Francis Underhill Macy papers, 1983-2007

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Creators:
Macy, Francis Underhill, 1927-2009
Abstract:
Correspondence, reports, meeting materials, notes, lists, memoranda, printed matter, and photographs, relating to nongovernmental exchange programs between Americans and citizens of the Soviet Union and its successor republics, and to promotion of Gestalt psychology, environmentalism, nuclear safety and alternative energy sources in the Soviet Union and its successor republics.
Extent:
16 manuscript boxes (6.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English and Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Francis Underhill Macy papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The Francis Underhill Macy papers include correspondence, reports, meeting materials, notes, lists, memoranda, printed matter, and photographs related to nongovernmental exchange programs between Americans and citizens of the Soviet Union and its successor republics, and to promotion of Gestalt psychology, environmentalism, nuclear safety and alternative energy sources in the Soviet Union and its successor republics.

Francis Underhill Macy was an environmentalist who organized exchange programs between the United States and the Soviet Union. The collection has been kept in its original order, with the Chronological File comprising the majority of the materials. Materials from the 1980s and early 1990s consist mostly of files on exchange programs, including documentation of Macy's trips to the Soviet Union and his work for the Association for Humanistic Psychology. In addition to exchange program files, later materials include documentation of Macy's work for various environmental groups and files on environmental conferences.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1927
Born, Evanston, Illinois
1949
B.A., Government, Wesleyan University
1951
M.A., Slavic Studies, Harvard University
1953
Married Joanna Rogers
1961
Led citizen diplomatic mission to the Soviet Union
1963
Present at the March on Washington
circa 1980s
Director, Association for Humanistic Psychology
1964-1972
Served as deputy Peace Corps director in India, country director in Tunisia and Nigeria, and as director of all Peace Corps programs in Africa
1991
With Enid Schreibman, founded Center for Safe Energy
1995-2009
Co-director, Center for Safe Energy
1995-
Director, Institute for Deep Ecology
2005
Awarded Nuclear Free Future Lifetime Achievement Award
2009
Death
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2010.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Francis Underhill Macy papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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