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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
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Abzug, Bella
Abstract

Includes biographical information; correspondence, 1966-1972; testimony/statements/resolutions, 1970-1980; involvement with New York's 17th Congressional District peace action committee, 1966-1969; notes for speeches including anti-military draft material; miscellaneous peace-related material; reference file about a proposed film"Time of Trial" (1969).

Dates: Majority of material found within ca. 1966-ca. 1980
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Bella Abzug Collected Papers

Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-255
Overview 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 / Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace Records

New York Conference Against War Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-New York Conference Against War
Dates: 1934
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / New York Conference Against War Collected Records

New York Peace Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-026
Overview

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 / New York Peace Society Records

Rockland County Peace Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-121
Overview

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 / Rockland County Peace Association Records
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