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Describing Archives: A Content Standard Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester Rush Rhees Library Second Floor, Room 225 Rochester, NY 14627-0055 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.rochester.edu/spaces/rbscp joan_v._bondurant_papers Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Biographical/Historical note .......................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Contents note ............................................................................................................................... 4 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 4 Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 5 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 5 - Page 2 - joan_v._bondurant_papers Summary Information Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester Creator: Bondurant, Joan V. (Joan Valérie), 1918- Title: Joan V. Bondurant papers ID: D.469 Date [inclusive]: 1918-2003 Physical Description: 73 boxes Physical Description: 3 Volumes Physical Description: 1 Files Language of the English Material: Preferred Citation [Item title, item date], Joan V. Bondurant Papers, D.469, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester ^ Return to Table of Contents Biographical/Historical note Joan V. Bondurant of Great Bend, Kansas, graduated from University of Michigan in 1942 with a broad- ranging liberal arts education. With United States' entry into World War II following the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Bondurant became deeply conscious of the world struggle and felt compelled to actively participate in the war effort. Unable to pass U.S. military health requirements, she responded to the surge in the U.S. government's need for Japanese language skills . Bondurant gained entrance into a University of Michigan Japanese language class, which subsequently led to her to work for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in San Francisco, and then to an OSS assignment to New Delhi, India, as Research Analyst in India. Her work included helping to translate intercepted Japanese messages and documents. During her four years of field research in India, Bondurant developed a deep love of Indian life and culture and, importantly, she learned first hand of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy and practice of non- violence in bringing about social and political change. Bondurant's booklet, Sketches of India (1946, n.p.) - Page 3- joan_v._bondurant_papers was her response to many friends who asked her to share in words and pictures her impressions of life in India. On her return to the United States in 1948, Bondurant studied at University of California, Berkeley where, in 1952, she earned a Ph.D. in political science. She joined the faculty at Berkeley, where she also served as Research Political Scientist, Institute of International Studies, until 1970. Dr. Bondurant wrote extensively in the field of conflict and conflict resolution, as well as on the government and politics of India. Her definitive work on non-violence is Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1958. With several subsequent editions, it has never been out of print. From 1970-73, Dr. Bondurant was professor of Comparative Politics at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. She retired and lived in Tucson, Arizona until her death in 2006. ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Contents note The Joan V. Bondurant Papers includes documents relating to Bondurant's life (1918 and 2003). The collection includes documents relating to the non-violence movement and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, manuscripts and published articles and books, political and personal papers from her work in India, notes and class lectures from her time at Michigan State University and the University of California Berkeley, personal and professional correspondence, photographs, and unpublished family poetry. ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Publication Statement Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester Rush Rhees Library Second Floor, Room 225 Rochester, NY 14627-0055 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.rochester.edu/spaces/rbscp - Page 4- joan_v._bondurant_papers Restrictions on Access The Joan V. Bondurant Papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Books Special Collections & Preservation Department prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification. Immediate Source of Acquisition note The papers were the gift of Edna Cardish with the assistance of Allison Stokes, 2012. Restrictions on Use In consultation with a curator, reproductions may be made upon request. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from a curator. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. Processing Information This collection was processed by Gina Temperato in 2014. Finding aid written by Gina Temperato and Megan Wilson in 2014. ^ Return to Table of Contents Controlled Access Headings • Political scientists • Nonviolence • Civil disobediance • Poetry • Correspondence • Manuscripts • Photographs • Bondurant, Joan V. (Joan Valérie), 1918- Collection Inventory Title/Description Instances Contents: Title/Description Instances - Page 5- joan_v._bondurant_papers Box 1: Writings and Correspondence, 1946-1968 Title/Description Instances Folder: 1. "A Preliminary Analysis of the Peaceful Resolution of a Social Conflict" by Joan Bondurant 2. Notes on Satyagraha and Sarvodaya 3. Notes on Gandhian Philosophy: Satyagraha 4. Sources of Power and Leadership and Socialism in India Notes 5. Anti-violence Essays by Joan Bondurant, 1968 6. "No ordinary Light: Reflections on Nonviolence" by Joan Bondurant, Published in The Nation, 1968 7. Joan Bondurant's Correspondence with Art Bell 8. "The Importance of India's Non-violent Triumph" submitted for publication to The Christian Advocate, 1947 9. Minnie Bondurant's Poetry and Essays 10. Joan's letters to her parents: originals, 1956-1971 11. Correspondence sent to and from Keith Bondurant, Joan's brother 12. Joan Bondurant's personal writing 13. "Higher Education in California" by Maureen Patterson (friend of Joan's also sent to India), 1946-1948 14. Letters to Joan Bondurant from her mother, Minnie Bondurant 15. "India and China: Development Contrasts" by Mildred Malenbaum, 1956 16. "India's Planning and Foreign Aid" by Daniel Spencer, 1961 Box 2: Writings and Correspondence, ca. 1948-1970 Title/Description Instances - Page 6- joan_v._bondurant_papers Folder: 1. "Inevitable Conflict: An Essay on the Gandhian Contribution to Political Theory" 2. Minnie Bondurant's letters to her "younger self" 3. "Exploring Non-violent Action" by George Lakey 4. "A Brief Study in Contrasts between the Political Philosophies of Luther and Gandhi" by Joan Bondurant 5. "India Celebrates a Birthday" by Joan Bondurant 6. Joan Bondurant's Essay on the News of Gandhi's Death, 1948 7. "New Delhi During Mahatma Gandhi's Fast" by Joan Bondurant 8. "The Relation of International to Municipal Law" by Joan Bondurant 9. "For the King-Emperor" by Joan Bondurant 10. "The Gandhian Dialct" by Joan Bondurant, 1949 11. "A Gandhian Criticism of Plato's Republic" by Joan Bondurant, 1949 12. "The Pertinence of Black Pudding" by Joan Bondurant, 1947 13. "Kant is Not Enough: An Essay on Creative Peace" by Joan Bondurant, 1949 14. "Violence versus Non-violence in India and Pakistan" by Joan Bondurant, 1947 15. "Tolerance versus Strife in India and Pakistan" by Joan Bondurant, 1947 16. "Light and Color" by Joan Bondurant, 1946 17. Letters, Notes, and Articles from G. Ramachandra Rao (Gora) 18. Portia Bell Hume Behavioral Health and Training - Community Psychiatry 19. "Some Psychiatric Aspects of the Creative Resolution of Conflict" by Portia Bell Hume, 1961 - Page 7- joan_v._bondurant_papers 20. Letters sent to Joan Bondurant from Mark Juergensmeyer 21. Correspondence between Joan Bondurant and Paul Wallace 22. Letters sent to Joan Bondurant from student Kaye Miller 23. Supplement Essays to Conventions: The Land Around Us by Kaye Miller, 1970 Box 3: Writings, Correspondence and Articles, ca. 1958-1966 Title/Description Instances Folder: 1. Correspondence between Joan Bondurant and Marshall Winmiller regarding India research 2. Correspondence with Lilly Rivlin regarding Joan's trips to India 3. "A Study in the Evolution of Neutralism" by Lillian Rivlin, 1963 4. "Mythic Conception and Social Change" by Kaye Miller Political Science 245c, 1964 5. Center for War/Peace Studies: The Diablo Project, 1965-1968 6. "Psychiatric Inpatient Services in General Hospital" by Portia Bell Hume, 1960 7. "East Bay Psychiatric