Christopher F. Cornford papers

Collection

Identifier: HLL-2019-029

Staff Only

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.

Dates

1968-1978, undated

Creator

Christopher F. Cornford, 1917-1993 (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material is in English.

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.

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.

Extent

.21 Linear Feet

1 box

Additional Description

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.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically in one series.

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.