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Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American League to Limit Armaments
Dates:
December 18, 1914-circa 1915
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-102
Abstract
Another Mother for Peace was a women's peace group born from the antipathy to the war in Vietnam, based in Los Angeles, California. The stated purpose of this non-partison, non-profit organization was "to educate women to take an active role in eliminating war as a means of solving disputes between nations, people and ideologies." AMP closed its offices in January 1986.
Dates:
1964-1978; Majority of material found within 1964-1978
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-146
Abstract
Founded in Chicago in 1976, NOMOR's aim was "to call for a moratorium on the production of nuclear weapons as a unilateral American initiative...for a first step toward stopping and reversing the...international arms race." The founders and activists of NOMOR engaged in media campaigns, sponsored conferences, workshops, and benefits, and was involved with the "Symphony for Survival." News from NOMOR was published between 1978 and 1986. In spite of regional support, especially from the...
Dates:
1976-1986
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Committee for National Security
Abstract
Primarily printed material including memoranda, reports, publicity materials.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980-1989
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Council for a Livable World
Abstract
Collection includes materials from the Council for a Livable World and the Council for a Livable World Education Fund. Includes primarily printed materials: letters, reports, brochures, and serial publications.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1961-
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Council for Correspondence
Abstract
Includes correspondence, memos, printed materials, and serial publications.
Dates:
1960-1965
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Delaware County Jobs with Peace
Abstract
Primarily printed material; includes: correspondence, flyers, newspaper clippings, periodicals, publicity materials. Includes information about Delaware County Project V.O.T.E. (Project VOTE) which merged into Delaware County Jobs with Peace in 1988 or 1989.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1986-1992
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-156
Abstract
In 1983, supporters of the nuclear freeze founded Freeze Voter, an independent Political Action Committee (PAC). In response to the growing threat of nuclear war and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the PAC's main goal was to "elect a President and Congress who will enact a nuclear weapons Freeze between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. The Committee [will] achieve this goal through the electoral process." The organization worked on the grass-roots level to identify supporters of a nuclear...
Dates:
1983-1988
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-202
Abstract
GWEN (Ground Wave Emergency Network was a grass roots organization founded in the mid 1980s. Mobilized citizens protested the establishment of a GWEN network, a plan by the U.S. Air Force to build a system of radiotowers around the U.S. for the purpose of maintaining military communications in the event of nuclear war. The GWEN Project was a national organization, headquartered in Amherst, Massachusetts. The co-directors were Nancy Foster and Lois Barber. In 1994, the U.S. Congress refused...
Dates:
1985-1994
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-069
Abstract
William I. Hull, a Quaker pacifist, taught history at Swarthmore College from 1892 until his death in 1939. He was the Librarian of Friends Historical Library and also authored numerous books and articles, particularly on the subjects of Quakers in Holland, William Penn, peace, and international relations. The Papers contain correspondence (1900-1939), diaries (1892-1939), published and unpublished writings, papers relating to conferences and committees in which he participated, reference...
Dates:
1843-1939 (bulk 1900-1939)