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Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-171
Abstract
Lutheran Peace Fellowship began its institutional life as three separate Lutheran peace groups in the late 1930s and early 1940. In 1974, John Backe, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in New York City, became coordinator of the Lutheran Peace Fellowship, bringing it out of a relatively dormant period. Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, the Lutheran Peace Fellowship published newsletters, enabled discussions, and organized meetings around the themes of the spirituality of non-violence,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1934-1991
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-079
Abstract
Bradford [Brad] Lyttle is a long time leading peace activist involved in the promotion of nonviolence for social change and the elimination of war and nuclear weapons. Lyttle was the organizer of the San Francisco to Moscow walk in the 1960-1961, to highlight the message of disarmament and nonviolent resistance and bringing together U.S. and Soviet citizens together during the height of the Cold War. He went on to organize and participate in other marches and protests, including the Quebec...
Dates:
1954-
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-MacDougall, John
Scope and Contents
Collection includes correspondence (1982-2001), and materials about MacDougall's involvements with peace and antinuclear movements.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1978-2002
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Malleck, Dale
Abstract
Includes printed materials, some correspondence and pamphlets, mainly information about Malleck and the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament (1985); includes poetry and other writings about peace by Malleck. Collection includes photos and t-shirts from various marches.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985-1994
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Massachusetts Political Action for Peace
Scope and Contents
Collection includes printed statements, correspondence, leaflets; topics are primarily anti-Vietnam War, antinuclear, and concern about chemical and biological weapons.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1964-1969
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Mobilization for Survival
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Abstract
A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates:
1920-1967
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Nevada Desert Experience
Abstract
Collection includes, flyers, newsletter.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1987-
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-132
Abstract
New Jersey SANE was an active state branch of the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy. It later became New Jersey SANE/Freeze. This collection also contains the papers of activist Sam Tucker.
Dates:
1957-1990
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-198
Abstract
A funding agency for U.S. peace and antinuclear groups, organized and run by activist Doris Shamleffer.
Dates:
1958-1997