Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081 U.S.A.

FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION- USA
(FOR-USA)

SECTION IV

UNPROCESSED FILES:
Additional FOR-USA materials, 1940-1990s
(pending further accessions)

Arrangement

Series A
15 Doc. Boxes
12 Paige Boxes

Files of John M. Swomley, 1940-1960

Series B
11 Doc. Boxes
1 Paige Box

Files of Richard Deats, 1972-1990s

Series C
1 Doc. Box
1 Paige Box

Files of Doug Hostetter, 1987-

Series D
4 Paige Boxes

Files of Administrative Assistants, 1985-1993


Section IV Series A

Files of John M. Swomley, 1940-1960

Staff positions:

Youth Secretary, 1940
Associate Secretary, 1943-1952
Director NCAC, 1944-1952
Executive Secretary, 1953-1960


The basic records, filling four cartons, were sent from the FOR national office in July 1978. A general listing of the contents, with some notes, is found at the front of the first box, following a folder of biographical information. The general correspondence, mainly with individuals, has some significant gaps for which no explanation has been given.


Files are arranged as follows and placed in temporary document boxes.


15 Boxes

Box 1

Biographical material
General correspondence, A &endash; C

Box 2

General correspondence, D &endash; Lens

Box 3

General correspondence, Lester &endash; Si

Box 4

General correspondence, Sm &endash; Te

Box 5

General correspondence, Th &endash; V

Box 6

General correspondence, W &endash; Z

Box 7

Administrative correspondence

National Council & Executive Committee
National Conferences
Fellowship Groups
International FOR

Box 8

National FOR staff correspondence:

A.J. Muste, 1943-1959
J.N. Sayre, 1940-1960

Box 9

National FOR staff correspondence:

A. Hassler, 1953-1960
G. Houser, 1942-1949, 1954-1955
G. Smiley, 1954-1961

Box 10

Field work: general correspondence
Regional & local Secretaries:

Midwest &endash; Watson & Macy
New York Region &endash; Larrabee
New York City &endash; Walser

Box 11

Regional Secretaries:

New England &endash; Gussner & Hathaway
South &endash; McCulloch & Cannon
Southwest &endash; Smiley
Pacific Southwest &endash; Riles

Box 12

Regional Secretaries

Far West &endash; Orval Etter

Box 13

Anti-conscription & Anti-Universal Military Training (UMT), 1945-1948

Box 14

Miscellaneous writings of Swomley, 1940-1974; various accessions (corres. & writings) of 1980s &endash; 1990s

Box 15

Methodist Federation for Social Action, 1945-1951 & Methodist miscellany (non-FOR writings)

Paige Boxes 1-8

Subject files on contemporary issues of 1940s & 1950s, especially influence of militarism. They include press clippings, articles, releases, pamphlets, & Swomley's own analyses. Alphabetical list of subjects at front of Box 1.

Paige Boxes 9-12

Reference files of NCAC (National Council Against Conscription) supplementary to DG 52. Lists in Box 9.


Section IV Series B

Files of Richard Deats, 1972-1990s

Staff positions:

Interfaith Work, 1972-1979
Executive Secretary, 1979-1984
Interfaith Work, 1984-1993
Communications & Editor of Fellowship, 1993-


Files are arranged as follows and placed in temporary document boxes.
A provisional checklist is found at the front of Box 1.

Box 1

Biographical data; general/misc. FOR materials; general corres. with individuals, A &endash; L

Box 2

General corres. with individuals, M &endash; Z

Box 3

International corres.: IFOR, National FOR groups, World Council of Churches

Box 4

Topical files: Abortion &endash; Korean Airlines, flight 007

Box 5

Topical files: March on Washington for Jobs, Peace & Freedom (1983) &endash; Workshops on Nonviolence

Box 6

Program areas: Seminary speakers, Covenant Peacemaking, Peace Sabbath & Peace Pentecost

Box 7

Program areas: Peace with Justice Week, Middle East, US-USSR Reconciliation, 1972-1986

Box 8

Deats' writings & speeches

Boxes 9-11

Accessions of June 1998:

General corres., 1972-1993; Corres. of Editor, 1993-1996; Corres. of Jim Forest (at IFOR office in Europe), 1976-1988

Paige
Box 1

Philippines material of Deats (not FOR)


Section IV Series C

Files of Doug Hostetter, 1987-

Staff positions:
Executive Secretary, 1987-1993
Interfaith/International Work, 1993-

Paige Box 1

General FOR files, 1987-1995:

Correspondence, administrative matters, speaking engagements, international trips. Some program material of these years is found in boxes of the Administrative Assistants. See below.

Temp. Doc. Box

Bosnian Student Project correspondence, supplementary to the processed material. See Section II, Series J, Box 5.
Temp. Doc. Box 80th Anniversary, 1995
  Articles by/about Hostetter, 1990-1992, n.d.
  Bosnian Correspondence, 1989, 1998
  Email Correspondence, April 1995-June 1997 (2 folders)
  MEDIC 1991-1992, n.d (2 folders)
  Middle East General, 1992
  Sanctions, 1991-1992
  Miscellaneous Documents, 1991-1992, n.d.


Section IV Series D

Files of Administrative Assistants, 1958-1993
during the incumbency of Executive Secretaries Antal, Cooperrider and Hostetter. They include a variety of program and administrative materials which are listed, but not in any particular order.



Paige Box 1-4

Each box contains its respective list



Other Materials

The following materials were removed from the files and located elsewhere in the SCPC as indicated:

Photographs (11 boxes) are in the Photograph Collection.
Posters were added to the Poster Collection.
Motion picture films, sound recordings and phonodiscs are in the Audiovisual Collection.
Peace buttons are in a Memorabilia Collection.




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