Peace Forum Collected Records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes administrative files, correspondence, minutes of meetings, material about the peace fairs, and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1981-1993
Creator
- Peace Forum (Montgomery County, Pa.) (Organization)
- Committee for a Nuclear Free Community (Montgomery County, Pa.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
None.
Conditions Governing Use
None.
Historical
Peace Forum was organized by residents of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1982. It was first known as the Committee for a Nuclear Free Community. Early projects of the group included efforts to get the Montgomery County Council to declare the county a Nuclear Free Zone. Organizers of the CNFC were also involved in national and local campaigns to elect candidates who were in favor of a Nuclear Freeze. In 1988 CNFC members organized the first of a series of successful peace fairs, known as the Cheltenham Peace Fairs, to spread awareness on the issue of a nuclear freeze. Annual fairs were held through the summer of 1991. In the fall of that year the group changed its name to Peace Forum. The newly-named group decided to hold several community events each year, instead of one large Fair. However, support had fallen away and by September of 1993 Peace Forum closed and distributed its remaining funds to several peace and social justice organizations in the Philadelphia area.
Extent
0.63 linear ft. (7.5 linear in.)
Abstract
Peace Forum, first known as the Committee for a Nuclear Free Community, was involved in efforts to get the Montgomery County [Pennsylvania] Council to declare the county a Nuclear Free Zone.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mary Scafidi, 1997.
Separated Materials
- Buttons removed to the Button/Pin/Ribbon Collection
- Oversized documents and graphics removed to the Oversized Items Collection
- Photos removed to the Photograph Collection
- Stickers removed to the Stamp/Sticker/Envelope Collection
- "Freeze Voter '84", "Our Best Weapon Against Nuclear War" [Common Cause], and "Freeze" removed to the Periodical Collection
Legal Status
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Processing Information
Collection processed and checklist prepared by Wendy Chmielewski, April 1998; this finding aid revised by Eleanor Fulvio, August 2010.
Subject
- Peace Forum (Montgomery County, Pa.) (Organization)
- Committee for a Nuclear Free Community (Montgomery County, Pa.) (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Find It at the Library
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting repoductions from Swarthmore College Peace Collection Library
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