Peace Publishing Company Records
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, certificate of incorporation, financial records, minutes of meetings, petitions, information about local (New York state) legislators. Correspondents include Bernard A. Weisberger. The collection also includes information about the Lawyers Committee for Effective Action to End the War, and a manuscript of "Rats in a Box" by Serge Lang.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1970-1971
Creator
- Weisberger, Bernard A., 1922- (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research without restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Peace Publishing Company; incorporated in New York, NY in July 1970; formed to "use the skills, talents and abilities of its members in the field of publishing, public relations and advertising in a common endeavor to advance the cause of world peace through the political process; to study, research and investigate the economic, social and political aspects of the engagement of the United States in armed hostilities; to formulate proposals for appropriate lawful action to effect international order and peace and to advocate the implementation of such proposals through legislation, public education and all other lawful means.". The Peace Publishing Company consisted almost entirely of employees of the American Heritage Publishing Co., although it did not have official company sponsorship. Bernard A. Weisberger was a primary organizer; the Peace Publishing Company was inactive after 1971.
Extent
0.63 linear ft. (7.5 linear inches.)
Subject
- Peace Publishing Company (Organization)
- Peace Publishing Company (Organization)
- American Heritage Publishing Company (Organization)
- Lawyers Committee for Effective Action to End the War (Organization)
Topical
- Peace -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources
- Peace Movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources
- Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- Sources
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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