Dorothea E. Woods Papers
Scope and Contents
Papers include personal items; correspondence; items that document Woods' involvements and efforts; writings; and reference material used for research.
Dates
- Creation: 1951-2001
Creator
- Woods, Dorothea E. (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
The collection is open for research use.
Physical Access Note
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 and Rights Information
None.
Historical Note
Dorothea Eleanor Woods was born in 1925 in Rochester, New York. She was a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker). Woods received a Ph.D. from University of Illinois in 1957 in French. She joined World YWCA that year and worked for a decade in the development of youth and adult education programs. In the 1970s she pioneered work about child soldiers, researching and writing extensively on this topic. Woods was later affiliated with the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, for whom she wrote monthly child soldier updates and which the QUNO distributed to individuals and organizations. Woods died on December 4, 2001 in Wolcott, New York.
Extent
10.4 Linear Feet (10.4 linear ft.)
Overview
Dorothea Eleanor Woods was a Quaker who joined the World YWCA in 1957 and worked for ten years in development of youth and adult education programs. In the 1970s she was a pioneer researcher and writer about child soldiers.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Estate of Dorothea E. Woods, 2002 [acc.02A-006].
Legal Status
Copyright may have been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection or may have been retained by the creators/authors (or their descendants), in this collection, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Please contact the SCPC Curator for further information.
Processing Information
Processed by Anne M. Yoder, Archivist, in October, 2014.
Subject
- Woods, Dorothea E. (Person)
- Center on War and the Child (Organization)
- Quaker United Nations Office (Organization)
- Quaker United Nations Office (Organization)
Source
- Woods, Dorothea E. (Person)
Geographic
Topical
- Child soldiers
- Child soldiers -- History -- Sources
- Children and war
- Children and war -- History -- Sources
- Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Quakers
- Quakers -- Switzerland -- History -- Sources
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Student volunteers in social service
- Student volunteers in social service -- History -- Sources
- Youth -- Employment
- Youth -- Employment -- History -- Sources
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2018: The file list was standardized in Summer 2017 by Mary Olesnavich in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace. Elisabeth Miller added the notes in Fall 2017.
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