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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 — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Faculty Council for the Gradualist Way...

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

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 — Othertype CDG-A
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 — Othertype CDG-A
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 1980-1986

Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
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 — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Mobilization for Survival

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

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