Wally Rosenthal Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SCA-0134

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Student activism materials circa late 1960s and early 1970s, including documentation of the Counter Commencement held in 1969.

Inventory

Invitation to 6/3/69 Counter Commencement in the Phoenix
Counter Commencement Program 1969
Counter Commencement Speech by Ekkehart Krippendorff 1969
Wally Rosenthal Platform and Policy Statement for Student Assocation President
Letter to neighbors of Queens College, from Queens College students
Concerned Faculty Statement
Open Letter to McMurray
Proposed program for Queens College Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Transcript of Ad Hoc Committee with Dean Pierson March 25 1969
Protest at Queens: A Brief Historical Analysis
QC Report Alumni Magazine, Special Report "The College in Crisis" Summer 1969

Dates

1969

Conditions Governing Access

Appointments to examine materials must be made in advance. Please email QC.archives@qc.cuny.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Conditions Governing Use

Reproductions may be provided to users to support research and scholarship. However, collection use is subject to all copyright laws. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Biographical Note

Wally Rosenthal was the president of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter at Queens College in 1969. After leaving Queens College, Rosenthal got a job in the post office where his interactions with a diverse group of co-workers convinced him to become an active Marxist. During a 31-year career he was elected many times (as an "open red") to be a union shop steward. Upon retiring he became a teacher in CUNY Start. Over the years he has sung songs of struggle and revolution at May Day rallies and other events. He remains a committed progressive activist for social and economic justice and an egalitarian world.