Within Cornell, the takeover has come to be seen as an event that gave birth to enormous social, governance and ideological change, and had long-lasting effects as well as immediate outcomes that continue to shape the Cornell community. The Campus Code of Conduct, the University and Student Assemblies, and the addition of student-elected trustees resulted from the takeover.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of Cornell students emerging from Willard Straight Hall after the takeover.

Resources and links:

• "A campus takeover that symbolized an era of change," April 16, 2009 ... The first in a series of articles about the four-decade legacy of the 36-hour student takeover of Willard Straight Hall that began April 18, 1969. Cornell Chronicle
• Willard Straight Hall Takeover and Student Protests, (digitized video made from a video compilation which included footage from multiple film reels.) Kroch Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
• Willard Straight Occupation Study Guide
• Willard Straight Takeover Documents