Guide to the President's Committee On Student Involvement In Decision Making Records,
1968-1969

Collection Number: 3-10-1284

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M. Warren
Date completed:
February 1985
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2003

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
President's Committee on Student Involvement in Decision Making records, 1968-1969.
Collection Number:
3-10-1284
Creator:
Cornell University. President's Committee on Student Involvement in Decision Making.
Quantity:
.3 cubic ft.,
Forms of Material:
Membership lists, invoices, budgets, tape recordings, memoranda, bibliographies, printed material, correspondence, drafts, and reports.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Collection includes membership lists, invoices, budgets, tape recordings, memoranda, bibliographies, printed material, correspondence, drafts, and reports concerning the President's Commission, also known as the Morison Commission. Records primarily relate to student activism and involvement in university governance.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The President's Commission on Student Involvement in Decision Making was created by Cornell University President James A. Perkins in order to study student political activity at Cornell and its relationship to the educational and institutional operation of the University. Commission members included Jon Anderson, Mark Barlow, Sarah Diamont, Stephen Hadley, F. A. Long, Ian Macneil, Richard Marchase, Robert S. Miller, David Moore, Robert S. Morison, Raymond Thorpe, William Tomlinson, and Michael Wright.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection includes membership lists, invoices, budgets, tape recordings, memoranda, bibliographies, printed material, correspondence, drafts, and reports concerning the President's Commission, also known as the Morison Commission. Records primarily relate to student activism and involvement in university governance.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University. President's Committee on Student Involvement in Decision Making.
Anderson, Jon.
Barlow, Mark.
Diamont, Sarah.
Hadley, Stephen.
Long, F. A.
Macneil, Ian.
Marchase, Richard.
Miller, Robert S.
Moore, David.
Morison, Robert S.
Thorpe, Raymond.
Tomlinson, William.
Wright, Michael.
Cornell University--Students.

Subjects:
College students--Political activity.
Self-government (in higher education)
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
5" letter box:access restricted to permission of office of origin.
Tape recordings: access restricted in part.
Restrictions on use:
Tape recordings: use restricted in part.
Cite As:
President's Committee on Student Involvement in Decision Making records, #3-10-1284. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1969
Chairman's Report
 Box 1 Folder 1
1968
Minutes and Other Meeting-related Material, Part 1
 Box 1 Folder 2
1968
Minutes and Other Meeting-related Material, Part 2
 Box 1 Folder 3
1968
Minutes and Other Meeting-related Material, Part 3
 Box 1 Folder 4
Sept. 1968
Post-Sept. 1968 Minutes
 Box 1 Folder 5
Oct. 1968
Post-Sept. 1968 Minutes
 Box 1 Folder 6
Nov. 1968
Post-Sept. 1968 Minutes
 Box 1 Folder 7
Dec. 1968
Post-Sept. 1968 Minutes
 Box 1 Folder 8
Jan. 1969
Post-Sept. 1968 Minutes
 Box 1 Folder 9
Feb.-May 1969
Post-Sept. 1968 Minutes
 Box 1 Folder 10
1968-1969
Reports, Position, Accounts, Part 1
 Box 1 Folder 11
1968-1969
Proposals and Drafts, Part 2
 Box 1 Folder 12
1968-1969
Reports and Accounts, Part 3
 Box 1 Folder 13
1968-1969
Accounts, Part 4
 Box 1 Folder 14
Tape recordings
Feb. 10, 1969
Morison Commission, 40th meeting
 tr. 3929
Mar. 12, 1968
tr. 3930
Mar. 13, 1968
tr. 3931
Mar. 18, 1968
tr. 3932
May 7, 1968
tr. 3933
July 24, 1968
Commission #12
 tr. 3935
July 31, 1968
Commission #14
 tr. 3936
Aug. 12, 1968
Commission #15
 tr. 3937
Sept. 16, 1968
tr. 3938
Sept. 17, 1968
tr. 3939
Sept. 23, 1968
tr. 3940
Oct. 21, 1968
tr. 3941
Oct. 28, 1968
tr. 3942
Nov. 4, 1968
tr. 3943
Nov. 8, 1968
tr. 3944
Nov. 11, 1968
tr. 3945
Nov. 15, 1968
tr. 3946
Nov. 18, 1968
tr. 3947
Nov. 22, 1968
tr. 3948
Nov. 25, 1968
tr. 3949
Dec. 2, 1968
tr. 3950
Dec. 6 & 9, 1968
Meetings 30, 31
 tr. 3951
Dec. 13, 1968
tr. 3952
Dec. 16, 1968
tr. 3953
Dec. 20, 1968
tr. 3954
Jan. 6, 1969
tr. 3955
Jan. 10, 1969
tr. 3956
Jan. 20, 1969
tr. 3957
tr. 3958
CU and Minutes
 tr. 3959
Employment for Women
 tr. 3960
Last mtg.
 tr. 3961
Morison Commission
 tr. 3962