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Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Nineteen Sixty Campaign for Disarmament
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-197
Abstract
In 1985 six members of the National FREEZE Campaign founded American Peace Test as a direct, non violent action campaign to protest the testing of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site, near Las Vegas, Nevada. The first large scale action took place in 1986, drawing large crowds of protesters. Protests throughout the 1980s continued to draw larger numbers of protesters and the support of some nationally known celebrities and politicians. In the early 1990s American Peace Test regrouped,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985-1994
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-102
Abstract
Another Mother for Peace was a women's peace group born from the antipathy to the war in Vietnam, based in Los Angeles, California. The stated purpose of this non-partison, non-profit organization was "to educate women to take an active role in eliminating war as a means of solving disputes between nations, people and ideologies." AMP closed its offices in January 1986.
Dates:
1964-1978
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Beer, John
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence and notes about Beer's work for peace and social justice including: a typescript account of conscientious objector David Emerson's hearing in 1954 in Danville, Illinois; peace involvements in Delaware, 1960s-1980s, including opposition to the Vietnam War and to nuclear weapons; accounts of Western Quarterly Friends (Quakers) visits to the Pentagon to protest the arms race, 1979-1981, including correspondence with Brig. General Richard T. Boverie; opposition...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1954-1985
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-076
Abstract
Albert S. Bigelow (1906-1993) was an artist, architect, former Navy commander, and Quaker. He served as captain of Golden Rule, a thirty foot ketch which he and colleagues attempted to sail into the Eniwetok Proving Grounds, the U.S. nuclear test site in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific in February 1958. The action was sponsored by the Committee for Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons.
Dates:
1956-1961
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-158
Abstract
The Brandywine Peace Community was founded in April 1972 by Delaware County (PA) and Chester County (PA) citizens who advocated nonviolent direct action. The group was especially active against nuclear weapons manufactured by the General Electric Company, and later Lockheed Martin Marietta. The Brandywine Peace Community was headquartered in Media, PA until 1983, then moved to Swarthmore, PA.
Dates:
1976-
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
Collection — othertype: CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets, leaflets, and periodicals.
Dates:
1958-
Collection — othertype: CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-France-Cartel international de la paix
Scope and Contents
Publicity materials and constitution.
Dates:
1946-1947
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Charlotte Citizens for Peace
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, administrative files, financial records, flyers, newspaper clippings, reference files. Correspondents include Esther S. Frankel and Abraham Kaufman.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1982-1996