The Rutgers-Newark in the 1960s and 1970s Oral History Collection 1990-1992

The collection consists of one hundred and eight hours of oral histories conducted by librarian emeritus Gilbert Cohen documenting the city of Newark and Rutgers-Newark in the 1960s and 1970s. Sixty people associated with the Rutgers-Newark campus were interviewed including students, faculty, administration, and staff representing a wide spectrum of political beliefs and levels of activism. All of the interviews offer unique firsthand perspectives on the 20th century history of Rutgers University-Newark, and the city of Newark as a whole. They are a window into the personal, professional, and collective memory of the building and evolution of a city and a campus during a time of great social and political change.AccessThree interviewees placed restrictions on their interviews. These will be added to the finding aid (and their transcripts and audio files made available) over time.Preferred Citation The Rutgers-Newark in the 1960s and 1970s Oral History Collection (RMC-024), Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.Related MaterialRichard P. McCormick's The Black Student Protest Movement at Rutgers (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1990) traces the history of black student protest at Rutgers in from the 1960s to 1990. Rutgers University Libraries holds multiple copies, all under the call number LD4756.M38 1990. In Michael J. Birkner's McCormick of Rutgers: Scholar, Teacher, Public Historian (Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood Press, 2001) McCormick offered his perspectives of Rutgers in the 1960s. At the Rutgers University Libraries, two copies are held at Special Collections and University Archives, under the call number E175.5.M375B57 2001.See the Rutgers University Libraries catalog for more information about locations.The Records of the Rutgers University Office of the President (Mason Welch Gross)RG 04/A16, contain material related to Rutgers in the late 1960s and early 1970s and to the black student protest movement. The Rutgers University Archives has the papers of the Black Organization of Students R-MC 142.Resources about the 1969 Conklin Hall takeover at Rutgers-Newark can be found at the Conklin Hall Project Website.InterviewerEnglish