Jacob D. Hyman papers
Dates
- 1956-1971
Creator
- Hyman, Jacob D. (Person)
Language of Materials
Terms of Access
Copyright
Extent
6.5 Linear Feet (13 manuscript boxes)
Overview
Biographical Note
Historical Note
Task Force on Campus Construction
Professor Hyman was chairman of the Task Force on Campus Construction, which was created by the Select Committee on Equal Opportunity. University President Martin Meyerson established this committee in the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death, "to enhance and expand educational, cultural, economic, and environmental opportunities for minority and disadvantaged groups in the Buffalo community and the State." Programs already in existence were to be expanded: Small Business Marketing Assistance Program, Experienced Teacher Fellowship, College Bound Program, Model Cities Program, Upward Bound, Storefront Education Information Centers, Secretarial Training, Community Aid Corps.
According to the The Spectrum, (12/17/1968) the Select Committee began Experimental Program for Independent Study (EPIS) in the fall of 1968, admitting 120 students for undergraduate study. Six "task force" committees were established on housing, faculty recruitment, campus-wide employment, admissions, and the Task Force on Campus Construction, of which Hyman was chairman.
See the Archives' clipping file, "Integrated Work Force," for details of the events which led to a moratorium on campus construction declared by the State University on March 20, 1969. On September 5, 1969, representatives of the State University Construction Fund, organized labor, the construction industry, and Minority Coalition, Inc. announced an agreement which would lead to an "affirmative action" plan the recruitment and training of minority group members.
Arrangement
Collection is organized by subject. Subjects include: I. Task Force on Campus Construction, II. Black Muslim Litigation, III. Charter Revision Committee, IV. Fact-Finding Board, V. Community Welfare Council, VI. SUNY Personnel Policies Committee, VII. Educational Policy and Planning Committee, and VIII. Temporary Executive Council.
Original order of collection has been maintained.
Acquisition Information
Accruals and Additions
Processing Information
Creator
- Hyman, Jacob D. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Jacob D. Hyman papers
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Archives staff.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
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