RMA02541.xml Guide to the David Lyons and Matthew Lyons Cornell divestment movement collection, 1976-1987. Cornell divestment movement collection, 1976-1987 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library June 2003

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Finding aid encoded by Martin HeggestadJune 2003 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the David Lyons and Matthew Lyons Cornell Divestment Movement Collection,1976-1987 Collection Number: 18-2-2541 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library 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 Martin Heggestad, June 2003 Anne Jones, March 2012 © 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY David Lyons and Matthew Lyons Cornell divestment movement collection, 1976-1987. 18-2-2541 David Lyons, 1935- 1 cubic ft. Reports, legal documents, memos, articles, leaflets, posters, and other publications. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Reports; legal documents; memos; and articles, leaflets, posters, and other publications, all relating to the movement for Cornell divestment in South Africa. Collection material in English BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Matthew Lyons (Cornell University Class of 1986) helped to organize and participated in the first divestment sit-ins at Cornell's Day Hall in April-May 1985, as well as the May 8, 1985 action, "Take It To the Straight." In the fall of 1985, he helped to coordinate the divestment movement's daily sit-ins and civil disobedience at Day Hall. David Lyons, Matthew's father, is professor of law and philosophy at Cornell University. He was part of the first group of Cornell faculty and staff to be arrested in the divestment sit-ins in April 1985. He helped to draft the principal Faculty and Staff Against Apartheid (FSAA) documents including "Why Cornell Should Divest" and the FSAA's reply to the Proxy Review Committee Report on divestment. He represented Shantytown residents within the Cornell judicial system with regard to their complaints against the central administration.

 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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

 SUBJECTS Names: Lyons, David, 1935- Lyons, Matthew Nemiroff. Cornell University--Students. Cornell University--Faculty. Subjects: Student movements. Students--Political activity. Disinvestment. Places: United States--Foreign relations--South Africa. South Africa--Economic conditions--1961-1991. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

David Lyons and Matthew Lyons Cornell divestment movement collection, #18-2-2541. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 CONTAINER LIST 1 1 CIA protests Spring 1985 1 2 SADC (South Africa Divestment Coalition) report 1983, 1985 1 3 Trustee and Johnson Wax investment policies 1976-1985 1 4 Trustee conflicts of interest re: investment policy 1 5 Articles on divestment and divestiture - non-Cornell sources 1 6 Articles on South Africa - non-Cornell sources 1 7 Harvard alumni divestment work 1 8 Cornell divestment leaflets, memos, etc. Apr.-June 1985 1 9 Spring 1985 cases - City Court 1985 1 10 Spring 1985 cases - Cornell judicial system 1985 1 11 Faculty and Staff Against Apartheid (FSAA) Spring 1985 1 12 Shantytown civil litigation Spring 1985 1 13 Cornell Review (anti-divestment) May 1985 1 14 Divestment Convocation June 1985 1 15 Ithaca Journal reporting protest June 1985 1 16 Divestment legal analysis Summer 1985 1 17 Eduation Against Oppression 1 18 Cornell divestment leaflets, memos Summer, Fall 1985 1 19 FSAA Summer, Fall 1985 1 20 Faculty referendum on divestment May-Sept. 1985 1 21 New York Supreme Court cases Fall 1985 1 22 Fall 1985 cases - Cornell judicial system 1985 1 23 Proxy Review Committee report and discussion/replies Fall 1985-Jan. 1986 1 24 Non-divestment activism related to divestment movement 1985-1986 1 25 Spring 1986 cases - Cornell judicial system 1986 1 26 FSAA Spring 1986 1 27 Cornell Divestment and Anti-Racism Coalition leaflets, memos 1986 1 28 Cornell Judicial System Cases Fall 1986 1 29 Arts Faculty Resolution 10/86 / FSAA Fall 1986 1 30 Spring 1987 cases - Cornell judicial system 1987 1 31 Humor 1 32 Leftist student publications 1985-1987 1 33 FSAA 1987 1 34 UAW and faculty/student support 1985-1987 1 35 Free speech and Cornell photo policy 1977-1985 1 36 Proposed Campus Code changes (RAMPO) June-late 1985 1 37 New Campus Code, etc. instituted 1 38 Free Speech Commission 1986-1987 1 39 Shantytown documents 1 40 Drafts of shantytown complaints May 1985 1 41 Original shantytown complaints vs. Cornell May-June 1985 1 42 Prior cases relevant to shantytown hearings (Cornell judicial system) 1 43 Amended shantytown complaints June 1985 1 44 Exchange of memos re: shantytown complaints Summer 1985 1 45 Shantytown appeal to Cornell Hearing Board 1 46 Shantytown appeal to Cornell Review Board 1 Divestment poster 47 Spring 1985