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Peace movements

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Kay Camp Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-169
Abstract Katherine Lindsley Camp was born in 1918 [1919?], Mt. Kisco New York. She was a graduate of Swarthmore College (Class of 1940). Camp was elected president of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1967, and served as international president, 1974-1980. In addition Camp was founder of the Citizens Bi-Racial Study Group; former president of the Pennsylvania Women's Political Caucus; made unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1972 on the Democratic ticket in...
Dates: 1955-2006

Campaign Against Arms Trade Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Campaign Against Arms Trade
Abstract

The collection consists of flyers, fact sheets, and background papers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1975-

David Truong's Espionage Trial Collection

 Collection — Othertype DG 294
Identifier: SCPC-DG-294
Scope and Contents

Files related to defense work for David Truong, the son of Dinh Dzu Truong and a Vietnamese antiwar activist who was convicted of espionage and maintained his innocence. Includes financial records and meeting notes, among other documents.

Dates: circa 1978

General Strike for Peace Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-General Strike for Peace
Abstract

Collection includes leaflets, printed correspondence and notices.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1961-1963

Edward Hasbrouck Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hasbrouck, Edward
Overview Edward Hasbrouck was born in 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1980, when registration for the draft was reinstituted, he refused to register. Hasbrouck worked with the National Resistance Committee and affiliated local organizations. In June 1983, he was put on probation because of his draft refusal and sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service. This sentence was revoked in November 1983 in favor of a six month prison term, which Hasbrouck served at the federal prison camp in...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1965-1987

International Federation of League of Nations Societies Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Belgium-International Federation of League of Nations...

June Miller Thompson and Justine Miller Merritt papers

 Collection — Othertype DG 291
Identifier: SCPC-DG-291
Overview This collection contains materials given to the donor by her aunt, June Miller Thompson. Materials include photos, media, audiotapes, and diaries related to the Great Peace March. Her writings related to peace, peaceful civil disobedience, nuclear war, and nuclear energy are also included. Her engagement in the Ribbon prior to and during August 1985, included her participation and presence (and that of her husband, Bill Willard Thompson) in Hiroshima while the Ribbon was unfolding in...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1985

National Peace Council (Great Britain) Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-National Peace Council
Overview The National Peace Council, established in 1905 as the National Council of Peace Societies and later also known as the National Council for the Prevention of War, brought together national groups and organizations that held a common interest in peace, disarmament, and internationalism in support of radical and constructive solutions to problems related to war and violence. Its affiliated groups included peace societies as well as religious, social, and industrial organizations. A major task...
Dates: 1909-2000

New Jewish Agenda Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-New Jewish Agenda
Abstract

Collection includes, flyers, newsletters, published correspondence; includes folders for the National Office, Connecticut (New Haven), District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), Massachusetts (Boston), Michigan (Ann Arbor), New York (Queens).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1980-1989

Nonviolent Peaceforce, Philadelphia Area chapter Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Nonviolent Peaceforce, Philadelphia Area
Abstract

Collection includes, leaflets, minutes of meetings, printed correspondence including emails. Correspondents include Clarkson Palmer.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2001-