Greenwich Village Coalition for Peaceful Priorities Collected Records
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence (1982-2012), minutes of meetings, flyers and leaflets, financial information, publicity materials, reference files, 2 t-shirts, and newspapers clippings. Correspondents include Anne M. Orton.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1982-2012
Creator
- Orton, Anne M. (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research without restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Greenwich Village Coalition for Peaceful Priorities; GVC; founded in 1982 as the Greenwich Village Coalition Against Nuclear Arms; changed name in Fall 1992 to Greenwich Village Coalition for Peaceful Priorities. Began as a coalition of local groups, including churches, a synagogue, and other activist groups; affiliated with SANE/Freeze, later called Peace Action; held meetings, rallies, demonstrations, legislative and letter-writing campaigns in support of the nuclear weapons freeze; members included Tim James, Anne M. Orton, Carole Abrahams, Kathy Jacobson, Lee Joseph, Maura Tobias, and Natalie Lillienstein; Greenwich Village Coalition for Peaceful Priorities ceased operation in 2009.
Extent
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Arrangement
Records arranged as received from the donor.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Greenwich Village Coalition for Peaceful Priorities, 2012.
Subject
- Greenwich Village Coalition for Peaceful Priorities (Organization)
- Greenwich Village Coalition Against Nuclear Arms (Organization)
- Greenwich Village Coalition for Peaceful Priorities (Organization)
- Greenwich Village Coalition Against Nuclear Arms (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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