Norman J. Whitney

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Norman J. Whitney (actually Norman Jehiel Whitney ) (* 1891 , † 1967 ) was an American university professor and author .

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Whitney studied English literature , became a doctor doctorate and was 1919 to 1957 as a professor at Syracuse University of the State of New York . During this time he set up the Syracuse Peace Council , which he also led for many years. In 1957 he left Syracuse to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), which is dedicated to peace education .

In 1941, Whitney established the Civilian Public Service (Alternative to Military Service in the United States) of New York for conscientious objectors . Whitney served as AFSC area representative for New York and New England , National Secretary for Peace Education, and Peace Advisor.

In March 1955, he was one of the signatories of a declaration by the American Friends Service Committee entitled "On the Power to Speak the Truth," with which the Quakers presented a study of the international conflict situation. He was a member of the Christian Peace Conference in 1960 in preparation for the 1st All-Christian Peace Assembly in Prague in 1961 .

When his papers were reprocessed in 2001, it was often very difficult to distinguish what was Whitney's approach and what reflected certain considerations owed to the circumstances of the time. His correspondents included Stephen G. Cary , Harrop A. Freeman , Paul Comley French , Paul J. Furnas , Philip E. Jacob , Abraham Kaufman , Evan W. Thomas , Robert S. Vogel , Mildred C. Whitney , Harold P. Winchester and many staff members of the AFSC.

A portion of the Spectator Papers, written by Whitney from January 1943 until his death in 1967, was included in the Periodic Collection. This part is not complete. A new edition of the collection should be completed by 2020.

Whitney was married to Mildred Carolyn.

Works

  • Into Great Waters. Speech delivered at Arch Street Meeting House. William Penn lecture, 1957. Philadelphia: Young Friends Movement, 1957.
  • Experiments in Community, Pendle Hill (1966)
  • Experiments in community: Ephrata, The Amish, the Doukhobors, Series: Pendle Hill Pamphlets (149)

estate

  • Norman J. Whitney Papers, 1938-1967. Donated by sister Mildred C. Whitney, the Syracuse Peace Council & the American Friends Service Committee. Collection reprocessed & checklist revised by Anne Yoder, November 2001. This checklist is the property of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
  • Correspondence: American Friends Service Committee. (Norman J. Whitney, Roy McCorkel): Pac 75 TLS, 2 TL, 2 HL, 2 telegrams, 55 FM 1940-60. 136 document sheets.
  • Syracuse University, George Arents Research Library Syracuse, NY. Papers: In Nathan Lewis Miller papers, 1902-1958; Edmund Bigelow Chaffee papers, 1902-1937; Norman J. Whitney papers, 1937-1968; Osborne family papers, 1812-1968; and Paul Henson Appleby papers, 1932-1965.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.quaker.org/sttp.html
  2. ↑ http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/DG051-099/dg061whitney.htm
  3. ↑ http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/findaids/findaids/b/brittain.corrj.01.htm
  4. ↑ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=L000224
personal data
SURNAME Whitney, Norman J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whitney, Norman Jehiel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American English student
DATE OF BIRTH 1891
DATE OF DEATH 1967