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Physicians for Social Responsibility Records, 1970- (inclusive)

Extent:
239 linear ft. (239 linear ft.)
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Founded in 1961 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by a group of physicians. PSR is an organization, and association of doctors concerned with the challenge of the nuclear age: "man's scientific knowledge now provides an unprecedented opportunity for medical and social advance; yet thermonuclear war poses a supreme threat to the health and survival of mankind." Since prevention is the only effective remedy, and therapy, these physicians are attempting to explore a new area of preventive medicine: the prevention of nuclear war. Their aims are to "provide for the medical community the scientific data on which political decisions must in part be based; to alert physicians to the dangerous implication of the arms race; to involve physicians in serious exploration of peaceful alternatives..."

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Committee for World Development and World Disarmament Records, 1950-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:
7.5 linear ft. (7.5 linear ft.)
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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.

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NGO Committee on Disarmament Records, 1970-2006 (inclusive)

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10.8 linear ft. (28 boxes)
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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.

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Exploratory Project on the Conditions of Peace Records, 1985-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:
10.5 linear ft. (10.5 linear ft.)
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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.

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Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy Collected Records, 1981-1988 (bulk)

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1.67 linear ft. (20 linear inches.)
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Collection includes memoranda, correspondence (1981-1988), meeting minutes, financial records, litigation files, newspaper clippings, flyers, and subject/reference files about other antinuclear organizations.

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Victor Paschkis Papers, 1946-1976 (inclusive)

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8.75 linear ft. (21 boxes)
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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.

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SANE, Inc. Records, 1957-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:
199 linear ft. (199 linear ft.)
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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 Computer Network (1981-1986); extensive reference files containing information about chemical and biological warfare, conversion, disarmament and disarmament conferences, the draft, military budget, MX missile, nuclear testing and nuclear test ban agreements, radiation and fallout, United Nations, and Vietnam war; SANE periodicals including SANE-U.S.A. (1958-1962), Sane World (1962-1987), and Conversion Planner (1978-1982); minutes, correspondence, and project files of New York Council of SANE...(see more)

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Josephine Wertheim Pomerance Papers, 1952-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:
10.34 linear ft. (22 boxes)
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Josephine W. Pomerance was a peace worker best known in the areas of disarmament and United Nations reform. She was an observer at the United Nations, and she wrote, lectured, and consulted on disarmament and arms control subjects. Pomerance also worked with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

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