Papers of Vivienne Abraham 1927-2001 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 594716
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Abraham, Vivienne, 1920-2003
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1927-2001
- 18.48 metres (117 boxes, 2 cartons and 1 folio)
- Summary:
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The papers in MS 9152 include correspondence (mostly with G.A. Bishop), research material, notes, cuttings, ephemera, printed material and other papers relating to the Federal Pacifist Council, conscientious objectors, War Resisters International, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Pacifist Movement of Victoria, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Peace Pledge Union, Religious Society of Friends, International Fellowship of Reconciliation, the
Peacemaker and other pacifist and peace movements.The MS Acc23.058 instalment mainly comprises papers concerning the Vietnam War period, together with a small portion relating to Abraham's activities with conscientious objectors and war resisters in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Biography/History:
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Pacifist. Vivienne Abraham's official activities in the Australian peace movement include Honorary Secretary of the Peace Pledge Union (1946-52), acting editor and editor of the Peacemaker and Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (1982-89).
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference number: MS 9152, MS Acc23.058.
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