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Mary Jo and Walter Uphoff Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Uphoff, Mary Jo and Walter
Abstract
Mary Jo Uphoff was involved with Youth Committee Against War (of the Keep America Out of War Congress). Walter Uphoff was a labor historian and author of Kohler On Strike.
Dates:
1934-1991
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
U.S. Peace Council Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-153
Abstract
The U.S. Peace Council National Founding Conference was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9-11, 1979. The organization was headquartered in New York, New York until 1990, then moved to Philadelphia. It was formed as a "peace and solidarity network" and published the periodical Peace and Solidarity. The U.S. Peace Council was affiliated with the World Peace Council, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. ThePhiladelphia national headquarters closed in 1992, but some operations were...
Dates:
1979-1992
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Veterans for Peace in Vietnam Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Veterans for Peace in Vietnam
Dates:
1965-1980; Majority of material found within 1968-1975
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Veterans for Peace, Inc. Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-240
Abstract
Veterans For Peace, Inc. (VFP) is an educational and humanitarian organization dedicated to the abolishment of war. VFP iss comprised primarily of veterans of the United States military, but non-veterans may also join as associate members. VFP's statement of purpose (as of 2010) states that their mission is: "To increase public awareness of the costs of war; to restrain the U.S. government from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations; to end the arms race...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Vietnam Summer Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-067
Abstract
Vietnam Summer was a nationwide project designed to reach concerned citizens throughout the United States and to weld them into an organized and active constituency against the war in Vietnam. Martin Luther King, Jr., Benjamin Spock and others launched the project nationally on April 23, 1967. From headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. co-directors Richard R. Fernandez and Lee D. Webb coordinated the efforts of 500 paid staff members and over 26,000 volunteers in about 700 local projects. Vietnam...
Dates:
1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Walk for Peace Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Walk for Peace
Dates:
1958
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Walkabout Peace and Justice Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-162
Abstract
Walkabout Peace and Justice was first organized in 1985 in Davis, California, as an experimental project to provide a source of information for the peace-walking community. The group sponsored walks in support of issues related to peace and social justice; acted as a clearinghouse to provide information about other peace walks, mainly through its journal, Walkabout Peace and Justice. It's most siginficant organizer was Barbara Hirshkowitz, who later became a participant in New Society...
Dates:
1981-1992
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
War Resisters League Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-040
Abstract
The War Resisters League is a pacifist organization whose members are against all war. Witnessing the establishment of the War Resisters' International in Europe in 1921, and sensing a need for a similar organization in the United States, Dr. Jessie Wallace Hughan established the War Resisters League as an independent organization. The War Resisters League membership pledge, which has remained essentially unchanged since its inception, reads: "The War Resisters League affirms that war is a...
Dates:
1923-2013
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Washington Peace Center Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-252
Abstract
The Washington Peace Center was formed in 1963 upon the dissolution of the Peace Action Center of Washington, D.C. The organization seeks to educate the public on peace issues through youth programs, conscientious objector/draft counseling, film screenings, speakers, workshops on peace topics, discussions, and the publication of a newsletter. Its mission statement as of 2013 includes : "The Washington Peace Center is an anti-racist, grassroots, multi-issue organization working for peace,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960-2013
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Women Strike for Peace Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-115
Abstract
Women Strike for Peace came into existence on November 1, 1961, as a protest against atmospheric nuclear tests by the U.S. and the Soviet Union. By the late 1980s the national WSP office in Philadelphia closed, but the WSP legislative office and various WSP branches around the U.S. remained active through the 1990s.
Dates:
1961-1996
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection