Jones (Christopher) papers, 1965-2016

Printable guide [HTML]
Request items

Summary

Title:
Christopher Jones papers
Dates:
1965-2016
Creators:
Jones, Christopher and Prince, Bill
Extent:
5.8 Linear Feet (10 manuscript boxes, 1 flat box, 1 half box, 1 carton, 1 cassette box, and 1 map folder)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Christopher Jones papers (M2983). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of correspondence, notes, newsletters, underground newspapers, school documents, legal documents, audiovisual materials, and photographs. The materials document Christopher Jones activity as a Vietnam War draft resister, political prisoner, and draft counseler. A significant portion of the materials consist of correspondence during Jones' time as a draft resister at Safford Federal Prison. There are also materials documenting Jones' work with the Palo Alto Resistance, Together Magazine, the Agape Foundation, and the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence. Additional materials consist of Jones' correspondence with fellow draft resisters and anti-war activists.

Biographical / historical:

Christopher William "Colorado" Jones (January 12, 1949 - June 29, 2019) was born in 1949 in Palo Alto. He attended the Peninsula School and Pacific High School. Jones was a Vietnam War draft resister and was sentenced to Safford Federal Prison from 1970-1971. Afterward, Jones worked at the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence and later the Agape Foundation. Jones graduated with masters degrees in public health and social work and moved to Seattle. He later moved back to California and died at his home in San Francisco on June 29, 2019.

After his 18th birthday, was a draft resister and worked with several anti-war organizations, including Together, Palo Alto Resistance, and others. He was sentenced to Safford Federal Prison.

After his release, Jones spent seven years as the director of the Agape Foundation, which funded nonviolent social action projects. He later earned a double Masters in Social Work and Public Health at UC Berkeley and moved to Seattle in 1987 to work as a health administrator. He was especially proud of being on the Washington state Governor's Task Force on HIV/AIDS, which created Washington's first large-scale HIV treatment programs. While in Seattle he met his future husband, Bill Prince.

He and Bill moved to San Francisco in 2012, and the following year Christopher organized the reunion of draft resisters that was the beginning of the film, The boys who said no.

Orgs: Together, Palo Alto Resistance, Institute for the Study of Nonviolence, Agape Foundation,

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Gurudarshan Khalsa
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-08-22 16:11:21 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Terms of access:

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Christopher Jones papers (M2983). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Website