Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1935-2008 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
4.70 Linear Feet; 3 records cartons and 1 half archives box
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Goshen College Pax Club was founded in 1935 as the Goshen College Peace Society under the leadership of Edward Yoder, Guy Hershberger, John Umble, and Mahlon Lapp. Although originally conceived as an organization to foster peace research and scholarship, it became focused on educating members of the Goshen College community about peace issues. Over time, the Peace Society began to undertake peace activism both on and off campus.
The organization underwent three name changes. Founded as the Peace Society, its name was changed in the late 1980s or early 1990s to Students for Shalom. By 1994, the organization had renamed itself the Pax Club.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of a Goshen College student and faculty club dedicated to promoting peace scholarship and research, peace education, and peace activism. Materials include the governing documents, minutes, reports, correspondence, and some subject files containing publications, brochures, and other materials collected by the club. Researchers will find that both the quantity and quality of documentation of the club's activities decreases over time, with little material available from the mid 1980s through the present.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Many, including 05/27/2011, Tim Nafziger, Acc. 2012-045
System of arrangement
Flat
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
These materials are open for public research.
Conditions governing reproduction
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.
Language of material
- English
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Goshen College. Students for Shalom (Subject)
- Goshen College. Peace Society (Subject)
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Description control area
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Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
2011-05-31
Language(s)
- English