Cornelius W. de Kiewiet papers, 1949-1951.

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Cornelius W. de Kiewiet papers, 1949-1951.

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The papers of Acting President Cornelis Willem de Kiewiet consist of office files, correspondence, and other material deriving from his term in office, 1949 to 1951. Subjects include the adoption of a balanced university budget, relations with faculty, the Board of Trustees, Cornell University Medical College, the various standing and ad hoc committees, the planning for Statler Hall, Mann Library, and other facilities, relations with the State University of New York, New York State and federal agencies and departments, and various educational and philanthropic foundations;, and also the presence of communist influence among the faculty. Major correspondents include Lucile Allen, Howard E. Babcock, Neal Dow Becker, Martin P. Catherwood, Gilmore D. Clarke, Edmund Ezra Day, Arthur H. Dean,Mary H. Donlon, Victor Emanuel, Alvin C. Eurich, Edward W. Fox, Frank E. Gannett, Larry E. Gubb, Solomon C. Hollister, Asa S. Knowles, Carleton C. Murdock, William I. Myers, Myron C. Taylor, Maxwell M. Upson, Elizabeth Lee Vincent, J. Carlton Ward, Robin M. Williams, Robert R. Wilson, and Theodore P. Wright.

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