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...Schrecker, the Yeshiva University historian whowrote No Ivory Tower, says the Universitywas uncooperative in giving her access todocuments that were 40 or even 45 years...
...What I was interested in was not so much wholooks good, who's right," Schrecker says. "What Iwas interested in was the quality of thedecision-making. As a historian, I was especiallyinterested in what were the issues--what didpeople think was important--with this at thetime...
...Schrecker suggests a "20- or 25-year rule"because "that amount is enough to transfersomething from a current case into history...
...Schrecker also received important help fromformer Corporation member William Marbury, aBaltimore lawyer. Marbury refused to give herCorporation documents, but he tried to helpconfirm some of Schrecker's facts by consultinghis own files from the period, the historian says...
Marbury's reluctance was based wholly on theUniversity policy. Schrecker writes in a footnoteto No Ivory Tower: "William Marbury had acomplete file on the cases and, though he wouldnot show it to me because he did not want to goagainst the University's policy, he referred to itthroughout the interview...