James A. Perkins Portrait
- Title:
- James A. Perkins Portrait
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Date:
- 1992
- Location:
- Uris Library, Arthur H. Dean Reading Room, Cornell University
- ID Number:
- artsdb_1242
- Accession Number:
- UL-D-P8
- File Name:
- artsdb_1242.jpg
- Work Type:
- portraits
- Materials/Techniques:
- Oil
- Subject:
- Perkins, James Alfred, 1911-1998
College presidents - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- James Alfred Perkins, Professor Emeritus and seventh President of Cornell University (1963-1969). President Perkins oversaw Cornell university during intense political and social turmoil of the 1960's [Linda Grace-Kobas, “James A. Perkins, president emeritus, dies at 86,” Cornell Chronicle, Cornell University, August 27, 1998, http://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/98/8.27.98/perkins.html]. The James A. Perkins Professorship of Environmental Studies in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences was established in his honor, as well as the James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony, founded by Thomas W. Jones, a student leader of the controversial Willard Straight Takeover incident of April 1969. More detailed information on James Alfred Perkins may be found in: Engst, Elaine.“Cornell’s Twelve Presidents: James Alfred Perkins, President, 1963-1969," Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections-Cornell University Library, accessed June 13, 2012, http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/presidents/view_item.php?sec=3&sub=14.
- Source:
- Linda Grace-Kobas, “James A. Perkins, president emeritus, dies at 86,” Cornell Chronicle, Cornell University, August 27, 1998, http://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/98/8.27.98/perkins.html
Engst, Elaine.“Cornell’s Twelve Presidents: James Alfred Perkins, President, 1963-1969," Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections-Cornell University Library, accessed June 13, 2012, http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/presidents/view_item.php?sec=3&sub=14
Martin B. Stiles, "Former President A. Perkins a visionary educator, to be honored," Cornell Chronicle, Cornell University, May 21, 1992, eCommons@Cornell, Cornell University Library, http://hdl.handle.net/1813/25437 - Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.