Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1978-1980 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
0.75 Cubic Feet
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 17 April 1955. Father: John Lederach.
His home address was listed as Hesston, Kansas, at the time of his graduation from Bethel College in 1980.
Worked for Mennonite Board of Missions in Barcelona, Spain, 1978-1983. Worked for Mennonite Central Committee 1985-1996.
Earned Ph. D. from University of Colorado in sociology in 1988.
Professor of conflict studies at Eastern Mennonite University 1990-2001.
Distinguised scholar in Conflict Transformation Program, Eastern Mennonite University, 2001-present.
Professor of international peacemaking at Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame University, 2001-present.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Box 1: cassette tapes of interview with Spanish conscientious objectors, which were the basis for his Bethel Social Science Seminary paper "The So Called Pacifists: A Study of Nonviolence in Spain" (March 1980)
Box 2: summaries and documentation related to the interviews
Boxes 3-5 are actually map folders, containing Spanish political posters from the late 1970s and early 1980s
Box 6: RESTRICTED, student journal from his time in Spain in 1978
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
unprocessed
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The student journals in box 6 are closed.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Spanish