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Cora Weiss Papers, 1960- (bulk)

Extent:
12.5 linear ft. (12.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:
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.

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Ailanthus Collected Records, 1979-1992 (bulk)

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0.42 linear ft. (2 boxes)
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The collection consists primarily of printed material; includes flyers, notes from meetings, newspaper clippings, photographs, banners, legal briefs, publicity materials, and reference files. Also includes a memoir by Robert W. Hillegass about the making of the play "Handy Dandy" by William Gibson which draws heavily on Ailanthus courtroom experience and spirituality.

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Peace Links Collected Records, ca. 1985-1988 (bulk)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
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Collection consists primarily of folders of printed materials titled: Celebrate Peace kit; Global Awareness kit; How to Talk to Your Children About Nuclear War; Library Project kit; Understanding the Soviets; Women in the Soviet Union study guide; Reach for Peace high school kit.

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Anna B. Eckstein Collected Papers, 1886-1944 (bulk)

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0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
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Born in Coburg, Germany, Anna B. Eckstein eventually became a naturalized American citizen and joined the Boston [Massachusetts] Peace Society. She became an ardent champion of world peace and gave numerous lectures and wrote many articles on peace problems of the United States and of Europe. Eckstein was a vice-president of the American Peace Society (1905-1911), and an honorary member of the Liberal Christian League in London and of many other social and education societies. She collected signatures for "The World Petition to Prevent War Between Nations" for The Hague Conventions. Eckstein had begun to prepare another petition for the 3rd Hague Conference for which she had some 6 million signatures when her efforts were ended by the advent of World War I. Her manuscript "The Will to Power Harmonized" was refused publication by Nazi authorities.

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James W. and Shelley Douglass Collected Papers, 1990- (bulk)

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0.17 linear ft. (2 linear inches.)
Abstract:
Collection is primarily printed materials, including pamphlets, reprints, photocopies of interviews with and letters to various correspondents, including Ramsey Clark, Glenda Grabow, Pope John Paul II, and Cardinal Roger Etchegaray.

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Christiana Dugan Collected Papers, 1991 (bulk)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear inches.)
Abstract:
Includes bibliographies of peace studies literature organized alphabetically by title; and typed notes on peace, women, and the peace movement.

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Food Not Bombs Collected Records, 1988-1998 (bulk)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:
Collection consists of correspondence, operational records, fact sheets and publicity materials; many of the items appear to be photocopies or printouts.

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