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Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 144 Collections and/or Records:

National Peace Conference (U.S.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-049
Overview

The National Peace Conference was formed in 1933 to unify and coordinate the efforts of various organizations interested in world justice and peace. The organization was active until 1951.

Dates: 1933-1951

National Peace Federation Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-National Peace Federation

Negotiation Now! Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-196
Overview

Negotiation Now! was a national citizens' campaign for new initiatives to end the war in Vietnam by means of massive petitioning The group was later known as the National Committee for a Political Settlement in Vietnam. Its members called upon the United States government to unconditionally end the bombing of North Vietnam. It supported (then) U.N. Secretary General U Thant's call for negotiations among all parties to the conflict, leading to a political settlement of the war.

Dates: 1968-1972

Neil Wollman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-234
Overview Neil Wollman (1950 - ) is a peace activist and psychologist. Beginning ca. 1984, Wollman began to pressure Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) to engage in socially responsible investing, including divesting from companies that did business in South Africa or built nuclear weapons. Wollman helped to form the Make TIAA-CREF Ethical Coalition. He is the the author of the Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility...
Dates: Majority of material found within ca. 1984-

New Call to Peacemaking Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-143
Overview

New Call to Peacemaking began as a cooperative effort of Brethren, Quakers and Mennonites. It was founded in 1975 to reinvigorate the understanding of and commitment to nonviolence and peacemaking within those faith communities. After 1982, a decision was made to shift the direction of New Call from revitalizing the peace testimony within the historic peace churches to more contact and relationship with other Christian groups open to the search for a more faithful peace witness.

Dates: 1976-1983

New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-New Mobilization Committee-End the War in Vietnam

New York Friends Group Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-198
Overview

A funding agency for U.S. peace and antinuclear groups, organized and run by activist Doris Shamleffer.

Dates: 1958-1997

New York Yearly Meeting Records: Outreach and Witness Committees

 Collection — Othertype SW/NYy/600_799
Identifier: QM-NYy-600_799
Scope and Contents

Records include minutes, reports, and general files of the New York Yearly Meeting committees particularly involved in carrying out the Quaker testimonies which involved outreach. Each committee is described and ennumerated separately, with reference to its predecessors and sucessors.

Dates: 1795-2011

Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-239
Overview

This collection includes correspondence (1981-1985), administrative files, financial records, minutes of Board of Directors' meetings (1990-2008), and publicity materials. Much of the correspondence is to, or from, Ed Pearson, a founder and National Coordinator of CMTC. The collection includes information about international war tax resistance efforts, nonviolent direct action campaigns, and grants made from interest on the escrow account.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1981-2008

October 6 Witness Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-October 6 Witness
Abstract

Includes correspondence (1983-1984), minutes of meetings, financial records, mailing lists, planning reports, publicity, press coverage, newspaper clippings, and follow-up notes. Correspondents include Bruce Birchard, Samuel D. Caldwell, and Morton Frank.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1983-1984