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David B. Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-065

Scope and Contents

Contents included in this collection are published papers and offprints from Adams's psychology scholarship, UNESCO writings, poetry, and two typescript novels (By What Means, 1964-65, and Peace, ca. 1968-69); records documenting his involvement in the drafting of the Seville Statement on Nonviolence and directing the UNESCO unit planning the International Year (2000) for the Culture of Peace; and complete lab notebooks documenting the experiments and projects of the Wesleyan Animal Laboratory (1970-1993). Items removed from this series and cataloged separately in Special Collections include complete runs of the AIM Newsletter/Modern Times (1966-1974), a New Haven-based community newspaper of the American Independent Movement in which Adams was involved. The papers' contents focus on community development, urban renewal issues, labor organizing, and are also notable for coverage of the Black Panther trials in New Haven and strikes at Yale. These titles are also available on microfilm in Olin. Also removed and housed separately are the collected documents and declarations (edited by Adams) of the International Year for the Culture of Peace (UNESCO, 2000) contained in 7 binders and attendant monographs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1960-2001

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

University records - Copyright held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the creator - In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Biographical / Historical

Professor of Psychology at Wesleyan (1970-1993), UNESCO consultant, Programme Specialist, and Director of the Unit for the International Year for the Culture of Peace (1993-2001) and community activist.

Extent

14 Linear Feet (14 paige boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The professional and personal papers of professor David Adams.

Arrangement

Collection has been left in its original order.

Title
David B. Adams papers, 1960-2001
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Erica Ciallela
Date
March 19, 2020
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives Repository

Contact:
Olin Library
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Middletown CT 06459 USA
860-685-3864