Records, 1974-2003.

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Records, 1974-2003.

Administrative section includes files of the AEI board, AEI correspondence, financial records of the Institution, and personnel records of AEI staff. Program section includes records of AEI programs around the world, with special emphasis on South Africa, Burma, Tibet, and parts of the former Soviet Union, with additional information on nonviolent international social justice movements. Program files also contain the records of AEI Fellows and their work for the Institution; also the Institution's projects to produce many translations of books on nonviolence philosophy and methodology which the AEI sponsored. Books were translated into at least 35 languages, including Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), five Burmese languages, Dutch, Estonian, Farsi, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Tibetan. Publicity section includes material on the AEI and nonviolence movements from a variety of U.S. newspapers. Publications section includes AEI reports, newsletters, annual reports, original monographs, and information on the publication strategies of the translations. Audiovisual material includes videorecordings and audiocassettes on the practice of nonviolence. Development files include extensive information about AEI fundraising campaigns, and donor information from both individuals and public and private foundations.

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Albert Einstein Institution (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Albert Einstein Institution (AEI); founded in 1983; dedicated to advancing the study and use of strategic nonviolent action in conflicts throughout the world; committed to the defense of freedom, democracy, and the reduction of political violence through the use of nonviolent action; principal founder, Dr. Gene Sharp; AEI named in honor of scientist Albert Einstein; AEI encouraged research and policy studies on the methods of nonviolent action and their past use in diverse conflicts; shared the ...

Sharp, Gene

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