https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/Peace_SCPC.CDG-A.LETTERSOFNONVIOLENCEPROJECT
Letters of Nonviolence Project Records
- Date
- 2002-2004 (bulk)
- Extent
- 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
- Call Number
- CDG-A.Letters of Nonviolence Project
Description
Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.
Biography/History
Letters solicited and collected by Mike Sweitzer-Beckman to and from people imprisoned for nonviolent acts of civil disobedience; his goal was to demonstrate that there is a movement of resistance that is alive and well in the United States, and that it was not only a Vietnam War phenomenon. The Letters of Nonviolence Project began in 2002 when Sweitzer-Beckman began collecting letters from people serving prison sentences for committing acts of civil disobedience at the U.S. Army School of the Americas (now called the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation). Some of the letters reflect that action; others are from people who committed civil disobedience at other demonstrations, including nuclear test sites.
Arrangement
Records. arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent.
Other Descriptive Data
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for the records of this organization.
Acquisition Information
Source of acquisition--Mike Sweitzer-Beckman. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--2011..
Rights and citation
- Preferred Citation
- Cite as: Swarthmore College Peace Collection, CDG-A., Letters of Nonviolence Project..
- Publisher
- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Subjects and headings
- Creator
- Berrigan, Daniel
- Boylan, Kathy Shields
- Dean, Mary
- Ellwanger, Joyce
- Hughes, Lisa R.
- Gilbert, Carol, 1947-
- McAlister, Elizabeth
- Platte, Ardeth
- Plumley, Byron L.
- Wisniewski, Michael
- Subject
- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Peace Movements -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources
- People
- Sweitzer-Beckman, Mike
- Organization
- Letters of Nonviolence Project
- U.S. Army School of the Americas
- Language Note
- Materials are in English.
Inventory
Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.
Contact
These materials are held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.
- Address
- 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399
- specialcollections@swarthmore.edu
- Website
- https://resolver.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/ark:/37966/s16a84e931-94e3-48e6-8da5-3bf0a489fec6