Columbia University Commencement, June 1968
Title
Columbia University Commencement, June 1968
Description
Items relating to Richard Hofstadter's commencement speech at Columbia University, June 1968: (1) statement, issued by student protesters, condemning Hofstadter for his support of the university administration's response to demonstrations on campus; (2) announcement, by the Columbia Strike Committee, of a "counter-commencement" to be held as an alternative to the official, university-sponsored graduation ceremony at which Hofstadter spoke; (3) an image, from The New York Times, depicting students leaving the ceremony just before Hofstadter began to deliver his remarks; (4) program from Columbia University rommencement, with full text of Hofstadter's remarks; and (5) letters to Hofstadter, from the sociologist Daniel Patrick Moynihan and the art historian Meyer Schapiro, praising his speech.
Creator
Unknown; Edward Hausner/The New York Times; Richard Hofstadter; Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Meyer Schapiro
Source
Box 27: Columbia 1968; Box 23: Lectures and Speeches; and Catalogued Correspondence; Richard Hofstadter Papers, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University in the City of New York
Publisher
Benjamin Serby; The New York Times
Date
May/June 1968
Rights
Estate of Richard Hofstadter
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Text; digital reproductions of black-and-white photographs
Files
Citation
Unknown; Edward Hausner/The New York Times; Richard Hofstadter; Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Meyer Schapiro, “Columbia University Commencement, June 1968,” Richard Hofstadter at 100, accessed October 6, 2024, https://richardhofstadter100.omeka.net/items/show/139.