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Promoting Enduring Peace Records, 1949- (inclusive)

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49 linear ft. (49 linear ft.)
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Promoting Enduring Peace was founded in 1952, with headquarters in Woodmont, Connecticut. Principles of the organization included: peace with freedom and justice for all, support for the United Nations, and belief in religion as the fundamental force for righteousness. Today PEP's mission is to conduct peace education promoting the advent of a harmonious planetary commonwealth through the convergence of the worldwide movements for disarmament, social justice, and environmental stewardship as the foundation of sustainable peace; through education and citizen diplomacy. The PEP established the Gandhi Peace Award.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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War Resisters' International Records, 1923-1976 (inclusive)

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3.25 linear ft. (3.25 linear ft.)
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The War Resisters' International was founded at Bilthoven, Netherlands, in 1921 by representative pacifists from that country, Germany, Austria and Great Britain. The War Resisters' International was never more than a coordinating body in its relationship to affiliated groups.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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World Peace Council Collected Records, 1949-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear ft. (1.5 linear ft.)
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The World Peace Council (WPC) is an international organization representing over 100 countries. Currently, its headquarters are in Greece. The organization was founded in 1948 and Frederic Joliot-Curie was its first president. According to the WPC website, it is described as an "anti-imperialist, democratic, independent and non-aligned international movement of mass action. It is an integral part of the world peace movement and acts in cooperation with other international and national movements" (2011).

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Cora Weiss Papers, 1960- (bulk)

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12.5 linear ft. (12.5 linear ft.)
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Cora Weiss is a peace and social justice leader and activist. She is a supporter of the United Nations, an early member of Women Strike for Peace, a leader in the anti-Vietnam war movement in the United States. In the 1970s Weiss was the director of the Riverside Church (New York, NY) Disarmament Program. Weiss was also active with SANE, SANE/Freeze, Peace Action, and The Hague Appeal for Peace. Weiss became president of the International Peace Bureau in 2000. She has always been active in women's peace issues, hosting the first women's radio program in New York City in the 1970s, attending women's disarmament summits in the former Soveit Union, the U.N. Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, and many other events. Weiss is the recipient of numerous peace awards from all over the world.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Records, 1945- (inclusive)

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0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
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The UNA of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was formed in 1945 out of the League of Nations Union, to "help bring about a just, ordered and lasting peace, and better conditions of life for all mankind." It works to ensure that the United Nations is effective, efficient, and creative in all the areas on which it focuses its attention.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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June Miller Thompson and Justine Miller Merritt papers, 1985 (bulk)

Extent:
1.5 linear ft. (1 hollinger box, 1 paige box)
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This collection contains materials given to the donor by her aunt, June Miller Thompson. Materials include photos, media, audiotapes, and diaries related to the Great Peace March. Her writings related to peace, peaceful civil disobedience, nuclear war, and nuclear energy are also included. Her engagement in the Ribbon prior to and during August 1985, included her participation and presence (and that of her husband, Bill Willard Thompson) in Hiroshima while the Ribbon was unfolding in Washington, DC. She is the sister of Justine Merritt, the donor's mother. The collection also contains mterials given to the donor by her mother, Justine Miller Merritt. Materials include photos, books, audiotapes, VHS tapes, media, diaries, and writing related to the Ribbon, a multi-year grassroots effort to educate and motivate people to protect the earth and all that they love from the dangers of nuclear war. This effort culminated in a huge event, in Washington DC, in August 1985. After that time,...(see more)

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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