Kheel, Ann Oral History Collection, 1966
Collection Number: 6003 OH

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Ann Kheel Oral History Collection, 1966
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6003 OH
Abstract:
This collection includes a VHS copy of "Firing Line Video, Kheel v. Buckley, October 1966" and two copies of the transcript of "In her own words: Ann Sunstein Kheel".
Creator:
Kheel, Ann
Quanitities:
0.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

Ann Sunstein Kheel was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University, Class of 1936. She was the beloved wife of Theodore W. Kheel, a nationally prominent arbitrator and mediator.
Ann Kheel was a journalist and government information specialist who was influential in civic and charitable affairs in New York. She was chairwoman of the State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commission for the City of New York between 1977-86. She also served the New York Urban League as the secretary of its Board for twenty-five years, beginning in the mid-1960's and was the founder of its annual Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner (which raised millions of dollars over the twenty-five years she ran it and is still an annual event). Over the years, she served as a trustee of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture as well as the Rainforest Alliance and in various capacities, on panels and boards of a number of charitable and local governmental boards. She also served on the Advisory Board of the Catherwood Library, the parent institution of the Kheel Center.

This collection includes a VHS copy of "Firing Line Video, Kheel v. Buckley, October 1966" and two copies of the transcript of "In her own words: Ann Sunstein Kheel".
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

Ann Kheel Oral History Collection #6003 OH. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Kheel, Ann S.(Ann Sunstein), 1915-2003
Subjects:
Audio-visual materials

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
In Her Own Words
Scope and Contents
transcript
Box 1
Firing Line Video, Kheel v. Buckley - October 1966
1966