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Robert S. Browne Collected Papers

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Call Number:
CDG-A.Browne, Robert S.
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
1.6 linear ft. (1.6 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: [Identification of item], in the Robert S. Browne Collected Papers (CDG-A), Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Date:
1962-1968, 1971, 1975 (inclusive)
Creator:
Browne, Robert S.
Abstract:
These papers document Robert S. Browne's peace and protest activities. They include biographical information, writings, speeches, correspondence (1962-1971), information about Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy (1965-1967), and Browne's reference material about the Vietnam War.

Robert Span Browne was born 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. He received his B.A. in economics with honors from University of Illinois and a M.B.A.from the University of Chicago. He was an economist and later an officer with U.S. Agency for International Development in Cambodia (1955-1958) and in Vietnam (1958-1961). Browne is an African-American activist for black economic empowerment. He served as an economic consultant. An academic who taught at Dillard University (1947) , Fairleigh Dickinson University (1964-1972), Rutgers University, and the University of California-Berkeley. Browne was a Senior Research Fellow, for African Studies, Howard University (1982-1985). He was also the founder (1969) and executive director of the Black Economic Research Center in New York. Browne protested U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and participated in Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy, 1965-1967.

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for this collection of papers.

Gift of Robert S. Browne.

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Collection Inventory

Biographical information.
Box 1
Speaking engagements.
Box 1
Writings/speeches/statements.
Box 1
Writings: Memorandum of grievances [re: persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam].
Box 1
Writings: Proposal to encourage peaceful alternatives to war in Vietnam, 1964.
Box 1
Miscellaneous notes.
Box 1
Correspondence, 1962-1963.
Box 1
Correspondence, 1964.
Box 1
Correspondence, 1965 (January to May).
Box 1
Correspondence, 1965 (June to September).
Box 1
Correspondence, 1965.
Box 1
Correspondence, 1966 (January - April).
Box 2
Correspondence, 1966 (May - December).
Box 2
Correspondence with Mme. Le-thi-Anh, 1966.
Box 2
Correspondence, 1967 (January - May).
Box 2
Correspondence, 1967 (June - December).
Box 2
Correspondence, 1968.
Box 2
Correspondence, 1971.
Box 2
Attendance at conference "Alternative Perspectives on Viet Nam," University of Michigan, 1965 (September 13-17).
Box 2
Efforts re: visit of Thich Nhat Hanh, 1966.
Box 2
Involvement in various teach-ins, 1960s.
Box 3
Involvement with Ad Hoc Group of 5000 College and University Professors for Vietnam, 1964.
Box 3
Involvement with Buddhist Socialist bloc in Vietnam, 1967.
Box 3
Involvement with Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy, 1965.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Involvement with Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy, 1965-1966.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Funding for travel to Algiers and Saigon

Involvement with Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy, 1966.
Box 3
Involvement with Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy [re: teach-in], 1966.
Box 3
Involvement with Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy [re: NGO status], 1966.
Box 3
Involvement with Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy, 1967.
Box 3
Involvement with National Conference for New Politics, 1966-1968.
Box 4
Involvement with National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1967.
Box 4
Involvement with SANE and New Jersey SANE, 1965-1968.
Box 4
Involvement with Turn Toward Peace, 1964.
Box 4
Involvement with Universities Committees on Problems of War and Peace of Greater New York.
Box 4
Reference material re: Vietnam.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Reference material re: Vietnam -- Persecution of Buddhists.
Box 5
Reference material re: Vietnam -- Persecution and revolt of Buddhists.
Box 5

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