Atlee Beechy, 1914-

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Hist. mss. 1-222
contained in 4 boxes

 

Introduction

These papers were deposited into the archives by Atlee Beechy, Goshen, Indiana, in 1960-63
and in 1994-97.

Atlee Beechy was born in Berlin, Ohio, and graduated from high school in 1931. He graduated from Goshen College in 1935 and received a Master's Degree in Education from Ohio State in 1940. During the 1930s and early 1940s, he taught 10 years of elementary and junior high classes, first in a rural setting and then in the inner city, Columbus, Ohio. He served in Civilian Public Service from 1943-46, and then served as director of Mennonite Central Committee Europe, from 1946-49.

Beechy served at Goshen College from 1949-83. He first served as Dean of Men and as Assistant Professor of Education, then as Dean of Students in 1956, and finally as Professor of Education and Psychology, 1959-83. Beechy received a Ph.D. degree in Counseling Psychololgy and Guidance from Ohio State in 1958. Today he is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Peace Studies.

Throughout these years, and into retirement, Beechy served with many organizations, in various parts of the world, as a teacher, researcher and educator. Beechy was particularly interested in education and peace issues. He helped to begin Vietnam Christian Service, an MCC effort in Vietnam.

Series Listing

General papers, organized A - Z, 1944-1994
Civilian Public Service, 1944-47, 1975-94
European relief, 1946-49
I-W Coordinating Board Materials, 1959-65
Involvement in Vietnam, through Mennonite Central Committee
Affirmation and Concern letters on Vietnam, 1966-97
Vietnam, audiovisuals, 1966-68

Inventory Listing

Box 1 Papers, 1944-97

General Papers, A - Z, 1944-94
1/1 "Implications of the Draft for Our Young People," Gospel Herald, Nov. 21, 1950
1/2 "Discipleship," Goshen College Perspectives Week, Sept. 20-24, 1965
1/3 Haiti visit, 1965
1/4 India correspondence, 1960
1/5 Mississippii Report, 1964
1/6 Nigeria and Biafara, 1968-69
1/7 Vita, 1994
1/8 World Mission Preperation, 1963
1/9 Photograph - Atlee Beechy
Civilian Public Service, 1944-47
1/11 C.P.S. correspondence, 1944-47
1/12 C.P.S. reflections and reunions, 1975-94
C.P.S. #20 Sidling Hill, Pa., Educational Director's Report - Atlee
C.P.S. #57 Hill City, SD, Camp paper, Rushmore Reflections and other misc. CPS camp papers

Box 2 Papers, 1944-49

European Relief, 1946-49
European Relief Notes, MCC, ca. 1947-49
Package of Thank-you materials from German children, Ludwigshafen & Oppauer, Germany, ca. 1947
I-W Coordinating Board, 1959-65
I-W Sponsors and Leadership Workshops
I-W Supplimentary materials
I-W Vocational Counseling
I-W Denver Unit
I-W Mirror
I-W Cleveland Experiment
I-W Reports (misc), 1959-64

Box 3 (Large) I-W and Vietnam Involvement, 1959-97

I-W Coordinating Board, 1959-65
I-W Coordinating Board, meetings and minutes, 1959-62
I-W Coordinating Board, meetings and minutes, 1963-64
I-W Coordinating Board, meetings and minutes,
General correspondence, Oct. 1958 - Oct. 1965
Involvement in Vietnam 1966-77: Vietnam War, 1966, Part
Vietnam Reports, 1966-69
Goshen/Akron correspondence, Atlee's leave/term
Reports from Vietnam, 1966
Vietnam War news clippings, 1966,67
VCS field reports and letters, background notes, 1966
1967-69 correspondence, administrative, UNCS
The Church and Vietnam, Atlee's writings
Pictures of refugees and Vietnam War, 1966
Vietnam Christian Service, Vision and Relality, 2/20/71
Impact of War on Vietnam
Vietnam War, security problems
A.J. Musti, Saigon Unit, Spring, 1966
"Our Relief Program in a Country at War," Mennonite World Conference, Amsterdam,1967
U.N. Peace and Relief contacts, 1968+
Visit to North Vietnam,1974, pictures, recomendations
The Case Against the Vietnam War, articles and personal reports
April, 1975, MCC beginnings in Laos
Lessons from Vietnam
Vietnam, 1966-75, Atlee's writings
Affirmation and concern letters on Vietnam, 1966-67
Letters to U.S. Presidents
Letters to U.S. Dept of State/Defence
U.N. and other U.S. leaders
Letters to Senators and represenatives other than Indiana, 1966-97
Journal, Vietnam Tet offensive, Jan. 28-Feb. 19, 1968
To Indiana Senators, 1966+
Third District Reps., 1966-77
Correspondence, Lee Hamilton
Indiana State Officials
Letters to editors and others
Pastors and others who agreed and disagreed with Beechy
Norman Cousins, Saturday Review, correspondence
Billy Graham and others, correspondence on Vietnam
Hubert Humphrey, 1968-76
Senator Edward Kennedy, 1966-94

Box 4 Vietnam Audiovisuals, 1966-68

Commissioning Service for Atlee Beechy, Jan. 30, 1966, Goshen City Church of the Brethren
reel to reel tape

Pilgrimage: ABC Interview, Atlee Beechy, 1966
reel to reel tape

Vietnam: A Filmstrip depicting the work of Vietnam Christian Service, in the ministry of human need in Vietnam, MCC, 1966-67 filmstrip, and 3 reel to reel tapes

Interview with Hue, VNCS team, after Tet, 1968
reel to reel tape

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Typed by Reuben Miller, June 24, 1998