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Pledge of Resistance, Albany Chapter Records, 1985-1993 (bulk)

Extent:
5 linear ft. (5 linear feet (12 boxes))
Abstract:
The Pledge of Resistance group in Albany, New York was part of an active nationwide network of grassroots organizations opposed to U.S. intervention in Central America. The Albany group was active between 1984 and 1993. Its members engaged in marches, protest demonstrations, extensive correspondence and meetings with legislators, fundraising activities, boycotts, and networking with like-minded organizations. The Albany POR produced newsletters, press releases, and leaflets. The Pledge of Resistance in Albany and the national Pledge of Resistance were dissolved in 1989.

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Benjamin Linder Collected Papers, 1987 (bulk)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear in.)
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Collection includes information about Ben Linder, the Ben Linder Memorial Fund, and the Ben Linder Peace Tour (1987), including Philadelphia area organizing efforts.

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Dale Malleck Collected Papers, 1985-1994 (bulk)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:
Includes printed materials, some correspondence and pamphlets, mainly information about Malleck and the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament (1985); includes poetry and other writings about peace by Malleck. Collection includes photos and t-shirts from various marches.

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People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace Collected Records, 1917-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear in.)
Abstract:
The People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace grew out of the First American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace, held in New York, May 1917. It was organized to work for an early and liberal peace at the end of the World War. It favored world organizations, and disapproved of conscription. Officers were Louis Lochner, Emily Greene Balch, Rebecca Shelley, Scott Nearing, David Starr Jordan, Crystal Eastman, Eugene Debs, John Haynes Holmes, Henry W.L. Dana, Max Eastman, and Lella Secor Florence.

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