Shockley Incident records, 1969-1970.

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Shockley Incident records, 1969-1970.

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Collection consists of records relating to the Shockley Incident, which occured on Oct. 15, 1969, when a group of black students prevented William Shockley from presenting a controversial scientific paper, Offset analysis description of racial differences, to the National Academy of Sciences, which was holding its annual meeting at Dartmouth College. Includes letters to students regarding their hearings before the Committee on Standing and Conduct and letters from alumni and professors regarding the incident and the disciplinary action taken by the college. Also includes Brewster's correspondence regarding the incident.

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Dartmouth College Library

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The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....

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Fanelli, Alex 1920-

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