Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
American Faculty Council for the Gradualist Way to Peace Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Faculty Council for the Gradualist Way...
Dates:
1962-1965
Armistice Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-137
Overview
Group established in Seattle (Washington) to nonviolently protest against the Bangor Naval Base Trident nuclear submarine / missile system.
Dates:
1977-1984
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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Armistice Records
Committee for World Development and World Disarmament Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-069
Overview
The Committee for World Development and World Disarmament was established in 1950 as a non-political, non-partisan, educational organization to provide a forum for information about world disarmament and world economic development. It was first initiated by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (U.S. Section), as a project of the Jane Addams Peace Association; headquartered in New York, N.Y. The CWDWD ceased operations in 1970.
Dates:
1950-1970
Exploratory Project on the Conditions of Peace Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-160
Abstract
The Exploratory Project on the Conditions of Peace, founded by W. H. Ferry, was established at Boston College in 1987 to explore the conditions for a sustainable peace. The group worked on concepts such as "peace systems" and "war systems", and its members developed the Citizens' Peace Treaty. After relocating to Washington, D.C., the organization ceased operation 1990 or 1991.
Dates:
1985-1991
Ground Zero Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ground Zero
Abstract
Includes printed letters (dated 1981-1983), flyers, brochures.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1981-1983
Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control, Inc.
Abstract
Collection includes printed correspondence, pamphlets, flyers, and subject/reference files.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1982-1986
Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Lawyers Committee-Nuclear Policy
Abstract
Collection includes memoranda, correspondence (1981-1988), meeting minutes, financial records, litigation files, newspaper clippings, flyers, and subject/reference files about other antinuclear organizations.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1981-1988
Mobilization for Survival Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Mobilization for Survival
Dates:
1977-
NGO Committee on Disarmament Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-139
Overview
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
Victor Paschkis Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-119
Overview
Victor Paschkis (1898-1991), born in Vienna, was a Quaker, a mechanical engineer, and a professor. He was the founder, and first president, of the Society for Social Responsibility in Science. He also served as the chairman of the National Friends Conference on Race Relations, the American Friends Service Committee's Race Relations Committee, and the Committee on Fair Employment. Paschkis taught at Columbia University.
Dates:
1946-1976
