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Consortium on Peace Research, Education, and Development [COPRED] Records

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399

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:
DG.123
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
14.5 linear ft. (18? boxes)
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: Swarthmore College Peace Collection, DG 123, Consortium on Peace Research, Education, and Development [COPRED] Records
Date:
1970-2001 (inclusive)
Creator:
Boulding, Elise, Carroll, Berenice A., Chatfield, Charles, 1934-2015, Curle, Adam, Derkach, Nadia, Kent, George, 1939-, Knopp, Fay Honey, Laulicht, Jerome, 1926-, Lund, Gloria, Ruopp, Phillips, 1926-, and Wehr, Paul Ernest, 1937-
Abstract:
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.

COPRED began in May 1970 when 35 people were invited to Boulder, Colorado, by Elise and Kenneth Boulding and Gilbert White. In the words of Elise Boulding, COPRED's purpose was: "to foster research, education and training in the areas of peace and world security and the channeling of relevant research information to governmental and non-governmental practitioners; that the coordination function would be a primary one; and that the founding Consortium members in the United States and Canada would seek contacts with Latin American institutions on the one hand and with the International Peace Research Association [IPRA] and other international bodies on the other."

Under its 1972 constitution, COPRED designated two classes of members: institutional and individual. Representatives from participating institutions formed the Consortium Council with the powers of a Board of Directors. COPRED held annual meetings and sponsored sessions with other organizations. The deliberate rotation of headquarters and executive director was intended to strengthen the communication network among members. COPRED strove to synchronize the precepts of peace research with teaching and action on a regional, national, and transnational level. Working committees during the early years of COPRED were the Committee on Youth, Education and Training, the Research Inventory Committee, and the Development Committee. Sociologist Elise Boulding, and Paul Wehr, Chairman of the Center for Nonviolent Conflict Resolution at Haverford College, provided much of COPRED's developmental leadership.

The major achievement of COPRED during its first six years was the establishment of peace studies programs at colleges and universities, and in primary and secondary schools. In addition to developing and circulating peace studies curricula, COPRED worked with campus ministries and created peace skills repertoires for educators. In addition, the organization fostered a research inventory network to gather and transmit peace and conflict data from the researcher to policy-makers and other researchers.

Between 1970 and 1976, COPRED cooperated with a number of other organizations and professional societies. COPRED considered itself the North American branch of the International Peace Research Association [IPRA]. It worked closely with UNITAR (the United Nations Universiity), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the international branch of the Peace Research Society, the Conference on Peace Research in History, and the American Sociological Association.

COPRED's journal "Peace and Change" is co-sponsored by CPHR.

COPRED merged with the Peace Studies Association in 2002, to form the Peace and Justice Studies Association.

Most of the folders in this collection bear the original titles given by COPRED itself. Papers within these folders are separated into: 1) reports and printed forms, and 2) correspondence, arranged chronologically. Material related to travel expenses was discarged. The collection is arranged into 11 series: I. Organization; II. Executive Committee; III. Consortium Council; VI. Committees and Task Forces; VII. Projects; VIII. General Correspondence; X. Council Member file; XI. Individual Member file. Documents are in chronological order except Series VIII to Series XI, which are in alphabetical order. Four later accessions have been added to the end of the collection; acc. 05A-038 (2.5 inches); acc. 08A-056 (1 box?); acc. 09A-016 (1 file) and, acc. 2014-009 (1 box of files of Joseph Fahey).

Guide to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 2nd ed., p. 21

Gifted by Charles Chatfield, 1985; William Keeney (for COPRED), 1979, 1984; acc. 05A-038; acc. 08A-056; acc. 2014-009

The pre-1980 records for COPRED were processed under NEH Grant No. 20111-81-1655. The original checklist for this collection was written by Archivist Martha P. Shane in June 1982. Archivist Anne Yoder updated it in July 2022.

A slide show and cassette ("Creating the Future: An Introduction to Peace Education" 1975) were removed to the Audiovisual Collection. These were formerly listed as Series XII on the finding aid.

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Publisher
Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Collection Inventory

Constitution.
Box 1
Annual brochures.
Box 1
Annual report, 1971-1972.
Box 1
Organizing Committee: meeting minutes, October 11, 1970.
Box 1

Meeting minutes (scattered) and other meeting material.
Box 1
Nominating Committee.
Box 1

Meetings.
Box 2
Membership lists and biographical sketches.
Box 2

Session/s with the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences [AAAS].
Box 2
Session/s with the Peace Science Society (International).
Box 2
Session/s with the International Studies Association.
Box 3
Session/s with the American Sociological Association.
Box 3

Reports.
Box 3
Budgets.
Box 3
IRS tax exempt applications and letters.
Box 3
Funding contacts made by Paul Wehr.
Box 3
Fundraising possibilities.
Box 3
Special contributions.
Box 3

Research Utilization Task Force.
Box 3
Research Inventory Task Force.
Box 3
Transnational Exchange Program Task Force.
Box 4
Committee on Youth, Education and Training.
Box 4

Radical Perspectives Network -- Waskow Secrecy Pledge.
Box 4
Campus ministries proposal.
Box 4
Peace studies consultations with Paul Wehr.
Box 4
Bibliography on world conflict and peace.
Box 4
Program descriptions.
Box 5
Vitae and resumes.
Box 5

Letters to/from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Box 5
Letters to/from the American Personnel and Guidance Association.
Box 5
Letters to/from Berenice Carroll (PEACE AND CHANGE, Journal of Peace Research).
Box 5
Letters to/from the Community Crisis Intervention Center (Gerald W. Cormick).
Box 5
Letters to/from Juergen Dedring (UNITAR).
Box 6
Directories with COPRED entries.
Box 6
Letters to/from the Earlham School of Religion (Hugh Barbour).
Box 6
Letters to/from Yassin El-Ayouty.
Box 6
Letters to/from Raga S. Elim (Universities and the Quest for Peace).
Box 6
Letters to/from Clinton F. Fink.
Box 6
Letters to/from Fund for Peace (NicholasNyary; D.H. Tiffany).
Box 6
Letters to/from Barret Hollister (Quaker Program at the United Nations).
Box 6
Letters to/from Morris Janowitz (Inter-University Seminar on Armed Force and Society).
Box 6
Letters to/from Robert Johansen (Manchester College; Executive Committee, re: the constitution).
Box 6
Letters to/from the Johnson Foundation (Leslie Pafffrath).
Box 6
Letters to/from Joseph Johnson (COPRED Development Committee).
Box 6
Letters to/from Journal of PEACE AND CHANGE.
Box 6
Letters to/from Cheryl Hollman Keen (Harvard University -- peace and conflict studies).
Box 6
Letters to/from George Kent (University of Hawaii).
Box 6
Letters to/from Faye (Honey) Knopp (COPRED) Executive Committee).
Box 6
Letters to/from Louis Kreisberg (Syracuse, New York).
Box 6
Letters to/from Bernard Lafayette (COPRED Executive Committee).
Box 6
Letters to/from Jerome Laulicht.
Box 6
Letters to/from James M. Lawson Jr. (COPRED Executive Committee).
Box 6
Letters re: the Lentz Internerational Peace Research Award (A.K. Mitra; Peace Research Lab).
Box 6
Letters to/from Mary Ann McGivern (Curr. Dev. Task Force).
Box 7
Miscellaneous.
Box 7
Letters to/from Phillips Ruopp (COPRED Executive Committee).
Box 7
Letters to/from UNITAR (Thomas Weiss).
Box 7
Letters to/from U.S. Committee for UNICEF.
Box 7
Letters to/from Michael Wallace (COPRED Executive Committee).
Box 7
Letters to/from the World Without War Council.
Box 7

International Contacts.
Box 7
International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, Norway.
Box 7
International Peace Research Association: newsletters.
Box 7
Marek Thee (IPRA).
Box 7
Kinhide Mushakoji.
Box 7
Richardson Institute for Conflict and Peace Research (A. Mack, London).
Box 7
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Frank Barnaby, Director).
Box 7
Takeo Uchida and M. Makagiansar (UNESCO, Paris).
Box 7
Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Sweden, 1971-1972.
Box 7
World University, Denmark.
Box 7
Series X: Council Member File (A-Z).
Box 8-12
Series XI: Individual Member File (A-Z).
Box 13-15

Miscellaneous, including reference material [3 folders], 1980s.
Box 1

Board retreat, Falll 2000.
Box 1
Constitution, 2001.
Box 1
Conferences with Peace Studies Association, 1999-2001.
Box 1
Merger with Peace Studies Association, 2002.
Box 1

Misc. Files, 1980-1989.
Box 1

Correspondence.
Box 1
Robert Coulson.
Box 1
Miscellaneous material, 1973.
Box 1
Miscellaneous material, 1974.
Box 1
Miscellaneous material, 1975.
Box 1
Conferences held.
Box 1
Peace studies programs.
Box 1

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