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Disarmament -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

NGO Committee on Disarmament Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-139
Abstract

The NGO Committee on Disarmament was established in June 1973 by a group of international NGOs (non-governmental organizations). The organization had petitioned the New York Bureau of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Status with the U.N. Economic and Social Council to form a Committee on Disarmament at U.N. headquarters. This new Committee would be parallel to the Special NGO Committee on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland.

Dates: 1970-2006
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Post-War World Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-062
Abstract

Founded in 1942 to continue the efforts begun by Keep America Out of War Congress; December 1941 KAOWC dissolved and reorganized as Provisional Committee Toward a Democratic Peace; February 1942 a more permanent group organized; ceased activities December 1967.

Dates: 1942-1967
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

SANE, Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-058
Scope and Contents Materials from national offices in New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C., including minutes (1957-1987), correspondence (1957-1987), memoranda, reports, statements, literature, releases, newspaper advertisements, financial records, membership lists, clippings, photos, slides, motion pictures, and sound recordings; material on coalitions in which SANE was involved including Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy and National Campaign to Stop the MX (1981-1984) and Arms Control...
Dates: 1957 - 1987
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Alice Slater Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-225
Abstract

Alice Slater is a nuclear policy expert involved in nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, and elimination of weapons issues. She has served as a founder or officer of several major organizations, including Global Resource Action Center for the Environment, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction, Abolition 2000, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, and Stand for Truth About Radiation. Slater is internationally known for her expertise and work on disarmament issues.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1993-2005
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
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