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Cooney (Robert P.J., Jr.) papers on the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Robert P. J. Cooney, Jr. papers on the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence
source:
Cooney, Robert
Identifier/Call Number: M2198
Physical Description:
10 Linear Feet
(18 manuscript boxes, 1 os flat box, 1 card box)
Date (inclusive): 1965-1987
Language of Material: English.
Robert P. J. Cooney, Jr. is an author, editor, and graphic designer. He joined the staff at the Institute for the Study of
Nonviolence in Palo Alto in the mid-1970s. The Institute was founded by Joan Baez and Ira Sandperl in the mid-1960s in Carmel
Valley, California. It later moved to Palo Alto and continued there until 1976.
Materials consist of correspondence, photos, letters, papers, notes, mailing lists, printed material, books, CDs, a thumb
drive, and other material from Robert Cooney's time working as a staff member at the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence.
Topics include the Institute's "Power to the People" campaign, the Agape Foundation, draft resistance, and more.
[identification of item], Robert P. J. Cooney, Jr. papers on the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence (M2198). Department
of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase; 2016. Accession MSS 2017-027.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cooney, Robert