Temple-Lilley Special Committee records, 1968-1971, bulk 1968-1969

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Series I: Committee Meeting Minutes, 1968-1969

This series contains the minutes of the meetings of the Special Committee from 1968 through 1969.



Box 1 Folder 1 to 2 Minutes, 1968-1969, (2 Folders)

Series II: Memoranda, Drafts, Reports, 1968-1971

This series contains documents prepared for and by the committee while it considered proposals for restructuring the University. They include statements and reports from both individual and groups of students and faculty, alumni, and outside consultants.


Box 1 Folder 3 to 6 Memoranda requested by the Special Committee, 1968 May-September , compiled by Stuart Glass, Executive Director of the Committee., 1968 May-September, (4 Folders)

(Includes original and one duplicate copy)



Box 2 Folder 1 to 2 Memoranda collected for the Special Committee, 1968 May-August, (2 Folders)


Box 2 Folder 3 Memoranda to, from, and collected by William E. Petersen, Chairman, Columbia University Board of Trustees,, 1968


Box 2 Folder 4 to 6 Memoranda on proposals for restructuring the university, 1968-1969, (3 Folders)



Box 3 Folder 1 to 6 Memoranda on proposals for a University Senate, 1968-1969, (6 Folders)


Box 3 Folder 7 Records of the University Council, 1969



Box 4 Folder 1 to 6 Five Interim Reports, 1968-1970, (6 Folders)


Box 4 Folder 7 Cresap, McCormick and Paget studies and reports on the University, 1969



Box 5 Folder 1 to 6 Cresap, McCormick and Paget studies and reports, 1968-1969, (6 Folders)

(includes duplicate copies of drafts and final reports)



Box 6 Folder 1 to 8 General Memoranda, 1968-1969, (8 Folders)



Box 7 Folder 1 to 5 General Memoranda, 1969-1971, (5 Folders)

Series III: Subject Files, 1968-1971

This series contains memos and other documents that were arranged by subject in University offices.



Box 8 Folder 1 General, undated, 1968-1969


Box 8 Folder 2 Committee on Legal Affairs, 1969


Box 8 Folder 3 Cresap, McCormick and Paget, 1968-1970

(administrative records)


Box 8 Folder 4 Outside Recommendations, 1968


Box 8 Folder 5 Student Statements to the Committee, 1968


Box 8 Folder 6 Student Representatives, 1968-1970

(administrative records)


Box 8 Folder 7 Student Representatives, 1968-1970

(financial records)


Box 8 Folder 8 to 9 Thacher, Proffitt, Prizer, Crawley & Wood (Legal Advisors to Committee), 1968-1971, (2 Folders)


Box 8 Folder 10 Trustee Ballot, 1969

Series IV: Correspondence, 1968-1971

This series consists of correspondence to and from members of the Special Committee as well as University officials concerning the student disturbances of 1968 and ideas about the University's future.



Box 9 Folder 1 General, 1968

(mostly with alumni and alumni groups responding to the events of spring 1968)


Box 9 Folder 2 General, 1969


Box 9 Folder 3 to 6 Files of William E. Petersen, President of Columbia Board of Trustees, 1968-1970, (4 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 7 Gymnasium Construction, 1969-1970

(Letter from Andrew W. Cordier dated March 12, 1968 is more like March 12, 1969 based on the fact that it is signed "Acting President," a position that Cordier did not assume until August 1968)


Box 9 Folder 8 Interim Report 1, 1968-1969


Box 9 Folder 9 Interim Report 2, 1968-1969



Box 10 Folder 1 Interim Report 3, 1969


Box 10 Folder 2 Interim Report 4, 1969-1971


Box 10 Folder 3 Trustee Committee on Community Affairs, 1971


Correspondence


Box 10 Folder 4 1968 May-June


Box 10 Folder 5 1968 June-July


Box 10 Folder 6 1968 August


Box 10 Folder 7 1968 September


Box 10 Folder 8 1968 October



Box 11 Folder 1 1968 November-December


Box 11 Folder 2 1969 January-March


Box 11 Folder 3 1969 April-June


Box 11 Folder 4 1969 September-1970 July