Christopher F. Cornford papers HLL.2019.029

Allison Ransom

Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills

October 2020

Contributing Institution: Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills

Title: Christopher F. Cornford papers

Creator: Christopher F. Cornford, 1917-1993

Identifier/Call Number: HLL.2019.029

Physical Description: .21 Linear Feet

Physical Description: 1 box

Date (inclusive): 1968-1978, undated

Abstract: The collection contains papers and materials compiled and created by Christopher F. Cornford, a British artist, writer, and activist who taught at the Royal College of Art in London, where he was head of the Department of Humanities from 1962-1979, and the University of the Third Age in Cambridge. It contains student-published newspapers and newsletters, academic senate resolutions, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, pamphlets, strike documents, statements, leaflets, press releases, notes, and letters.

Language of Material: Collection material is in English.

Content Description

The Christopher F. Cornford papers, 1968-1978, undated, comprise student-published newspapers and newsletters, academic senate resolutions, newspaper clippings, and strike documents, statements, and leaflets regarding student protests at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in addition to notices from the UC Santa Cruz Strike Education Committee. Also included are newspaper clippings and magazine articles regarding student protests in Berkeley, California, as well as at various colleges and universities in London, England. Various pamphlets regarding student protests, communal living, and autonomous government are also present, as is one file of newspaper clippings, press releases, notes, letters, and statements regarding the organization of the Lucas Aerospace Combine Shop Stewards Committee (LACSSC) and its affiliated industrial organizations in London, England.

Biographical / Historical

Christopher F. Cornford (1917-1993) was a British artist and writer who was the great-grandson of Charles Darwin. He was a member of the British Communist Party in the 1930s who later taught at the Royal College of Art in London, where he was head of the Department of Humanities from 1962-1979, and the University of the Third Age in Cambridge. He maintained an interest in radical politics and labor organizing, in particular the student protest movements of the 1960s, and in the 1980s served as the chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in Cambridge, in addition to attending anti-nuclear protests and designing posters for the peace movement and the Green Party.

Processing Information

Allison Ransom processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in ArchivesSpace in October 2020.

Preferred Citation

For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

Custodial History

The Christopher F. Cornford papers were donated to the Holt Labor Library in San Francisco, California between 1992 and 2019, and were acquired by the Gerth Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 2019.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically in one series.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Student movements -- Political activity

Labor unions -- England -- London

box 1, folder 1

British student protests newspaper clippings and Newsweek magazines 1968

Scope and Contents

Includes newspaper clippings from The Times.

box 1, folder 2

Lucas Aerospace Combine Shop Stewards Committee (LACSSC) documents 1973-1978, undated

box 1, folder 3

"Stevenson Libre" and "The Strike Daily" University of California, Santa Cruz student newspapers and strike documents 1969, undated

box 1, folder 4

Student protest documents and pamphlets, Berkeley, Calif. and London, England 1969-1971, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes Evol journal; Everythng you always wanted to know about neighborhood councils, North Berkeley Residents for Generalized Self-Management; The University of California as Nine Unnatural Acts: act nine, the politics of hibernation; Live it!: communalism, Vocations for Social Change, Canyon, Calif.; Teach yourself student power, edited by David Adelstein, Radical Student Alliance publication.