Series J: SANE Regional Organizations and Local Chapters

Series J is an artificially compiled series containing records of several SANE regional organizations and local branches which have been received from individuals active in these groups.

One box contains records (1959-1974) of the Greater Philadelphia Council of SANE and of the Northwest Philadelphia chapter of SANE. The material was received from Thomas J. McConkey, chair of the Northwest Philadelphia chapter from 1961 to 1967. The material is arranged by organizational origin, type, and date. Additional material on Philadelphia SANE will also be found in the papers of Abraham Egnal (DG 136). Scattered items from other sources (mainly releases and clippings) have been added to Series J, Box 1.

The files of Mary Clarke relating to SANE activities in southern California came from her files on Women Strike for Peace (see DG 115). Two fat folders labelled "SANE" have been resorted by organizational origin and by type of material. Within each folder, material is in chronological order. Also in this series are three folders of material from Arthur Springer, a SANE member in the Boston area. Material is arranged in chronological order. Three folders on SANE/Alaska, 1987-1988, are also in chronological order.

In order to reduce duplication, all printed and mimeographed material issued by National SANE has been removed from these files. Some of these items have been refiled elsewhere in DG 58 to make the files of National SANE as complete as possible.

Records of New York SANE Council and of local New York chapters are filed in DG 58, Series I. The Peace Collection is the repository for the records of New Jersey SANE. These records are filed in a separate document group, DG 132.

Please note that there is also material on SANE regional organizations and local chapters in the files of the national offices. Consult the Checklists for Series A, B, E, G and H for the location of such material.