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Libby Frank and Morton Frank Papers
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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.
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Libby Frank and Morton Frank are a married couple, both of whom have worked for peace and justice organizations throughout the second half of the twentieth century and into the first decades of the twenty-first century. Morton Frank has worked on anti-nuclear issues and with Actions for Peace: Jobs and Justice. Libby Frank was the director of the Bergen County (Pennsylvania), Peace Center, and served as the executive director of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1981-1986. LIbby has also worked with the Middle East Committee of the WILPF for many years.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for this collection of records.
Gift of Libby Frank and Morton Frank, 1995-2012 [acc. 04A-061, Acc. 04A-097, Acc. 05A-067, Acc. 09A-046, Acc. 10A-067, Acc. 2012-042, Acc. 2012-056, Acc. 2018-013].
For the catalog record for this collection and to find materials on similar topics, search thelibrary's online catalog.
Processed by Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff. Checklist prepared and added to by Anne M. Yoder (Archivist), 2004-2012.
People
Organization
- Peace Center of Bergen County (N.J.)
- June 12th Coalition
- Computer-Based Peace Information Project
- April Action (Organization)
Subject
- Publisher
- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
- Access Restrictions
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One item in Box 14 is restricted. The restriction is noted in the file list. The rest of 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 to the records created by Libby Frank and Morton Frank has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Copyright to all other materials is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Use Restrictions
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None.
Collection Inventory
[posters removed to Poster Collection; audiocassettes removed to Audiovisual Collection; buttons removed to Button/Pin/Ribbon Collection]
[photographs removed to Photograph Collection]
[includes follow-up correspondence]
[includes meeting minutes]
[includes Women's International League for Peace and Freedom involvement]
[restricted until 2021]
Acc. 2017-098