Robert Wallace Gilmore Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up almost entirely of correspondence and other material that documents Gilmore's involvements with various peace organizations in the 1960s-1970s. The papers were sorted in October 2006 and much general or non-RWG material was put in other collections where there will be better access to it (such as Negotiation Now!, New York Friends Group, Center for War/Peace Studies, World Without War Council, and Turn Toward Peace). The Gilmore papers still need to be processed completely and the material refoldered and labeled.
Some material was found from this collection in 2007 that had not been included in the above sorting. It appears below as part II and part III; it has been sorted into the same categories as that in part I.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1960-1982
Creator
- Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988 (Person)
- Morehouse, Ward, 1929- (Correspondent, Person)
- Pickus, Robert (Correspondent, Person)
- Platt, Stanley (Correspondent, Person)
- Prosterman, Roy L. (Correspondent, Person)
- Remy, Richard C. (Correspondent, Person)
- Riesman, David, 1909-2002 (Correspondent, Person)
- Rikhye, Indar Jit, 1920-2007 (Correspondent, Person)
- Riles, Wilson C. (Correspondent, Person)
- Roche, John P. (John Pearson), 1923- (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Conditions Governing Use
None.
Biographical Note
Robert W. Gilmore was a Quaker pacifist who was involved in a number of peace groups, either as a staffperson or as a Board member. His papers reflect these involvements through correspondence and other materials.
Extent
11.25 linear ft. (11.25 linear ft.)
Abstract
Robert W. Gilmore was a Quaker pacifist who was involved in a number of peace groups, either as a staffperson or as a Board member. His papers reflect these involvements through correspondence and other materials.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of New York Friends Group, 1992 [acc. 92A-028].
Separated Materials
American Friends of the Middle East Collected Records were removed to SCPC-CDG-A-American Friends of the Middle East in October 1994.
Legal Status
Copyright to the materials created by Robert Gilmore 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.
Processing Information
Processed by Kate Myers, 199_; reprocessed by Anne M. Yoder, October 2006.
Subject
- Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988 (Person)
- American Friends Service Committee (Organization)
- Committee of Correspondence (New York, N.Y. : 1960-1962) (Organization)
- Committee on U.S.-U.S.S.R. Peace Leadership Exchange (Organization)
- Crozer Theological Seminary (Organization)
- National Committee on United States-China Relations (Organization)
- Negotiation Now! (Organization) (Organization)
- New York Friends Group (Organization)
- Turn Toward Peace (Organization) (Organization)
- World Without War Council (Organization)
Topical
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Peace Movements -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources
- Quakers -- Political activity -- 20th century -- History -- Sources
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- 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 in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace. Tessa Chambers added the notes in Fall 2017. Wendy E. Chmielewski updated this finding aid, February 2019.
Find It at the Library
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