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Robert Hood Papers

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
DG.282
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
*{number} linear ft. (*{number of} boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] in the Robert Hood Papers (DG 282), Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Date:
1936-1994 (inclusive)
Abstract:
Robert Davis Hood (November 11, 1916 - July 24, 1994) was a Methodist pacifist and conscientious objector.

Robert Davis Hood (November 11, 1916 - July 24, 1994) was born and raised in Pittsburg, Kansas. Hood earned a B.A. from the University of Kansas in 1941 and an M.A. in Educational Psychology from Kansas State University in 1963; he additionally attended Garett Theological Seminary. Hood became a conscientious objector after being drafted during World War II and joined Civilian Public Service from 1942 to 1946. As part of CPS, he worked at the Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry for two years. He was at that time also an active member of the Universal Fellowship of Love. Hood married Margaret McCoy in 1942 and then Barbara Ellerbeck in 1957, and had three sons and one daughter. His son John Hood was also a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. He primarily worked as an educator and counselor, both in the United States and New Zealand. Hood taught at Wesley College in Auckland, New Zealand, and later worked extensively as a counselor in various high schools in Salt Lake City. He also served as director of the Wesley Foundation, a Methodist organization.

The collection primarily contains extensive correspondence of Hood and his immediate family. Content additionally includes biographical information about himself and his family, including his educational work and invovlement with the Wesley Foundation, and Hood's personal diaries and notes spanning 1934-1953.

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Publisher
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Access Restrictions

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

Biographical information; miscellaneous involvements.
Box 1 [SCPC-6700]
Biographical information: schooling; preacher's license.
Box 1 [SCPC-6700]
Biographical information: divorce from wife Margaret, January 1961.
Box 1 [SCPC-6700]
Biographical information on children and wife Barbara.
Box 1 [SCPC-6700]
Biographical information: son John Jeffery Hood as C.O., 1965-1968.
Box 1 [SCPC-6700]
Biographical information: death of wife Barbara, Feburary 17, 1993.
Box 1 [SCPC-6700]
Involvement/work: Wesley Foundation.
Box 1 [SCPC-6700]
Miscellaneous writings; excerpts from other writer/s.
Box 1 [SCPC-6700]
Paper written "The Development of the Idea of Unilateral Disarmament Since World War II", 1963.
Box 1 [SCPC-6700]
Selections of daily "Thoughts we like and /or don't like".
Box 1 [SCPC-6700]
Diaries, 1934, 1939, June 14, 1939 – July 12, 1940.
Box 2 [SCPC-6701]
Diaries, 1942, January-April 1943.
Box 2 [SCPC-6701]
Diary, January-June 1945.
Box 2 [SCPC-6701]
Notebook, 1940-1942.
Box 2 [SCPC-6701]
Bob: letters from parents, 1936.
Box 3 [SCPC-6702]
Bob: letters from parents, 1937.
Box 3 [SCPC-6702]
Bob: letters from parents, 1938.
Box 3 [SCPC-6702]
Bob: letters from parents, 1939-1945.
Box 3 [SCPC-6702]
Bob: letters from mother (Prechie), 1956-1967.
Box 3 [SCPC-6702]
Bob: letters to/from Margaret McCoy (fiancee/wife), 1941-1942.
Box 3 [SCPC-6702]
Bob: letters to/from Margaret (wife), 1943-1953.
Box 3 [SCPC-6702]
Bob: letters to/from Margaret (ex-wife), 1956-1959.
Box 3 [SCPC-6702]
Bob: letters to/from Margaret (ex-wife), 1960-1969.
Box 3 [SCPC-6702]
Bob: letters to/from Margaret (ex-wife), 1981-1994.
Box 3 [SCPC-6702]
Bob and Margaret: letters from Margaret's parents, 1942-1958.
Box 3 [SCPC-6702]
Margaret: letters to parents/family, 1942-1943.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Margaret: letters to parents/family, 1944-1945.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Margaret: letters to parents/family, 1946-1949.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Margaret: letters to parents/family, 1950-1954.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Margaret: letters and cards to parents/family, 1955-1956.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Margaret: letters and cards to parents/family, 1957-1959.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Margaret: letters from parents, 1953-1959.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Margaret: letters from Bill (brother), 1942-1946.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Margaret: letters to Bill (brother), 1942-1950.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Margaret: letters of Bill (brother) to/from parents, 1953-1954.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Margaret: letters to/from Bob's parents, 1942 - circa 1953.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Margaret: letters to/from children, 1961.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Margaret: miscellaneous letters written and received, undated.
Box 4 [SCPC-6703]
Bob: letters written, 1936-1941.
Box 5 [SCPC-6704]
Bob: letters written, 1942-1943.
Box 5 [SCPC-6704]
Bob: letters written, 1944.
Box 5 [SCPC-6704]
Bob: letters written, 1945-1946.
Box 5 [SCPC-6704]
Bob: letters written, 1948-1949.
Box 5 [SCPC-6704]
Bob: letters written, 1950-1959.
Box 5 [SCPC-6704]
Bob: letters written, 1960-1962.
Box 5 [SCPC-6704]
Bob: letters written, 1963-1969.
Box 5 [SCPC-6704]
Bob: letters written, 1970-1979.
Box 5 [SCPC-6704]
Bob: letters written, 1980-1989.
Box 5 [SCPC-6704]
Bob: letters written, 1990-1993.
Box 5 [SCPC-6704]
Bob: letters written, 1994, undated.
Box 5 [SCPC-6704]
Bob: letters written to sons John and Chris, 1963.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters written to sons John and Chris, 1964.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters written to sons John and Chris, 1965.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters written to sons John and Chris, 1966.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters written to sons John and Chris, 1967.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters written to sons John and Chris, 1968.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters written to sons John and Chris, 1969.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters written to son Chris, 1970-1978.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters written to son John, 1970-1979.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters written to sons John and Chris, 1980-1989.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters written to John, 1990-1994.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters from sons John and Chris, 1957-1961 circa.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters from sons John and Chris, 1964-1965.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters from sons John and Chris, 1966.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters from sons John and Chris, 1967-1968.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters from sons John and Chris, 1973-1979, 1993 (1973-1979).
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Letters between sons.
Box 6 [SCPC-6705]
Bob: letters received, 1936.
Box 7 [SCPC-6706]
Bob: letters received, 1937.
Box 7 [SCPC-6706]
Bob: letters received, 1938.
Box 7 [SCPC-6706]
Bob: letters received, 1939.
Box 7 [SCPC-6706]
Bob: letters received, 1940-1941.
Box 7 [SCPC-6706]
Bob: letters received, 1942-1944.
Box 7 [SCPC-6706]
Bob: letters received, 1945.
Box 7 [SCPC-6706]
Bob: letters received, 1946-1949.
Box 7 [SCPC-6706]
Bob: letters received, undated [circa 1940-1953].
Box 7 [SCPC-6706]
Bob: letters received, 1950-1954.
Box 7 [SCPC-6706]
Bob: letters received, 1955-1959.
Box 7 [SCPC-6706]
Bob and Barbara: letters received, 1960-1969.
Box 8 [SCPC-6707]
Bob and Barbara: letters received, 1970-1987.
Box 8 [SCPC-6707]
Bob and Barbara: letters received, 1988-1989.
Box 8 [SCPC-6707]
Bob: letters received, 1993-1994, undated.
Box 8 [SCPC-6707]
Bob: letters from Eunice McElroy, June 1936.
Box 9 [SCPC-6708]
Bob: letters from Irene Brannum (girlfriend), 1936-1938; letter to August 29, 1938.
Box 9 [SCPC-6708]
Bob: letters to Irene Martin (girlfriend), June-September 1939.
Box 9 [SCPC-6708]
Bob: letters from Irene Martin (girlfriend), January-July 1939.
Box 9 [SCPC-6708]
Bob: letters from Irene Martin (girlfriend), August-December 1939.
Box 9 [SCPC-6708]
Bob: letters from Irene Martin (girlfriend), February-August 1940, July 25, 1942 (February-August 1940).
Box 9 [SCPC-6708]
Bob: letters to Molly [Mary Ellen] Cunningham (girlfriend), 1939-1940.
Box 9 [SCPC-6708]
Bob: letters from Molly [Mary Ellen] Cunningham (girlfriend), (1939-1940, 1942).
Box 9 [SCPC-6708]
Bob: letters to/from Elizabeth Daley (girlfriend), June 1940 – October 1941.
Box 9 [SCPC-6708]
Bob: letters from Barbara, 1955-1957.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob: letters to Barbara (and Jamie), 1956-1958.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob: letters to/from Rhoda Reith (sister?), 1945-1960.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob: letters to/from Rhoda Reith (sister?), undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob: letters from Bonnie, 1957?.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob: letters to Barbara from friends etc., 1959-1963.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob: letters to/from Marlena and Francisco Montoya (Costa Rica), 1956-1958.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob and Barbara: letters from/about Orion Sherwood (re: Golden Rule and time in jail), 1958.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Barbara (mostly): letters of Barbara to/from Patti Fernandez, 1956-1958.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Barbara (mostly): letters of Barbara to/from Patti Fernandez, 1960-1961, undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob: letters from Betty _____, 1980-1994.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob: letters to Joan Thomas, 1977-1979.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob and Barbara: letters from Joan Thomas, 1977-1979.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob: letters to Joan Thomas, 1983-1989.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob and Barbara: letters from Joan Thomas, 1983-1993.
Box 10 [SCPC-6709]
Bob and Margaret: letters from Edward Sakers, 1943-1947.
Box 11 [SCPC-6710]
Bob and Margaret: letters from Edward Sakers, 1948-1949.
Box 11 [SCPC-6710]
Bob and Margaret: letters from Edward Sakers, 1950.
Box 11 [SCPC-6710]
Bob and Margaret: letters from Edward Sakers, 1951-February 1956.
Box 11 [SCPC-6710]
Bob and Barbara: letters from Edward Sakers, May 1956-1957.
Box 11 [SCPC-6710]
Bob and Barbara: letters from Edward Sakers, 1958 circa.
Box 11 [SCPC-6710]
Bob and Barbara: letters from Edward Sakers, 1959-1960.
Box 11 [SCPC-6710]
Bob and Barbara: letters from Edward Sakers, 1961-1963 circa.
Box 11 [SCPC-6710]
Bob and Barbara: letters from Edward Sakers, 1973 circa – 1977 circa.
Box 11 [SCPC-6710]
Bob and Barbara: letters to Edward Sakers, 1938-1956.
Box 11 [SCPC-6710]
Bob and Barbara: letters to Edward Sakers, (1957-1976).
Box 11 [SCPC-6710]
Typed notes from books (pages 13-80), October 13, 1940 – November 29, 1941.
Box 12 [SCPC-6711]
Typed notes from books (pages 81-136), December 6, 1941 – May 27, 1942.
Box 12 [SCPC-6711]
Typed notes (pages 137-223), June 3, 1942 – April 6, 1944.
Box 12 [SCPC-6711]
Typed notes (pages 224-300), June 3, 1944 – October 30, 1944.
Box 12 [SCPC-6711]
Typed notes (pages 301-383), November 4, 1944 – April 11, 1945.
Box 12 [SCPC-6711]
Typed notes (pages 384-448), June 19, 1945 – October 19, 1948.
Box 12 [SCPC-6711]
Typed notes (pages 449-523), January 12, 1949 – September 29, 1949.
Box 12 [SCPC-6711]
Typed notes (pages 524-563), October 25, 1949 – October 24, 1950.
Box 12 [SCPC-6711]
Typed notes (pages 564-629), January 22, 1951 – November 28, 1953.
Box 12 [SCPC-6711]
Reference material: miscellaneous undated.
Box 13 [SCPC-6712]
Reference material: Coshocken CPS Camp, 1940-1947 circa.
Box 13 [SCPC-6712]
Reference material: Conference on The Church and War (Detroit, Michigan), 1950.
Box 13 [SCPC-6712]
Reference material: Conference on The Church and War study materials, 1950.
Box 13 [SCPC-6712]

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