers College,
1968
Box 39
Folder 7
Temple Committee
General,
1968
Box 39
Folder 8
Minutes,
1968
Box 39
Folder 9
Memoranda and Reports,
1968
Box 39
Folder 10
Memoranda and Reports,
1968
Box 40
Folder 1
Tri-Partite Commission, Ad Hoc Committee on,
1968
Box 40
Folder 2
Truman, David--Statements and Letters,
1968
Box 40
Folder 3
Trustees
General, 1968-1969
Box 40
Folder 4
Statements,
1968
Box 40
Folder 5
Union Theological Seminary,
1968
Box 40
Folder 6
University Committee on Rules of Conduct,
1969
Box 40
Folder 7
University Council,
1968,
Undated
Box 40
Folder 8
University Proctor and Delegate--William Kahn, 1968-1969,
This subseries contains letters, postcards, and telegrams sent to the
University by alumni, friends, and otherwise concerned or interested
citizens, commenting on the student protests; together with some replies
by President Grayson Kirk and others. These communications are generally
separated into those which are hostile to the protestors, and those
which are hostile to the administration. The "Public Opinion" files were
unprocessed and thus the lack of separation of communications into those
which are hostile to protesters and those hostile to the administration.
Instead these materials are grouped under the title, "Public Opinion,"
but generally consist of correspondence that is either for or against
the administration. Each group is then organized chronologically. Most
of the correspondence is impersonal, but included are some highly
personal letters from friends and colleagues of President Kirk.
Letters--Anti-Students
1968
April,
Undated
(2 Folders)
Box 41
Folder 6 to 7
1968
April,
Undated
(2 Folders)
Box 42
Folder 1 to 2
1968
May,
Undated
(6 Folders)
Box 42
Folder 3 to 8
1968 June
(5 Folders)
Box 43
Folder 1 to 5
1968 July
(2 Folders)
Box 43
Folder 6 to 7
1968 August-September
Box 43
Folder 8
1968 October-December
Box 43
Folder 9
1969 January-May
Box 43
Folder 10
1969 February-September
Box 44
Folder 1
Letters--Supporting Students
1968 April
(2 Folders)
Box 44
Folder 2 to 3
1968 May
(3 Folders)
Box 44
Folder 4 to 6
1968
May,
Undated
(2 Folders)
Box 44
Folder 7 to 8
1968 June
Box 44
Folder 9
1968 July-August
Box 44
Folder 10
Letters--Public Opinion
1968
(4 Folders)
Box 45
Folder 1 to 4
1968,
Undated
(2 Folders)
Box 45
Folder 5 to 6
1967-1969,
Undated
Box 45
Folder 7
Letters--Public Opinion
1968-1969
Box 45
Folder 8
Letters--President Kirk’s Response to Public Opinion,
1968
Box 45
Folder 9
Letters--Administration’s Response to Public Opinion,
1968
Box 45
Folder 10
Letter Inventory--Alphabetically Listed by Name,
Undated
Box 46
Folder 1
Telegrams--Public Opinion,
1968
(5 Folders)
Box 46
Folder 2 to 6
Clippings Sent to President Kirk, 1967-1968,
Undated
(2 Folders)
Box 47
Folder 1 to 2
Letters to President Kirk Referred to Other Administration
for Response, 1968-1969
Box 47
Folder 3
Spring
1972
Disturbances--McGill Form
Letters, 1972 April-September
This subseries consists of the records of the Fact-Finding Commission
appointed to investigate the student protests, chaired by Archibald Cox
(Professor of Law, Harvard University). The bulk of the materials
consist of transcripts of the testimony given before the Commission,
May–July 1968. In addition, the Cox Commission collected various
exhibits, reports, publications, and other materials relevant to the
hearings; these materials are organized alphabetically.
ACE Report on Students for a Democratic Society,
1967
Box 47
Folder 6
Arrests--Statistics,
1968
Box 47
Folder 7
Columbia University Student Council--Truman Correspondence,
1967
Box 47
Folder 8
Correction to Truman’s Chronology,
1968
Box 47
Folder 9
Dr. King--Memorial Service,
1968
Box 47
Folder 10
Exhibits
Box 48
Deferred Tuition Plan, 1966-1967
Box 48
Folder 1
Pellegram, Daniel--Statements and Plan, 1964-1966
Box 48
Folder 2
Platt, Alexander, 1967-1968,
Undated
Box 48
Folder 3
Truman, David, 1967-1968
Box 48
Folder 4
External Research, 1967-1968
Box 48
Folder 5
Eyewitness Reports of Police Action,
1968
Box 48
Folder 6
Financial Records of Commission,
1968
(2 Folders)
Box 48
Folder 7 to 8
First Joint Faculty Meeting,
1968
Box 48
Folder 9
Flyers and Handbills, 1967-1969
(3 Folders)
Box 49
Folder 1 to 3
General Neighborhood Renewal Plan,
1965,
1968
Box 49
Folder 4
Goldman and Star,
1968
Box 49
Folder 5
Graduate Sociology Society Flyer, circa
1968
Box 49
Folder 6
Gym Appraisals--McGuire to Cox, 1959-1968
Box 49
Folder 7
Gym Protest Articles,
1968
Box 49
Folder 8
Hofstadter Speech,
1968
Box 49
Folder 9
Kirk Memo on Picketing,
1967
Box 49
Folder 10
Kirk Response to Columbia University Student Council’s Gym
Resolution,
1966
Box 49
Folder 11
Law School Declaration,
1968
Box 49
Folder 12
Medical Reports,
1968
Box 49
Folder 13
Memo’s and Letters to President Kirk,
1968
Box 49
Folder 14
Miscellaneous Cox--Including Appearance Schedule, circa
1968
Box 49
Folder 15
Moratorium Statement,
1968
Box 49
Folder 16
Notes Taken by Marion Jemmott,
1968
Box 49
Folder 17
Press Conference Transcript,
1968 April
25
Box 49
Folder 18
Recruiting Referendum and Report,
1967
Box 49
Folder 19
Report on Faculty Housing,
1966,
1968
Box 49
Folder 20
Sato Visit Protest,
1967
Box 49
Folder 21
Students for a Democratic Society Protest,
1968
April 23
Box 49
Folder 22
Six Demands of the Strike,
1968
Box 49
Folder 23
Student Life Report, 1967-1968
Box 50
Folder 1
Truman, David--Chronology and Press Releases During Strike,
1968
Box 50
Folder 2
Trustees, List of,
Undated
Box 50
Folder 3
Proceedings of the Fact Finding Commission,
1968
Book I
Box 50
Folder 4
Book II
Box 50
Folder 5
Book III
Box 50
Folder 6
Book IV
Box 50
Folder 7
Book V
Box 50
Folder 8
Book VI
Box 51
Folder 1
Book VII
Box 51
Folder 2
Book VIII
Box 51
Folder 3
Book IX
Box 51
Folder 4
Book X
Box 51
Folder 5
Book XI
Box 52
Folder 1
Book XII
Box 52
Folder 2
Book XIII
Box 52
Folder 3
Book XIV
Box 52
Folder 4
Book XV
Box 53
Folder 1
Book XVI
Box 53
Folder 2
Book XVII
Box 53
Folder 3
Book XVIII
Box 53
Folder 4
Book XIX
Box 53
Folder 5
Book XX
Box 54
Folder 1
Book XXI
Box 54
Folder 2
Index to Testimony Proceedings,
1968
Box 54
Folder 3
Subseries XIII.4: News Clippings, 1968-1974
This subseries consists of newspaper clippings and radio and television
transcripts, together with some magazine articles, related to the
student demonstrations, primarily collected by Burrelle’s news service.
Both Burrelle’s Clippings and Radio TV Reports, Inc. transcripts are
arranged chronologically.
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