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David Cortright Papers
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David Cortright is an anuthor and antimilitarist. He was born November 15, 1946 in East Stroudsberg, Penssylvania. He was educated at Notre Dame University; and received a Ph.D. from the Union Graduate School in 1975. While while serving three years in the Army (1968 - 1971), Cortright was active in GI organizing at Fort Hamilton and Fort Bliss. He was a co - founder of GI's United Against the War in Vietnam. In the mid 1970s Cortright studied at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C., and research led to his book Soldiers in Revolt. He also organized environmental action groups in Pennsylvania. from 1972 - 1974. From 1977 - 1987 Cortright served as the Executive Director of National Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy (later called SANE, Inc.). After SANE's merger with the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, he became Co - Director (with Carolyn Cottom) of the merged organization, called SANE/FREEZE. Cortright current serves as president of the Fourth Freedom Forum [ca. 1996 - date].
This collection is unprocessed and remains in the order in which it was donated. Files are organized by accession.
Acc. 75A - 105 Acc. 87A - 003 Acc. 92A - 083 Acc. 98A - 075 Acc. 98A - 084 Acc. 2014 - 014 Acc. 98A - 084 Acc. 2014 - 014
Guide to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 2nd ed., p. 22.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers.
Gift of David Cortright, 1987 [Acc. 87A - 003], 1992 [Acc. 92A - 083]. 1998 [Acc. 98A - 075], [Acc. 98A - 084].
This collection is unprocessed; this finding aid by Eleanor A. Fulvio, July 2009.
- Soldiers in revolt : the American military today
- Computer disks 42.1 - 42.22
- Audio Cassette 329 (2 boxes) taped interviews for Left Face
People
Subject
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources
- Military unions -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Peace Movements -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Militarism -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Soldiers -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- Sources
Place
- Publisher
- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research use.
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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.
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Use Restrictions
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None.
Collection Inventory
moved to larger Box 8
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originally in Box 1
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