Chicago Area Faculty for a Freeze on the Nuclear Arms Race
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Committee for a Nuclear Overkill Moratorium Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-146
Abstract
Founded in Chicago in 1976, NOMOR's aim was "to call for a moratorium on the production of nuclear weapons as a unilateral American initiative...for a first step toward stopping and reversing the...international arms race." The founders and activists of NOMOR engaged in media campaigns, sponsored conferences, workshops, and benefits, and was involved with the "Symphony for Survival." News from NOMOR was published between 1978 and 1986. In spite of regional support, especially from the...
Dates:
1976-1986
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Freeze Campaigns (State and Local) Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Freeze Campaigns-state and local
Abstract
These are collected records of state and local nuclear freeze campaigns. Freeze was a grassroots movements which called for a bilateral freeze on the nuclear weapons buildup by the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980-1989
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Antinuclear movement -- Illinois -- Chicago Region -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Arms control -- Citizen participation -- History -- Sources 1
- Arms race -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
