Sondra Claudine Langtry Collected Papers
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of materials about the 9th International Peace Research Association conference in Orillia, Ontario in 1981; peace research abstracts from the Peace Research Institute-Dundas; Russian language disarmament periodicals (photocopies), 1979-1981; United Nations arms control literature; and reference files on the antinuclear "freeze" movement, chemical and biological weapons, peace studies, women and military employment, and military spending.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1978-1982
Creator
- Langtry, Sondra Claudine, 1944-1982 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research without restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Sondra Claudine Langtry, 1944-1982; born in New York City, received B.A. in French from American University, M.A. in Russian literature from George Washington University, M.A. in Middle East studies from the University of Texas; employed by the Voice of America in the USSR; also abstracted materials for the Canadian Peace Research Institute (later Peace Research Institute-Dundas) in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. She was active in promoting peace and opposing nuclear weapons, and was a co-chairman of PeaceWorks in Wilmington, North Carolina at the time of her death at age 38.
Extent
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear inches.)
Language of Materials
English
Russian
Subject
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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