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Title: Vic and Barby Ulmer collection
Date (bulk): 1970-1999
Collection Number: 95016
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English, Spanish, Swahili, and others
Physical Description:
36 manuscript boxes, 1 cassette box, 1 card file box, 1 videocassette box, 5 oversize folders
(15.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The collection contains photographs, posters, letters, sound and video recordings, pamphlets, bulletins, reports, and other
printed matter collected by Vic and Barby Ulmer, founders of Our Developing World. The bulk of the material relates to social,
political, and economic conditions in Africa from the 1970s to the 1990s, especially in South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe,
and Namibia. Other topics documented in the collection include social and political conditions in Mexico, Central America,
and China; international debt; international trade; globalization; and the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle,
also known as the Battle in Seattle.
source:
Ulmer, Vic
Creator:
Ulmer, Barby
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1995, with increments received in 1998 and 2012.
[Identification of item], Vic and Barby Ulmer collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Vic and Barby (Barbara) Ulmer are the founders and co-directors of Our Developing World (ODW). Formed in 1982, the non-profit
organization strives to raise awareness of the struggles and triumphs occurring in developing countries by creating resources
for teachers, hosting events, and leading educational trips to various countries in Central America and Africa.
Vic and Barby Ulmer met while attending the University of California, Berkeley and married in 1954. Barby, a native of San
Francisco, worked for many years as an English as a second language instructor. Additionally, she was a leader and active
member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). She also helped to form the San Jose Peace and Justice
Center in 1957 and served as chairman of the organization until 1968. Some of Barby's oral histories discussing her work as
an activist have been digitized and can be found in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Collection at the
Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound.
Vic, originally from Denver, Colorado, was an English teacher at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California for many years.
He died on May 4th, 2016.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains photographs, posters, letters, sound and video recordings, pamphlets, bulletins, reports, and other
printed matter collected by Vic and Barby Ulmer, founders of Our Developing World, a non-profit organization concerned with
social, political, and economic issues in developing countries. Much of the material in the collection was collected as teaching
material for Our Developing World programs and events.
The bulk of the material relates to conditions in Africa from the 1970s to the 1990s, especially in South Africa, Mozambique,
Zimbabwe, and Namibia; however, materials related to Mexico, Central America, and China are also included. Other topics documented
in the collection are international debt, international trade, globalization, and the 1999 World Trade Organization protests
in Seattle, also known as the Battle in Seattle, which Barby Ulmer participated in.
The material is grouped together by topic according to the Ulmers' original order. The files within each grouping have been
organized alphabetically for ease of use, and the original file names have been maintained where possible. Cross references
have been added for topics that appear multiple times throughout the collection.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Collection, ARS056, Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University
Libraries
South African subject collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Winifred Armstrong papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
South Africa -- Economic conditions
Zimbabwe -- Economic conditions
Madagascar -- Economic conditions
Angola -- Economic conditions
Mozambique -- Economic conditions
Namibia -- Economic conditions
Developing countries -- Economic conditions
Ulmer, Vic