Provenance:
Depositors: Scott and Helen Nearing, Eileen Livingston
Received: 1980
Accession Number: 80A-72, 97A-007
Restrictions: No
Microfilm: No
Checklist prepared by Martha P. Shane (March 1988), revised by Wendy
E. Chmielewski, (February 1997)
Scott Nearing was born the oldest of six children on August 6, 1883, in Morris Run, Pennsylvania. He elected to attend the Central Manual Training High School in Philadelphia instead of Central High School because it "linked practice with theory." He did both his undergraduate and graduate work at the Wharton School of Finance and Economy of the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in economics there in 1909. Nearing taught economics at the Wharton School starting in 1906. He became interested in child labor law and served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Child Labor Committee from 1905 until 1907. Finding his public lectures on child labor and his radical economic views incompatible with funding efforts, the trustees at the University of Pennsylvania dismissed Nearing in June 1915. His dismissal became a celebrated case and a landmark in the struggle for academic freedom. While teaching at the Wharton School, Nearing also taught for several years, beginning in 1908, at Swarthmore College.
In 1916, he began teaching at the University of Toledo but was fired in 1917, this time because of his anti-war sentiments. In 1917, Nearing published a pamphlet titled The Great Madness in which he exposedwar as "a big business murder game". He was arrested and indicted by the Federal Government under the Espionage Act for obstructing recruiting and enlistment into the service. He was acquitted in February 1919.
Unable to find work in the academic world, Nearing supported himself by lecturing and free-lance teaching and writing. He became known as he ran for Congress on the Socialist ticket against Fiorello LaGuardia and debated the famous lawyer Clarence Darrow. He was a dues-paying member of the Socialist Party from 1917 until 1922. In 1927, Nearing joined the Communist Party but resigned early in 1930 when his views diverged from standard Leninist theory. He travelled abroad, living and studying in Germany during the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was living in Kiel in 1933 when Hitler came to power.
Returning to the United States, Nearing became increasingly disillusioned and ashamed of Americans who, he felt, no longer practiced cooperation or valued the work ethic. Rather, he saw class-divided communities whose governing principle seemed to be "you work - I eat." The bombing of Hiroshima which ended World War II led Nearing to dissociate himself from the U.S. government.
Nearing and his first wife, Nellie Seeds, with whom he had two sons, separated. After her death, he married Helen Knoethe, also a pacifist and vegetarian like himself, and, in 1932, they purchased a small farm near Stratton Mountain in Vermont where they grew their own food and undertook a successful maple sugaring operation. Nineteen years later, when the ski resort moved near them and they felt too engrossed in their sugaring business, they moved to Harborside, Maine, on Penobscot Bay. Here they built their own stone house and began subsistance farming, growing their own food organically and buying only one dollar's worth of goods for each four consumed. The Nearings practiced fasting and abstained from using any habit-forming substance. They set an example of homesteading that drew interest and visits from many. In 1954, they co authored the book Living the Good Life. The profits were used to publish and distribute Nearing's less-read books and pamphlets about his political and economic philosophies. In 1972, Scott Nearing completed and published his autobiography, The Making of a Radical: A Political Autobiography.
The Nearings continued to travel many months of the year during which Scott lectured and they distributed his literature. They worked together until shortly before the end of Nearing's life on August 24, 1983, at age 100. Helen Nearing resided in Harborside, Maine until her death in 1995 in a car accident.
The Scott Nearing papers contain working outlines and manuscripts for writing projects such as books, pamphlets, and articles, both published and unpublished, outlines for lectures, and also biographical material, speeches, and a classified card file.
The bulk of the Nearing papers are different versions of working manuscripts for books, many with corrections by Nearing, his wife Helen, or others. Two books which were published are The Making of a Radical: A Political Autobiography (1972) and Civilization and Beyond - Learning from History (1975). The SCPC Library has other books written by Nearing including Living the Good Life (1954) co-authored by Helen Nearing and books about Nearing. Published materials also include articles written by Nearing for TASS and Izvestia, the serial publication World Events (1943 1953), and a pamphlet series, published by the Social Science Institute in Harborside, Maine, operated by the Nearings.
Subjects about which Nearing kept files include many general topics dealing with the economy, war, revolution, U.S. imperialism, capitalism, public opinion, education, and social justice. More specific subjects about which he lectured and collected material include China and Latin America.
The biographical section contains newsclippings and articles (1909- 1987) about both Scott and Helen Nearing. Nearing's dismissal from the Wharton School in 1915 for his views on child labor and other economic issues, his trial in 1918 by the Federal government for anti-war sentiments, and the Nearings' homesteading years are described in these articles.
A 3 by 5 inch card file contains notes, quotations, mounted clippings from various sources, and annotated bibliographic citations arranged by subject according to a numerical system.
Nearing's papers dealing with environmental issues are housed at Boston University. An item checklist of these documents can be found with the SCPC Nearing papers.
A separate series of materials consists of the files of Dr. Jack Livingston of Duquesne University (Acc. 97A-007). Dr. Livingston met Scott and Helen Nearing when he began researching Scott Nearing's life. This material consists of a three-volume, unpublished biography of Scott Nearing titled "Scott Nearing: His Struggle With Conscience," research notes written by Jack Livingston, photocopies of books, pamphlets, articles written by and about Scott and Helen Nearing, and photographs of the Nearings and their farm in Maine. There is also a small amount of biographical material about Jack Livingston.
The guiding principle in arranging the papers of Scott Nearing was to retain as much of the original order as possible. Since he was a meticulously orderly person, this was not difficult. He kept material together by subject in yellow envelopes, described in the checklist as "files." Each of these is in a separate folder. Sometimes there were other envelopes of material inside the first which were placed in the same folder. Nearing often held pages together with rubber bands or paper clips. In the interest of preservation, these were replaced with plastic clips or paper folders.
Nearing carefully dated almost every page he created. The files themselves were arranged at SCPC in chronological order by the date(s) of material found inside. When original documents with different dates were together in one file, the earliest date was used.
The "data" files found at the beginning of Series VI were numbered according to a subject classification Nearing used. These are in order by that number rather than by the earliest date within.
Newsclippings, usually annotated, were not reproduced onto acid-free paper at this time. They were enclosed in acid-free paper when feasible and left in their original location.
The 3 by 5 inch card files were cleaned. In this one instance, rubber bands and paper clips were removed but not replaced. The cards are in the order in which they were found, arranged by Nearing's own classification system.
Series VIII consists of the files of Dr. Jack Livingston. These materials are arranged, but not completely processed. There may be some duplication between this series and other sections of the collection. Duplicates were removed when found. There are three boxes of files in acid-free and original folders, and two boxes of file cards. Photographs originally found with this accession were removed to the Photograph Collection. Books that came with this accession were integrated into the Book Collection.
Box 1
Fldr 1 Newspaper clippings/Articles about Scott and Helen Nearing
(1909-date)
Fldr 2 Trial of Scott Nearing (1918-1919)
Fldr 3 Publicity for appearances (1917-1976)
Fldr 4 Pamphlet: "Art Young's Political Primer: Scott Nearing for
Congress." (1918)
Box 2
Fldr 1 Bibliography, copied from The Making of a Radical:
A Political Autobiography, (1972), showing what is available in
the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Fldr 2 Book publicity and reviews.
Fldr 3 Pamphlets. (1916-1926)Fldr 4 Pamphlets. (1930-1973)
Fldr 5 Leaflets. (c1915-c1948)
Fldr 6 Periodical, World Events, #1-60. (1944-1948). (A more complete
set of World Events, [1944-1953], is with SCPC Retired
Periodicals.)
Fldr 7 Pamphlet by Max Davis with Foreword by Scott Nearing. (1944)
Fldr 1 File titled S.S. Pamphlets. Setting the World to Rights,
containing typed MS of address delivered by SN at Unitarian Public
Forum in Los Angeles on February 4, 1955, titled Promoting the
General Welfare in 1955. 17 pp.
Fldr 2 Graduation Address at Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine, on June 1,
1974, titled A Memorandum for Right Living.
9 typed MS pp.
Box 3
Fldr 1 Collection of miscellaneous book outlines:
General outline of Book B.5.c., Communism, (1929)
General outline of Book 5, World Education - The
Socialization of Knowledge, (1929)
General outline of Book IX, Whither America?, (1930)
Outline of Book X, Whither America?, (1926)
Fldr 2 Outline of Book XI, Economic Organization of Soviet Russia.
(1926)
Fldr 3 File titled N.S.O. Outlines, containing outlines and plans for
Book iii, The New Social Order. (1924, 1925, 1927,1930)
Fldr 4 File titled N.S.O. Introduction, data, containing outlines and
reference material. (1924)
Fldr 5 Outlines for The New Social Order. (1926, 1927)
Fldr 6 Typed MSS of chapters of The New Social Order. (1926,
1927)
Fldr 7 File titled World Crisis containing typed MS of Book iv,
Crises in History. (1935)
Fldrs File titled Worldism Ms. 1939, 1941 typings,containing
typed
8-10 MS of Bk V, Worldism, The Next Stage in Social Organization.
(1939) 433 pp.
Box 4
Fldr 11 Typed pages from MS of Book V, World Commonwealth, (1941). 96
pp.
Fldr 12 Carbon copies of pp. from World Commonwealth with hand-
written corrections by SN.
Fldrs 13 &;14 Typed carbon pp. from MS of Book V, United States
of the World, The Road to International Peace, (1941). 236 pp.
Fldr 15 File titled Book XII, Outlines. Typed MS of introduction,
(1957), 20 pp. Outlines (1957, 1958, 1959, 1963) of Book XII with
last title, Problems of Socialist Construction. (1963)
Fldr 16 File titled Writing - Bk. V. Revolution in Theory and
Practice, containing outline. (1961)
Fldr 17 File titled Writing - The Socialist Century, Bk. II,
containing outlines, correspondence, and reference material. (1962,
1964)
Fldr 18 File titled Working - Bk. III, Latin America. Working
Outline. Genl. Outline, containing outlines and reference material.
(1963)
Fldr 19 File titled Writing - Bk. III, Latin America. Notes,
Suggestions, containing outlines. (1963)
Fldr 20 File titled Writing - Am. Emp., XX, The Crumbling Am. Empire,
Outlines, containing outlines. (1963)
Fldr 21 File titled Writing - Am. Emp., XX, Crumbling Am. Emp. Ms,
containing an outline. (1963)
Fldr 22 File titled Writing - Am. Emp., XX., Crumbling Am. Empire,
Data, containing one note. (1964)
Fldr 23 File titled Writing - Am. Emp., IX. Rise of the Am. Emp.,
containing reference material. (c1964)
Fldr 24 File titled Writing - Am. Emp. Projects, containing outlines
and reference material. (1964, 1965)
Fldr 25 Files titled Writing Am. Emp. VII., The Am. Century,
Outlines, and Writing - Am. Century. Data, containing notes and
reference material. (1965)
Box 5
Fldr 26 Typed bibliography. (1969) 6 pp.
Fldr 27 File titled Bk VI. Autobiog. Retyped Outlines, containing
typed and MS outlines. (1964, l966, l967)
Fldr 28 File titled Book VI. Autobiog. Discarded Outlines, containing
typed outlines. (1966, 1967)
Fldr 29 File titled 4/28/68. Typed Ms. minus pages inserted in
current typing, containing carbon copy of typed MS without
hand-written corrections. (1967) 197 pp.
Fldrs 30 &;31 File titled Bk VI, 1967 typed Ms., containing typed
MS, from both original and carbon copies, with hand-written
corrections by SN. Pp. 1-110.
Box 6
(Folders 32-38 were tied together in file titled Bk VI, Typed Mss. 1968 Typing.)
Fldrs 32-38 Typed MS with handwritten corrections by SN. Pp. 275B-292 and misc. others.
Box 7
Fldrs 39-42 Typed MS with handwritten corrections by Helen
Nearing. (1968)
Fldr 43 File with typed title, Scott Nearing. THE MAKING OF A
RADICAL, 70-44, copy 1 of 2, (author's first version). Pp.
124-181 missing, containing typed MS with handwritten corrections by
Helen Nearing. Misc. pp.
Fldr 44 File with typed title, Nearing, Scott, 70-44, THE MAKING
OF A RADICAL, (Wieck's revision incorporating some of Crosby's
material- pp.1-181) 11-23-70, containing carbon copy of typed MS with
hand written corrections, probably by Wieck. Pp. 1-181.
Fldrs 45-47 Carbon copy of typed MS incorporating some of Wieck's
suggestions with handwritten corrections by Helen Nearing.
Introduction and pp. 1-90.
Box 8
Folders 48 to 56 contain preparatory material for Civilization and
beyond, Learning from History. (1972) Also called Ms XVI by
Nearing.
Fldr 48 File titled Ms. XVI, Working Outline, Retyped Outlines,
containing outlines for project, "Cycles of Civilization." (1970,
1971)
Fldr 49 Working outlines for MS XVI. (1971)
Fldr 50 General outlines for MSS XVI. (1971)
Box 9
Fldrs 51-56 Typed MSS from MS XVI. One proposed title was "Thinking
about Civilization." (1973, 1974)
Box 10
Fldr 57 File titled MRWE Carbons, containing carbon copies of typed
MSS on various topics. (1971, 1972)
Fldrs 58 &;59 Revision work on Man's Search for The Good Life,
first published in 1927. (1972, 1973)
Fldr 60 File titled Whither China - Intro. to Second Edition,
containing typed and handwritten MSS. (1973)
Fldr 61 File titled Books IV. Life and its Mastery. LIFE, Its
Mastery, Its Fulfilment, containing notes and an outline. (1975)
Box 11
Fldr 1 File titled pph - Middle Class 3126, containing expanded
outlines and reference material. (1934)
Fldr 2 File titled SSP II - Recovery in W. Europe? Containing notes
and reference material about Social Science Institute pamphlets.
(1950, 1953)
Fldr 3 File titled S.S. Handbooks, containing correspondence and
notes about publishing of Social Science Institute material.
(1954)
Fldr 4 File titled S.S. Pamphlets. Suggestions, containing notes and
reference material. (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958)
Fldr 5 Collected material containing outlines titled "MRWE," "Writing
- Pamphlets," "Freedom...", etc., and reference material. (1952,
1953, 1954)
Fldr 6 File titled Pamphlet #3. China Policy and China Travel,
containing typed MS, "Our Right to Travel," by Helen and Scott
Nearing, (1959), 31 pp., and notes, correspondence and reference
material.
Fldr 7 Unfiled outlines titled "Writing - Pamphlets. The Socialist
Century. Preface," and "pph. Fascism. Outline of Thesis," and
correspondence. (1961)
Fldr 8 File titled Latin America Writing Projects, Articles,
containing outlines, MS notes, and reference material. (1963)
Fldr 9 Typed MSS of two articles for Izvestia, titled "Latin America:
Seed Bed of Revolution," and "Man's Future - 1961-2000 or The Future
of Mankind." (1961)
Fldr 10 File titled Articles - Izvestia. Future of Mankind,
containing MS titled "The Future of Mankind or (Man's Future -
1961-2000," (1961), 9 pp., and notes and outlines.
Fldr 11 File titled L. America - Writing Projects. Izvestia,
containing MS notes. (1963)
Fldr 12 File titled Writing Projects. New Times (Harry), containing
MS notes and outlines and correspondence. (1963)
Fldr 13 MS of article for Blitz titled "What Uncle Sam Expects of
Mother India," copy of published article, and reference material.
(1967)
Fldr 14 File titled Article sent to Harry Freeman, 4/19/69,
containing MS of article for Tass titled Lenin After Fifty Years,
(1969), 4 pp., and unnamed article for Tass (1963) 1 p., and notes
and correspondence.
Box 12
Folders 1-21 with Data numbers are in chronological order by those
numbers rather than by year. Documents in folders 1-28 are dated
c1902 [1915-1925]-1930.
Fldr 1 File titled Data - 13. War, containing outlines and
reference material.
Fldr 2 File titled Data - 14. Revolution, containing outlines and
reference material, and pamphlet by SN, Russia Turns East, (1926),
moved to Series II.
Fldr 3 File titled Data - 151. American Labor Movement, containing
outlines.
Fldr 4 File titled Data 16. Org. of the Soviet Union, containing
reference material.
Fldr 5 File titled Data 312. The Econ. Conflicts, containing notes
and reference material.
Fldr 6 File titled Data 321. The Industrial Regime, containing
outlines, notes, and reference material.
Fldr 7 File titled Data - 322. Capitalism, containing outlines,
notes, and reference material.
Fldr 8 File titled 331. Property and Property Rights, containing
notes and reference material.
Fldr 9 File titled Lectures 334. Income, containing outlines and
reference material.
Fldr 10 File titled 332. Wealth, containing outlines and notes.
Fldr 11 File titled Data 341. Public Opinion, containing outlines and
reference material.
Fldr 12 File titled Data - 342. Crime and Punishment, containing an
outline.
Fldr 13 File titled Data 35. Education, containing outlines and
reference material.
Fldr 14 File titled Data 351. 421 - Ideals in Ed. - (genl. Lect.),
containing notes and reference material.
Fldr 15 File titled Data - 353. The Community, containing outlines.
Box 13
Fldr 16 File titled Data - 354. The Teacher, containing outlines,
notes, and reference material.
Fldr 17 File titled Data - 355. The School, containing an outline and
reference material.
Fldr 18 File titled Data - 356. The Subject Matter, containing an
outline, notes, and reference material.
Fldr 19 File titled Data - 357. The Method, containing an outline and
notes.
Fldr 20 File titled Data 36. Scientific Method, containing outlines
and reference material.
Fldr 21 File titled 511. 2. The Passion for Freedom (Rebel),
containing reference material.
Fldr 22 Continuation of Folder 21, containing outlines and reference
material about Eugene V. Debs.
Fldr 23 File titled Sociology - Misc., containing outlines, notes,
and reference material. Printed brochure advertising three courses
dealing with Social Progress taught by S.N.
Fldr 24 Outlines for lectures.
Fldr 25 Outlines and notes, mostly classified as "Sociology." Typed
MS titled "Cities - American Colonies - 1759" (n.d.)
Fldr 26 Outlines for courses and lectures on Leadership.
Fldr 27 Outlines for courses and lectures with different titles,
bearing 500 series classification numbers.
Fldr 28 Reference material about Leo Tolstoy. (1880s-1926)
Box 14
(Documents in folders 29-97 are dated c1940s-1970s. Folders are in
approximate chronological order.)
Fldr 29 Two outlines titled Data Classification (1945, 1964)
Fldr 30 File titled Lectures - Causes of W War III, containing
outlines and notes. (1949-1966)
Fldr 31 File titled Lectures on Socialism, containing outlines of
lectures (1952-1964)
Fldr 32 File titled Lectures - Building the Am(erican) Empire,
containing notes, outlines, and reference material. (1953, 1961)
Fldr 33 File titled Lectures. II 1. Building the Am(erican) Empire,
containing notes and outlines. (1953-1966)
Fldr 34 File titled Lecture Outlines - USA and World Leadership,
containing outlines and annotated reference material. (1956,
1959)
Fldr 35 File titled Lectures - Can the USA Lead the World?,containing
outlines. (1956, 1959)
Fldr 36 File titled Social Crisis - Social Forces that are Remaking
the World - Greed Violence and the S. Order - This Changing World,
containing lecture outlines and reference material. (1944-1974)
Fldr 37 File titled Lectures. Can the West Reoccupy Asia?, containing
notes and outlines. (1957)
Fldr 38 Misc. lecture outlines (1957-1968); letter to SN and HN from
"Fred" dated Oct. 20, l963.
Fldr 39 File titled Lectures. 1. What is Freedom? 2. Freedom and
Responsibility 3. Freedom in Acquisition, Competitive Society 4.
Freedom is Not Enough, containing outlines and reference material.
(1957-1961)
Fldr 40 File titled Lectures - World Affairs, containing outlines and
reference material. (1958)
Fldr 41 Files titled Lectures - A Visit to China, and Lectures -
Peoples China, containing outlines and reference material. (1959,
1960)
Fldr 42 File titled Lectures - The Choices Before Us. The Road We are
Traveling, containing outlines and reference material.
(1958-1960)
Fldr 43 Files titled War and Peace and Lectures - Ethics and the Cold
War, (1958-1961)
Fldr 44 File titled Lectures - II 5 Econ(omic) Outlook for the
U.S.A., containing outlines and reference material. (1958-1966)
Fldr 45 Misc. lecture outlines, many titled MRWE, and reference
material. (1959-1963)
Fldr 46 File titled Lectures - Econ(onmic) Crisis in the U.S.A.,
containing outlines and reference material. (1959-1963)
Fldr 47 File titled Lectures - Boston - Nov. 6 (1960) - Which Way
U.S.A.?, containing outlines and reference materials and a letter to
SN from Arthur Davis. (1960)
Fldr 48 File titled Econ(omic) Outlook for U.S.A. 10/20/1960,
containing lecture outlines and reference material. (1960)
Fldr 49 File titled Econ(omic) Outlooks for U.S.A., containing
outlines and reference material. (1960)
Fldr 50 File titled Lectures - Myth of National Security, containing
outlines and reference material. (1960)
Box 15
Fldr 51 Files titled Conway - 1961. 1. Unrest in Latin America,
Conway - 1961. 2. Feudal Remnants in Guatemala, Conway -1961. 4. The
New Cuba, and Conway - 1961. 5. Latin America and the U.S.A.,
containing lecture outlines and reference material. (1961)
Fldr 52 File titled Conway - 1961. General. Cuba, L(atin) Am(erica)
and the U.S.A., containing outlines and reference material.
(1961-1963)
Fldr 53 File titled Lectures - July 1961. Which Way U.S.A.,
containing outlines and publicity about SN at Conway. (1959-1961)
Fldr 54 File titled Lectures, N.Y.C., Nov. 11. Freedom P. or M.
containing one newsclipping. (1961)
Fldr 55 File titled Lectures - Man's Search for the Good Life,
containing one outline. (1961)
Fldr 56 File titled Lectures - World Events, containing outlines and
publicity about SN. (1961)
Fldr 57 File titled Lectures 8. Socialism, containing outlines. (1961
1967)
Fldr 58 File titled Lectures - New York, 11/7/1963. Birthday
Celebration, containing outline and reference material. (1963)
Fldr 59 File titled Lectures - Suggested Topics for Lectures,
containing outlines and reference material. (c.1964)
Fldr 60 Files titled Lecture Outlines, 1964 Series. Latin America,
Lect. Outl. 4/26, 7:30. Latin America, Continent in Revolution, and
Conway - 1961 3. Progressive Forces in British Guiana, containing
outlines and reference material. (1961-1964)
Fldr 61 File titled Lectures - Conway, June-July. Social Justice
Outlines, containing an outline and publicity about SN. (1964)
Fldr 62 File titled Conway 6/29-7/3 1. What is Social Justice?,
containing lecture outlines. (1964)
Fldr 63 File titled Conway 6/29-7/3 2. Equal Justice Under Law,
containing lecture outlines and reference material. (1964)
Fldr 64 File titled Conway 6/29-7/3 3. Justice in the Economy,
containing lecture outlines and reference material. (1964)
Fldr 65 File titled Conway - June 29 4. Justice for Youth, containing
lecture outlines and reference material. (1964)
Fldr 66 File titled Conway 6/29-7/3 5. Justice Among the Nations,
containing lecture outlines and reference material. (1964)
Fldr 67 File titled Conway, June 25-27. Outlines, containing lecture
outlines and reference material. (1965)
Fldr 68 File series titled Lectures - L.A. Series, January 1965,
containing subfiles titled Lectures - Los Angeles Series, January,
1965. General, L.A. Series l. World Revolution. L.A. Series 3.
Germany - Japan, L.A. Series 4. Socialism, containing outlines and
reference material. (1964-1968)
Fldr 69 File titled L.A. Series 2. Vietnam - Cuba, containing lecture
outlines and publicity about SN. (1964-1970)
Box 16
Fldr 70 Misc. outlines and reference material. (1965-1974)
File titled Lectures - Struggle for World Power, containing one note.
(1966) Empty file titled Lectures - Where is Civilization Going?
Fldr 71 File titled Lectures - U.S.A. Imperialism Over Europe,
containing outlines. (1966)
Fldr 72 Files titled U.S.A. Foreign Policy - Policy in Asia, II 4.
U.S.A. an Asian Power, containing lecture outlines and reference
material. (1966, 1967)
Fldr 73 Misc. lecture outlines. (1966-1969)
Fldr 74 File titled Lectures 1967-8. Outline containing one outline.
(1967)
Fldr 75 File titled Lectures 1967-8. III. l. The Great War,
containing outlines. (1967, 1968)
Fldr 76 File titled Lectures 1967-8. II. 2. Re-Division of World
Power, containing outlines and reference material. (1956-1967)
Fldr 77 File titled Lectures - 1967-8. IV. One Man Planted a Forest,
containing a pamphlet.
Fldr 78 File titled Lectures 1967-8. III 3. Where is Western
Civilization going?, containing outlines and reference material.
(1966, 1967)
Fldr 79 File titled Lectures 1967-8. II 3. Perspective on Vietnam,
containing outlines. (1966-1968)
Fldr 80 File titled Lectures 1967-8. III 6. World Power and World
Peace, containing outlines and reference material. (1966, 1967)
Fldr 81 File titled Europe and the World Power Struggle, containing
lecture outlines and reference material. (1967)
Fldr 82 File titled Lectures III 7. Asia in Turmoil, containing
outlines and reference material. (1959, 1967)
Fldr 83 File titled Lecture Outlines, containing outlines.
(1967-1969)
Fldr 84 File titled Boston. L. Outline. Lectures, containing an
outline. (1970)
Fldr 85 File titled Lectures. Dollar on the Rocks. Boston. 10/31/71,
containing outlines (1963, 1971) and pamphlet by SN titled Economic
crisis in the United States, published in 1961. (Moved to Series
II)
Fldr 86 File titled Lect. Outlines 7/2/71 l/17/72, containing
outlines. (1971, 1972)
Fldr 87 File titled Lectures - World Revolution, Boston ll/12/72,
containing outlines and reference material. (1972)
Fldr 88 Files titled Lecture, 10/17/73, Boston and Lectures, Boston,
11/7/73, containing outlines, reference material, and church bulletin
where SN spoke. (1973)
Fldr 89 File titled Lectures - Peace in Vietnam? Containing reference
material. (1973)
Fldr 90 File titled U.S. Economy, containing lecture outlines. (1974,
1975)
Fldr 91 File titled Econ(omic) Outlook, containing reference
material. (1975)
Box 17
Fldr 92 Files titled Stoningham, Aug. 10, 8 P.M. - The Current
Econ(omic) Crisis, Biddeford - 5/18, and Lectures - May 18,
Biddeford, containing outlines and reference material. (1975)
Fldr 93 File titled U(niversity) of P(ennsylvania) 3/27/75 (or
1973?), containing outlines, correspondence, and reference material.
(1970, 1975)
Fldr 94 File titled Lectures - Misc. Outlines, containing outlines.
(1971, 1975)
Fldr 95 File titled Lectures - Science and our Expectations.
Bicentennial and Beyond. Boston A.A.S. 2/23/76, containing outlines
(1972, 1975) and abstract of paper by SN to be read at a meeting of
A.A.S. on February 24, 1976. 3 pp.
Fldr 96 Outline titled "Albania" and reference material. (1976) Empty
file titled Lectures - the Crumbling A(merican) Empire.
Fldr 97 Unused yellow envelopes addressed to SN and HN.
Later Accessions
Fldr 98 Finding Aid for note card files.
Box 1
Miscellaneous notes
Publisher's correspondence
Chronology on Scott Nearing
Biographical and bibliographical indexes
Bibliographic materials
Academic Freedom, Free Speech
[Notes on] Books by Scott Nearing
Harry F. Ward
Book reviews
Livingston's photograph album-Scott and Helen Nearing in Maine
(photocopy, original photographs in SCPC Photograph Collection)
Arden Club
People's Council of America
Manuscript of "Scott Nearing: His Struggle With Conscience" (vols.
1-3)
Box 2
Manuscript of "Scott Nearing: His Struggle With Conscience" (vol.
4)
New York Times articles by Scott Nearing
Elena Whiteside's letters
Book and film sources
Articles or speeches by Scott Nearing
Newspaper clippings, 1915-17
New York Times articles
Notes on Swarthmore College Peace Collection Scott Nearing
collection
Scrapbook on Nearings
Books (&;notes) about Scott Nearing
Notes on:
Chapter I
Chapter VII
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Box 3
Chapter notes
Writing plan
Articles on Scott and Helen Nearing
Miscellaneous articles by Scott Nearing
Chautauqua
Reprints of some of Scott Nearing's books and pamphlets with
notes
Box 4
Miscellaneous articles on Scott Nearing (2 folders)
Miscellaneous articles
Miscellaneous articles about Scott Nearing's contemporaries (3
folders)
Box 5
Reprints of some of Scott Nearing's books and pamphlets with
notes
Box 6
4" x 5" file cards, Jack Livingston's notes
Box 7
4" x 5" file cards, index to Jack Livingston's unpublished manuscript
"Scott Nearing: His Struggle With Conscience"
Photographs -See SCPC Photograph Collection