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Children's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Records, 1980-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 linear ft. (5 linear ft.)
Abstract:
This was a grass-roots group organized in Vermont by young people, dedicated to educating children throughout the United States and around the world about the nuclear threat and what they could do to end the nuclear arms race.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Alice Wiser Papers, 1976-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:
7.5 linear ft. (7.5 linear ft.)
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Alice Wiser was a Quaker and had trained as a social worker and psychological counselor. She dedicated the last ten to fifteen years of her life to both peace and women's rights. Wiser was instrumental in organizing the peace tent for the second United Nations Conference on Women held in Nairobi, Kenya in 1985. After the conference Wiser continued to organize around these issues, traveling around the world to interview women and talk about peace. Wiser died from breast cancer in 1995.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Freeze Campaigns (State and Local) Collected Records, 1980-1989 (bulk)

Extent:
0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:
These are collected records of state and local nuclear freeze campaigns. Freeze was a grassroots movements which called for a bilateral freeze on the nuclear weapons buildup by the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Alice Slater Papers, 1993-2005 (bulk)

Extent:
15.5 linear ft. (15.5 linear ft.)
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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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Robin Harper Collected Papers, 1957-1967 (bulk)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
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Robin Harper is active in the peace movement. During the 1950s and 1960s he protested nuclear weapons and missile defense systems. The papers in this collection reflect that involvement.

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October 6 Witness Collected Records, 1983-1984 (bulk)

Extent:
0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:
Includes correspondence (1983-1984), minutes of meetings, financial records, mailing lists, planning reports, publicity, press coverage, newspaper clippings, and follow-up notes. Correspondents include Bruce Birchard, Samuel D. Caldwell, and Morton Frank.

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Letters of Nonviolence Project Records, 2002-2004 (bulk)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:
Includes correspondence (2002-2004) to and from Daniel Berrigan, Kathy Boylan, Mary Dean, Joyce Ellwanger, Lisa Hughes, Carol Gilbert, Elizabeth McAlister, Ardeth Platte, Byron Plumley, and Michael Wisniewski.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Jobs With Peace Collected Records, 1980-1990 (bulk)

Extent:
0.63 linear ft. (7.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:
Includes national office records (1980-) and documents from the Pennsylvania branch, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania campaigns. Also includes an accession of documents from Jerilyn Bowen about the founding of Jobs With Peace (1981-1982).

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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