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2 Papers, Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Contact Information Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Phone: (650) Fax: (650) Processed by: Katherine Reynolds Date Revised: 1990 Encoded by: Brooke Dykman Dockter 1998 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Irwin Abrams papers, Date (inclusive): Collection Number: Creator: Abrams, Irwin, Physical Description: 35 manuscript boxes(14 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, reports, minutes, bulletins, newsletters, curricular material, and other printed matter, relating to activities of the American Friends Service Committee, international volunteer work camps, conscientious objection during World War II, education in Germany, international educational and cultural exchanges, especially between the United States and East and West Germany, and the Nobel Peace Prize. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Language: English. Access Collection is open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Irwin Abrams papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in Accruals

3 Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Access Points American Friends Service Committee. Volunteer workers in community development. Work camps. World War, World War, Conscientious objectors. World War, United States. Germany. Germany (East)--Relations--United States. United States--Foreign relations. United States--Relations--Germany (East) United States--Relations--Germany (West) Germany (West)--Relations--United States. Education. Peace. Intellectual cooperation. International education. Nobel prizes. Education--Germany. 1914, Born, San Francisco, California February B.A., Stanford University 1935 M.A., Harvard University 1938 Ph.D., Harvard University Instructor, Department of History, Stanford University Director of Training, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Director, Quaker Overseas Work Camps (AFSC) Assistant Professor, Antioch University Associate Professor, Antioch University Professor, Department of History, Antioch University 1953 Specialist, Exchange Program, U.S. State Department, Germany Member, Board of Directors, Antioch Review Chairman, International Student Seminars, AFSC, Switzerland and Yugoslavia Educational Director, Shipboard Programs of Council on Student Travel 1961 Fulbright Lecturer, University of Cologne, Germany 1964 Chairman, International Student Seminars, AFSC, Hungary Director, Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) Seminars, Yugoslavia 1970 Co-director, GLCA Seminars Member, Board of Directors, Council on International Educational Exchange 1972 Coordinator, Curriculum Materials Team, GLCA Seminars Director, GLCA-Antioch European Team in Comparative Urban Studies 1976 Co-director, Task Force on International Education of International City Management Association Vice president, International Society for Educational, Cultural and Scientific Interchanges (ISECSI) President, ISECSI 1979 Co-chairman, Project on International Exchange Research of German Academic Exchange Service and ISECSI Distinguished University Professor, Antioch University Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Antioch University 1988 Author, The Nobel Peace Prize and the Laureates,

4 BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, Box 1 BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, Scope and Content Note Curricula vitae and articles arranged chronologically Box 1, Folder 1 Curricula vitae, correspondence, and one article Boxes 1-2, 13 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, Scope and Content Note Typescript, and printed speeches and articles by Irwin Abrams arranged chronologically by date of publication or presentation Box 1, Folder 2 "The Nobel Peace Prize and the Laureates: An Illustrated Biographical History, ," n.d. "A History of European Peace Societies, ," Doctoral dissertation. Printed summary Folder 4 "I Believe," The Friend, 1940 Ninth Month 19. Folder 5 "The Austrian Question at the Turn of the Twentieth Century," Journal of Central European Affairs, 1944 July. Box 13, Folder 5 Summary of speech, International Conference of Peace Workers, 1946 September 13. Includes correspondence with Cornelius Kruse and Ray Newton. Typescript Box 1, "To the Seeker," Friends Intelligencer, 1949 First Month 29. "Less than a Riddle," The Antioch Review, 1951 Summer. Folder 8 "My System of Values," Friends Intelligencer, 1953 Seventh Month 4. Folder 9 "The Struggle for Poland," Yale Law Journal, 1954 March. Review of H. Peter Stern, The Struggle for Poland. "Western Survival," The Antioch Review, 1955 Spring. Folder 11 "Grappling with History," Antioch Notes, 1955 September. "The Historian's Craft and General Education," The Journal of General Education, 1955 October. Folder 13 "An Alpine View of Neutrality," The Antioch Review, 1957 Spring. Folder 14 "What's Missing on the Campus?" Antioch Review, 1957 May. Printed copies, including revised version Folder 15 "The American Abroad: An Introduction," The Antioch Review, 1958 Winter. Printed copy Folder 16 "Reflections on the End of an Era," The Antioch Review, 1959 Winter. Folder 17 Study Abroad, Number 6 in New Dimensions in Higher Education Series, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Folder 18 "Foreign Travel Plus," Antioch Notes, 1960 September. Folder 19 "Overseas Travel-Study Programs in U.S. Higher Education," Current Issues in Higher Education, Folder 20 "Einige Bemerkungen zu Material uber die Vereinigten Staaten in einer Auswahl von Lehrbuchern deutscher Gymnasien," 1961 June 27-July 1. Summary of speech, 4th Amerikanisch-deutschen Tagung Braunschweig. Folder 21 "American Influences Abroad: A Preface," The Antioch Review, 1962 Summer. Printed copy Folder 22 "A Different Kind of Discipline," Overseas, 1963 May. Folder 23 "Invitation to Explore America," 1964 April 6. Introductory lecture, International Work-Study Program, Antioch College, Folder 24 "Why Study Abroad?" 1965 April 30-May 1. Speech, National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, Philadelphia. Folder 25 "The Student Abroad," Higher Education: Some Newer Developments, Printed copy Folder 26 "The Educated Traveler," Antioch Notes, 1965 March. Folder 27 "Study Abroad as Humanist Learning--The Promise of International Educational Exchange," 1965 July. Speech, International Seminar "University Today," Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. Typescript Folder 28 "The Bolshevik Revolution: Fifty Years After," The Antioch Review, 1967/1968 Winter

5 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, Folder 29 "The Evolution of Undergraduate Study Programs Abroad," International Education and Cultural Exchange, 1968 Spring. 0 "Interinstitutional Cooperation in International Studies," Liberal Education, 1968 March. 1 "American-Yugoslav Seminar: A Cooperative Adventure," International Education and Cultural Exchange, 1968 Fall. 2 "A Man of Noble Purpose and Great Luck," Chicago Sun Times, 1970 December "American Architecture Comes of Age: European Reaction to H. H. Richardson and Louis Sullivan," The Journal of American History, 1973 September. 4 "Notes on the Evaluation of Programs in International and Intellectual Education," 1974 March 30. Prepared for the ACE Task Force on Diffusion of International Studies. 5 "Urban Planning in Poland Today," AIP Journal, 1975 July. 6 We Can Learn from Europe's Cities, Includes handwritten notes 7 "A Consortium at Work in the World: The Great Lakes Colleges Association in Yugoslavia," International/Intercultural Education in the Four-Year College: A Handbook on Strategies for Change, "An International Project for Urban Administrators," Speech, International Studies Association, St. Louis, Typescript 9 Evaluating Academic Programs Abroad: The CIEE Project, 1978 February. Printed copy Folder 40 "Working into Another Culture," Antioch Notes, 1978 March. Box 2, Folder 1 "Beyond Experience: The Experiential Approach to Cross-Cultural Education," Cross Currents, Folder 2 "The Impact of Antioch Education Through Experience Abroad," Alternative Higher Education, "What's in a Name?" ISECSI Bulletin, 1979 January. Folder 4 "Notes on the Visit of Professor Irwin Abrams to the Federal Republic May 22 to June 1, 1979 on the Invitation of the German Academic Exchange Service," Printed copy Folder 5 "Cross Cultural Experiential Education," The Newsletter of Interversitas, 1979 September/October. "Noble Aims for Social Change," Antioch College Record, 1980 May 24. "Von der Theorie zur Praxis," DAAD, 1980 November. Folder 8 "Some Reflections on Historical Research and International Interchange," 1980 November Speech, Conference on Research on International Exchange, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany. Typescript Folder 9 "Study Abroad as Cultural Exploration," New Directions for Experiential Learning, "The DAAD-ISECSI Conference at Bonn: A summary," World Higher Education COMMUNIQUE, 1981 Summer. Folder 11 "The Challenge of Historic Preservation," 1981 June Speech, 14th Congress, International Union of Architects, Warsaw, Poland. Typescript "The University Professor as Teacher: Some Reflections on the American Experience," 1982 August 29-September 2. Speech, 27th Session, International Seminar "University Today," Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, and Univerzitet Dana, Belgrade. Folder 13 "Wingspread: Spanning the Atlantic," World Higher Education COMMUNIQUE, Folder 14 "Lessons of the First German-American Exchange Professorships," 1982 March Speech, Joint meeting of the International Studies Association and the ISECSI, Ohio. Typescript Folder 15 Friends and the Seeker, Folder 16 "Enhancing the Traveler's Visual Awareness," 1983 May Speech, Annual Conference of the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, Ohio. Typescript Folder 17 "The Opening Word," 1983 June 25. Speech, Antioch College Commencement. Typescript

6 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, Folder 18 "John W. Burgess, Theodore Roosevelt Professor in Berlin, : A Case Study in Educational Exchange," Educational Biography, 1983 Fall. Folder 19 "The Transformation of the Nobel Peace Prize," 1984 March 28. Speech, Annual convention, International Studies Association, Atlanta, Georgia. Typescript Folder 20 "Reminiscences of an Orienter," 1984 November 4. Speech, International Society for Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Interchanges. Folder 21 "Red October: The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917," Unitarian Universalist World, 1984 December. Review of Robert Daniels, Red October: The Bolshevik Revolution of "Quaker Distinctives: Are They Still Relevant?" 1986 June Seventh Annual Conference, Friends Association for Higher Education. Folder 22 "The Nobel Peace Prize--Has it Made A Difference?" 1987 April 16. Speech, Annual convention, International Studies Association, Washington D.C. Typescript Folder 23 "Friends: One Quaker's Perspective on Spirituality," Yellow Springs News, 1986 March 12. Folder 24 "A Word About Listening," Friends Journal, 1987 June 1/15. Proof copy 8 Report from the Committee on Quaker Studies on Human Betterment, Eighth Annual Conference, Friends Association for Higher Education, 1987 June Folder 25 "Behind the Scenes: The Nobel Committee and Oscar Arias," The Antioch Review, 1988 Summer. 9 "Christian L. Lange: Forgotten Nobel Prize Winner?" The Norseman, 1988 November. Folder 40 "The Prize for the United Nations Peacekeepers," The Nobel Prize Annual January 1. Typescript Box 13, Folder 1 "Tenzin Gyatso, The Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet," for the 3rd printing of The Nobel Peace Prize and the Laureates, Typescript Box 2, Folder 26 "Carl von Ossietzky and the First Nobel Peace Prize for Human Rights," 1989 March 28-April 1. Speech, Joint Annual Convention of the British International Studies Association and the International Studies Association, London, United Kingdom. Box 13, Folder 2 Speech, Antioch Alumni Reunion, 1989 June 29. Typescript "Service and Involvement," 1989 August. Quakershaker Yellow Springs Friends Meeting. Typescript Folder 4 "World Can Learn from Dalai Lama's Example," Dayton Daily News, 1989 October 20. Folder 5 Summary of speech, International Conference of Peace Workers, Geneva, Switzerland, 1946 September Typescript "A Story 'Too Good to be True" - Yet It Is," Yellow Spring News, 1990 January 17. Book reviews, Friends Journal and The Antioch Review, 1990 summer. Printed copies Boxes 2-4 AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE (AFSC), Scope and Content Note Correspondence, reports, notes, memoranda, articles diary, and printed matter documenting Irwin Abrams' participation in AFSC activities Box 2, Folder 27 European trip to AFSC Work Camps, 1946 July-December. Typescript diary Folder 28 World Youth Forum, Moscow, Soviet Union 1961 July 25-August 3. Communique, reports, and notes Quaker Mission to Germany, 1963 September 8-30 Folder 29 General. Memoranda, bulletins, and notes, Correspondence, Diary, 1963 September Preliminary draft 2 Final draft 3 Printed matter. Clippings, pamphlets, and leaflets, Reports 4 General,

7 AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE (AFSC), Journey Through A Wall.. Includes notes, reports, memoranda, and correspondence with Roland Warren and others, Conference on Ideology and Human Encounters, AFSC Public Meeting, Philadephia, 1964 October Correspondence, leaflets, newsletters, notes, memoranda, and reports Box 3, Folder 1 Liaison Office of International Work Camps (coordinating body for various European and American organizations including QIVS, the parent organization of American and European AFSC branches). Bulletins, Quaker International Voluntary Service (member of the Liaison Office of International Work Camps and parent organization of American and European AFSC branches) Folder 2 General. Pamphlets and other printed matter, Correspondence, Folder 4 Minutes of QIVS meetings, Folder 5 Questionnaire. Includes summary of responses, Reports, Service Civil International (a non-profit organization promoting peace through voluntary participation in self-supporting projects). Articles, minutes, and newsletters, Subject file, Folder 8 Atlantic Charter. Article and report, 1941 and 1983 Conscientious objectors Folder 9 General. Printed matter, Civilian Peace Service. Pamphlets, memoranda, and newsletters, Folder 11 National Council for Conscientious Objectors. Printed matter, National Service Board for Religious Objectors. Press releases, memoranda, and newsletters, Folder 13 Student Peace Service. Pamphlets and correspondence, 1940 Box 4, Folder 1 Domestic work camps. Pamphlets, newsletters, and manuals, Folder 2 Peace. Pamphlets and correspondence, Refugees. Bulletins, Relief Folder 4 General. Handbood and bulletins, Folder 5 China. Bulletins, Clothing. Pamphlets, guides, and bulletins, England. Pamphlets and bulletins, Folder 8 France. Pamphlets and bulletins, Folder 9 Miscellaneous. Pamphlets, correspondence, and articles, Boxes 4-13 SUBJECT FILE, Scope and Content Note Pamphlets, reports, notes, memoranda, clippings, and printed matter arranged alphabetically by subject Box 4, Association for the Social Scientific Study of International Problems (Sozialwissenschaftlicher Studienkreis fur Internationale Probleme). Reports, statement of purpose, and reading list, Folder 11 Carl-Duisberg-Gesellschaft fur Nachwuchsfvrderung e.v. Reports, 1959 International education Antioch International Education Programs, General. Mimeographed materials, memoranda, and articles, Folder 13 Notes. European journey, 1960 June 9-July 21. Typewritten and mimeographed copies Folder 14 Pamphlets, Printed copies Council for the Advancement of Experiential Learning and International Relations Program of Michigan State University, Task Force, "The Role of Experiential Learning in Cross Cultural Program," Folder 15 General. Definition and purpose statements, notes, and mailing list, 1979 Folder 16 Correspondence, Box 5, Folder 1 Memoranda,

8 SUBJECT FILE, Folder 2 Report. J. Duley, "Impact of Experiential Learning on Academic Performance," n.d. Typescript Continuation Committee for Creation of an International Educational Exchange, Bellagio, Italy, 1966 December 2-5 General. Report and memoranda Folder 4 Preparatory documents, #1-4f and 7a and b Council on Student Travel (currently known as Council on International Educational Exchange), Folder 5 Correspondence, Minutes, 1960 Reports, 1959 Folder 8 National Conference on Undergraduate Study Abroad, Pick-Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Includes pre-registration list and opening remarks, 1960 October 7-8. Typewritten copies Deutsche Stiftung fur Internationale Entwicklung. Reports Folder 9 General. Including various cultural topics, Typescript "Evaluierung und Berichterstattung bei Trainingsprogrammen fur Fache- und Fuhrungskrdfte", Typescript Folder 11 East German education. Notes, articles, and clippings German-American Conference on International Educational Exchange, Bonn, Germany November General. Memoranda, notes, and delegation list Folder 13 Correspondence, Box 6, Folder 1-2 Reports. Including papers presented at the conference Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA), General, Folder 4 Correspondence, Folder 5 Memoranda, Notes, n.d. Report. "Community without Commonness," Box 7, Folder 1 Conference on Foreign Language and Cultural Understanding, Delaware, Ohio, 1968 November 8-10, and Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1969 April Summary of proceedings, minutes of steering committee meeting, and reports Folder 2 Japan Study Program. Reports, 1979 January Near East Program. Report from Beirut, Lebanon Folder 4 Polish Seminar. Report, 1974 Yugoslav Seminars Folder 5 Comprehensive report, Fifth Yugoslav-American Seminar, Reports, programs, and other notes American-Yugoslav Seminars, 1970 Memoranda and notes Folder 8-9 Reports. Includes papers presented at the seminar American-Yugoslav Seminar, 1971 General. Proposal for seminar and program log Folder Reports. Includes papers presented at the seminar International Education Act, Folder 13 General. Report on study abroad, Congressional testimony, and mailing list, Folder 14 Correspondence, Box 8, Folder 1 Memoranda, Folder 2 Notes, 1967 International Education Act Conference, Des Plaines, Illinois, 1967 May 3. Reports, correspondence, and memoranda International Society for Education, Cultural, and Scientific Interchanges (ISECSI) Folder 4 General. By-laws of ISECSI, address list, and objective statement Folder 5-8 Bulletins, Folder 9 Correspondence, Memoranda,

9 SUBJECT FILE, Folder 11 Newsletters, Notes, n.d. Folder 13 Pamphlets, Folder 14 Reports. Treasurer's report and membership report Box 6, Folder 1-2 Miscellaneous. Pamphlets and articles Printed matter Box 9, Folder 1 Breitenbach, Diether and Dieter Danckwortt, Probleme der Ausbildung und Anpassung von Praktikanten aus Entwicklungslandern,1966 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Bonn Folder 2 Auslandische Stipendiaten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1974 Deutsche Partner in der internationalen wissenschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit, 1979 Folder 4 Die Forderung afrikanischer Studenten durch den DAAD, 1974 Folder 5 Franzosische Germanistikstudenten, 1974 Studienerfolg und Studienerfolganalyse auslandischer Studenten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1976 Gechter, Heinz A., Die Fortbilding deutscher Landwirte in den USA, 1966 Folder 8 Klein, Paul, Urteile junger franzosischer Arbeitnehmer uber Deutsche vor, wahrend und nach einem einjahrigen Arbeitsaufenthalt in Deutschland, 1976 Folder 9 Robinsohn, Saul B., and U. Chaim Schatzer, Judische Geschichte in deutschen Geschichtslehrbuchern,1963 Torke, Hans-Joachim, Die russische Geschichte in den Lehrbuchern der hoheren Schulen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1962 Folder 11 Die USA und Deutschland: Zeitgeschichtliche Fragen, Papers and reports of the third amerikanisch-deutschen Historikertagung, Braunschweig, Germany 1960 June Vente, Rolf E., Entwicklunglander, Entwicklungshilfe, Ausbildungshilfe, 1966 Box 10, Folder 1 Winter, Gerhard, Bedingungsanalyse internationaler Kommunikation und Einstellungsanderung, 1980 Folder 2 United States' image in German high school textbooks. Articles, correspondence and report written by Irwin Abrams, Nobel Peace Prize General Folder 4 Articles, Folder 5 Clippings, Interview. Carl von Ossietzky, Mimeographed copy Report. "Report on the Round Table of Institutions Which Have Been Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize," 1978 Peace Folder 8 General. Correspondence and articles, Bulletins Folder 9 "The Aims of the Peace Society of Norway," 1983 "Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development" (COPRED), Folder 11 "Peace in Action," 1985 "Peace Studies Institute," Folder 13 Clippings, Folder 14 Newsletter. The Arbitrator, 1937 Box 11, Folder 1-2 Pamphlets, Reports "Organized Efforts in the United States Toward Peace," 1936 Folder 4 "The Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships: Common Concerns, Uncommon Perspectives," 1976 Folder 5 "Bericht uber die erste Tagung des Weltkongresses der Friedenskrdfte," Moscow, Soviet Union 1973 October Socialism. Pamphlets Tourism Printed matter,

10 SUBJECT FILE, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Sprache als ifmttler, 1978 Folder 8 Psychologisches Institut der Universitdt Hamburg, Die junge Elite: Asiens und Afrikas als Gast und Schuler Europas, 1959 August Studienkreis fur Tourismus e.v., Starnberg, Germany Folder 9 Dienen Urlaubsreisen der Volkerverstandigung?, 1974 Landerkundliche Anregungen und Informationen bei Auslandsreisen, 1975 Folder 11 Wie werden Deutsche im Ausland gesehen?, 1975 Untersuchung zur psychologischen Wirkungsweise von Sympathie-Magazinen bei Fernreisenden, 1977 Folder 13 Jugendaustausch innerhalb einer Stadtepartnerschaft, 1978 Box 12, Folder 1 Mitglieder des Studienkreises fur Tourismus e.v., 1978 Reports Folder 2 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Studienkreis fur Tourismus e.v., Arbeitsbericht 1977 des Studienkreises fur Tourismus e.v., 1977 United Nations Printed matter Folder 4 Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission, Die Vereinten Nationen im Unterricht, 1978 Folder 5 World Citizens Association, The World at the Crossroads, 1946 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Co-ordination Committee for International Voluntary Work Camps General. Reports, correspondence, and list of conferences and projects, Handbook, n.d. Box 13, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. "Some Aspects of Non-Violent Resistance in Norway during the German Occupation ," by Helga Stene. Typescript report Miscellaneous Box 12, Folder 8 Newsletters, Folder 9 Pamphlets, Printed matter Deutsche Stiftung fur Entwicklungsldnder, Entwicklungslander in Forschung und Lehre: Folder 11 Schairer, Reinhold, Aktivierung der Talente, 1957 Schleberge, Erwin and Rolf Wiese, Schriften zum deutschen Kommunalrecht, 1975 Folder 13 United Nations. Interview with Mr. Adolf Ciborowski, Deputy Director for Research and Development, Center for Housing, Building and Planning, United Nations, 1981 June relating to the UNDP Skopje project. Typescript SOUND RECORDINGS OF INTERVIEWS WITH ADOLF CIBOROWSKI 1981 March - June Scope and Content Note Ten cassettes, labeled sides It is not known whether the typescript interview with Mr. Adolf Ciborowski (folder 13) is a transcript of some or all of these recordings. Use copy reference number: 83025_a_ _a01 UNPROCESSED MATERIAL Box Unprocessed material