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Ground Zero Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ground Zero

Abstract

Includes printed letters (dated 1981-1983), flyers, brochures.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1981-1983

Language of Material

Materials are in English.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research without restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

Founded in 1981 as a non-partisan nuclear war education project by Dr. Roger Molander (1940-2012), the organization's Executive Director; headquartered in Washington D.C.; a non-partisan advocacy and educational group organized to provide facts on various aspects of the issue of nuclear war and to stage "awareness events" about the realities of nuclear warfare, including Ground Zero Week in April 1982, a vast protest against nuclear war in about 800 cities and towns; Ground Zero may have dissolved in 1983 or early 1984.

Extent

0.25 linear ft. (3 linear inches.)

Subject

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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