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Stephen Wallenstein ’69 and George Fisher co-authored Open Breeches: Guns at Cornell in 1970. The 600-page manuscript was never published, but serves as one of the most comprehensive accounts of the crisis that ensued at Cornell surrounding the takeover. According to Donald Downs ’71, author of Cornell ’69, “the manuscript has attained cult status among the few Cornellians who know of it.” The following compilation of excerpts from the manuscript –– organized in a timeline –– is being published here for the first time.
1968
February | The Creation of the Wari House