Washington Peace Center Records
Scope and Contents
The collection includes materials on a wide variety of peace and social justice issues. Includes reports, correspondence, administrative files, financial records, flyers, typescripts, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, periodicals, publicity materials, reference files, photographs, posters, and audio visual items.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1960-2013
Creator
- Washington Peace Center (Washington, D.C.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
None.
Conditions Governing Use
None.
Historical
The Washington Peace Center was formed in November 1963 upon the dissolution of the Peace Action Center of Washington, D.C. Many of the same programs were taken over by the newly-formed Washington Peace Center, a non-profit organization housed (until 1997) in the Florida Avenue Quaker meetinghouse in Washington D.C. The first Executive Director was Gelston MacNeil, a Quaker pacifist and activist. The WPC worked in cooperation with the American Friends Service Committee. The organization seeks to educate the public on peace issues through youth programs, conscientious objector/draft counseling, film screenings, speakers, workshops on peace topics, discussions, and the publication of a newsletter. Its mission statement as of 2013 includes : "The Washington Peace Center is an anti-racist, grassroots, multi-issue organization working for peace, justice, and nonviolent social change in the metropolitan Washington DC area."
Extent
8.75 linear ft. (8.75 linear feet.)
Abstract
The Washington Peace Center was formed in 1963 upon the dissolution of the Peace Action Center of Washington, D.C. The organization seeks to educate the public on peace issues through youth programs, conscientious objector/draft counseling, film screenings, speakers, workshops on peace topics, discussions, and the publication of a newsletter. Its mission statement as of 2013 includes : "The Washington Peace Center is an anti-racist, grassroots, multi-issue organization working for peace, justice, and nonviolent social change in the metropolitan Washington DC area."
Arrangement
This collection remains in the order in which it was donated.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Washington Peace Center, 2013 [Acc. 2013-044], [Acc. 2013-061.
Separated Materials
- Photograph
- Posters
- Periodicals
- Audiovisual items
Legal Status
Copyright to the Washington Peace Center Records has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Some items in this collection may have been retained by the creators/authors (or their descendants), as stipulated by United States copyright law. Please contact the SCPC Curator for further information.
Processing Information
This collection remains unprocessed and in the order in which it was donated.
Subject
- Washington Peace Center (Washington, D.C.) (Organization)
Topical
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Antinuclear movement -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources
- Peace Movements -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Peace Movements -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources
- Quakers -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources
- Social change -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Social change -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2018: The file list was standardized in Summer 2017 by Min Cheng in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace. Elisabeth Miller added the notes in Fall 2017.
Find It at the Library
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting repoductions from Swarthmore College Peace Collection Library
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