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Left Wing Pacifist-Socialists Collected Records, 1945 (bulk)

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0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
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This file includes correspondence and memoranda dated 1945, pertaining to the proposed organization of a new movement for radical nonviolent pacifists. Includes a letter of April 27, 1945, of which signers include Rex Corfman, Henry Dyer, Roy Finch, Lewis Hill, Morris Horowitz, Byron Johnson, Igal Roodenko, and Stanley Rappeport; a list of the addressees is included on the same page as the signers. Collection also includes a "Memorandum on Effective Pacifist Organization for Action" by George M. Houser; "Statement" by Evan W. Thomas"Memorandum on Proposed Organization of Left Wing Pacifist-Socialists: A Proposal for an Organizational Conference" signed by David Dellinger, William Kuenning, and Elizabeth Peterson, and "The February Conference on Non-Violent Revolutionary Socialism.".

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Topsfield Foundation Records, 1983-1997 (bulk)

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33.74 linear ft. (33.74 linear feet.)
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The Topsfield Foundation was founded by Paul J.Aicher in 1982. Aicher, a former engineer later turned philanthropist created a Foundation to aid grassroots citizens' groups in working against nuclear proliferation. In 1984 the Foundation began publishing the state-by-state Grassroots Peace Directories to provide networking information for these organizations and the larger peace movement. In the mid-1980s Aicher created two additional projects: ACCESS, a security information service based in Washington, D.C., to further the exchange of information and viewpoints on international affairs and conflict transformation; and helped form OPTIONS to improve and deepen the debate over security policy and to increase public participation in policy formation. In the 1990s the Topsfield Foundation changed its focus to community dialogue and community building through grassroots organizations. In 2004 the Topsfield Foundation was renamed as the Paul J. Aicher Foundation to honor its founder....(see more)

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Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace Records, 1972- (bulk)

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3 linear ft. (20 linear inches.)
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Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace, located near Rochester, New York, was formed in May, 1972. GVPC is a nonviolent activist group consists of concerned individuals from western upstate New York. Since that time the organization has worked against the Vietnam war, and for amnesty for war resisters, for nuclear disarmament (with particular emphasis on Seneca Army Depot in Romulus, New York), and for a change in national priorities to stress human needs rather than military spending. It remains very active against U.S. participation in war in the Middle East and elsewhere, as well nuclear weapons, and military spending.

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