Milton Lowenthal Papers
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, financial records, flyers and handbills, manuscripts, memorabilia, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, reference files, audiocassettes, slides, videocassettes, motion pictures, photographs, and posters. Correspondents include John Somerville and Kazuaki Kita.
Dates
- Creation: 1962-1994
Creator
- Lowenthal, Milton, 1907-1995 (Person)
- Kita, Kazuaki, 1934- (Correspondent, Person)
- Somerville, John, 1905-1994 (Correspondent, Person)
- Kita, Kazuaki, 1934- (Person)
- Somerville, John, 1905-1994 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
None.
Conditions Governing Use
None.
Historical
Milton Lowenthal was an activist involved in peace and antinuclear movements in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; also with the United Nations Association of the United States of America in Harrisburg, the UN's International Year of the Child; the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, protests after the Three Mile Island accident in 1979, and commemoration of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.He was a sponsor of Japanese antinuclear artist Kazuaki Kita.
Extent
12.5 linear ft. (12.5 linear ft.)
Abstract
Milton Lowenthal was an activist involved in peace and antinuclear movements in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, specifically those related to Three Mile Island and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was a sponsor of Japanese antinuclear artist Kazuaki Kita. This collection includes correspondence, financial records, manuscripts, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, reference files, and other memorabilia.
Arrangement
This collection remains in the order in which it was donated.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers/records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Estate of Milton Lowenthal, 1996 [Acc. 96A-086, Acc. 11A-080].
Separated Materials
- Slides
- Photographs
- Memorabilia
Legal Status
Copyright to the resources created by Milton Lowenthal 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
This collection is unprocessed and remains in the order in which it was donated.This finding aid was created by Amanda Cardillo on June 1, 2012.
Subject
- Lowenthal, Milton, 1907-1995 (Person)
- Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.) (Organization)
- United Nations Association of the United States of America (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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