Peace movements -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Bella Abzug Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Abzug, Bella
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1966-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-255
Abstract
Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace, located near Rochester, New York, was formed in May, 1972. GVPC is a nonviolent activist group consists of concerned individuals from western upstate New York. Since that time the organization has worked against the Vietnam war, and for amnesty for war resisters, for nuclear disarmament (with particular emphasis on Seneca Army Depot in Romulus, New York), and for a change in national priorities to stress human needs rather than military spending. It remains...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1972-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
New York Conference Against War Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-New York Conference Against War
Dates:
1934
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
New York Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-026
Abstract
The New York Peace Society was the first peace society in the United States beginning in 1815, and lasting in various incarnations until 1940.
Dates:
1818-1940; Majority of material found within 1906-1940
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Rockland County Peace Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-121
Abstract
The Rockland County Peace Association was a small local peace group begun in 1930 to stimulate popular education and public opinion with a view to the prevention of war. It carried on relief work during World War II through the American Friends Service Committee.
Dates:
1930-1950
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
