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Disarmament -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Milada Marsalka Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-217
Abstract

Milada Marsalka was a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section, active with the New Haven, Connecticut Branch. Marsalka worked for American-Soviet friendship and conversion of economy from military to civilian production. She was born in Czechoslovakia and later moved to the United States. Marsalka died in 1999 or 2000.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1965-1998

Seymour Melman Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Melman, Seymour

National Student Committee for the Limitation of Armaments Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-National Student Committee-Limitation of Armaments

National Student Committee on Disarmament Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-National Student Committee-Disarmament

NGO Committee on Disarmament Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-139
Overview

The NGO Committee on Disarmament was established in June 1973 by a group of international NGOs (non-governmental organizations). The organization had petitioned the New York Bureau of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Status with the U.N. Economic and Social Council to form a Committee on Disarmament at U.N. headquarters. This new Committee would be parallel to the Special NGO Committee on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland.

Dates: 1970-2006

Victor Paschkis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-119
Overview

Victor Paschkis (1898-1991), born in Vienna, was a Quaker, a mechanical engineer, and a professor. He was the founder, and first president, of the Society for Social Responsibility in Science. He also served as the chairman of the National Friends Conference on Race Relations, the American Friends Service Committee's Race Relations Committee, and the Committee on Fair Employment. Paschkis taught at Columbia University.

Dates: 1946-1976

Peace Action, Inc. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-219
Overview Peace Action, Inc. was founded about 1979 as the Disarmament Action Network (DAN). The name of the organization was changed name to Peace Action, Inc. about 1985. The group was begun informally by members of the American Friends Service Committee's Cambridge. Massachusetts office and was affiliated with the Walk for Peace, the Human Race/Runners Around the World, and Give Peace a Dance. Many of the organization's actions concerned the anti-nuclear movement of the period. Peace Action, Inc....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1982-1989

Physicians for Social Responsibility Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-175
Overview Founded in 1961 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by a group of physicians. PSR is an organization, and association of doctors concerned with the challenge of the nuclear age: "man's scientific knowledge now provides an unprecedented opportunity for medical and social advance; yet thermonuclear war poses a supreme threat to the health and survival of mankind." Since prevention is the only effective remedy, and therapy, these physicians are attempting to explore a new area of preventive medicine:...
Dates: 1970-

Josephine Wertheim Pomerance Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-129
Overview

Josephine W. Pomerance was a peace worker best known in the areas of disarmament and United Nations reform. She was an observer at the United Nations, and she wrote, lectured, and consulted on disarmament and arms control subjects. Pomerance also worked with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Dates: 1952-1980

Post-War World Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-062
Overview

Founded in 1942 to continue the efforts begun by Keep America Out of War Congress; December 1941 KAOWC dissolved and reorganized as Provisional Committee Toward a Democratic Peace; February 1942 a more permanent group organized; ceased activities December 1967.

Dates: 1942-1967