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Business Executives Move for New National Priorities Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-116
Abstract
Founded in 1967 as Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace; objectives were to press for practical steps toward ending American participation in the Vietnamese Conflict, to use the business community's influence in expanding public support for disengagement, and to emphasize the war's adverse effect on the economy; name of the organization was changed in 1970 to Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace and New National Priorities, later (1973) shortened to Business Executives Move for New...
Dates:
1965-1983
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Center for Economic Conversion Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-215
Overview
The Center for Economic Conversion was a nonprofit organization which promoted the conversion of the military-based U.S. economy to a civilian-based, peace-oriented, and environmentally sustainable one. It was founded in 1975 as a project of the American Friends Service Committee. CEC was a leading advocate for using military base conversion as a tool to foster sustainable development.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1975-2000
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Jobs With Peace Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Jobs With Peace
Abstract
Includes national office records (1980-) and documents from the Pennsylvania branch, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania campaigns. Also includes an accession of documents from Jerilyn Bowen about the founding of Jobs With Peace (1981-1982).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980-1990
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Economic conversion -- California -- History -- Sources 1
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- Government spending policy -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- California -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- United States -- Military policy -- Economic aspects -- History -- Sources 1
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- American Friends Service Committee 1
- Armstrong, James Sinclair 1
- Business Executives Move for New National Priorities (Organization) 1
- Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace (Organization) 1
- Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace and New National Priorities (Organization) 1
- Center for Economic Conversion (Calif.) 1
- Childers, Robert A., -1971 1
- Coffin, Tristram, 1912-1997 1
- Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977 1
- Hardy, T. Walter 1
- Hartogensis, Harold, 1907- 1
- Hester, Hugh B. (Hugh Bryan), 1895-1983 1
- Jobs With Peace (Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Jobs With Peace (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Jobs With Peace Campaign (U.S.) 1
- Jobs With Peace. Pennsylvania Branch 1
- La Rocque, Gene R. (Gene Robert), 1918- 1
- Luce, Don 1
- McDowell, Joseph E. 1
- McGee, Vincent Francis 1
- Mid-peninsula Conversion Project 1
- Niles, Henry E. (Henry Edward), -1900 1
- Salk, Erwin A. 1
- Thomas, Lee B., 1926- 1
- Weiss, Bernard S. 1
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