Agape Foundation Records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of administrative information regarding peace and social justice organizations to whom they considered awarding grants and loans.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1970-2010
Creator
- Agape Foundation (Organization)
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.
Historical Note
The Agape Foundation was a non-profit public foundation, which raised and distributed funds to groups working for nonviolent social change. From its formation in 1969 by a group of pacifists and anti-war activists in Palo Alto, California, the Agape Foundation provided millions of dollars to nonviolent, grassroots organizations throughout the western United States. It was headquartered in San Francisco. In 2010 the Agape Foundation merged with the Peace Development Fund.
Extent
43.3 linear ft. (43.3 linear feet.)
Abstract
The Agape Foundation was a non-profit public foundation, which raised and distributed funds to groups working for nonviolent social change. From its formation in 1969 by a group of pacifists and anti-war activists in Palo Alto, California, the Agape Foundation provided millions of dollars to nonviolent, grassroots organizations throughout the western United States. It was headquartered in San Francisco. In 2010 the Agape Foundation merged with the Peace Development Fund.
Arrangement
This is an unprocessed collection. The Records of the Agape Foundation remain in the order in which they were donated. Files from Acc.2016-049 were rearranged in the order of years, from the oldest (1970s) to the newest (2016).
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Agape Foundation, 2010 [Acc. 10A-033, Acc. 10A-035]; 2015 [Acc. 2015-032]; 2016 [Acc. 2016-049].
Separated Materials
Items removed:
- Periodicals, such as folios and newsletters were removed from the files, and relocated to the SCPC retired periodical sections
- Photos were removed and can be found in the SCPC Photograph Collection
- CDs were removed and moved to the SCPC AV Collection
Legal Status
Copyright to the records created by the Agape Foundation 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. This finding aid was created by Jean Turner, 2011; updated by Joshua Chang and Wendy Chmielewski, July 2015; updated by Theresa Ng'andu '19, August 2016; and updated by Wendy E. Chmielewski September 2018.
Topical
- Charities -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- Sources
- Endowments -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- Sources
- Endowments -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Peace-building -- Societies, etc. -- Endowments -- History -- Sources
- Social justice -- Societies, etc. -- Endowments -- 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. Tessa Chambers added the notes in Fall 2017.
Find It at the Library
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting repoductions from Swarthmore College Peace Collection Library
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