Columbia 1968: Aftermath

Columbia 1968: Aftermath

Items relating to the aftermath of the "Columbia Crisis" of the spring of 1968: (1) a two-page letter written by Richard Hofstadter to David Truman, Vice President of Columbia University, in which he proposes several reforms to the university administration; (2) a letter written by Hofstadter, along with Professors Fritz Stern and Loren R. Graham, regarding Columbia University's involvement with the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC); (3) a letter written by Hofstadter concerning the problem of disruptive students; and (4) a three-page report, in the Columbia Newsletter, on a statement on academic freedom and the university signed by 100 faculty, including Hofstadter. 

Richard Hofstadter; Fritz Stern; Loren R. Graham; Columbia University Newsletter

Box 27: Columbia 1968; Box 2: Uncatalogued Correspondence; Box 3: Uncatalogued Correspondence, Richard Hofstadter Papers, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University in the City of New York

Benjamin Serby; Columbia University Newsletter

1968-1969 (digitized 2016)

Estate of Richard Hofstadter

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Text; digital reproduction of black-and-white photograph