Margaret Goddard Holt Papers, 1814-2004 (bulk 1960-2000)
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Holt, Margaret Goddard, 1911-2004
Biographical History for: Margaret Goddard Holt Papers
Biographical Note Margaret Goddard Holt was born on October 4, 1911 in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania to Fanny Whiting Reed and Harold Clarke Goddard, professor of English at Swarthmore College; she had one sister, Eleanor Goddard Worthen. She was raised a Quaker and absorbed the values of that tradition, but never joined the Society of Friends. She was also guided by Zen Buddhism, especially the teachings of Lao Tse. After graduating from Swarthmore High School in 1929, she studied art at various institutions, including the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Art Students' League in New York City, and the Cummington (Massachusetts) School of the Arts. She taught at the Shady Hill School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and at the School in Rose Valley in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania (both progressive schools), prior to her marriage in 1939 to Lee Elbert Holt (March 23, 1912 - January 23, 2004). The Holts were married for sixty-four years and had two children, Geoffrey Lincoln and Alison. In 1947, after living in Indiana, Wisconsin, New York and Connecticut, the Holts settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, where Lee taught English at American International College and Margaret worked part-time teaching art therapy to the handicapped at United Cerebral Palsy and Munson State Hospital. They moved to Amherst, Massachusetts in 1977. After the World War II bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the beginnings of the Cold War, Margaret Holt began her lifetime of work in peace and justice activism. She helped organize some of the major social justice demonstrations of the 1960s, including the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C. in 1963; coordinated, with Lee, frequent vigils in Springfield from 1967 to 1972 in protest of the Vietnam War; co-founded the Springfield chapter of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; was a pivotal member of the Gray Panthers of the Pioneer Valley; and, beginning in 2000, corresponded weekly with death row prisoners, in addition to providing occasional financial support to their families. With Lee, Margaret Holt helped establish the Amherst (Massachusetts) Vigil for a Nuclear Free World in 1979 and from that time forward, regardless of weather, she attended weekly noon Sunday vigils on the Amherst Town Common. Margaret Holt died in Amherst, Massachusetts on January 1, 2004.
Margaret Goddard Holt donated her papers to the Sophia Smith Collection from 1983 to 1991. Jeanine Maland donated the remainder after Holt's death in 2005.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Margaret Goddard Holt Papers consist of 55.25 linear ft. 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. The collection dates from 1814 to 2004 (bulk 1960-2000). The papers offer a rich account of Margaret Holt's intellectual interests, political concerns, and personal affairs. Her lifetime diaries are detailed and introspective, and document her inner life, her relationships with family and friends, and her evolving world view from adolescence through old age (the diaries are closed until Jan. 1, 2028). There is extensive correspondence between Holt and her sister, Eleanor Goddard Worthen; her husband, Lee E. Holt; her close friends, including her Jungian analyst and later friend, Paula Elkisch, and the painter, Sarah Blakeslee Speight; and a wide range of more casual friends and acquaintances, fellow activists, and death row prisoners. The personal correspondence is particularly valuable in that in several instances it includes the letters of both Holt and her correspondent. Significant topics covered in letters to the editor and to politicians and elected representatives include the civil rights movement (1960s); the Vietnam War, and Watergate (1960s and 1970s); biological warfare, and the Iran-Contra scandal (1980s); the Persian Gulf War (1990s); and the Iraq War (2000s). Materials generated by Lee E. Holt and his family, notably family correspondence and photographs, provide context to Margaret Holt's own papers and add a valuable dimension to the collection as a whole. Major topics 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. 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.
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection with the following exceptions: Margaret Holt's diaries are closed until January 1, 2028.Access to audiovisual materials will first require production of research copies.
All rights are owned by the Sophia Smith Collection. Permission is required beyond "fair use." Copyright to materials authored by persons other than Margaret Goddard Holt may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Related materials can be found in the Sophia Smith Collection in the Clark-Warner Family Papers, the Frances Crowe Papers, and the Arise for Social Justice Records. Related materials can be found in Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. DuBois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst in the Amherst Disarmament Coalition Collection, the Gray Panthers of the Pioneer Valley Records, and the Gray Panthers of Hampden County.
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Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1973-1993 -- Peace
Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Peace
Disarmament -- Peace
Artists -- United States -- Biography -- Sources
Capital punishment -- United States -- History -- Sources
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources
Death row inmates -- United States -- Correspondence
Iraq War, 2003- -- Peace
Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources
Older people -- United States -- Political activity
Older women -- United States -- Biography -- Sources
Pacifists -- United States -- Biography -- Sources
Peace movements -- History -- Sources
Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Peace
Political activists -- United States -- Biography
United States -- Military policy -- Citizen participation
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- Sources
Women with disabilities -- United States -- Biography -- Sources
Women and peace -- History -- Sources
Women artists -- United States -- Biography -- Sources
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Goddard, Harold Clarke, 1878-1950
Holt, Lee Elbert
Speight, Sarah Blakeslee, 1912-
Gray Panthers -- United States -- History -- Sources
series
SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS (1814-2004)
This series provides a basic overview about Margaret Goddard Holt and her extended family. It is organized into four subseries: Family history, Margaret Goddard Holt, Other Family members, and Memorabilia. The series begins with genealogical and historical information, followed by biographical information about Margaret Holt, and other family members listed alphabetically by last name. Materials pertaining to Margaret Holt contain substantive writings about her, including autobiographical statements, eulogies and obituaries, and articles and clippings, as well as calendars; and records of her donations to peace, social justice, and political groups and organizations. If the amount is negligible, writings by some family members are included in this series rather than SERIES III. WRITINGS. Margaret Holt's relationships to family and friends are explained in Appendix.
SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE (1868-2003)
This series is arranged in two subseries: Margaret Goddard Holt and Other family members. It begins with letters between Margaret Holt and her family, followed by correspondence with employers (a very small amount), friends and acquaintances, death row inmates, and letters to newspaper editors and elected government officials. Holt's correspondence contains a set of letters she designated those "which in some way help make MGH feel that her life hasn't been wasted." Correspondence within each subseries is arranged alphabetically by the author's last name. The use of nicknames is common in this series; see Appendix for identification.
SERIES III. WRITINGS(1908-2003)
This series consists of three subseries, beginning with the writings of Margaret Goddard Holt and followed by Other family members, and Writings by others. In addition to essays, poems, short stories, and drafts of a book, Holt's writings also contain travel diaries of several trips to the American Southwest and to Europe. Travel diaries are complemented by correspondence written to Holt's friends during her travels, notably to Kitty and Rudy Praetz, and by Lee E. Holt's photographs in SERIES VI. PHOTOGRAPHS. Margaret Holt's diaries overlap with her sketchbooks in SERIES V. ARTWORK, in that there are sketches in many of the former and informal diary entries in the latter. The writings of Harold Clarke Goddard and Lee E. Holt are primarily academic; those of Helen Holt consist of a booklet of privately published poems.
SERIES IV. ACTIVISM(1967-2004)
This series, which complements SERIES VII. SUBJECTS, documents Margaret G. Holt's involvement in three distinct spheres of political activism, and is accordingly arranged in three subseries: Anthrax research protest pertains to civil actions undertaken in protest of anthrax research conducted at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and includes documentation of publicity surrounding the case and of Holt's legal defense; Gray Panthers contains materials generated by Holt's work with the Pioneer Valley branch of this national organization; and Vigils pertains to the peace and social justice vigils that Holt initiated in 1967, and continued organizing and attending until just prior to her death in 2004, and contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, leaflets, and fliers. There is visual documentation of the vigils in SERIES VII: PHOTOGRAPHS.
SERIES V. ARTWORK (1920-2004)
This series contains six subseries, Writings, Conservation, Drawings and paintings, Sketchbooks, Copy photographs and slides, and Artwork by others. The first two subseries describe Holt's work as an artist, and efforts by Lee and Margaret Holt to have some of the better paintings cleaned, repaired, and conserved. The drawings and paintings themselves are arranged by subject, with larger items filed in oversize boxes. The sketchbooks are filed chronologically, and many of them contain musings, political commentary, and brief diary entries in addition to drawings.
SERIES VI. PHOTOGRAPHS (1899-2003)
This series contains photographs and transparencies of four generations of the Goddard and Holt families and their friends, including formal portraits and snapshots, travel photographs, and visual documentation of vigils and other political actions. With the exception of photographs of Margaret Holt's and Lee Holt's respective childhoods and images of earlier generations, virtually all of the photographs were taken by Lee E. Holt after he and Margaret married in 1939.
SERIES VII. SUBJECT FILES (1912-2004)
This series contains materials pertaining to Margaret Goddard Holt's lifelong interest in the many facets of peace and social justice activism at the local, state, national, and international levels. The bulk of the series is comprised of four subseries, Countries, Death penalty, Peace and disarmament, and Politics, reflecting the issues of most concern to Holt. All subseries are arranged alphabetically either by topic or by organization name.
SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Family history
Goddard
Genealogies by Florence Louise Goddard and family treen.d.
Valentine card, clipping, and poem by Lucius P. Goddard 1850, n.d.
"A Manuscript on Slavery by Joseph Bachellor Goddard, 1794-1842," edited by Eleanor G. Worthen: typescript 1982
Inventory of Cummington, Massachusetts house contents 1954
Holt: genealogy, wills, and family newsletters 1946-49, n.d.
Holt, Margaret Goddard
Autobiographical statements, eulogies, obituaries, and condolence letters 1973-2004
Birth and marriage certificates, passports, driver's license, developmental profile chart, and Social Security card 1963-81
Notes exchanged with Jeanine Maland re: Holt wishing to end her lifecirca 2003
Articles and clippings 1918-2003
Sophia Smith Collection: copies of Certificate of Gift and related correspondence 1984-86
80th birthdayOctober 31, 1991
Clipping, poems, and speech by Margaret Holt
Birthday cards and letters
Awards and honors
"AFSC Honors Margaret Holt": guest book 1985
Address books 1974, n.d.
Calendars
Financial information: donations to organizations
Lists 1983, 2000
Acknowledgements, receipts, and related correspondence
Civic and environmental 1996-2003
Death penalty repeal and prisoners' rights 1990-2003
Humanitarian aid, civil and reproductive rights, and economic and social justice 1968-2003
Middle East peace 1973-2003, n.d.
Peace and disarmament (global) 1979-2003, n.d.
Native American rights 1999-2002, n.d.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1977-2002, n.d.
Books and quotes that held meaning for Margaret Holt 1876-88, n.d.
Other family members
Goddard, Fanny Reed
Marriage announcement, death certificate, obituary, and related documents 1950-51, n.d.
Diaries 1930-49
Goddard, Harold Clarke
Passport, obituaries, and clippings 1923-75
Employment and retirement: articles, clippings, and correspondence 1946, n.d.
Goddard, Florence Louise
Autobiographical writings and financial information 1955, n.d.
Observations about family members 1918, 1941, n.d.
Holt, Alison: childhood artwork and writings 1950-54, n.d.
Holt, Daisy
Theater program 1923
Diary entry (?)21 Aug 1933
Holt, Geoffrey Lincoln: school records and related correspondence, and childhood drawings and writings 1941-54, n.d.
Birth certificate, name change documents, passports, psychological profile, clippings, and legal and financial information 1912-46
Academic records 1929-40
Study abroad in Switzerland and Germany: correspondence from parents and friends, and receipts 1928-29
Rhodes Scholar application 1932
Articles and clippings 1977-80, n.d.
"Leo Malley interviews Lee E. Holt": videocassetteJul 2000
Reed, Lewis: obituary and estate settlement 1950-54
Walker, Florence Hammersly: eulogy, and correspondence about her death 1954, n.d.
Worthen, Ben: Bar Mitzvah program 1989
Worthen, Eleanor Goddard and Eugene Mark Goddard: eulogies, legal documents, and artwork 1990-99, n.d.
Worthen, Helena Harlow (Holly): biographical information and clippings 1986-90
Memorabilia
"Medical Chest of a Poetical Practitioner, H. M. Thorne" n.d.
Bible history 1814-15 (2 miniature books)
SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE
Holt, Margaret
Goddard family (parents and other relatives)
Holt, Lee
Oct 1934 - Jun 1937
Jul 1937 - Aug 1939
Worthen, Eleanor Goddard
Employment 1936
Friends and acquaintances
Ahrens, Lois 1989-99
Ajrami, Abed: incoming 1995-96, n.d.
Anastasi, Brian 1993
Baron, Edith
Outgoing
Incoming 1976-87
Bryan, Ashley 2002
Childs, Edith and Emma 1977-81, n.d.
Coldham, Leah 1999-2002
Conroy, Emma 1955-82, n.d.
Crowe, Frances 2001-02
Eissler, K.R. 1968-75, n.d.
Elkisch, Paula
n.d.
Travel
Europe 1974-75
Western U.S. 1970-73
Incoming
Enclosures and third party correspondence 1968-75, n.d.
Emerson, Gloria 1995-97
Evans, Nancy 1971-2003, n.d.
Foster, Barbara
Outgoing 1989
Incoming 1986-90, n.d.
Frazier, Marian 2002-03, n.d.
Hennessey, Ann 1994-2001, n.d.
Hoglund, Irene 1933-91, n.d.
Holzberger, Elizabeth Gary
Fragmentsn.d.
Incoming 1979-2003, n.d.
Third party 1979-84, n.d.
Johnston, Randolph 1974-82
Lafore, Gertrude
Outgoing 1969, 1981
Lee, Matthew
Correspondence 1987-92, n.d
Writings, publications, and information about Inner City Press 1988-92, n.d.
Publications: Inner City Press 1989-92
Livengood, Eleanor 1991-2000, n.d.
Lowell, Jeannine 1993-2003, n.d.
Luce, Donald 1978-2002, n.d. (includes related documents)
Margolin, Marianne 1992-2003
McManus, Maggie 1991-99
Miller, Lyle and Roy 1998-2003
Miranda, Christopher 1997-2002, n.d.
Morgan, Carol 1982
Murphy, Mary
Outgoing 1988-2003
Incoming 2002-03
Pappenheim, Yvonne 1981-2003, n.d.
Praetz, Kitty and Rudy
Western U.S., 1970-73
Incoming 1974-90
Third party 1979
Riess, Anneliese 1976-2002
Robischon, Mary (Marget) 1988-2003
Schatzkamer, Mary Bray 1987, n.d.
Schroeder, Paul and Mazie 1998-2003
Serota, Arthur 1981-86
Speight, Francis 1934-36
Speight, Sarah Blakeslee
Outgoing (primarily photocopies)
Incoming 1934-43, 1977-99, n.d.
Biographical information and related correspondence about Sarah Blakeslee Speight and Francis Speight 1985-2002
Sketch of Margaret Holt by Francis Speight 1932
Stegemann, Jane 1978-99
Weyl family
Carr, Annemarie Weyl (daughter of Martha T. Weyl)
Outgoing 2000, n.d.
Incoming 1996-2003
Weyl, Martha Thompson
Outgoing (includes Lee E. Holt correspondence)
Incoming 1986-2001, n.d.
Weyl/Holt third party 1996-2001, n.d.
Zaret, Lillian 1983-84, n.d.
Other friends
Outgoing 1917-2003, n.d.
"Letters which in some way help make MGH feels [sic] as if her life hasn't been wasted..."
Family 1983-93
Bentley, Rabbi Philip J. 1992-93
O'Connor, Dee 1992-93, n.d.
Stegemann, Jane 1990-97, n.d.
Others 1953-98, n.d.
Death row inmates
Abu-Jamal, Mumia: third party 1995-96
Barley, Nathaniel
Outgoingcirca 1996-2000
Jul 1994-Jun 1996
Jul 1996-Jan 2000, n.d.
Third party 1995-2003
Biographical information: funeral5 Feb 2000
Legal defense
Correspondence, clippings, and statements 1995-99
Court documentscirca 1997-98
Bennett, Baby Ray
Outgoing, third party, and receipts 1999-2001, n.d.
Incoming 1993-2003, n.d.
Brown, Linda
Graham, Gary
Correspondence 1993, 2000
Gary Graham Legal Defense Committee: memoranda and publications 1991, n.d.
Hopkins, Bobby Ray 2000
Lavasseur, Raymond Luc 1999-2003
Webb, Freddie Lee, Jr.
Incoming 1993-94, n.d.
Letters to Margaret Holt, 1992-1994: pamphlet, notes, and related correspondence1995, 2000
Third party 1993-94
Correspondence and notes: re: the death penalty and other death row prisoners 1993-2000
Editors
Compilation: binder 2003
Re: editorials by others 2001-03
Officials and elected representatives
Local: Amherst, Massachusetts and environs 1992, 2000
State: Massachusetts and Texas 1982-2002
National
Presidents 1979-98
Secretaries of State and Interior 1980-93
House of Representatives 1979-96
Senate 1970-2002
Judges and Supreme Court Justices 1969-99
Other 2002
International 1984-92
Other: human rights, death penalty, prisoners' rights, and Middle East peace 1978-2004
Holt, Alison and Geoffrey 1943-44, n.d.
Holt, Daisy Cone 1938 (Lee E. Holt's mother)
Holt, Lee Elbert 1937-48, n.d.
Holt, Margaret G. 1930-49, n.d.
Holt, Margaret G. and Lee E. 1939-49, n.d.
Worthen, Eleanor G. 1928, n.d.
Other: Dr. Bowie 1949
Incoming 1906-48
Goddard, Florence 1892-1955, n.d.
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield 1944-49, 1981 (includes some correspondence with Margaret and Lee E. Holt)
Goddard, Fanny Reed 1904-48
Goddard, Mary Clarke 1893-1903, n.d.
Holt, Alisoncirca 1948
Holt, Daisy Cone 1937
Holt, Geoffrey 1941-46, n.d.
Holt, Lee E. 1936-49, n.d.
Holt, Margaret 1922-49, n.d.
Holt, Margaret and Eleanor Worthen 1933-49
Holt, Margaret and Lee E. 1939-49, n.d.
Worthen, Eleanor G. 1928-36
Others 1897-1949, n.d.
Holt, Alison 1946-2001, n.d.
Holt, Margaret G. 1937
Holt, Florence 1922-28, n.d.
Holt, Geoffrey 1943-98, n.d.
Holt, Helen 1930-39, n.d.
Holt, Lee Cone
Holt, Alison 1962, n.d.
Holt, Geoffrey 1952
Holt, Margaret 1939-41
Family
Goddard, Fanny R. and Harold C. 1934-48, n.d.
Holt family (parents and sisters)
Holt, Margaret G.
Sep 1934 - Dec 1935
Jan 1936 - Oct 1937
Nov 1937 - Sep 1945
Jun 1946 - Dec 1977, n.d.
Uretz, Violet Fogle
Outgoing 1928-34
Incoming 1928-2000
Worthen, Eleanor and Mark 1962-82
Bloomfield, Morton 1938-66
Carpenter, Ford 1931-35
Edward ? 1930, n.d.
Elkisch, Paula 1955-77
Passmien, Richard 1936-39
Other 1925-2003
Political and professional
Academic appointments 1936-59
Letters to the editor 1965-95
U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Lab 1945-51
Orr, Marylee 1986-2003, n.d.
Orr, Matt 2000
Poskas, Sara 1986-2002, n.d
Reed, Lewis 1895-1916, n.d.
Walker, Florence Hammersly: Eleanor G. Worthen and Margaret G. Holt 1952-53, n.d.
Goddard, Fanny R. and Harold C. 1933-40
Holt, Lee and Margaret 1933-99, n.d.
Letter to the editor 1962
Worthen, Hilary and Kathy Weingarten 1967-2003
Worthen, Holly 1986-2003
Unidentified relatives of Lee E. Holt
Dick 1934-36
Dorothy 1933-34
Howard 1934-36
Uncle Will 1932-33
Other 1920-36, n.d.
Miscellaneous 1868-75, n.d.
SERIES III. WRITINGS
Diaries
[closed until Jan. 1, 2028]
"Introduction to Journals of Margaret Holt 1975-1976"
Continuous diary (1399 pages)
Loose pagescirca 1924-36, n.d.
Marriage to Lee E. Holt12 Aug 1939
Living in Madison, Wisconsin while Lee earns Ph.D. 1940
Children (Alison and Geoffrey) 1942-43, 1947
1932-67 (line diaries)
Mar 1949 - Feb 1961 (notebooks)
Feb 1961 - Feb 1981 (notebooks)
1981-90 (notebooks)
Dreams 1936-51, 2003 (?), n.d.
Travel diaries
American Southwest 1972-73
Europe
Sep 1974 - Feb 1975
Feb - Jul 1975
Mar - Sep 1979
Typescripts
DiariesSep 1974 - Jul 1975, n.d.
Copy 1
Copy 2
Copy 3
Fragments
Diaries 1979, n.d.
Fragment
Editorial comments by "Jane" 1979
Diaries1981, n.d.
Travel writings
"Weeds and Wanderings": typescripts circa 1984
Copy 4 (illustrated)
Pages 1-154 (incomplete)
Pages 1-150 (incomplete)
Photocopy, pages 1-147 (incomplete)
Draft of introduction
Short stories
"A Story for Gee": draftn.d. (illustrated)
"The White Colt": typescript 1940
Essays
Amherst Disarmament Coalition: testimony 1983
Berrigan, Philipn.d.
Earnshaw, Marion: eulogyn.d.
"Wealth": draft and typescript 1940
Untitledn.d.
Other 1927-2003, n.d.
Poems
"Old Age" 1996-98
"Security" circa 1998
"Silver Birds and Other Poems" 1920
"Thoughts For Survival" 2001
Othercirca 1926-2003, n.d.
"Margaret Holt's Poems and Drawings": photocopies 1998
Poems by Margaret Holt (volume), by Margaret Holt and Eleanor Holt (notebook), and by others 1929-2000, n.d.
"Klein und Wagner" by Herman Hesse, translated by Manfred Halberstadt and Margaret Holt: typescript and related correspondence 1942, 1976
Miscellaneous, and unidentified fragmentsn.d.
Articles 1909-49
Books
Alphabet of the Imagination (1974)
Correspondence and reviews
Published copy 1974 (unfoldered)
The Meaning of Shakespeare (1951)
Contracts and permissions to quote
Correspondence
Press releases and reviews
Morale: The Mainspring of Victory: published copy (unfoldered) 1916
Studies in New England Transcendentalism: published copy 1908
W. H. Hudson: Bird-Man (1928): published copies1974
Diaries and notebooks 1916-50, n.d.
Essays and lectures
Atomic Peace: pamphlet and correspondence 1950
"Branches of Man: Is the Human Species Subdividing?" n.d.
Other essay and lectures 1918-48, n.d.
Plays 1911-14, n.d.
Poetry
Poem about Margaret Holt as a child, and poems written for Margaret and Eleanor as children n.d.
Other poemsn.d.
Correspondence about writings 1918-71
Holt, Helen: Winged Glory 1935
Childhood writingscirca 1920-22
Dissertation: "Critical Opinion Concerning the Work of Samuel Butler"
Bound copy 1940 (unfoldered)
Correspondence re: article and proposed book
Trilling, Lionel 1944-49
Other 1943-50
Der Grune Heinrich by Gottfried Keller: translation and proposed publication, and related correspondence 1943-44
Academic
Samuel Butler 1935, n.d.
Other topics 1933-61, n.d.
Professional: "The German Use of Sonic Listening," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Jul 1947
Personal 1994, n.d.
Speechesn.d.
Writings by others 1987-91
SERIES IV. ACTIVISM
Anthrax research protest (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
Correspondence and statements by Margaret Holt 1989-90
Legal documents and articles about legal defense 1988-90
Notescirca 1988-90
Clippings, fliers, and petition 1988-90, n.d.
Gray Panthers
Correspondence and notes 1987-93, n.d.
Clippings, articles, and fliers 1983-94
Newsletters and reports 1982-99
Intergenerational Information Center (Amherst, Massachusetts): chronology and notescirca 1990
Agendas and minutes 1986-89
Healthcare initiatives: clippings, articles, and conference materials 1988-91, n.d.
Vigils
Leaflets and posters compiled for distribution
Correspondence, clippings, fliers, notes, and permit application 1964-2003
Videocassettes: 10th and 21st anniversary vigils16 Jul 1989, 16 Jul 2000
T-shirt with photograph of Margaret and Lee E. Holtn.d.
Memorabilia: political buttons
SERIES V. ARTWORK
Writings
By Margaret G. Holt: typescriptn.d.
By others: clippings, and exhibit brochures 1948-2004, n.d.
Conservation
Barbara Wocjik (conservator of paintings): correspondence, reports, slides, and invoices 2000-04
Williamstown Art Conservation Center: correspondence, reports, slides, and invoices 2001
Transparenciescirca 1977-92
Drawings and paintings
Childhood drawings: drawings and list 1920-25
Animals
Drawings and paintings 1941-62, n.d.
Bas relief wood carving of a calfn.d.
Botanicals
Apple projectn.d.
General 1974-78, n.d.
Landscapes 1940-74, n.d.
People 1934-94, n.d.
Still lifes 1953, n.d.
Collage of envelopes with fish designn.d.
Sketchbooks 1929-1990s, n.d
Copy photographs and transparenciesn.d.
Artwork by others
SERIES VI. PHOTOGRAPHS
Daguerreotypes: Goddard and Reed families, and unidentifiedn.d.
Alone 1913-2003, n.d.
With Lee E. Holt 1939-2003, n.d.
80th and 92nd birthday parties 1991, 2003
With familycirca 1917-1998
With friendscirca 1940s-2000s
While traveling: United States
Circa 1970-94
With Lee E. Holt and friendscirca 1970-2000
Vigils and demonstrations
Amherst vigil
Margaret Holt 1955-2003 (includes Lee E. Holt and Frances Crowe)
Margaret Holt, by Diana Jo Davies and Kady 2002
Photograph album pages 1967-2000s
Other 1960s-2003
Family members
Goddard, Fanny Reed, and Reed family 1899-1936, n.d.
Goddard, Harold Clarke, and Goddard family 1881-1943, n.d.
Holt, Alison, and Geoffrey L. Holtcirca 1943-2002
Alone and in groups 1912-2003, n.d.
With family 1914-17, n.d.
Cone, Daisy with Lee, and Florence and Helen Cone 1920-55, n.d.
Worthen, Eleanor Goddard and familycirca 1930s-1998, n.d.
Friendscirca 1940s-2003 (includes Maggie Kuhn, Philip Berrigan, and prison inmates)
Homes and vacation campsitesn.d.
Pets and unidentified photographsn.d.
Transparencies
Alone and with others 1930s-90s
Traveling 1960s-90s
Holt, Lee 1940s-69
Holt, Alison and Geoffrey L. Holtcirca 1942-90s
Pets and family homescirca 1936s-90s
SERIES VII. SUBJECT FILES
Affordable housing and homelessness 1985-90, n.d.
Animals and animal rights 1993-95
Art, poetry, and theater 1986-92, n.d.
Authors
Blake, Williamn.d.
Shakespeare, William 1967
Childcare and children's rights 1990-2001
Civil rights
Generalcirca 1964-2002
American Civil Liberties Union 1990-91, n.d.
Amnesty International 1987-89, n.d.
King, Martin Luther 1960s-90s
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1985-98
Countries
Africa 1978-2000, n.d.
Caribbean and Latin America
Cuba 1997, n.d.
Granada 1984
Central America
General 1983-91, n.d.
El Salvador 1983-98, n.d.
Guatemala 1990-2002, n.d.
Honduras 1984-89, n.d.
Nicaragua 1983-91, n.d.
Panama 1990, n.d.
China 1961, 1997
Middle East
Ahmad, Eqbal 1983-91, n.d.
Articles, newsletters and published materials
"New England Briefs for Middle East Peacework" 1977-83
Others 1972-88
Egyptcirca 1981, n.d.
Iran 1978-81
Iraq
Gulf War 1990-92, n.d.
Sanctionscirca 1990-98
Clinton era 1998
Iraq War 2002-03, n.d.
Israel (Arab-Israeli conflict)
Organizations and publications
American Near East Refugee Aid 1984-91
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee 1988-2002
Americans for Peace Now 1990-98
Arab-American Institute 1987-97
Breaking the Siege 1989-95
Council for the National Interest 1990-92
I & P: Israel & Palestinian Political Report
Jerusalem: A Crisis in the Makingn.d.
Jerusalem Monitor 1997-2000
The Jewish Guardian 1982-87
Jewish Peace Lobby 1993-97
The Link 1991-98
Middle East Children's Alliance 1992-94
National Association of Arab Americans 1983-97
The Other Israel 1988-98
Palestinian Human Rights Information Center 1990-93
Palestinian Human Rights Watch Newsletter 1987-88
Shalom 1982-97
Others 1980s-2000
Clippings, articles, fliers, newsletters, and pamphlets
Vanunu, Mordechai
"I Am Your Spy": newsletter 1994-2004
Fliers and fundraising information 1993-2002, n.d.
Lebanon: Israeli invasion 1985
Southeast Asia
Korea 1990-91
Philippines 1981
Vietnam War and aftermath
General 1962-90s, n.d.
Cambodia 1966-91
Laos 1970-71, n.d.
Tibet 1991
USSR and Russia 1983-92
United Nations 1982-95
Death, and choice in dying 1970s-2000s, n.d.
Death penalty
Generalcirca 1964-2000
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty: newsletters 1987-2001
Abu-Jamal, Mumia
Correspondence 1995, n.d.
Writings by Abu-Jamal and photographs 1982-99
Legal documents, reports, and letters of support 1995
Clippings 1994-95, n.d.
Legal and political support
Committee to Save Mumia Abu-Jamal 1995-96
Equal Justice USA (Quixote Center)
Correspondence and forms 1992-95, n.d.
Newsletters and fliers 1995-97, n.d.
International Action Center 2000
International Committee of Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal 1995, n.d.
Partisan Defense Committee 1989-95
Refuse and Resist 1999-2000
Massachusetts groups 1995-99, n.d.
Publication: Jamal Journal 1994-95
Miscellaneous clippings, notes, fliers, and reports 1991-2000, n.d.
Gilbert, Kristen: clippings 2000-01
Economics
International and United States: articles and clippings 1985-2004
Massachusetts
General economic and tax reform 1983-89
General economic and tax reform 1990-2003, n.d.
Citizens for Fair Taxes
Agendas, minutes, and notes 1989-91, n.d.
Notescirca 1989
Clippings, correspondence, press releases, mission statements, and financial information 1989-90, n.d.
Education 1990, n.d.
Elder citizens
General 1984-91, n.d.
Day care for elder citizens 1992, n.d.
Massachusetts Department of Elder Affairs 1984-88
Northampton (Massachusetts) Elder Americans 1986
Older Women's League 1989-94, n.d.
Environment
General 1967-95
Massachusetts 1989-95, n.d.
Farming and land conservation 1985-91
Federal Bureau of Investigation 1988-91
Feminism and women's rights
Gay and lesbian rights: clippings, and fliers 1989-90
Healthcare
General 1985-92, n.d.
Coalition for Medicaid Access 1986-87
Disability issues 1984-91, n.d.
MassHealth Action Alliance 1984-90, n.d.
Human rights
General 1977-2001
ARISE for Social Justice 1990-95, n.d.
Haymarket People's Fund: grant application formsn.d.
Hunger 1984-90, n.d.
Labor rights
General 2001-03, n.d.
United Farm Workers 1985-91, n.d.
Landmines 1994-2003
Media: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) 1989-90
Military
War resistance, and conscientious objection to military service 1990-91, n.d.
Enlistment and recruitment 1983, n.d.
Military spending 1985-2001, n.d.
Pacifismcirca 1985-89
Veterans 1981-2001, n.d.
Westover Air Force Base (Massachusetts): C-5A flyover controversy 1987-90
Music
Concert programs, and musical score for The Messiah 1912-99, n.d.
Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro: articles 1957, n.d.
Nuclear power and waste, chemical waste, and radiation 1991-2003, n.d.
Peace and disarmament
General 1941-89
General 1990-2003, n.d.
Berrigan, Daniel and Philip Berrigan 1971-2002
Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1970-2002, n.d.
Massachusetts, Western
Peace and disarmament directoriesn.d.
Peace Pagoda 1985-90
Pioneer Valley War Tax Resisters 1989-91
Traprock Peace Center 1988-91, n.d.
Organizations
American Friends Service Committee
General 1970-2003, n.d.
Johnson, Russell 1965-78
Martin Luther King Day (Northampton, Massachusetts) 1988-91, n.d.
Center for Defense Information 1983-91
Committee for Nuclear Responsibility 1990-2000
Committee on Common Security 1988-90
Fellowship of Reconciliation 1981-91
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War 1988-90, n.d.
Jobs With Peace 1985-91
Peace Council of the German Democratic Republic 1989
Plowshares Defense Fund 1991
War Resister's League 1982-2002, n.d.
Witness for Peace 1990-91, n.d.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom 1971-91
World Federalist Association 1989-95, n.d.
World Friendship Center 1984-94
World Peacemakers, Inc. 1988-90
Peace Pilgrim 2003, n.d.
Women for Peace: pilgrimage to Rome
Biographical information, correspondence, clippings, notes, photographs, and memorabilia, b 1963-64
Brochures and printed materials 1963
Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars") 1984-90, n.d.
Philosophy, religion and spirituality
General 2003, n.d.
Buddhismn.d.
Catholicism 1957-2003, n.d.
Islam 1987-97, n.d.
Taoism (LaoTsu)n.d.
Unitarian Universalism
General 1978-91, n.d.
First Unitarian Universalist Church, Springfield, MA 1954-87, n.d.
Other 1984-2001, n.d.
Politics
International and national
General 1950-2003, n.d.
Jackson, Jesse 1987-88, n.d.
General 1983-2001
Western Massachusetts
General 1980-2001, n.d.
Directory for Research on the Pioneer Valley by Wendy Sibbison, ed. 1983
Political campaigns
Olver, John 1989-91, n.d.
Rosenberg, Stan 1989-91, n.d.
Wentworth, Mary 1984, 2001, n.d.
Other candidates 1989-2001, n.d.
Political organizations
Christic Institute 1987-89, n.d.
Citizens for Participation in Political Action 1988-92, n.d.
Committee of Correspondence 1994-95
People for the American Way 1986-91
National Committee Against Repressive Legislation 1981-90
RESIST 1982-2004
Poverty 1988-96
Prison reform, crime, and gun control
General 1978-2002, n.d.
Fortune Society 1990-2001
Prison Connections 1996-97
Southern Coalition on Jails and Prisons 1989-90
Psychoanalysis
General 1953-78
Eissler, K.R: writings 1963-75
Jung, C.G.: Jung Seminar notes, Bailey Island, Maine 1936
Racism 1975-91, n.d.
Reproductive rights 1972-97, n.d.
Social Security 1985-88
Terrorism 1981, 2001
Miscellaneous
"Osborn Express": Springfield, Mass. school newsletter 1977
Other 1933-2004, n.d.
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
Biographical materials
Margaret Holt: awards, oversize clipping, posters, memorabilia and developmental profile chart, photograph by Diana Jo Davies, and photo montages 1963-2002
Lee E. Holt: articles and clippings 1961-77
Lee, Matthew: Inner City Press 1988-92
Other: cloth greeting card 2000
Activism
Grey Panthers: scrapbook 1984-85
Vigils: clippings, posters, and scrapbook 1982, 2000, n.d.
Artwork
By others
Kollwitz, Kathe: "Six Drawings" (portfolio)n.d.
Speight, Francis: sketches of Margaret Holt 1932 (includes related correspondence by Sarah Speight, 1990)
By Margaret Holt
Oil paintingsn.d.
Sketchbooks 1972-86, n.d.
Watercolor paintings; and sketches in pen, ink, and charcoal 1930s-80s
Photographs
Margaret Holt
80th Birthday Party 1991
Photomontages of Margaret Holtn.d.
Lee E. Holt: Navy group photographn.d.
Fanny Whiting Reed Goddardcirca 1935
Interior views of Margaret Holt's childhood home in Swarthmore, PAn.d.
"Moisey Moesevitch, beloved Goddart [sic] cat" n.d.
Albums
Goddard family, and Margaret and Lee Holt with childrencirca 1900-43
Goddard familycirca 1881-1910
After marriage of Margaret Goddard and Lee E. Holt 1939-41
Holt family 1929-31
Margaret Holt with children, Geoffrey Holt and Alison Holt 1940s
Geoffrey Holt and Alison Holt as infants and toddlers 1940s
Florence Conecirca 1908-27 (Lee E. Holt's sister)
Lee E. Holt's family
General
Circa 1919-21
Circa 1924-26
Europecirca 1926-27
Subject files
Affordable housing and homelessness: Perkins PressApr 1990
General: various publications 1987-94
El Salvador: Neighbor to Neighbor Action Projectn.d.
Guatemala: What About Guatemala?n.d.
Nicaragua: Valley Women's Voice, and New England Human Rights Network 1983
Iraq: various publications re: Gulf War 1991
Israel
Organizations: printed materials and newsletters 1980s-2003
Vanunu, Mordcai: The Catholic WorkerOct/Nov 1993
Vietnam: "Do You Know These Facts? Do You Support Them?," New York Review of Books 1967
Publication: New PatriotJune 1990
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty: Lifelines 1990-2001
Petition in Philadelphia Daily NewsAug 1995
Postersn.d.
Publications
Jamal Journal 1994-95
Others 1995
Economic issues in Massachusetts: publications 1986-95
Elder citizens: publications 1985-94
Environment: New England Sierran 1989-92
Feminism: publications 1977-90
Gay and lesbian rights: Left Field 1990
Human rights and social justice: publicationsn.d.
Hunger
The Hunger Project: A Shift in the Wind 1983-88
Institute for Food and Development Policy: Hunger Myths and Factsn.d.
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: poster 1990
Nuclear power and waste: publications 1993, 2003
Berrigan, Daniel and Philip Berrigan: clippings 2001-02
Miscellaneous publications 1970-90
General: fliercirca 1995
Western Massachusetts: fliercirca 1995
Christic Institute: The People's Daily 1987
National Committee Against Repressive Legislation: flier 1981
Poverty: Spare Change 1996
Prison reform, crime, and gun control: publications 1990
Racism: postern.d.