Swarthmore College Peace Collection

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Movement for a New Society Records, 1971-1988

Collection: DG 154

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Contact Information
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399
U.S.A.
Telephone: 610-328-8557 (curator)
Fax: 610-690-5728
Email: wchmiel@swarthmore.edu (curator)
URL: http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/

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Descriptive Summary
Repository
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Creator
Movement for a New Society
Title
Movement for a New Society Records
Inclusive Dates
1971-1988
Call Number
DG 154
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
_____ linear feet [papers only] [not completed yet]
Abstract
Movement for a New Society began in 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a national network of activists committed to building a nonviolent revolution. Its successor, New Society Publishers, was in existence from 1988-1996.

Administrative Information
Restrictions to Access
None
Usage Restrictions
None
Alternate Form of Material
None
Acquisitions Information
Gift of Beth Brockman, 1988 [Acc. 88A-065; Betsy Gilman-Radsch, 1990, 1995, 2002 [Acc. 90A-002, Acc. 95A-022, Acc. 02A-025]; Peter J. Woodrow, 1990 [Acc. 90A-055]; Lynne Shivers, 1992 [Acc. 92A-062]; Nancy Brigham, 1992 [Acc. 92A-090]; Jonathan Ber Zall, 2004 [Acc. 04A-003]; James Schrag [Acc. 06A-044]; Kenneth K. Martin [Acc. 08A-077].
Processing Information
Processed by staff; this finding aid created by Wendy E. Chmielewski, August 2008
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Movement for a New Society Records (DG 154), Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law

Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online library/archival catalogs.
See tripod record

Related Collections
A Quaker Action Group Records (DG 074)
New Society Publishers (DG 189)
New Swarthmoor Community (DG 028)

Historical Background
Movement for a New Society began in 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a national network of activists committed to building a nonviolent revolution. Movement for a New Society grew to be a community, based in several areas around the United States. While Movement for a New Society was always an activist organization, it was also a co-housing and/or communal society. Movement for a New Society provided training in nonviolent direct action; was committed to decentralized organization and decision-making. It grew out of an earlier gathering of peace activists, A Quaker Action Group. For the first ten years, Movement for a New Society collectives in Philadelphia encouraged the formation of regional groups, including collectives in the Boston/Northeast Region, the Mid-Atlantic Region, Tucson, Seattle, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Chicago, etc. After 1981 efforts were made to strengthen communication and coordination among the various collectives. Movement for a New Society published at least three newsletters for internal communication: Dandelion Wine, Wine, and Grapevine; and one external newsletter, The Dandelion. Movement for a New Society ceased operation in 1988. Members of Movement for a New Society formed a collective publishing business, based in Philadelphia, New Society Publishers, which published books and pamphlets on peace, social justice, and ecological issues. New Society Publishers was in existence from 1988-1996.

Collection Overview
Includes correspondence, administrative files, notes of meetings, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, brochures, directories, membership materials, financial records, notebooks, journals, and photos. Subjects include nonviolence and training for nonviolent action; feminism, nonviolence, and peace.

Items removed:
Photographs

Arrangement of Collection
This collection is unprocessed and in much the same order as when it was donated. The collection is organized into the various accessions in which it was donated to the Peace Collection. Most of the accessions have been small donations, containing only a few items relating to Movement for a New Society. The list of boxes and folders below are the significant holdings of Movement for a New Society records.
Accession: 90A-002
Accession 90A-055
Accession 95A-022
Accession 02A-025
Accession 06A-044
Accession 08A-077
Miscellaneous Accessions
MNS1oversized1
MNS1oversized2

Detailed Description of the Collection

Accession: 90A-002
Box 1
Illinois
Kansas
Michigan
St. Paul/Minneapolis
Missouri
Madison, Wisconsin
Wisconsin, 1977-1983
Mail procedures
Bank statements
Midwest/Mideast regional gathering, 1983
Midwest Movement for a New Society Region
Rockford Friends of Movement for a New Society
Correspondence with network communication and coordination group
Correspondence with New Society Publishers
Whole Network Finance Collective
Other RSC’s
Correspondence with others in the national network
Correspondence with Network Service Collective
 
Accession 90A-002
Box 2
Finance book
North Country Movement for a New Society Organizing Collective: meetings, 1980-1981
North Country Movement for a New Society Organizing Collective, 1979-1980
North Country Movement for a New Society Organizing Collective, 1979
NCMovement for a New SocietyOC, 1980
NCMovement for a New SocietyOC, 1981-1982
Twin Cities Trainers’ Collective, 1983-1984
Twin Cities’ Trainers
Training applicants
 
Accession 90A-002
Box 3
Plowshare training
Training center
4 + 4, Fall 1978
Notes on 4 + 4’s (raps, agendas, etc.)
Network Coordination Collective, 1988
Network Coordination Collective, 1987
National Network: financial reports, FY 1983-
Whole Network Finance Collective, 1984
Whole Network Finance Collective, 1981-1983
National Network: finances 1979-1980
OH rewrite (fuss & beyond)
 
Acc. 90A-002
Box 4
"Great Brochure Debate," 1982-1983
New Society Publishers: contract negotiations
Network Communication and Coordination Group: notes, 1981 (Oct. 29) - 1982 (Sept. 12)
Network Communication and Coordination Group: notes, 1982 (Sept. 30) - 1983 (April 1)
Network Communication and Coordination Group: notes, 1983 (April 1 cont. - Aug. 31)
Network Communication and Coordination Group: notes, 1983 (Sept. 1) - 1984 (June 10)
Network Communication and Coordination Group: notes, 1984 (July 22 - Dec. 15)
 
Accession 90A-002
Box 5
National Coordinating Council, 1984 (Aug.-Dec.)
Network Communication and Coordination Group, 1984 (March-July)
Network Communication and Coordination Group, 1983 (July) - 1984 (Feb.)
Network Communication and Coordination Group, 1982 (Nov.) - 1983 (June)
Network Communication and Coordination Group, 1982 (Aug.-Oct.)
National Communication and Coordination Group, 1981 (Dec.) - 1982 (July)
 
Accession 90A-002
Box 6
"Taking Charge"
Strategy for a Living Revolution
Philadelphia papers
Trip around the network, 1981 (Feb.-March)
Notes on my trip around the network
Notes from my trip around the network 1981 [2 folders]
Organization Handbook
Writing about Movement for a New Society
National Movement for a New Society: network-building
National Movement for a New Society: collectives
 
Accession 90A-002
Box 7
Movement for a New Society: sexism theory, 1976
Movement for a New Society
Movement for a New Society: publications, etc.
Literature
Grapevine, 1986
Grapevine, 1985
Grapevine, 1984
Grapevine, 1983
Wine
Macroanalysis newsletters
Network: meeting, 1986
National network: meeting, 1984
National network: meeting, 1982
National network: meeting minutes, 1981
N.M., 1979
National network: meeting, 1978
Notes re: national network meeting, 1977
Miscellaneous notes re: national network meetings, 197_
Notes from network meeting, 1976
 
Accession 90A-002
Box 8
Decisions from past network meetings
Local network building histories
Midwest
Movement for a New Society Collectives
Center for Conflict Resolution (Wisconsin)
Movement for a New Society: archives
Graffiti archive
Graffiti
Dandelion
Movement for a New Society to me from Philadelphia
Vision
Abrahamic Community
Movement for a New Society: archive
Campaign building first: general
Catholic Worker
Civil disobedience
Strategy
Non-violence & C. organizing: miscellaneous notes
Tax resistance
 
Accession 90A-002
Box 9
Spiderweb
Movement for a New Society: thinking
Network meetings
Operation Namibia: newsletters, bulletins, etc.
Other Movement for a New Society & staff in a Movement for a New Society context
Grapevines (Twin Cities)
Plowshare Network: meetings.
Twin Cities: local network (Plowshare Community) meetings, 1976-1977
Twin Cities Movement for a New Society: meetings, 1977
Diagram of Twin Cities Movement for a New Society
Twin Cities Movement for a New Society, 1979 ["captures crucial issues"]
Twin Cities Movement for a New Society: meetings, 1981-1982
No Nukes of the North [2 folders]
Energy Macro-Analysis Coll.
Twin Cities Outreach Collective
 
Accession 90A-002
Box 10
Intro to workshops
Twin Cities Movement for a New Society Network. 1986-
Twin Cities Network, 1978-1985
Macro Collective
Macro-Analysis II Seminar: notes, 1978
Starting Macro I
NCMAC: timelines
NCMAC: meeting minutes, 1977
NCMAC: meeting minutes, 1978
Notes not in notebook
NCMAC: fundraising
 
Accession. 90A-002
Box 11
*Partners archives (audiocassette tapes)
 
Accession 90A-002
Box 12
Budgets & projections, 1986-1988
*Bills, 1987-1988 (to be discarded?)
*Paid bills, 1986-1987
Loans
Fundraising: closing down
Network meeting, 1988
Financial journals: receipts & disbursements, 1988
Financial journals: receipts & disbursements, 1987-1988
Financial journals: receipts & disbursements, 1986-1987
Financial journals: receipts & disbursements, 1985-1986
Fundraising
Financial records
 
Accession 90A-002
Box 13
NSEF, 1988
NSEF, 1987 $
NSEF, 1986
NSEF: miscellaneous
Grapevine/Will Pipkin
Nom Com
Seed fund [2 folders]
New Society Publishers
Transnational

Accession 90A-055
Box 1
Working Conference, Madison (WI), November 16-18, 1972: meeting miinutes, etc.
Continental Network Meeting. Richmond (INa), April 9-12, 1974: meeting minutes, etc
Continental Network Meeting (KS), May 1975: Structured Decisions Report
Compilation of Decisions made at Continental Network meetings, 1972-1975
Network meetings, 1977
Seed Fund Collective Report, 1977 (June)
Continental Network meetings, 1976-1977: excerpts from meeting minutes
National Network meetings, 1978: meeting minutes, etc.
National Network meetings, 1979: meeting minutes, etc.
National Network meetings, 1980: meeting minutes, etc.
“Special Crunch” meetings, Baltimore (MD), February 15-18, 1980: meeting minutes, etc.
National Network meetings, 1981: meeting minutes, etc.
National Network meetings, 1981: financial planning
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 2
National Network meetings, 1981: planning; correspondence, etc.
National Network meetings, 1982: meeting minutes, etc.
National Network meetings, 1984: meeting minutes, etc.
National Network meetings, 1986: meeting minutes, etc.
Orientation qeekends, 1973-1986
Correspondence with Joe Havens, 1975-1979 [includes writings by Havens]
Internal Communications Collective, Ann Arbor (MI): correspondence, etc., 1974-1976
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 3
Outreach/Internal Communications Collectives- joint evaluation meeting., Philadelphia (PA), November 26-27, 1976: meeting minutes, etc.
Network Service Collective,: reports, discussion materials, etc.
Network Service Collective, Meetings, 1978: meeting minutes, etc.
Network Service Collective, Meetings, 1979 (Jan.-June): meeting minutes, etc.
Network Service Collective, Meetings, 1979 (July-Dec.): meeting minutes, etc.
Network Service Collective, Meetings, 1978-1980: summaries of decisions made
Network Service Collective, Meetings, 1980 (Jan.-March): meeting minutes
Network Service Collective, Meetings, 1980 (April-May): meeting minutes
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 4
Network Service Collective meetings, 1980 (June-Dec.): meeting minutes, etc.
Network Service Collective meetings, 1981: meeting minutes, etc.
Coordination and Communications Group (CCG) phone calls, 1981-1982: meeting minutes, etc.
Coordination and Communications Group (CCG)): correspondence, reports, etc,. 1981
Coordination and Communications Group (CCG): correspondence, reports, etc,. 1982 (Jan.-June)
Coordination and Communications Group (CCG): correspondence and reports, 1982 (July-Dec.)
Coordination and Communications Group (CCG) phone calls, 1983 (Jan.-April 1983; meeting minutes
Coordination and Communications Group (CCG); correspondence, etc.
Coordination and Communications Group (CCG): correspondence and reports, 1983 (May-Dec.)
Network Communication and Coordination Group, 1984 (June-July): meeting minutes; National Coordinating Council (National Coordinating Council), 1984 (Nov.-Dec.): meeting minutes, etc.
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 5
National Coordinating Council, 1984: correspondence, reports, etc.
National Coordinating Council, 1985: meeting minutes, etc.
National Coordinating Council, 1985: correspondence, reports, etc.
National Coordinating Council, 1986: meeting minutes, etc.
National Coordinating Council, 1986: correspondence, reports, etc.
National Coordinating Council, 1987 (Jan.-Feb.): correspondence
National Coordinating Council, 1984-1986: financial planning and records
National Coordinating Council, 1982-1985: discussions re: mission and goals, set-up of national organization
National Coordinating Council, undated
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 6
Publications: books [removed to Book Collection]
Publications: leaflets/flyers/articles [includes publicity for Movement for a New Society books]
Publications; literature lists
Publications: newsletters [removed to Periodical Collection]
Publications: organizers manuals
Publications: pamphlets
Publications: “Building Social Change Communities,” 1976
Publications: “Gay Oppression and Liberation,” 1977
Publications: “Manifesto for Nonviolent Revolution” by George Lakey
Publications: “A Nonviolent Action Manual” by Wm. Moyer, 1977
Publications: “New Society Packet” [2 versions]
Publication: Organizational Handbook, 1980
Publication: Organizational Handbook, (revised), July 1981
Publication: Organizational Handbook, 1984
Publication: Organizational Handbook, 1986
Publication: “Sailing for the New World: Movement for a New Society to the year 2000” by Greg Bates, 1985
Publication: “Spiderweb” summer 1985 (M.N.S. Womyn’s Publication)
Publication: “Study Guide on Multinational Corporations and the World Economy” by Betsy Wright
Publications by Movement for a New Society group: The Fatted Sprout
Publications by Movement for a New Society group: New Society Publishers
Publications by Movement for a New Society group: The Philadelphia Macro-Analysis Collective
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 7
Publications by Movement for a New Society groups; miscellaneous
New Society Publishers Collective, 1980
New Society Publishers Collective, 1981
New Society Publishers Collective, 1982
New Society Publishers Collective, 1983-1985
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 8
Miscellaneous correspondence
Legal: bequests; succession of Movement for a New Society from A Quaker Action Group (AQAG), 1971-1974
Work re: Organizational Handbook, 1983: correspondence, etc.
Work re: Organizational Handbook, 1984: correspondence, etc.
Clearness Committee
Education Committee
Correspondence, etc. re: relationships with “left” coalitions, 1974-1979
Movement for a New Society collectives
Center for Conflict Resolution Collective
Whole Network Finance Collective, 1981-1983
Orientation Weekend material/membership
Proposals re: diversifying Movement for a New Society membership
Discussion and papers re: working with isolated member, 1985
Discussions re: organizational growth, 1985
Discussions re: Movement for a New Society programming, 1985-1986
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 9
Discussion and papers re: Movement for a New Society brochure, 1981-1982
Discussion and papers re: Movement for a New Society brochure, 1983, 1985-1986
Media coverage/press promotion of Movement for a New Society events (national and local)
Articles by Movement for a New Society members
Miscellaneous
Dispanding of Movement for a New Society (officially disbanded in July 1988)
Miscellaneous early articles, reports, etc. 1971-1974
Shakertown Pledge/Creative Simplicity
Amazons
Lorreine/New York City
A Quaker Action Group (AQAG): program statement proposal for L.C. George and Lillian Willoughby
Revolution: Quaker prescription
Marxism and Movement for a New Society: Haines and Parker
Dick Taylor on Movement for a New Society and strategy
Challenges for Movement for a New Society: lessons from SDS, Irwin, 1974
Thoughts on regional development (Steve Chase)
Organizational question; response/s to Open Letters; challenges from SDS: Irwin
Movement for a New Society: strategy -- criteria in choosing issues of focus
Action review process
Papers on alternative institutions
"The Contemplative in a Revolutionary Movement" (Havens)
Memo from Peter Jones to LC
Dear Priscilla
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 10
Alliance for Basic Change/ necessity movements
"Revolutionary [Revolution?] Ideas, Revolutionary [Revolution?] Structure" (PJ)
"Return to Nonviolence" (Dan Snyder)
"Where Can Movement for a New Society Improve" (Kokopeli)
"Where Is Movement for a New Society Coming From" (George Lakey)
"Privilege, Oppression, and the Whole Package"
Forum on Why Collectives _____
Proposal for network focus George Lakey, ____ Wright)
Politics of the English Language, 1980
Visit of Betsy Gilman to Movement for a New Society Network, 1981: correspondence and report
Papers by William. Moyers re: organizational development and planning [includes notes, etc.]
"Toward a Democratic Culture"
George Fischer on Marx
Pandora Paper
Howard Ryan: paper on class-dialogue
"Eleven Years Old: Perspective on Movement for a New Society, 1982 (George Lakey)
Twin Cities Movement for a New Society: miscellaneous papers
Boston-Tucson: class discussion, 1985
Liberation from oppression
Classism / cost sharing
Cadre politics
Racism
Central America multilog
Feminism/women’s movement/nonviolence [includes correspondence]
Values
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 11
Northeast Region gatherings/retreats, 1974-1988: publicity, meeting minutes, etc.
Northeast Region, 1973-1975
Northeast Region, 1976
Northeast Region, 1980-1985
Northeast Region - Regional Service Collective: meeting minutes, etc., 1981-1983
Correspondence with Northeast Regional Service Collective, 1980-1981
Correspondence with Northeast Regional Service Collective, 1982-1983
Correspondence with Northeast Regional Service Collective, undated
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 12
Boston Movement for a New Society: meeting minutes, 1983-1988
Boston Movement for a New Society- Local Network, 1983-1987, meeting minutes, etc
Boston Movement for a New Society: organizational manual
Boston Movement for a New Society, 1983-1984
Boston Movement for a New Society: discussion re: role and purpose, 1983-1984
Boston Movement for a New Society: personal reflections on sex and class oppression, etc., 1983-1984
Boston Movement for a New Society: work of coordinators, 1984 and 1986
Boston Movement for a New Society: notes to/about coordinators
Boston Movement for a New Society, 1985
Boston Movement for a New Society: “shepherding” and goal-setting retreat, 1985
Boston Movement for a New Society: “shepherding” and goal-setting retreat, 1985 -- staff notes
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 13
Boston Movement for a New Society: responses to membership diversificatoin proposals, 1985
Boston Movement for a New Society: goal-setting proposals, 1985
Boston Movement for a New Society, 1986
Boston Movement for a New Society, 1987
Boston Movement for a New Society: publicity for events sponsored
Boston Movement for a New Society, 1983-1987
Boston Movement for a New Society: internal assessment, undated
Northeast Region: New York MS, 1984-1985
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 14
Mid-Atlantic Region
Philadelphia (PA) Movement for a New Society: meetings and retreats, 1973-1983
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: Philadelphia local network: meetings and retreats, 1976-1983
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: coordinators, 1983
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: strategy group, 1977
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: strategy support group, 1978
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: “Ark” task groups, 1979
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: discussion and papers re: transition, 1981-1982 [called “Posse Politics Group”]
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: discussions re: “re-entry” of Movement for a New Society, 1982
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: discussions and papers re: membership [includes Link group], 1981
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 15
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: Life Center/Land Trust Board, 1972-1982
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: Stone House/Crossing [House?]
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: mutual aid fund
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: Credit Union Action Group
Philadephia Movement for a New Society: Letter Writers [group?]
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: program work; calendar of events, 1981-1982
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: program work; Monday night series, 1981-1983
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: program work; speaker series
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: Wwork re: starting a Philadelphia Jobs with Peace, 1983-1984
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: miscellaneous, 1973-1979
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: miscellaneous, 1980-1984
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: miscellaneous, undated
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: lists of collectives, households, and “Friends of Movement for a New Society” in West Phildelpahia., 1973-1982
 
Accession 90A-055
Box 16
Ann Arbor (MI) Movement for a New Society
Atlanta (GA) Movement for a New Society
Boston (MA) Movement for a New Society
Eugene (OR) Movement for a New Society [includes Portland]
New York State Movement for a New Society groups
Seattle (WA) Movement for a New Society
Tuscon (AZ) Movement for a New Society
Twin Ciies Movement for a New Society ( Minneapolis, St. Paul, MN)
Twin Cities Movement for a New Society: area groups working on social justice, etc.
Miscellaneous local Movement for a New Society groups
Correspondence with miscellaneous Regional Service Collectives

Accession 95A-022
Box 1
Early administrative papers

Accession 02A-025
Box 1
Correspondence with folks in the National Network, 1978-1979
Correspondence with folks in the National Network, 1980
Correspondence with folks in the National Network, 1981
Correspondence with folks in the National Network, 1981
Correspondence with folks in the National Network, 1982 (Jan.-Aug.)
Correspondence with folks in the National Network, 1982 (Sept.-Dec.)

Accession 02A-025
Box 2
Correspondence with folks in the National Network, 1983
Correspondence with folks in the National Network, 1984
Correspondence with folks in the National Network, 1985
Correspondence with folks in the National Network, 1986
Correspondence with folks in the National Network, 1987
 
Accession 02A-025
Box 3
Correspondence with folks in the National Network, 1988
National Network: meeting totes, 1977
National Network: meeting, 1978
National Networ:k meeting, 1980
Network Service Collective: crunch meeting, 1980 (Feb.)
National Network: meeting, 1981
National Network: meeting, 1982
National Network: meeting, 1984
Feminism and Nonviolence Gathering, 1986
 
Accession 02A-025
Box 4
Study kit for nonviolent revolution
International Seminar on Training for Nonviolent Action, 1977 (July)
Betsy’s Notes on Movement for a New Society Gathering on Work, February 15-19, 1979
Organizational Handbook,1986 (Jan.)
Training for Direct Action (Michael Randle)
"Important thinking (not mine)"

Accession 02A-025
Box 5
Iowa City (IA)
Spiderweb
The Activist Review
Movement for a New Society Magazine
GTP Coordinator’s Manual
Mini-Macro on Safe Energy
Macro II
4 & 4 manualL iriginal
Notes on 4 & 4’S (raps, agendas, etc.)
Trainer’s Multi-Log
Strategic thinking
Directories: local, regional, national
Classism theory
 
Accession 02A-025
Box 6
"The Movement for a New Society: One Participant’s Account" (Betsy Gilman’s Memoirs of Movement for a New Society)
Letters to/from Michael, 1981-1983
Michael’s Mexico trip, July 1983
Personal correspondence with Michael, 1984
Personal correspondence with Michael, 1985
Michael’s book
Letters to/from Diana

Accession 06A-044
Box 1
Movement for a New Society Philadelphia: miscellaneous papers, 1981
Strategizing
Papers on racism
Political nurturance
Women’s liberation
“The English Language Paper” and issue
Orientation weekend, 1980 (June)
Censuses and supplemental materials, 1976-1981
General training program, 1977 (Aug.)
New Society Working Party, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Prisons
Surviving and thriving in Life Center study, 1981
Strategy thinking, macro, 1975 (Fall)
Training organizing collective, 1972 - undated
Strategy group, strategic priorities
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society network
Strategy group
Seeds collective
Organizing macro analysis seminars
Nambia action group
General Training program “Manual”, 1976 (Nov.)
Race and ethnic relations
Quakerism
Pedagogy Seminar
Psychic phenomena
Personal notes on materials
Social change course: structure, syllabi, etc.
Movement for a New Society, other than Philadelphia
Personal-politcal issue
Radical/relevant education
Selective Service, draft, conscientious objection
Movement for a New Society/Life Center: issues and thinking
Mini-macro
“Civil: Liberties - Peace”,1959-1964 [file of Jim ____]
“International Affairs," 1959-1964 [file of Jim ____]
Vocations for social change
Values and political economy ecology
Conflict resolution
Nonviolent movement approach
Census, 1979
Census, 1980
Peoples Lobby and May Day, 1971 (April-May)
Conscientization and the third world
Nonviolence [file of Jim ____]
Strategy study group, 1976 (Fall)
Student Committee on Civil Liberties
Motivation for social change
“The Dynamics of Conflict, Change and Accomodation in Interracial Neighborhoods”
Stockton College training
 
Accession 06A-044
Box 2
Documents, secondary (not current readings)
Training: actual gigs, agendas, reports, case studies
Training: nonviolence
Training: campaign building, direct action, marshals
Training: personal growth and social change, empowerment, consciousness-raising
Training: sexism
Training: strategy
Training: vision
Training: theory of nonviolence, violence
Training: sample campaign material
Training: parent effectiveness
Training: general
Training: international networks, workshops
Training: community building
Training: introductions
Training: analysis, Movement for a New Society analysis, macro tools
Training: group process, facilitation, consensus, clearnes, in-group community building
Training: conflict resolution, negotiation
Training, about nuclear power

Accession 08A-077
Box 1
Movement for a New Society, 1971-1976
Movement for a New Society, 1977-1979
Movement for a New Society, 1980-1981
Movement for a New Society, 1982
Movement for a New Society, 1983
Movement for a New Society, 1984
Movement for a New Society, 1985-1988, 1995, 1996
Movement for a New Society, undated
Movement for a New Society: National Network meeting, 1974 (April)
Movement for a New Society: National Network meeting, 1976 (Nov.)
Movement for a New Society: National Network meeting, 1978
Movement for a New Society: National Network meeting, 1979 (July)
Movement for a New Society: National Network meeting, 1981 (Aug.)
Movement for a New Society: National Network meeting, 1982 (Aug.)
Philadelphia Local Network: meeting minutes, etc. 1972-1978
Philadelphia Local Network: meeting minutes, etc. 1979-1985, undated
Racism Task Force: meeting minutes, etc.
Transnational Collective: meeting minutes, etc.
Land Trust Board: meeting minutes, etc.
Life Center Association: meeting minutes, etc.
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society
Movement for a New Society Re-entry
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: issue groups and reports
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: direction brainstorming
Philadelphia Movement for a New Society: financial records
Collective report, 1978-1979
Racism Task Force
Racism Task Force: correspondence, 1980-1982
Racism Task Force: writing subgroup
Racism Workshop: agendas
Racism Workshop: activities and materials
Racism Workshop: evaluations
Racism Task Force: racial intelligence studies
Racism Task Force: group sessions
Racism Task Force: current business
Racism Task Force: financial records
Transnational Collective
Life Center Associate and Land Trust Board
Life Center Association: announcements, articles, etc.
On Organizing Macroanalysis Seminar, 1973 (Feb.)
Central American macroanalysis: miscellaneous correspondence
Current macroanalysis: miscellaneous and notes
Macroanalysis: invoices
Macroanalysis: bank account
 
Accession 08A-077
Box 2
Central American Macroanalysis Seminar: literature
Spirituality Conference, 1976 (Nov.)
Training requests, 1979-1980
Nonviolence training
Jean Neumann Learning Theory and Educational Design Workshop
Training
Census, 1981
Rewriting of Handbook, 19831984
Strategy Group: strategy papers
Ideas on structure and organization of Movement for a New Society
 
Accession 08A-077
Box 3
A Quaker Action Group: funding lists
“ Ark” Task Group
Stone House
General Electric and nuclear war
Cruise and Pershing II Campaign (Clearinghouse)
Pathways svaluation
Jobs With Peace
Feminist Working-Class Strategy Group
MOVE
Action Linkage
Neila Miller Group
Men’s Consciousness-raising
Song sheets
Songbook Winds of the People
Outside literature
Newsletters [removed]
Publications

Miscellaneous Accessions

Unlabeled Accession (1-8)
Box 1
First Year correspondence
Local Organization Movement for a New Society: history, pamphlet
Mini Macros
Steady state economics: study group
Macro II
Strategy weekend
Organization/structure - social movements
Readings
Media coverage of MNS
New Mini Macros information
Non-print media
Seminar Manuals [unfoldered]
Meetings
Literature lists
Finances - OWA
Miscellaneous material
Mutual Aid funds
Miscellaneous material [unfoldered]
Posse II: summaries of meetings
General training coordinators’ manual
 
Unlabeled Accession (1-8)
Box 2
Network Meetings, 1972-1975 [black notebook]
Whole network: meeting notes, 1981 [Yellow Notebook]
Organizational Handbook, 1981 [Yellow Notebook]
Miscellaneous network papers [unfoldered]
Outreach
"Miscellaneous current," 1983
Energy Mini Macro organization weekends
Manuals for reorganizers
Manual for orientation weekends
Philadelphia Local Network Collective: retreat, July 9-10 -- notes
"Getting Involved in Philadelphia Movement for a New Society"
"So you want to live in the life center..."
Cost sharing issues
Machinery instructions
PLNC finances, 1980-1981
Minutes of meeting with Niela Miller, June 9, 1981
Office coordination, 1980
Mailing list information
"Intensiv,e" 1983
Finances, 1982
STOP: originals
Cruise and Pershing II missiles
Clearinghouse: meeting minutes
Background for FREEZE speakers: The Cruise and Pershing II question [unfoldered]
Bill Moyer: correspondence
Miscellaneous papers and clippings
"Making Change: A Guide to Effectiveness in Groups," 1978 (Eileen Guthrie and Sam Miller)
Catherine McSarley: correspondence
Bob Sutton: correspondence
Correspondence/information requests: DC(?)
Daniel Benales
Correspondence/information requests: Delaware
Correspondence/information requests: Maryland
Correspondence/information requests: New York [2 folders]
"Loreine's work folder," New York City
 
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Correspondence/information requests: Philadelphia
Philadelphia Life Center
Returned mail [unfoldered]
Movement for a New Society Life Center
Correspondence/information requests: Southeast Pennsylvania (except Philadelphia)
Out of region
New York City and Mid-Atlantic Region
Correspondence/information requests: Virginia
Returned mail
New York City: troups
New York City: area networking
Mid -Atlantic, New York City: Manhatten, Bronx, Staten Island
Mid -Atlantic, New York City: Brooklyn
Mid -Atlantic, New York City: Queens
Invoices due, 1981 (June) - 1982 (May)
Bills due: Mid-Atlantic
Paid Invoices
Miscellaneous Mid-Atlantic papers
"Revolution: A Quaker Prescription for a Sick Society" (sample copy)
Internal Communication Collective
Shivers, Lynne
Willoughby, George
Willoughby, Lillian
Sutton, Bob
Affiliates [individual folders]
Huizinga, Nina; McCaffery, Mary; Sunshine
Former Movement for a New Society Affiliates: (individual folders)
Larrabee, Kent; Hill, Tom;Haines, Pamela; Steitz, John;
Nunes-Schrag, Linda; Lashof, Judy; Goldberg, John;
Fremont-Smith, Ken; Fischer, George; Baxter, Kathy; Barber, Wess;
Lerman, Dion; Kendrick, Loreine; Commandant, Joleigh; McRae, Glen;
Marie, Linda; Luca, Wendy; Koch-Gonzales, Jerry; Avery, Chel;
Martin, Ken; Matteus, Antje; Dreamdigger, Ruth; Lieberman, Paul;
Brigham, Nancy; Maes, Alice
Entry/Membership Committee: master lists of members, affiliates, etc.
Receipt book [green notebook]
Directory, 1986
Orientation sessions
Pledge staff
Members [individual folders]
Albert, David; Becker, Matt; Coffman, Chip; Fansler, Ruth; Hoyt, Pat;
Johanning, Jon; Lakey, George; Loeb, David; Loveridge, Clark; McClellan, Robert; Nikelsky, Joan; Sawislak, Ellen; Shen, David
 
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Checking account, 1986 (July-Dec.)
Meetings & beneral notes, 1986 (July-Dec.)
Finances
Paid bills, 1986 (July-Dec.)
Movement for a New Society, 1984-1985 [4 folders]
Movement for a New Society, 1985-1986 [2 folders]
Movement for a New Society, 1983-1984: local network notes, retreats, correspondence
Movement for a New Society, 1983-1984: finances [envelope]
Movement for a New Society: UPS Account
Movement for a New Society, 1983-1984: checks
Miscellaneous material [unfoldered]
Weekend retreat, 1984 (July) [red notebook]
Priority Exercise Notebook 1, 1983 [1st of 2 blue notebooks]
Priority Exercise Notebook 2, 1983 [2nd of 2 blue notebooks]
Notes on meetings/OW meetings, 1970s [maroon notebook]
 
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"Knowledge and Politics" by Roberto Mangabeira Unger, 1975.
Decision-making handout
General training program re: decision-making, 1981 (Aug.)
Mediation: COACT/KAN
Self-management
Political Community Workshop
Song sheets
"Light and Livelies"
"REV REF vs. REF REF"
Organizing workshop: "Issues and Nitty Gritty"
Evaluation/Going Home: August 12, 1979 (last general training Program day)
"Going Back Home: Relating to Others" [communication with/among people/groups]
First session"
Organization structure re: membership and decision-making
"Pet Handouts": miscellaneous notes [2 folders]
Jo Freeman: correspondence with Bill Moyer
Jo Freeman: notes for article (?)
Article "Operant Psychology as Factory Psychology" by Barry Schwartz, Richard Schuldenfrei, and Hugh Lacey, Swarthmore College, 1978. [unfoldered]
Organization Guide Sheet
Organization dynamics/leadership, reprints
Historical development: 3 models
Group process workshop
Group dynamics
Organizer's Workshop, North Carolina, February 1980 [unfoldered]
Training Manual, Nonviolent Direct Action, 1971 Spring Actions [green folder]
4 plus 4 Coordinators' Manual, Twin Cities Movement for a New Society, 1979 (Jan.) [unfoldered]
Training manual, Spring Actions, 1971. [black folder]
Group process, etc. [unfoldered]
Nonviolence
Manual for Instructors and Organisers of Shantisena: Indian Peace Brigade
Wall Street Action
General training program, 1979 (May)
Training for Nonviolent Action by Peter Klotz-Chamberlin. June 9, 1979
Nonviolence / civil disobedience training [2 folders]
Nonviolence [loose manual pages and masters]
Affinity Group Packet [orange folder]
Coalition for A Non-Nuclear World
CCNV: "A Call to Prayer and Resistance," 1981 (June-July)
Finance meeting: packet, 1984 (Oct.)
Orientation manuals, 1974-1978
General training program manual [2 blue folders]
GTC notebook [blue notebook]
Checkbook [black plastic]
Income journal [green notebook]
Checks and bank statements [envelope]
Miscellaneous material [unfoldered]

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Keystone Alliance notebook, 1978
Bill Moyer's (?) notebook on anti-nuclear work, 1975-1976
Early MNS material [small blue notebook]
Keystone notebook [black notebook]
CPUA/TMI [black notebook]
Feminism and nonviolence [envelope]
Clergy and Laymen Concerned
Catholic activities (The Catholic Agitator)
Proposal from " the brain mistrust"
Christiana
The Coalition
Economy Action
Friends: investments
Friends: suburban projects
Gray Panthers
Green Peace
Institute for Nonviolence Study & Action, Durham, North Carolina
International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR)
Labor organizing
Moonies, The
Movement for Peace and Justice in the Western Hemisphere
Namibia
New American Movement
Nonviolence and children
Peace Academy
" D Agents - Quakers "
Resistance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Science for the people
U.S. movement , analysis of [clippings]
Social work [clippings]
Peoples' Coalition for Peace & Justice
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC): Community Relations Program
Simple living
Spring offensive, 1971
" D Agents - SCLC "
War Resisters League
" D Agents - WRO "
World Law Fund
Trotskyism
" D Agents - White radicals; White liberals; Indians; other countries " [separate folders]
"Weatherman"
Alternative economic political systems [clippings]
"The Canary Has Fallen Silent"
"Left"
Cuba

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Capitol punishment
Prison visits
Martin Luther King [clippings]
Foreign countries / governments
Poverty [clippings]
Civil Rights Act of 1968 [clippings]
Nonviolence literature
Welfare for the rich: disbenefits to poor [clippings]
Welfare for the rich: oil ( clipping)
Welfare for the rich: overseas [clippings]
Welfare for the rich: stock market [clippings]
Repression: courts and others [clippings]
Participation ( clipping)
Poverty: Blacks [clippings]
Poverty: Indians [clippings]
Poverty: public anti-poverty programs & their effects on people [clippings]
Poverty: private anti-poverty programs - social work, United Fund, etc. [clippings]
Welfare for the rich: non-government [clippings]
Welfare for the rich: defense sSpending [clippings]
Welfare for the rich: tariffs & import limitations [clippings]
New England Free Press
International Convocation, Education for Peace, 1972
D Agents: movement theory
Soc. D readings
CEPA (Consumer Education & Protection Association) [clippings]
Decline of U.S (clippings)
"Direct Action Instruction" [clippings]
D Agents: movement theory - violence
Berkeley [clippings]
D Agents: Black militant; Black theology project; Black moderates; Black Panthers
Social D - business capitalists, ideas, views.
Violence [clippings]
Terrorism [clippings]
Social Change Seminar ( proposal)
Notes on the process of transformation
Self-determination [clippings]
Social change - political process [clippings]
Poverty: Black capitalism [clippings]
VISTA program [clipping]
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC): reports
Alternative institutions
AFJC New Society Working Party
Right sharing of world's resources, Pax World Fund
Technologies: alternatives
News clippings/papers on economics, welfare, etc.[separate folders]: Asia; Australia; Asia-Afghan; Bangladesh; S. Africa; Oman; Port. Guinea; Algeria; Angola; Egypt; Ethiopia; Equatorial Guinea;Guinea; Libya; Madagascar; Canada; Third World; Third World general GAP; Iran; Middle East ; Venezuela; Uruguay; Salvador; Puerto Rico; Peru; Paraguay; Panama; Nicaragua; Mexico; Jamaica; Honduras; Haiti; Guyana; Guatemala; Ecuador; Cuba; Costa Rica; Columbia; Chile; Bolivia; Argentina; Andean Common Market; Uganda; Zambia Sudan; Tanzania; China; Hawaii; Ceylon; Indonesia; Japan; New Zealand; Micronesia; Malaysia; North Korea; Thailand; Taiwan; South Korea; Singapore; Bulgaria;
Austria; European Common Market; Germany West; France; Denmark; Czechoslovakia; Hungary; Iceland; Spain; Russia; Portugal; Poland; United Kingdom; Northern Ireland; Norway; Turkey; Italy - Sicily; Greece' Yugoslavia;
Latin America; Sweden; Vietnam ( South); Philippines; Pakistan; Laos; Mozambique; India; Cambodia; Rhodesia; US left re: Africa
Welfare for the rich: clippings, notes, etc. [separate folders] -- foundations; health; OEO, anti poverty programs aid rich; government regulations; tax provisions;
 
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Welfare for the rich: clippings, notes, etc. [separate folders] -- subsidies; government publications;
Welfare for the rich: clippings, fact sheets, etc. -- research subsidies; government policy and procedure; agriculture;. business; housing; economic notes
Racism
Miscellaneous material [unfoldered]
"Seabrook Nukes"
Keystone Council
Citizens' right to know
Mini-Macro, 1977 (Oct.)
Media Committee: notes [unfoldered]
Originals (of various Movement for a New Society papers)
Models of MNS networks
"My thinking"
Organization models
Organization
Politics: task group
Long term planning(?)
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC): correspondence with David Hartsough, Liz Walker, and Bill Moyer
Bangladesh [clippings]
Pakistan
Bangladesh: notes
The Continental Walk
Canada (?)
Continental Walk: DC marshaling, 1976
Wounded Knee, 1973
Training: Seabrook
California training trip, 1977
Nuclear energy [ight green folder]
Meeting minutes, notes, flyers [purple folder]
WIN Keystone article, 1978 (June)
United Farm Workers (UFW), Philadelphia, 1973-1974
Blockade
Bill Moyer: Charleston [green notebook]
Macro-analysis seminar manual
Miscellaneous papers [unfoldered]

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Income maintenance
Cost sharing
Poverty: indicators
Mobility: distribution or income – NEGRO
Poverty: public anti-poverty / general
War on poverty
Poverty: U.S
Alternative program: poverty vs. U.S. political economy
Poverty: political economy
Alienation
A.J. Muste Memorial Institute: Internal Revenue Services
Proposal
Fundraising/mailing
A.J. Muste Keystone sponsorship proposal
Co-workshops
Training elsewhere/contacts
Action: The Agency for Volunteer Service
Organizing materials: how-to-do-it/training
How to organize: notes
Social change: models of the political economy
The People’s Alliance
Community’s thoughts on local organization
Local organizing: The Bridge/Nina’s papers
Participation: community control
Poverty: Alternative Theories
 
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Fundraising
Nonviolence manual/grant writing
Grants: writing proposals
Writing ideas
Liberation/oppression
Race
Race and class
Despair/guilt/anger
Liberation/oppression: Moyer chart/article
Liberation: growth process
Liberation/oppression: growth process
General liberation/oppression (GLO)
Politics of the English language
Johnathan
Institute for World Order
Boys
Men’s article
Sexism Workshop GTP, April 1981
Men’s affinity, 1980
Men’s
Feminism
Fuzzies
Gay
Women: volence/porn/Women against Violence in Pornography and Media (WAVPM)
Women’s movement
Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR)
Sexism: identity
Women’s movement
 
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Sexism theory paper
Socialist feminism: Jackie’s paper
Sexuality/sensuality
Class: readings
Class Workshop GTP, January 1979
Average GTP class on oppression
Classism
Classism movement/class
Class forums
Working class: support group
Cost sharing
Class talk
Different language

Pamphlets
Box 1
Pamphlets by Title: A-Emergency
Pamphlets by Title: Empowerment-Manifesto
Pamphlets by Title: Manual-N
Pamphlets by Title: O
Pamphlets by Title: T-W
Uncatalogued

Philadelphia Macro-Analysis Collective
Box 1
Philadelphia Macro Analysis Collective, 1972-1976
Macro Analysis Seminar Movement Newsletter, 1974-1976
Early years, 1971-1979
Movement for a New Society, 1980-1989

Re-File Material
Box 1
Material from Re-file Box, 1991 (April, Sept.)
 
Re-File Material
Box 2
Material from Re-file Box, 1977
Material from Re-File Box, 1992
Material from Re-File Box, 1992
Material from Re-File Box, 1992
Material from Re-File Box, 1994
Material from Re-File Box, 2002