Cox Commission records, 1957-1971

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Series I: Exhibits

This series contains the general exhibits used in the hearings and/or the materials gathered by the Cox Commission as part of their research before the hearings. This series includes correspondence, handwritten notes, clipplings, and publications.



Box 1 Folder 1 Administrative Announcements, 1968 April-June


Box 1 Folder 3 Alumni Federation, 1968 August


Box 1 Folder 2 Alumni for a New Columbia, 1968 May-July


Box 1 Folder 4 Amnesty, 1968

"The Question of Amnesty"


Box 1 Folder 5 Applied Social Research, Bureau of, 1968 June

Report on "Student and Faculty Response to the Columbia Crisis"


Box 1 Folder 7 Arrests, 1968 May-July


Box 1 Folder 8 Articles from magazines and newspapers, 1965-1968



Box 2 Folder 33 Betanzos, Amelia, 1968



Box 1 Folder 9 Black Students, 1968

"Position of Black Students in Nat Turner Hall"


Box 1 Folder 6 Bloustein, Edward, 1968 May

"The New Student and His Role in American Colleges," lecture by the Bennington College President



Box 2 Folder 34 Board of Estimate Resolution re: Columbia Expansion and Columbia's Response, 1965-1968



Box 1 Folder 10 California, University of, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1968 May

"At the Crossroads: The Government of the University of California"


Box 1 Folder 11 Chronology, 1968


Box 1 Folder 12 Clippings (magazines and newspapers), 1967-1968


Box 1 Folder 14 Columbia University - Charters and Statutes, 1968 March


Box 1 Folder 15 Columbia University - External Activity, Report on, 1968 April-May


Box 1 Folder 16 Columbia University Student Council, 1965-1968



Box 2 Folder 35 Communications with Community re: Gym, 1967-1968



Box 1 Folder 17 Concerned Parents, 1968 May-July


Box 1 Folder 18 Correspondence, 1968 May-June


Box 1 Folder 19 Cox Commission, 1968 August


Box 1 Folder 20 Curriculum, 1966-1968

Articles


Box 1 Folder 21 Disciplinary Affairs, Joint Committee on, 1968 May-August


Box 1 Folder 22 Discipline, 1968 May-July


Box 1 Folder 23 Engineering, School of, 1968 April-May


Box 1 Folder 24 Etzioni, Amitai, 1968


Box 1 Folder 32 Faculties' Meeting - Minutes, 1968 April 28


Box 1 Folder 25 Faculty - Ad Hoc Faculty Group, 1968 April-May


Box 1 Folder 29 Faculty - Independent Faculty Group, 1968 May-June


Box 1 Folder 30 Faculty - Joint Faculty Committee, 1968 April


Box 1 Folder 31 Faculty - Junior Faculty, 1968 May


Box 1 Folder 27 Faculty Civil Rights Group, 1967-1968


Box 1 Folder 26 Faculty, Advisory Committee of, 1968 June


Box 1 Folder 28 Faculty, Executive Committee of, 1968


Box 1 Folder 33 Farnsworth, Dana L., 1967

"Quality of Life Within the University"


Box 1 Folder 34 Fayerweather Hall, 1968


Box 1 Folder 35 Filter, 1967

Science Vol. 157, No. 3788, August 4, 1967. On page 520, "Columbia and Its New Filter: Smoke Over Morningside Heights."


Box 1 Folder 36 Ford Foundation, 1967

Columbia Spectator articles


Box 1 Folder 37 Frankel, Rita V., 1968 July


Box 1 Folder 38 Galanter, Eugene, 1968 June


Box 1 Folder 39 Goldman, Rabbi A. Bruce, 1967-1968


Box 1 Folder 40 Graduate Students' Union, 1968


Box 1 Folder 41 Greenman, Richard, 1968 July



Box 2 Folder 36 Gym - Appraisal, 1959-1968


Box 2 Folder 37 Gym - Pictures, 1968

Site and gymnasium model



Box 3 Folder 2 Gymnasium, 1959-1968



Box 1 Folder 42 Hamilton Hall, 1968 May-July


Box 1 Folder 43 Harris, Marvin, 1968 May-June


Box 1 Folder 44 Heller, Jacob E., 1968 May


Box 1 Folder 45 Henkin Report, 1968 May

Henkin Committee Report



Box 3 Folder 7 Hoving, Thomas, 1968


Box 3 Folder 3 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) - Columbia, 1967-1968


Box 3 Folder 4 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) - Protests, 1966-1968


Box 3 Folder 5 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) - Reports, 1967-1968


Box 3 Folder 6 Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) including Princeton Report, 1968

Lung Exhibits



Box 1 Folder 46 Kahn, Proctor William E., 1967 February


Box 1 Folder 47 Kirk, Grayson L., 1966-1968



Box 2 Folder 1 Lang, Serge, 1968


Box 2 Folder 2 Langsam, David, 1966


Box 2 Folder 3 Law, School of, 1968 May


Box 2 Folder 4 Lawsuits, 1968


Box 2 Folder 5 Low Library, 1968


Box 2 Folder 6 Mathematics Building, 1968


Box 2 Folder 7 Matthews Report, 1966


Box 2 Folder 41-42 McGuire Exhibits 1-38, 1968, 2 folders


Box 2 Folder 32 McKay, Bob, West Harlem Community Organization, 1968


Box 2 Folder 8 Medical Reports, 1968


Box 2 Folder 38 Moore, Emily re: Student Petition on Gym, 1968 June 12


Box 2 Folder 9 Morningside Heights, 1965-1967



Box 3 Folder 8 Olinger, Chauncey, 1958-1968



Box 2 Folder 10 Packer, Herbert L., 1968


Box 2 Folder 11 Platt, Alexander, 1964-1968


Box 2 Folder 12 Raffel, Stanley, 1965


Box 2 Folder 13 Recruitment, 1967


Box 2 Folder 14 Reisner, Edward, 1965-1968


Box 2 Folder 15 Releases, Outline of April 23-30, 1968


Box 2 Folder 16 Restructure, Recommendations, 1968 June


Box 2 Folder 17 Rudd, Mark, 1968 May


Box 2 Folder 18 Schilling, Warner R., 1968


Box 2 Folder 43 Site Documentation, 1961-1967

Lease, preliminary architectural specifications, gymnasium agreement, permit, amendment of lease (including sublease.


Box 2 Folder 19 Smith, Dean Kenneth

Empty


Box 2 Folder 39 Smith, Dwight, Morningside Renewal Council, 1968


Box 2 Folder 40 Stephens, Roderick, President of the Columbia College Class of 1906, 1967-1968


Box 2 Folder 20 Strike Coordinating Committee, 1968


Box 2 Folder 21 Strike Demands, 1968



Box 3 Folder 1 Student Council Exhibits, 19698



Box 2 Folder 22 Student Life, Committee on, 1967-1968



Box 3 Folder 9 Student Releases, 1967-1968



Box 2 Folder 23 Student Survey, 1968 April


Box 2 Folder 24 Student Telegrams, 1968 May


Box 2 Folder 25 Students for a Restructured University, 1968


Box 2 Folder 26 Students for Columbia University, 1968


Box 2 Folder 28 Truman, David D., 1967-1968


Box 2 Folder 29 Trustees, 1968 May-September


Box 2 Folder 27 Tuition - Deferred Plan, 1966-1967


Box 2 Folder 43 Unidentified, 1968

Notes, clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, etc.


Box 2 Folder 30 University Reform - Bibliography, circa 1968


Box 2 Folder 31 Wallenstein, Immanuel, 1966-1968



Box 1 Folder 13 WNDT's "The Columbia Crisis" excerpts, 1968 May



Box 4 Folder 11 WNDT's "The Columbia Crisis" transcript, 1968 May

Series II: Printed Materials

This series contains a collection of printed materials (newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, flyers, etc.) covering the events of 1968. The publications are both local and national.


Pamphlets and Magazines


Box 4 Folder 10 1199 Drug and Hospital News, 1968 November



Box 3 Folder 10 American Mathematical Society Offprints, 1968

"The Confinement of a Russian Mathematician" and "Mathematical Life in North Vietnam"


Box 3 Folder 11 Berkeley: The New Student Revolt by Hal Draper, 1965


Box 3 Folder 12 Columbia College Report for the Years 1964-1966 by David Bicknell Truman, Dean, 1966


Box 3 Folder 13 The Community and the Expansion of Columbia University: A Report of The Faculty Civil Rights Group at Columbia University, 1967 December


Box 3 Folder 14 The Faculty Handbook, 1968


Box 3 Folder 15 The Graduate Faculties Bulletin, 1967-1968



Box 4 Folder 1 Harvard Alumni Bulletin, 1968 September



Box 3 Folder 16 King's Crown Essays, Volulme XV, No. 1, Spring, 1968



Box 7 Life Magazine, 1968 May



Box 3 Folder 17 The New Leader "Columbia in Turmoil", 1968 May 20



Box 4 Folder 2 The New Republic, 1968 June



Box 3 Folder 18 New York Magazine "The Diary of a Revolutionist", 1968 May 27



Box 7 New York Times Magazine, 1968 July 14



Box 4 Folder 3 Newsweek, 1968 May


Box 4 Folder 4 Oberlin College, 1967 December



Box 7 Pace, 1968 August



Box 4 Folder 5 The Plain Truth, 1968 June



Box 3 Folder 19 A Pocket Guide to Columbia University, circa 1965



Box 4 Folder 6 Psychiatry and Social Science Review, 1968 July


Box 4 Folder 7 Ramparts, 1968 June



Box 3 Folder 20 The Role of the Trustees of Columbia University, 1957



Box 4 Folder 8 Saturday Review, 1968 June-August



Box 3 Folder 21-23 Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Flyers and Newspapers, 1967-1968, 3 folders



Box 4 Folder 9 Time, 1968 June and 1970 May



Box 3 Folder 24 The University Student Handbook, 1967-1968


Box 3 Folder 25 U.S. News and World Reports, 1968 December 30


Box 3 Folder 26 Why We Strike, Published by the Columbia Strike Committee, 1967-1968


Box 3 Folder 27 Win Magazine, 1969-1970


Box 3 Folder 25 Wooster Alumni Magazine, 1968 October



Box 4 Folder 12 Newsletters, pamphlets, etc., 1968-1970

Includes Columbia and non-Columbia publications: School of Social Work's Peace Action Bulletin, May 2nd Movement, SLS, Yale, New York Regional Office of the Movement for a New Congress, Commonweal, The Militant, etc.


Box 4 Folder 13 Clippings from magazines and pamphlets, 1965-1968


Newspapers


Box 4 Folder 14 Barnard Bulletin, 1968 May


Box 4 Folder 15 Columbia Law School News, 1968 May


Box 4 Folder 16 The Columbia Owl, 1968 May


Box 4 Folder 17 Columbia Spectator, 1967 June-September


Box 4 Folder 18 Columbia Spectator, 1967 October


Box 4 Folder 19 Columbia Spectator, 1967 November


Box 4 Folder 20 Columbia Spectator, 1967 December


Box 4 Folder 21 Columbia Spectator, 1968 January-February


Box 4 Folder 22 Columbia Spectator, 1968 March


Box 4 Folder 23 Columbia Spectator, 1968 April-October


Box 4 Folder 24-25 Local and National Newspapers, 1968-1971, 2 folders

Columbia Free Press, The Hard Core (SDS), New America, Student Mobilizer, Manhattan Park West, People's America Daily News, Revolutionary Student, Nightsounds, Guardian, Westside News, etc.



Box 7 Student protest clippings, 1968

Series III: Testimony before the Fact Finding Commission

This series contains the audio-tapes, unorganized and uncorrected transcripts, and the final, bound transcripts of the testimony from the hearings held from May 7 to July 25, 1968, including an index to the testimony books. There is also a selection of bound reports and transcripts related to the events.


Cox Commission Transcripts (bound copies)

Proceedings of the Fact Finding Commission before Professor Archibald Cox, Chairman; Professor Anthony Amsterdam, Hon. Simon H. Rifkind, Dr. Dana Farnsworth, and Professor Hyland Lewis. Prepared by Professional Reporting Services. Please note that there is no transcript of Book VII.



Box 4 Folder 26 Books I-III, pages 1-208, 1968 May


Box 4 Folder 27 Books IV-V, pages 209-572, 1968 May



Box 5 Folder 1 Book VI, pages 573-797, 1968 May


Box 5 Folder 2 Books VIII-IX, pages 998-1431a, 1968 May


Box 5 Folder 3 Books X-XI, pages 1433-1861, 1968 May-June


Box 5 Folder 4 Book XII, pages 1862-2137, 1968 June


Box 5 Folder 5 Books XIII-XIV, pages 2138-2507, 1968 June


Box 5 Folder 6 Books XV-XVI, pages 2508-2985, 1968 June


Box 5 Folder 7 Books XVII-XIX, pages 2986-3418a, 1968 July



Box 6 Folder 1 Books XX-XXI, pages 3419-3789a, 1968 July


Box 6 Folder 2 Index to Testimony Before the Fact Finding Commission, 1968 August


Related Transcripts and Reports


Box 6 Folder 3 Alumni Recommendations for the Future Government and Operation of Columbia University, 1968 August


Box 6 Folder 4 Charters and Statutes of the University, 1968 March


Box 6 Folder 5 Columbia University in the City of New York: An Old Partnership, 1968


Box 6 Folder 6 Committee on Student Life: Majority and Minority Reports, 1967 August


Box 6 Folder 7 A Draft Proposal on Changes in the Basic Structure of the University, 1968 December

Cresap, McCormick and Paget


Box 6 Folder 8 The Functions and Operation of the University Council, 1959

"Burns Report"


Box 6 Folder 9 Grossner Case (Morris Grossner v. Trustees of Columbia University), 1968


Box 6 Folder 10 Henkin Report on Outside Agencies, 1968 May

"the investigation, formulation and statement of principles for guidance in the University's relations with outside agencies."


Box 6 Folder 11 Systems Study by Price, Waterhouse, 1962-1966

Financial administration


Unorganized and Uncorrected Testimony

This is an incomplete, duplicative set of transcripts with the label "Unorganzied and uncorrected Testimony" on the front covers.


Box 6 Folder 12 Uncorrected Book I, 1968


Box 6 Folder 13 Uncorrected Book IV (Incomplete), 1968


Box 6 Folder 14 Uncorrected Book VIII, 1968


Box 6 Folder 15 Uncorrected Book XIV, 1968


Box 6 Folder 16 Uncorrected Book XV, 1968


Box 6 Folder 17 Uncorrected Book XVI, 1968


Box 6 Folder 18 Uncorrected Book XVII, 1968


Box 6 Folder 19 Uncorrected Book XVIII, 1968


Box 6 Folder 20 Uncorrected Book XIX, 1968



Box 7 Uncorrected Book XX, 1968


Box 7 Uncorrected Book XXI, 1968


Box 7 Fact Finding Commission Audio Tapes, 1968, 29 open reel audiotapes

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