Guide to the Cornell Divestment Movement Collection,
1983-1987

Collection Number: 47-5-3515

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:

RMC Staff

Date completed:

August 2008

EAD encoding:

Sharon Jank 2006

© 2006 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Cornell divestment movement collection, 1983-1987

Legal Documents, Publications, Reports

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Reports, legal documents, memos, articles, leaflets, posters, publications, and other items, all relating to the movement for Cornell divestment in South Africa.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Barbara Ebert participated in the first divestment sit-ins at Cornell's Day Hall in April-May, 1985.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Reports, legal documents, memos, articles, leaflets, posters, publications, and other items, all relating to the movement for Cornell divestment in South Africa.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Ebert, Barbara,

Cornell University--Students.

Subjects:

Student movements.

Students--Political activity.

Disinvestment.

Places:

United States--Foreign policy--South Africa.

South Africa--Economic conditions--1961-

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Cornell divestment movement collection, #47-5-3515. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
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	CCD Banking	Box 1	Folder 1
	CCD Funding Applications	Box 1	Folder 2
	CCD Key Lists	Box 1	Folder 3
	CCD Official Registration(s)	Box 1	Folder 4
	Contact Lists	Box 1	Folder 5
	Administration Miscellaneous	Box 1	Folder 6
1986	CCD Legal Matters	Box 1	Folder 7
Oct. 30, 1986	Relihan Sit-In	Box 1	Folder 8
Oct. 8, 1986	Trespass Counts	Box 1	Folder 9
	Fingerprinting Documentation	Box 1	Folder 10
Oct. 8, 1986	Contempt of Court	Box 1	Folder 11
June 27, 1985	Court Papers	Box 1	Folder 12
	Change of Attorney Papers	Box 1	Folder 13
May 1978	Getnick, Neil V., Conflict of Interest Report	Box 1	Folder 14
Dec. 6, 1978	South African Investment Report	Box 1	Folder 15
May 28, 1983	Investments Report to Board of Trustees	Box 1	Folder 16
	Update of 1983 Report on Cornell Investments in S. Africa	Box 1	Folder 17
Feb. 10, 1987	Southern Africa Activist Memorandum	Box 1	Folder 18
Apr. 4, 1986	Signed Petition	Box 1	Folder 19
	The Crisis in Minority Faculty at Cornell, Draft	Box 1	Folder 20
	Anti-Racism Coalition	Box 1	Folder 21
	Divestment Legal Defense Fund Banking	Box 1	Folder 22
1986	Anti-Racism Coalition	Box 1	Folder 23
	Cornell Radical Union	Box 1	Folder 24
Feb. 1987	Noam Chomsky Talk Summary	Box 1	Folder 25
	Free Speech Commission	Box 1	Folder 26
	Chomsky Articles	Box 1	Folder 27
Mar. 5, 1987	Education Against Oppression Presentation: China in Transition	Box 1	Folder 28
	CCD Photographs	Box 1	Folder 29
	Violence of Racism and Militarism Info Sheets	Box 1	Folder 30
	S.B. Fuller's Correspondence with Babara Ebert	Box 1	Folder 31
	Petition Forms	Box 1	Folder 32
	Copies of South Africa: Apartheid, Divestment, and Cornell	Box 1	Folder 33
	Printouts of CCD's Computer Bulletin	Box 1	Folder 34
	Faculty Letter to COrnell Vice President	Box 1	Folder 35
May 20, 1985	Faculty Network Against Apartheid	Box 1	Folder 36
Fall 1986	Peace and Justice Course Catalog	Box 1	Folder 37
May 31, 1987	Cornell University Commencement Brochure	Box 1	Folder 38
Aug.-Sep. 1985	Unions and Activities Memorandums	Box 1	Folder 39
June 1985-Mar. 1986	Press Releases	Box 1	Folder 40
	City of London Anti-Apartheid Group Info	Box 1	Folder 41
	'Divest Now' Mortarboard Covers	Box 1	Folder 42
1985	Divestment Convocation Flyers and Brochures	Box 1	Folder 43
	Herbster Negotiations	Box 1	Folder 44
	Miscellaneous	Box 1	Folder 45
	South African Freedom Charter	Box 1	Folder 46
	Activist Info Sheets and Flyers	Box 1	Folder 47-51
	Centre Against Apartheid Notes and Documents	Box 2	Folder 1
	Issues of Uprising!	Box 2	Folder 2
	Issues of Sechaba	Box 2	Folder 3
	Publications	Box 2	Folder 4
	Pamphlets	Box 2	Folder 5
	Issues of Outrage	Box 2	Folder 6
	Issues of Spark	Box 2	Folder 7
	ECSA	Box 2	Folder 8
	Composition Journal, various authors	Box 2	Folder 9
	National Student Conference on S. Africa Info	Box 2	Folder 10
1975	Copy of Compendium of NY Law	Box 2	Folder 11
	Action Alerts, Articles, Miscellaneous	Box 2	Folder 12-14
1986-1990	Coalition Newspaper Clippings	Box 2	Folder 15-19
	Newspaper Clippings	Box 2	Folder 20-23
	Protest Artifacts	Box 3
	Photos, Camera Film, Memorabilia	Box 4
	Demonstration Banners	Box 5

Guide to the Cornell Divestment Movement Collection,1983-1987

Collection Number: 47-5-3515

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

© 2006 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Guide to the Cornell Divestment Movement Collection,
1983-1987

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library