Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Liane Ellison Norman Papers Creator
Norman, Liane Ellison
Collection Number AIS.2010.02 Extent
3.75 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date 1955-2008 Abstract Liane Ellison Norman is a Pittsburgh writer who has contributed articles, editorials, columns, and book reviews to a number of local and national publications. A majority of the collection consists of her work which deals mostly with social issues, war, violence, and the hazards of nuclear energy. The collection also includes correspondence with publishers, writers and agents. Language
English
. Author Jennifer Needham. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Biography
Liane Ellison Norman can be described as an author, essayist, columnist, poet, professor, fundraiser, and social activist. Born in Ogden, Utah, in 1937, her interest in writing followed her through life when in 1959 she earned her bachelor's degree from Grinnell College in English and in 1967 obtained her MA in English and PhD in English and American Literature from Brandeis University. She moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., in the 1967 to teach English at Chatham College (now Chatham University). In 1970, she began teaching part-time at the University of Pittsburgh and seven years later she was hired as a full-time faculty member in the English department. While in Pittsburgh she has contributed her writing to both local and national publications like the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , The Pittsburgh New Sun , The New York Times , The Center Magazine , Sojourners , and Friends Journal , just to name a few. Her work approaches social justice issues, conflict, civil disobedience, nuclear issues, and politics. She has also written extensively about classical music. In 1984 she founded and acted as director of the Pittsburgh Peace Institute, an organization committed to teaching non-violent solutions to youth and adults. She authored a number of books: Stitches in the Air: A Novel about Mozart's Mother , The Duration of Grief , Hammer of Justice: Molly Rush and the Plowshares 8 , and A Simpleton Story: A Fairy Tale for the Nuclear Age .
Scope and Content Notes The Liane Ellison Norman Papers include writings published between 1955 and 2008. These include high school and college writings; her doctoral dissertation; drafts and published copies of essays, columns, articles and editorials published in local and national publications; and unpublished manuscripts. Also included is correspondence between agents, editors, and publishers.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Jennifer Needham, February-March 2011.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Liane Ellison Norman in February 2010.
Related Material
Pittsburgh Peace Institute Records, 1984-1997, AIS.1998.01, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Thomas Merton Center Records, 1971-2004, AIS.1982.19, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Copyright
The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright is still held by the original creator/author until Ms. Norman's death when copyright of her authored material reverts to the University of Pittsburgh. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series:
I. Writings, 1952- 2008
II. Correspondence, 1972-1988
Preferred Citation
Liane Ellison Norman Papers, 1955-2008, AIS.2010.02, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Previous Citation
Liane Ellison Norman Papers, 1955-2008, AIS.2010.02, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Subjects Corporate Names Pittsburgh Peace Institute University of Pittsburgh. Department of English -- Faculty Brandeis University Grinnell College Other Subjects Pittsburgh post-gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1927) Political activists -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History Peace movements -- Pennsylvania Society of Friends Pittsburgh post-gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1978) Personal papers Women Social action Nuclear disarmament Peace movements -- United States Authors, American -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Container List Series I. Writings , 1952-2008 Language English.
Scope and Content Notes This series includes material written between 1955-2008, such as drafts, research materials and notes, final published works, high school and college writings, her PhD dissertation, and unpublished manuscripts. It is arranged in alphabetical order.
The Active Reader undated Containers box 1 , folder 1 "Adult Shares Liberated Feelings", Pitt News , 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 2 "An African-American man gave his heart for a peaceful community," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1993 Containers box 1 , folder 3 "All I want for Christmas," Pittsburgh Catholic , 1979 Containers box 1 , folder 4 "Alternative to war must be found," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1985 Containers box 1 , folder 5 "Angels of History," review of Harry Watson's Montana 1948 and Justice , Sojourner , 1995 Containers box 1 , folder 6 "Another Tale of Two Cities," Pittsburgh New Sun , 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 7 "At the Rockwell Shareholders Meeting," In These Times , 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 8 "Beans," Pittsburgh New Sun , undated Containers box 1 , folder 9 "Bequest of Brutality: Stopping the Chain Reaction," Christian Science Monitor , 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 10 Beyond the Bomb by: Mark Sommers, book review, The New People 1986 Containers box 1 , folder 11 "The Best Version of the Truth," Pitt News , undated Containers box 1 , folder 12 "Breaking the Silence," Center Magazine , 1975 Containers box 1 , folder 13 "Bringing Bacon Home," Pittsburgh New Sun , 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 14 "Busing in a Joint-Stock World, Center Magazine , 1973 Containers box 1 , folder 15 "Caged, Like Vietnamese, For Us All," New York Times , 1974 Containers box 1 , folder 16 "Children's Literature in Pittsburgh," City Times , 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 17 "Citizens Make a Peace System," Peace Review , 1989 Containers box 1 , folder 18 "Civilization Meets Barbarity," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 2001 Containers box 1 , folder 19 "Claiming Breath," By: Diane Glancy, book review in Sistersong , 1992 Containers box 1 , folder 20 "The Clue in the Apple Tree," Pittsburgh New Sun , 1979 Containers box 1 , folder 21 "Community and Reciprocity," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 2002 Containers box 1 , folder 22 "Companions Against the Storm," The Center Magazine , 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 23 "The Composition of Faith," Sojourners , 1994 Containers box 1 , folder 24 "The Conscience of the Community," Fellowship , 1998 Containers box 1 , folder 25 "The Court and Single Human Souls," The New York Times , 1971 Containers box 1 , folder 26 "The Cost of Credibility," Pittsburgh New Sun , 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 27 "Constructive Nonviolence," The Acorn , 1989 Containers box 1 , folder 28 "A Cry for Help," Pittsburgh New Sun , 1979 Containers box 1 , folder 29 "Daffodils for an Anniversary," Pittsburgh New Sun , 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 30 The Deer Hunter , film review in The Mill Hunk Herald 1979 Containers box 1 , folder 31 "The Delivery," in The City Times and The Progressive , 1980 and 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 32 "Don't Bomb Baghdad," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1998 Containers box 1 , folder 33 "Don't Eradicate RAD," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1999 Containers box 1 , folder 34 "Down on Vietnam Again," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 35 "Dying in Luxury," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 36 "Ecologists Studies in Utah Should Inspire More Research," The Salt Lake Tribune , 2003 Containers box 1 , folder 37 Epilogue written for Grinnell College yearbook , 1959 Containers box 1 , folder 38 "Explanations of History," The Center Magazine , 1975 Containers box 1 , folder 39 "Faith in a Secular Religion," review of Steve Nelson's American Radical , City Times , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 40 "The Faith of Mysteries," Sojourners , 1993 Containers box 1 , folder 41 "Fear is an Instinct for Survival," In These Times , 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 42 "Fighting Imaginary Wars," The Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars , 1976 Containers box 1 , folder 43 "For Unto you is Born this Day," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1977 Containers box 1 , folder 44 "Four Pink Nuns" , 1957-1958 Containers box 1 , folder 45 "Garden Thoughts: Healing the Wounded Land," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 46 "Getting Along Without War," The Mill Hunk Herald , 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 47 "Girl from the Fifteenth Century," Harper's Weekly , 1975 Containers box 1 , folder 48 "God in a Dark Place," Friends Journal , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 49 "Good Signs," The New People , 1986 Containers box 1 , folder 50 "Idiots and Lunatics," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 51 "If it's Classified, You're a Spy," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 52 "Ignorance and Grace," in Sojourners , 1999 Containers box 1 , folder 53 "In a Bureaucratic Maze," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1999 Containers box 1 , folder 54 "Guest Lecturer from Vietnam," Los Angeles Times , 1975 Containers box 1 , folder 55 "The Habit of Philanthropy," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1999 Containers box 1 , folder 56 "Hearing Music from the Inside," Early Music America , 2006 Containers box 1 , folder 57 "A High Standard of Living," Friends Journal and The Star , 1977,1979 Containers box 1 , folder 58 "High Technology and the Peasants," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1977 Containers box 1 , folder 59 "Holocaust Now," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1979 Containers box 1 , folder 60 "Hugh Scott Meets Some Pennsylvania People," Harper's Weekly , 1975 Containers box 1 , folder 61 "Hype and Misogyny," review of Susan Faludi's Backlash , Sojourners , 1992 Containers box 1 , folder 62 "Importance of the Possible," The New People , 1986 Containers box 1 , folder 63 In Their Far Away Country undated Containers box 1 , folder 64-66 "Integrate to Make Whole," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 67 Interfaith service on Martin Luther King's birthday at the Trinity Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 68 "Inwit and Outlaw," The Acorn , 1987 Containers box 1 , folder 69 "Issues Obscured at Spy Time," University Times , 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 70 "The Judge and the Reporter on the Law and the Facts," Christianity and Crisis , 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 71 "It Aint Never Happened Before," Literary Cavalcade , 1955 Containers box 1 , folder 72 "Judge Hammered Justice for Plowshares 8," The New People , 1990 Containers box 1 , folder 73 "Judge Stifles Plowshares 'Greater Evil' Defense," In These Times , 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 74 "Justice Must be Scrupulous," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1995 Containers box 1 , folder 75 Keep 2009 Containers box 3 , folder 34 "Lessons of War," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1977 Containers box 1 , folder 76 "Letters from the Allegheny County Jail to Magistrate" , 1993 Containers box 1 , folder 77 "Letter to President Bush," The Pittsburgh Post Gazette , undated Containers box 1 , folder 78 Letters to the Editor , 1975-1978 Containers box 1 , folder 79 Letters to the Editor , 1979-1985 Containers box 1 , folder 80 License agreement for Molly Rush and the Plowshares 8 , 1992 Containers box 1 , folder 81 "The Life of Literature," The Center Magazine , 1977 Containers box 1 , folder 82 Lincoln Ellison and the Great Basin Experiment Station 2005 Containers box 1 , folder 83 "Living up to Molly," Christianity and Crisis , 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 84 "Live a Little," The New York Times , 1976 Containers box 1 , folder 85 "Loneliness of a Long-Distance Crusader," Christianity and Crisis , 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 86 "Lunch with my Father," PHP , 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 87 "The Making and Unmaking of War," The Center Magazine , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 88 "The Mammoth and the Buttercup," The Pittsburgh New Sun & Iowa Woman , 1980,1983 Containers box 2 , folder 1 "The Man Who Wanted to Write Fiction," Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars & The Pittsburgh Forum , 1975 Containers box 2 , folder 2 "Memorial Day-1980," Friends Journal , 1980 Containers box 2 , folder 3 "Molly Rush and the Plowshares 8: Heroes of our time," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1990 Containers box 2 , folder 4 "Molly Rush Acted to Save her Children,"The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1980 Containers box 2 , folder 5 "More Carrots, No Appeasement," The New York Times , 1976 Containers box 2 , folder 6 "Mozart's Mother: The Novel," Carnegie Magazine , 1996 Containers box 2 , folder 7 Mozart's Women book review in Early Music America 2006 Containers box 2 , folder 8 "The Nature of Midori," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 2004 Containers box 2 , folder 9 New York Times letter to the editor concerning George Bush2006 Containers box 2 , folder 10 "Nicaraguans on their Revolution: We'll Never go Back," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 11 "Non-Profit Makes Money for All," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1994 Containers box 2 , folder 12 The Nonviolent Alternative," The Center Magazine , 1987 Containers box 2 , folder 13 "Non-Violent Defense," The Peacemaking Struggle: Militarism and Resistance , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 14 "Not too Busy," The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists , 1981 Containers box 2 , folder 15 The Novel as Moral Experiment: George Elliot's Novels , PhD thesis1966 Containers box 2 , folder 16 "Novel Treasures," a review of Daniel Peter's Rising from the Ruins , Sojourners , 1995 Containers box 2 , folder 17 "Nuremberg Sets Standards of Decency," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1981 Containers box 2 , folder 18 "Of Story and Truth," Sojourners , 1994 Containers box 2 , folder 19 "On the Political Abuse of Language," The Los Angeles Times , 1974 Containers box 2 , folder 20 "Once More into the Breach, Dear Friends, Once More," The Acorn , 1992 Containers box 2 , folder 21 Ogden High School creative writing , undated Containers box 2 , folder 22-23 "One Woman, One Vote," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1980 Containers box 2 , folder 24 "Our Libraries Need Our Help," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1994 Containers box 2 , folder 25 "Overdue," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1993 Containers box 2 , folder 26 "A Parable for Our Time" special feature in The New York Times titled "One Woman's Voice" , 1975 Containers box 2 , folder 27 "Part Time: A Way Out of the Trap?" The Steel City Star , 1978 Containers box 2 , folder 28 "The Part-Time Worker's Time Has Come," The Los Angeles Times , 1974 Containers box 2 , folder 29 Peace Heroes in the 20th Century by Charles Debenedetti, book review inThe Journal of American History 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 30 "Peace in Pittsburgh," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1993 Containers box 2 , folder 31 "Peace Through Strength," The New People and Civilian Based Defense , 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 34 "Pedestrian Students and High Flying Squirrels," The Center Magazine , 1978 Containers box 2 , folder 35 "Pittsburgh-Plutonium Connection," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1978 Containers box 2 , folder 36 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Roundtable"May 14,1986-July 16,1986 Containers box 2 , folder 37 "Plain as Courtesy," a review of Dorothy Holley's Late Day Thoughts on www.gentlyread.wordpress.com , 2008 Containers box 2 , folder 38 Point Reyes Light , "In Other Words" columnMay 9, 1974-August 1, 1974 Containers box 2 , folder 39 Point Reyes Light , "In Other Words" columnAugust 8,1974-September 16, 1974 and April 19,1979 Containers box 2 , folder 40 "Political Conventions, Public Good," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazett e , 2004 Containers box 2 , folder 41 "The 'Politics of Love' in the Cause for Peace," The Center Magazine , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 42 "Power and the People," The New People , 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 43 "A Power Rate for the People," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1977 Containers box 2 , folder 44 "Prelude to Winter," a play in three acts written at Grinnell College , undated Containers box 2 , folder 45 "Prospects for Integration: Penalized for Success," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1977 Containers box 2 , folder 46 "Put the Money Where Your Music Is: A Blueprint for Successful Early Music Fundraising," Early Music America , 2001 Containers box 2 , folder 47 "The Quiet Virtues: Jane Austen's Moral Universe," Sojourners , 1996 Containers box 2 , folder 48 Reader, I Married Him and The American Eve in Fact and Fiction , book reviews inNineteenth Century Fiction 1976 Containers box 2 , folder 49 "Recovering: a review essay of four books on the Indochina War," Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars , 1978 Containers box 2 , folder 50 "Remembering Advice From Long Ago Regarding Ethical Land Use," Ogden Standard Examiner , 2000 Containers box 2 , folder 51 "Renewal," a letter written for the Pittsburgh Friends meeting , 1979 Containers box 2 , folder 52 "Resting Easy," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1977 Containers box 2 , folder 53 "Reverence for the Word of God," review of Peter Gome's The Good Book , Sojourners , 1997 Containers box 2 , folder 54 "Risk and Redundancy," Publication of the Modern Language Association of America , 1975 Containers box 2 , folder 55 "The Rockwell International Shareholders' Meeting, 1982" Friends Journal , 1982 Containers box 2 , folder 56 "The Sacrificial Lamb's Version," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1979 Containers box 2 , folder 57 "Searching For Alternatives to the Nuclear Arms Race," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1982 Containers box 2 , folder 58 "The Season of Waiting," The New People , 1983 Containers box 2 , folder 59 "The Secret History of Acid," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1979 Containers box 2 , folder 60 "The Selective Conscience," The Duquesne Law Review , 1973 Containers box 2 , folder 61 "Selective Conscientious Objection," The Center Magazine , 1972 Containers box 2 , folder 62 "Selling the Atom," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1978 Containers box 2 , folder 63 "A Sense of Justice," The Center Magazine , 1977 Containers box 2 , folder 64 Simpleton Story: A Fairy Tale For a Nuclear Age 1980-1985 Containers box 2 , folder 65 Simpleton Story , draftundated Containers box 2 , folder 66 "Skokie: Point of Reconciliation," The Steel City Star , 1977 Containers box 2 , folder 67 "The Snows of Yesteryear," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Winning Medals at Snow Basin," a slightly different in The Salt Lake City Tribune , 2002 Containers box 2 , folder 63 "Spanking: The Course of Most Resistance," The Los Angeles Times and Parents Anonymous Frontiers , 1974,1978 Containers box 2 , folder 68 "The Spell of War," The Center Magazine , 1979 Containers box 2 , folder 69 "The Spider's Secret," The Center Magazine , 1980 Containers box 2 , folder 70 "Star Chamber: Academic Integrity on Trial," Pennsylvania American Association of University Professors newsletter and The New People , 1992 Containers box 2 , folder 71 "The Steel Drivin' Man," one act play written for Grinnell college playwriting class , undated Containers box 2 , folder 72 "Stern's Message to China is Universal," In These Times , 1981 Containers box 2 , folder 73 "Survivors," The Steel City Star , 1978 Containers box 2 , folder 74 "Taking Heart: Reflection on School Desegregation," The New People , 1979 Containers box 2 , folder 75 "A Test of Will," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1979 Containers box 2 , folder 76 "Things I Can't Afford," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1979 Containers box 3 , folder 1 "Three Children's Books for Civilian-Based Defense," in ATS Newsletter , 1986 Containers box 3 , folder 2 Through A Glass Darkly , college honors projectundated Containers box 3 , folder 3 "Unwanted Pregnancy from the Perspective of Nonviolence," By: Liane Ellison Norman and Marie Norman, presented at the International Symposium on Public Policies Towards Unwanted Pregnancies, University of Pittsburgh , 1990 Containers box 3 , folder 4 "War's Civilian Casualties," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1980 Containers box 3 , folder 5 "War Must, Very Simply, Be Abolished," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1981 Containers box 3 , folder 6 "The Way It Is," City Times , 1980 Containers box 3 , folder 7 "We The Government," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1996 Containers box 3 , folder 8 The Whale In The Rice Paddy and Other Essays , preface and chapter 11980 Containers box 3 , folder 9 The Whale In The Rice Paddy and Other Essays , chapter 21980 Containers box 3 , folder 10 The Whale In The Rice Paddy and Other Essays , chapters 3-41980 Containers box 3 , folder 11 "The Whale In The Rice Paddy," Bulleting of Concerned Asian Scholars , 1975 Containers box 3 , folder 12 "What's Going On In Nicaragua?" The Pittsburgh Post- Gazette , 1986 Containers box 3 , folder 13 "What Have We Done To Iraq," The Pittsburgh Post- Gazette , 1991 Containers box 3 , folder 14 "What Is Life Really About," a speech delivered at Grinnell College Reunion , undated Containers box 3 , folder 15 "What Is A Whale Good For," Marin Life , 1991 Containers box 3 , folder 16 "What I Want From The Democrats," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 2005 Containers box 3 , folder 17 "What's So Special About Jesus," Friends Journal , 1981 Containers box 3 , folder 18 "What Will We Do In Our Town," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1997 Containers box 3 , folder 19 "The Wonderful History of Sauerkraut," The Pittsburgh New Sun , 1979 Containers box 3 , folder 20 "Writers For Life," The Center Magazine , 1979 Containers box 3 , folder 21 "Writing Mozart's Mother," Sistersong , 1997 Containers box 3 , folder 22 Various articles on Vietnam , 1978 Containers box 3 , folder 23 Various writings from high school and college , undated Containers box 3 , folder 24 Series II. Correspondence , 1972-1988 Language English.
Scope and Content Notes This series includes correspondence written between 1972-1988 with publishers, editors, and agents concerning book publications.
The Active Reader 1972-1976 Containers box 3 , folder 25 Whale in the Rice Paddy 1973-1990 Containers box 3 , folder 26 Numerous agents , 1974-1975 Containers box 3 , folder 27 Gerald McCauley Agency , 1976-1978 Containers box 3 , folder 28 The Fox Chase Agency , 1976-1979 Containers box 3 , folder 29 In Their Far Away Country , 1976-1990 Containers box 3 , folder 30 The Walter Pitkin Agency , 1981-1983 Containers box 3 , folder 31 In The Last Days aka Molly Rush and The Plowshares 8 1982-1988 Containers box 3 , folder 32 Television production of Molly Rush and the Plowshares 8 , 1986 Containers box 3 , folder 33 