Margaret Goddard Holt papers 1814-2004 (bulk 1960-2000).

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Margaret Goddard Holt papers 1814-2004 (bulk 1960-2000).

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The Margaret Goddard Holt Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, artwork, photographs, short run and small circulation newsletters, periodicals, and publications. The collection primarily concerns Margaret Holt, and also includes significant amounts of material generated by her husband, Lee E. Holt and by several generations of extended family. Her lifetime diaries are detailed and introspective, and document her life from adolescence through old age. There is extensive correspondence with family and close friends (including Jungian analyst and friend, Paula Elkisch, and painter Sarah Blakeslee Speight), fellow activists, and death row prisoners. General topics reflected in the papers include world peace and nuclear disarmament; economic, political, and social justice for disadvantaged peoples in the U.S. and abroad; and objection to U.S. militarism and military interference by the U.S. in the affairs of other nations. More specific subjects include the civil rights movement, poverty, Vietnam War, Watergate, biological warfare, Iran-Contra scandal, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. There is extensive documentation of the Arab-Israeli conflict, as Holt was sympathetic to the Palestinian position. The collection also contains a rich assortment of short run and limited circulation newsletters and printed materials generated by small, local grassroots organizations in the United States and abroad.

55.25 linear ft. (123 boxes)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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