Survey of the Francis Underhill Macy papers

Finding aid prepared by Beth Goder
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Francis Underhill Macy papers
Date (inclusive): 1983-2007
Collection Number: 2010C40
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Russian
Physical Description: 16 manuscript boxes (6.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, meeting materials, notes, lists, memoranda, printed matter, and photographs, relating to nongovernmental exchange programs between Americans and citizens of the Soviet Union and its successor republics, and to promotion of Gestalt psychology, environmentalism, nuclear safety and alternative energy sources in the Soviet Union and its successor republics.
Creator: Macy, Francis Underhill, 1927-2009
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2010.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Francis Underhill Macy papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

1927 Born, Evanston, Illinois
1949 B.A., Government, Wesleyan University
1951 M.A., Slavic Studies, Harvard University
1953 Married Joanna Rogers
1961 Led citizen diplomatic mission to the Soviet Union
1963 Present at the March on Washington
circa 1980s Director, Association for Humanistic Psychology
1964-1972 Served as deputy Peace Corps director in India, country director in Tunisia and Nigeria, and as director of all Peace Corps programs in Africa
1991 With Enid Schreibman, founded Center for Safe Energy
1995-2009 Co-director, Center for Safe Energy
1995- Director, Institute for Deep Ecology
2005 Awarded Nuclear Free Future Lifetime Achievement Award
2009 Death

Scope and Content of Collection

The Francis Underhill Macy papers include correspondence, reports, meeting materials, notes, lists, memoranda, printed matter, and photographs related to nongovernmental exchange programs between Americans and citizens of the Soviet Union and its successor republics, and to promotion of Gestalt psychology, environmentalism, nuclear safety and alternative energy sources in the Soviet Union and its successor republics.
Francis Underhill Macy was an environmentalist who organized exchange programs between the United States and the Soviet Union. The collection has been kept in its original order, with the Chronological File comprising the majority of the materials. Materials from the 1980s and early 1990s consist mostly of files on exchange programs, including documentation of Macy's trips to the Soviet Union and his work for the Association for Humanistic Psychology. In addition to exchange program files, later materials include documentation of Macy's work for various environmental groups and files on environmental conferences.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

United States -- Relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Relations -- United States
Nuclear energy
Psychology
United States -- Relations -- Former Soviet republics
Former Soviet republics -- Relations -- United States
Environmental protection -- Soviet Union
Environmental protection -- Former Soviet republics
Energy policy -- Soviet Union
Energy policy -- Former Soviet republics
Association for Humanistic Psychology
Center for Safe Energy

 

Chronological File 1983-1997, 2006

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, itineraries, clippings, meeting minutes, circulars, notes, conference materials, memoranda, applications, and photographs related to exchange programs between the United States and Soviet Union and various environmental projects. Includes documents related to trips organized by the Association for Humanistic Psychology, Interhelp, the Center for US-USSR Initiatives (CUUI), and the National Council for International Visitors.
Materials from the 1980s and early 1990s document exchange programs, including Macy's trips to the Soviet Union, and his work for the Association for Humanistic Psychology. Later materials include documentation on various environmental projects.
box 1

1983-1986

box 2

1986-1987

box 3

1987-1988

box 4

1988, 1991

box 5

1989

box 6

1989-1990

box 7

1990

box 8

1991, 1995-1996

box 9

1994-1995

box 10

1991-1994

box 11

1992

box 12

1993, 1998

box 13

1998-1999, 2006

box 14

1996

box 15

1996-1997

box 16

1996-1997

box 13

Psychology File 1982-1990

Scope and Contents

Printed matter, notes, and correspondence related to psychology. Includes a notebook on Soviet psychologists.