Peace -- Study and teaching

Abstract This small collection of papers details especially the life of Grace Contrino Abrams and her strong interests in teaching and in working against injustice in whatever form. The clippings from newspapers of media coverage, as well as the many Letters to the Editor, show some of her public life, while letters, and reminiscences of sister Fran Contrino Schmidt, fill out her private life. It should be noted that though there were five siblings, Grace and Fran spent much of their time together in...

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Materials include history and by-laws, meeting minutes, 1970-1980, form letters, information about sponsored conferences, program literature, newsletters.

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Includes bibliographies of peace studies literature organized alphabetically by title; and typed notes on peace, women, and the peace movement.

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The Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies was part of the Five Colleges of Western Massachusetts (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst). The inter-institutional program conducted a series of lectures, panels, and films, as well as conferences and faculty workshops, to enhance the teaching of peace studies across the United States.

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Papers of J. William (Jerry) Frost, Emeritus Howard M. and Charles F. Jenkins Professor of Quaker History and Research, Swarthmore College.

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Collection consists primarily of folders of printed materials titled: Celebrate Peace kit; Global Awareness kit; How to Talk to Your Children About Nuclear War; Library Project kit; Understanding the Soviets; Women in the Soviet Union study guide; Reach for Peace high school kit.

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This collection includes materials related to the earlier years of the Peace and Conflict Studies program at Swarthmore College. This includes concentration proposls, grant applications, course materials, syllabus, academic papers, committee correspondence, correspondence related to faculty hiring.

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Primarily printed publications of the USIP.