{
  "schema": "living-library-human-ecology-archival-custody-v1",
  "as_of": "2026-10-18",
  "status": "private research; finding-aid inventory only, no files acquired or permissions requested",
  "research_question": "Trace QKHILLTOP to Cornell Human Ecology and distinguish CIA-funded projects, independent institutional research, and later 1978-79 internal accountability inquiry.",
  "institution": "Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine",
  "holdings": [
    {
      "key": "HE-1",
      "series": "CIA documents re: Human Ecology Study Program",
      "collection": "US-NNCORMA-RG02-SG002-001",
      "locator": "Box 1, Folder 2",
      "dates": "1954–1963, 1977",
      "catalog_url": "https://aspace3-test.library.cornell.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/1749852",
      "access": "catalog_only_not_acquired",
      "needed": "Original funding authorization, agreements, payment records and identity of approving agency staff",
      "limits": "Archival folder described; exact document inventory not downloaded, access and PHI restrictions require review"
    },
    {
      "key": "HE-2",
      "series": "CIA documents re: Human Ecology Study Program (second folder)",
      "collection": "US-NNCORMA-RG02-SG002-001",
      "locator": "Box 1, Folder 3",
      "dates": "1954–1963, 1977",
      "catalog_url": "https://aspace3-test.library.cornell.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/1749853",
      "access": "catalog_only_not_acquired",
      "needed": "Research grant and 1950s institutional correspondence, confirm any contract co-signatures",
      "limits": "Folder description only; contents not inspected"
    },
    {
      "key": "HE-3",
      "series": "Cornell CIA Activities Committee 1979 witness statements",
      "collection": "US-NNCORMA-RG02-SG002-001",
      "locator": "Box 1, Folder 11",
      "dates": "1979",
      "catalog_url": "https://aspace3-test.library.cornell.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/1749861",
      "access": "catalog_only_not_acquired",
      "needed": "Decision chronology and institutional awareness, separate sworn statements from committee conclusions",
      "limits": "Public index is not testimony; person-level sensitive evidence must not be exposed without consent/legal review"
    },
    {
      "key": "HE-4",
      "series": "Society for Investigation of Human Ecology correspondence",
      "collection": "US-NNCORMA-RG02-SG002-001",
      "locator": "Box 2, Folder 5",
      "dates": "May–June 1960",
      "catalog_url": "https://aspace3-test.library.cornell.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/1749868",
      "access": "catalog_only_not_acquired",
      "needed": "Foundation sponsor, institutional recipients, proposal correspondence and awareness by named investigators",
      "limits": "Catalog only; does not establish any particular grant, CIA staff link or completed experiment"
    },
    {
      "key": "HE-5",
      "series": "Cornell Human Ecology Division distinct research collection",
      "collection": "US-NNCORMA-RG02-SG004-005",
      "locator": "One box, catalog-level collection",
      "dates": "1956–1974",
      "catalog_url": "https://archives.library.cornell.edu/repositories/5/resources/12031",
      "access": "catalog_only_open_collection_not_acquired",
      "needed": "Resolve CIA-supported specific studies versus other medical research; compare institution and study dates before drawing overlaps",
      "limits": "Finding aid says some Human Ecology work was financed by the CIA-connected society; Cornell division existed after covert funding period and was disbanded in 1988"
    }
  ],
  "privacy": "Avoid restricted PHI, identifying unwitting subjects and internal patient/medical details. Acquire only materials the archive permits and publish only reviewed source-graded findings.",
  "independent_sources": [
    "MK-032",
    "MK-034",
    "MK-035"
  ],
  "finding_limits": "A catalog listing gives existence and collection custody but not the contents or evidentiary truth of the records inside."
}