Records created by the Office of the President during the term of President Robert E. Kennedy (1967-1979) relating to university operations, administration, promotion, international relations, and development, including campus life and commencement. Records include correspondence, meeting minutes, speeches, publications, audio/visual materials, and objects.
Poem written by Mary E. Kennedy, wife of Cal Poly President Robert E. Kennedy, and printed as a greeting from "President and Mrs. Robert E. Kennedy, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, 1975"
Poem written by Mary E. Kennedy, wife of Cal Poly President Robert E. Kennedy, and printed as a greeting from "President and Mrs. Robert E. Kennedy, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, 1973"
Correspondence regarding Cal Poly 1960 Plane Crash Memorial Benefit Show
Correspondence regarding Cal Poly 1960 Plane Crash Memorial Benefit Show
Footage of firefighting efforts near the railroad trestle that passes by Cal Poly; fire trucks and construction crews drive up a hilltop.
[00:00:11] People carry boxes from a truck near Bethel Lutheran church
[00:00:36] Two men and two women talk to one another on a lawn
[00:00:55] People set up boxes full of clothes on tables
[00:01:54] School supplies are sorted into boxes
[00:02:30] Two men shake hands near a stack of boxes
[00:02:56] View from a peak zooming in to a distant town
[00:03:16] Several people pose as if for a still photo
[00:03:34] Many people carry boxes up a mountain trail in a rural village
[00:03:50] Views of people in a mountain village
[00:04:10] People pose in front of boxes in the village
[00:04:25] Children wade through a river
[00:04:37] Many children group together with several women
[00:04:59] End of recording
Located at roughly 34°31'55.7"N 119°49'55.0"W
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0:00:03 Film shows a car, circa 1970s, sitting outside a house at San Marcos Christian Camp
0:00:08 Film cuts to someone filling a pool with a hose
0:00:28 Film cuts to someone petting a reptile
0:00:45 Film cuts to someone taking a picture of the Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge
0:01:05 Film cuts to grey
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[00:00:10] John discusses "happiness" theme [00:00:21] Describes the Cal Poly dragon float, "Happiness Is..." [00:00:32] John states that Cal Poly has won three awards for animation in the past, cheering Cal Poly students can be heard in the background [00:00:47] Rick notes that the inside of the float "looks like a computer" and "is an engineering masterpiece" [00:01:09] Rick points out that the floats take about ten months to build
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0:00:04 Interview with Brenda Black, Black Heritage Week Queen, begins; asking about her duties
0:00:29 Brenda is asked about the function of the Black Student Union (BSU) at Cal Poly
0:00:57 Film cuts to five girls in a line, dancing and promoting Poly Royal
0:01:07 Film cuts
0:01:19 End video
![Black Heritage [interview with Brenda Black, Black Heritage Week Queen, 1971]](/_flysystem/fedora/styles/large/fedora/2023-04/65736-Thumbnail%20Image.jpg?itok=R77W0o2A)