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Start Over Repository Swarthmore College Peace Collection Subject Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources Year 2000 to 2024

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Peace History Society Records, 1963- (inclusive)

Extent:
11 linear ft. (11 linear ft.)
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The records of the Peace History Society contain minutes, mailings, annual brochures, general correspondence, papers presented at its conferences, documents about PHS projects and its monthly journal Peace and Change, and audiotapes. Correspondents include Charles Barker, Berenice A. Carroll, John. W. Chambers, Charles Chatfield, Hilary Conroy, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Sandi E. Cooper, Charles DeBenedetti, Michael A. Lutzker, William L. Neumann, Arthur I. Waskow, Ralph Edward Weber, and Lawrence S. Wittner.

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Center for War/Peace Studies Collected Records, 1966-2005 (bulk)

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2.9 linear ft. (2.9 linear ft.)
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The Center was organized in 1966 by the New York Friends Group to carry out community and adult education on world affairs and U.S foreign policy issues. The Center's name was changed to Center for Global Perspectives in 1976, but a subsequent reorganization restored the original name.

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Libby Frank and Morton Frank Papers, 1966-2012 (inclusive)

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12.5 linear ft. (12.5 linear ft.)
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The papers of a married couple, both of whom have worked for peace and justice organizations throughout the second half of the twentieth century and into the first decades of the twenty-first century. Libby Frank served as the executive director of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1981-1986.

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John MacDougall Collected Papers, 1978-2002 (bulk)

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0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
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Collection includes correspondence (1982-2001), and materials about MacDougall's involvements with peace and antinuclear movements.

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Peace Studies Association Records, 1987-2002 (inclusive)

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0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
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The Peace Studies Association (PSA) was formed in 1987, when fifteen directors and representatives of existing college and university peace studies programs met at Colgate University to identify needs of faculty in peace studies and areas of cooperation among programs. The PSA worked to cooperate with organizations and individuals concerned with peace studies and the development of a more peaceful world. The PSA merged with the Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development (COPRED) in 2002 to form the Peace and Justice Studies Association.

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Charles Chatfield Papers, 1958-2006 (bulk)

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15.6 linear ft. ((37 boxes))
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Charles E. Chatfield was professor of history at Wittenberg University (Springfield, Ohio), from 1961-1999. Chatfield was an authority on peace history and international affairs, and has written or edited numerous books and articles on peace and antiwar movements, including Peace/MIR a collaborative effort between U.S. and Soviet academics. Chatfield taught courses at Wittenberg that focused on historical methodology and on U.S. progressive, urban and diplomatic history. He also directed the institution's International Education program and organized and directed the "Global Issues and World Churches" study abroad program. Chatfield was a founder of the Peace History Society (formerly the Council on Peace Research in History), and has been especially influential in creating ties between U.S., European, and Soviet historians of peace and international relations. Charles Chatfield died on January 15, 2015.

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Hague Appeal for Peace Records, 1997-2007 (bulk)

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18.5 linear ft. (18.5 linear ft.)
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The Hague Appeal for Peace is an organization with a global campaign to create a "culture of peace" through the following means: by strengthening humanitarian and human rights laws and institutions, by advancing the prevention, peaceful resolution, and transformation of conflicts, by abolishing nuclear weapons and develop disarmament campaigns, and identifying the root causes of war. More than 800 organizations--human rights, environmental, gender, disarmament-- have endorsed the HAP campaign.

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Consortium on Peace Research, Education, and Development [COPRED] Records, 1970-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:
14.5 linear ft. (18? boxes)
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Was founded in 1970 "to foster research and education in the areas of peace and conflict resolution" as a nonprofit educational organization with both institutional and individual members; goal was to facilitate communication among those engaged in peace studies, peace education, and policy research; provided publications, resources, and consulting services, and sponsors conferences and workshops; in 2002, merged with the Peace Studies Association to form the Peace and Justice Studies Association.

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