Willard Straight Hall Occupation Study Guide: Primary Books

Shelved in Willis Room.
This compilation was collected from twelve members of the Cornell community by the Uris Library staff.

The Cornell University Special Trustee Committee was set up to investigate the backdrop that lead to the seizure of Willard Straight Hall. Members of the committee interviewed various groups of students. Included in this report is a chronology of events that lead up to the takeover and its aftermath.

This book provides a conservative view of events leading up to the takeover of Willard Straight Hall, and its aftermath. Included in this short book are reprints of a few articles from Rowland Evans and Robert Novak.

This book includes selected newspaper clippings from the first century of Cornell published by the Cornell Daily Sun. There are fifteen pages dedicated to the takeover of Willard Straight Hall in 1969.

This book provides an overview of COSEP, and an organizational structure of how it works on Cornell’s campus.

This report was compiled by a special committee appointed by Cornell University Board of Trustees. Its intent was to study the status of minorities at Cornell University and to provide recommendations. The study focuses on Cornell in the early 1970s and includes anecdotal evidence from the 1960s.

Members of the Cornell University Wari House Cooperative, 1994, compiled this book. Included are historical documents, newspaper articles, essays, and poems written by members who lived in Wari House in 1994.

Members of the Cornell University Wari House Cooperative, 1988, compiled this book. Included are correspondence from 1968-1970, copies of newspaper articles, and internal documents from Wari House.

This book was compiled by the Cornell University Black Students United. It has selected articles about the Willard Straight Hall takeover from The Buffalo Courier Express, The Buffalo Evening News, The Chicago Daily News, The Cornell Alumni News, The Cornell Daily Sun, The Detroit Free Press, The Ithaca Journal, The Ithaca Times, The Jamesville Daily Gazette, The New York Daily News, The New York Times, and The Syracuse Post Standard. The articles span from 1968-1989.

This thesis provides an overview of the movement to establish Black Studies programs on American college campuses during the 1960s. Special attention is given to the Willard Straight Hall takeover on Cornell University campus in 1969.

This thesis examines the Black student struggle to create Black Studies at Cornell University, 1968-1969. Included in this study are details about the Willard Straight Hall takeover in 1969, and well as a look at how the struggle at Cornell compares with what was taking place across the nation.