[WCUSP] Fwd: WILPF Research

[yvonne simmons]

Does anyone have any WILPF contacts with the
University of Colorado who might be willing to help?
In Peace Yvonne
--- Sheila Triggs <sheila.triggs1 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> From: "Sheila Triggs"
> <sheila.triggs1 at btinternet.com>
> To: "yvonne simmons" <roweenayvonne at yahoo.com>
> Subject: WILPF Research
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:36:04 -0000
> 
> Dear Yvonne,
> I Hope that you are flourishing and wondered whether
> you are able to help us.  Two UK WILPFers will be
> presenting a paper at a Peace History Conference in
> Loindon next March about the Hague Conference in
> 1915 and the founding of WILPF.  Helen Kay who wrote
> the message below is based in Edinburgh.  She is
> researching Crystal Macmillan who was one of the
> organisers of of the Hague Conference and one of the
> few British women who was not stopped from attending
> because she was already on the Continent.  I think
> that she was also the first woman science grduate of
> Edinburgh University and later a writer on
> international law. She was on the first WILPF
> international committee
> 
> Surprisingly nothing has been written about her. 
> Helen has located a file on her at the University of
> Colorado.  They cannot tell her what is in it.  So
> we need to locate a keen and willing WILPFer in the
> US who is based in Colorado or could get there
> easily and might do some basic investigation for
> Helen.  
> 
> We have rather "fallen into" this as an opportunity
> too good to miss and not had time to source any
> funding.  So there is nothing in it for anyone
> except the gratification of helping WILPF to record
> our history.
> 
> I hope that your Peruvian women are fourishing - and
> you too.  As I move into my last months in office I
> seem busier than ever.  But we do have a good bunch
> of younger women taking lots of initiatives and are
> even en route to helping to establish a Core Group
> in the Congo (DRC), thanks to a good group of DRC
> women based in the UK
> 
> I am copying this to Helen.
> Love and good wishes 
> Sheila
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Helen Kay 
> To: Sheila Triggs 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Bradford University Peace Studies +
> another request!
> 
> 
> Dear Sheila
> 
> I was in touch with Bradford Peace Library when i
> first started and they were unable to assist but i
> did not think to contact Bradford Peace Studies
> Deparment - that is something i will try and follow
> up.
> 
> I have traced a file on Chrystal Macmillan to a
> university in Colorado. They cannot tell me what is
> in it and are suggesting that i hire a private
> researcher to conduct the work!   Obviously i want
> to avoid paying for that at this stage.
> 
> Just a thought -- I wondered if you have a suitable
> contact in USA, who might be able to put me in touch
> with a WILPF member who could go and have a look at
> the papers?
> 
> Best wishes, Helen
> 
> 



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