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Theodore Herman Papers

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
CDG-A.Herman, Theodore
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
3 linear ft. (3 linear feet.)
Date:
1970-2001 (bulk)
Abstract:
Collection includes biographical information, correspondence (1970-2001), information about Herman's trips to the Balkans and his work for a Balkan Peace Studies Center, 1992-2001 and the Balkans Concerns Group; also includes Herman's participation in other societies, conferences and symposia concerning peace and nonviolence, including the Peace Studies Association, the American Friends Service Committee's Europe Program, the Consortium on Peace Research, Education, and Development (COPRED); includes reference files about the Balkan region and the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina; there is some information about Petra Kelly. The collection also includes photographs, periodicals, and audiocassettes.

Theodore Herman (1913-2010); Ted Herman; pioneer peace studies scholar, Quaker; graduate of Swarthmore College, class of 1935; Ph.D. in geography; professor at Colgate University, where he was director of the Peace and World Order Studies program; Herman worked to bring together opposing sides in the Balkans conflicts; was involved with the International Peace Research Association (IPRA).

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Publisher
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes.

Collection Inventory

Archival Resource Key. Removal forms.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Biographical information.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, etc., 1970.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1975, 1982-1989.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence with/about Danilo Dolci, 1982-1987.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Letters to/about Petra Kelly, 1984-1992.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1990-1991.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence with/about Kembo Sure of Kenya, 1987-1992.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence with/about John Odhiambo of Kenya, 1992.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1992.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1993-1998.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence, 1999.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Work re: course on nonviolence taught at Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Work re: course on nonviolence in Kenya, 1985.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Scope and Contents

Did not happen that year.

Archival Resource Key. Trip to Macedonia, 1992.
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Trip to the Balkans, 1996 (October-November).
Box 1 [offsite box SCPC-5729]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with Balkan Peace Team, 1990s.
Box 2 [offsite box SCPC-5730]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with Veterans for Peace, Inc., 1993-1998.
Box 2 [offsite box SCPC-5730]
Archival Resource Key. Work re: Balkan Peace Studies Center Skopje (Macedonia), 1992-1993.
Box 2 [offsite box SCPC-5730]
Related Materials

See also: "Trip to Macedonia 1992" folder.

Archival Resource Key. Work re: Balkan Peace Studies Center Skopje (Macedonia), 1994.
Box 2 [offsite box SCPC-5730]
Scope and Contents

Includes visit.

Archival Resource Key. Work re: Balkan Peace Studies Center Skopje (Macedonia), 1995.
Box 2 [offsite box SCPC-5730]
Scope and Contents

Includes visit.

Archival Resource Key. Work re: Balkan Peace Studies Center Skopje (Macedonia), 1996.
Box 2 [offsite box SCPC-5730]
Archival Resource Key. Work re: Balkan Peace Studies Center Skopje (Macedonia), 1997.
Box 2 [offsite box SCPC-5730]
Archival Resource Key. Work re: Balkan Peace Studies Center Skopje (Macedonia), 1998.
Box 2 [offsite box SCPC-5730]
Archival Resource Key. Work re: Balkan Peace Studies Center Skopje (Macedonia), 1999.
Box 2 [offsite box SCPC-5730]
Archival Resource Key. Work re: Balkan Peace Studies Center Skopje (Macedonia), 2000-2001.
Box 2 [offsite box SCPC-5730]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement re: nomination of groups for 1996 UNESCO prize.
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with Global Nonviolent Peace Force, 1992-2002.
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Attendance at "Nonviolence in Education and Action" Conference, South Dakota, 1984 (August).
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Participation in conference re: nonviolence, Brookings (South Dakota), 1985 (March).
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Participation in symposium "Promoting Alternatives to Violence," South Dakota, 1985.
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Participation in (or attendance at?) National Conference on Nonviolence, South Dakota, 1987.
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Participation in "Symposium on Nonviolence," University of Wisconsin, 1988 (October 13-15).
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Attendance at National Conference on Nonviolent Sanctions in Conflict and Defense, 1990.
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Participation in International Studies Association meeting and panel discussion, Washington (D.C.), 1990 (April).
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Participation in 2nd International Conference on Peace and Nonviolence, India, 1991 (February).
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Participation in symposium "Nonviolence: Social and Psychological Issues, 1992.
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Participation at Gathering of Friends, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1994 (July 2-9).
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous activities/conferences/etc.
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous notes/writings/etc.
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous re: India.
Box 3 [offsite box SCPC-5731]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Boston Okinawa Network [includes booklet "U.S. Military Bases in Japan: A Japan/U.S. Dialogue"], 1998.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Danilo Dolci.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: "Feminist Resistance in Serbia", 1995.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: George Soros/Soros Foundation re: Bosnia, etc.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Global Nonviolent Peace Force.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Historical maps of Croatia, Yugoslavia, Serbia [facsimiles].
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Kosovo/Balkans.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Macedonia.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: "The Media War Against the Serbs", 1994.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Peacemaking/nonviolence.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Petra Kelly.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Petra Kelly.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Responses to war in Kosovo, 1999.
Box 4 [offsite box SCPC-5732]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Serbia/Croatia/Yugoslavia.
Box 5 [offsite box SCPC-5733]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: "Serblii on their own land" by Hugo Roth, 1993.
Box 5 [offsite box SCPC-5733]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Serbs for Peace, Truth, and Justice.
Box 5 [offsite box SCPC-5733]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: "Ustasha Crimes of Genocide: Tudjman's 'Jasenovac Myth'" by Dr. Milan Bulajic, 1992.
Box 5 [offsite box SCPC-5733]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Veterans for Peace, etc.
Box 5 [offsite box SCPC-5733]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Women's Studies Center, Belgrade.
Box 5 [offsite box SCPC-5733]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: "Working for Peace in the Balkans: A Guide to U.S. Organizations", 1996.
Box 5 [offsite box SCPC-5733]
Archival Resource Key. Removal forms.
Box 6 [offsite box SCPC-5734]
Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous correspondence and involvements.
Box 6 [offsite box SCPC-5734]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with Kecksemét Ecumenical Conference, Hungary, 1995 (August 21-27).
Box 6 [offsite box SCPC-5734]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with Peace Studies Association, 1996-1999.
Box 6 [offsite box SCPC-5734]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with Peace Studies Association, 2000-2001.
Box 6 [offsite box SCPC-5734]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with AFSC's Europe Program Committee, 1997-1999.
Box 6 [offsite box SCPC-5734]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with AFSC's Europe Program Committee, 2000.
Box 6 [offsite box SCPC-5734]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with AFSC's Europe Program Committee, 2001.
Box 6 [offsite box SCPC-5734]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with COPRED, 1997-1999.
Box 6 [offsite box SCPC-5734]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with COPRED, 2000-2001.
Box 6 [offsite box SCPC-5734]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with Balkans Concerns Group, 1999-2000.
Box 6 [offsite box SCPC-5734]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with Balkans Concerns Group, 2001.
Box 7 [offsite box SCPC-5735]
Archival Resource Key. Participation in International Scholars Annual Trialogue, Skopje (Macedonia), 2002 (May 10-14).
Box 7 [offsite box SCPC-5735]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Miscellaneous.
Box 7 [offsite box SCPC-5735]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Balkans Peace Project.
Box 7 [offsite box SCPC-5735]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: Hungarian Interchurch Aid -- annual report, 1994.
Box 7 [offsite box SCPC-5735]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: 2 mss. to be published in Lessons from Lebanon by Laurie King-Irani and George Irani.
Box 7 [offsite box SCPC-5735]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: course report "Learning Conflict and Teaching Peace in Former Yugoslavia" by Peter Jarman and Jan Øberg, 1998.
Box 7 [offsite box SCPC-5735]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: report "Violence Prevention, Postwar Reconstruction and Civil Society: Theory and Yugoslavia" by Jan Øberg, 1998.
Box 7 [offsite box SCPC-5735]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: exhibit "Following the Kosovar Refugees," Colgate University (Hamilton, New York), 2000.
Box 7 [offsite box SCPC-5735]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: the Arts.
Box 7 [offsite box SCPC-5735]
Archival Resource Key. Reference: the Arts -- poetry and art by Fritz Eichenberg.
Box 7 [offsite box SCPC-5735]

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