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Abbott mss., ca. 1969-1985

Summary Information

Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly

Creator
Abbott, Lawrence, 1902-

Title
Abbott mss., ca. 1969-1985

Collection No.
LMC 1001

Extent
ca. 7,500 items

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
The Abbott mss., ca. 1969-1985, consists of the files of retired professor of economics Lawrence Abbott, 1902-1985, relating to his activities with the World Federalist Association and with the Mansfield, Connecticut chapter in particular.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Part or all of this collection is housed at the Auxiliary Library Facility (ALF). When requesting, please allow time for the materials to be delivered to the Lilly Library Reading Room for access.

Biographical Note

Lawrence Abbott, 1902-1985, was born July 9, 1902 in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. He attended Harvard, receiving an A.B., cum laude, in 1924, and then Columbia University for an A.M. in 1945 and PhD. in 1951. He is self-described as having a "career-hopping life" working in advertising, fundraising, broadcasting and magazine editing among other "professions" before moving into economics and academia. Following his retirement from the faculty of the University of Connecticut in 1968, Abbott devoted his life and work to the World Federalist cause. He served variously as president and secretary of the Mansfield chapter, delegate to and secretary of the New England board, delegate and secretary to the national board, and editor of the national newsletter, The Federalist. Abbott is the author of The Listener's Book on Harmony as well as of books on economics. He died Dec. 8, 1985.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into the following series: I. U.S. Foreign Policy; II. World Federalist Policy and Records; III. Publications; IV. Early Policy; V. Organizational; VI. Correspondence; VII. World Federation Field; VIII. Parallel Organizations; IX. World Federation Association of New England; X. United Nations; and XI. Transnational Perspectives, Issues and Concerns.

Scope and Content Note

The Abbott mss., ca. 1969-1985, consists of the files of retired professor of economics Lawrence Abbott, 1902-1985, relating to his activities with the World Federalist Association and with the Mansfield, Connecticut chapter in particular. The collection includes files on United States foreign policy; World Federalist Association (WFA) records and activities; Federalist publications; correspondence files of committee chairs or organization officers; WFA regional and local chapters; materials relating to parallel organizations; WFA or New England; and the United Nations.

  • Indexing Terms

  • The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using these terms.

    • Names
    • United World Federalists (U.S.)
    • United Nations.
    • Abbott, Lawrence, 1902-
    • Topics
    • United States --Foreign relations --1945-1989.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Gift. 1989
Usage Restrictions
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Abbott mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Series: Box 1 U.S. Foreign Policy

World Federation

U.S. Foreign Policy

U.S. Military Policy

Military Spending

Arms Limit (1971-1982) 

Series: World Federalist Policy and Records

Box 1 Federalist Principles

Goals and beliefs. Statements, 1981-1983 

New Direction and WFUSA (1975) 

New focus (1973-1981) 

National Order (meetings)

Old Policy Statements

Basic Case

Questions

Continental Congress (1983-1984) 

Board minutes, schedule (1985) 

Program Committee

Commission on Respect

Congressional Resolutions (1981-1984) 

Growth Plan

Conferences

Committees (1981-1984) 

Reports

Publications Committee (old)

Fund appeals

Memberships

Direct Mail Correspondence

Correspondence

(2 folders)


Speakers

Speakers Bureau

(3 folders)


Youth

Task Force

Sovereignty

European Committee

Mission for Moscow

Soviet Union

Disarmament

Cox, Correspondence

Cox, Eric

Hoffmann

Search

Management

Continental Congress Program

Biographies

Bylaws

Dues (1985) 

Peace Research Reviews

Box 2 History

McClay-Zoun (1981-1984) 

Photographs

Miscellaneous Writings

Speeches

Series: Publications

Box 2 Publications

(2 folders)


Cartoons

Clippings, ideas

Motto, Logo

Name change

Promotion

How to avoid…

Basic Brochure

(2 folders)


Magazine Principles

Letters to the editor

Quotes

Video Project

(3 folders)


Educational Fund

Clippings, notes, newsletters (1973) 

WFUSA

Reports (1970s) 

Unsorted (1970s) 

Series: Early Policy

Box 3 WFA 1979-1985 

(25 folders)


Series: Organizational

Box 3 Addresses

Bibliography

Critiques

Dead Letters (1985) 

Deferred giving

Direct mail

(6 folders)


Renewals

Agenda #2

Agenda #4

Warwick

Dummy

Endowment Fund

Box 4 Format, layout

Labels, mail

Labels, problems

Production

Publication Committee

(2 folders)


Advertising

Short bits

Miscellaneous

Series: Correspondence

Box 4 Boettiger

Gilbert, Don

Glossop

Grant, S.J.

Gauntt

Harrington

Hudgens

Logue

Matt McDonough

Rawson, Edward

(2 folders)


Rice, Victor

Smith and Sohn

Tannen

Wickershan

Winograd

Series: World Federation Field

Box 4 Field

WFA Chapters

WFUSA Literature

WF New England

WF New Jersey

Home Meetings 1985

Newsletter, Field

Series: Parallel Organizations

Box 4 Abolish War

(2 folders)


Academic Leaders

Academy of World Studies

American Movement for World Government

Beyond War

World Order Library

Binding Triad

Campaign for World Government

Center for War/Peace Studies (1982-1985) 

Common Heritage Institute

Center for Defense Information

Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies

Emergency Committee for World Government

Federal Caucus

Federal Union

Box 5 Federal Reserve Bank, N.Y.

Global Education

Members of Congress for Peace through Law

Operation Disarmament (1979-1981) 

Organizations for World Government

Pamphlets, Other

Peace Academy

Parliamentarians for World Order

People's Assembly

Planetary Citizens

Planetary Initiative

U.N. Info

World Without War

World Order Library

World Policy Institute

World Peace News

World Citizens Assembly

World Constitution and Parliament Association

World Court

World Federal Authority Committee

World Government Details

World Lay Day

World Government Organization Coordinating Council -- (1981-1985) 

Series: World Federation Association of New England

Box 5 Current

Minutes

Newsletter

Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea (1980) 

Conference (1984) 

Conference, Old

WF North East, 1974 

Archives Early planning for conference in Cambridge MA

NEWFUSA

(2 folders)


Series: United Nations

Box 5 U.N. Reform

Box 6 U.N. Reform

(2 folders)


Campaign for U.N. Reform

Treaty Law

Moon Treaty

Levering

U.N. reports

U.N. Special Session in Disarmament II

Speech. New International Economic Order

(2 folders)


various U.N. publications

World Association of World Federalists

(4 folders)


Box 7 World Federalists education fund

Announcements

(2 folders)


WF - Canada

Various publications

Series: Transnational Perspectives, Issues and Concerns

Box 7 Environment, acid rain

Environment

Falklands

Disputes and anarchy under a war system

European history

U.S. 1783-89 and after federal constitution

Future?

Government and law

Human rights

International criminals

Multi-corps

Neutron bomb

Nuclear freeze

Nuclear proliferation

Nuclear war

Nuclear winter

Oceans

Environment pamphlet

Panama Canal

War system

War, causes

Third world

(6 folders)


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