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Coalition for Peace Action Collected Records
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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Founded in 1980 under the name Coalition to Reverse the Nuclear Arms Race; changed name in 1980 to Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament, and again in 1992 or 1993 to Coalition for Peace Action; headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey; formed as part of the nuclear weapons freeze movement. Mission: "The Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) is a grassroots citizens' organization bringing together people of all ages, backgrounds, professions and political persuasions around three goals: global abolition of nuclear weapons, a peace economy and a halt to weapons trafficking at home and abroad"; sponsored conferences, fairs, rallies, and candidate briefings.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of the Coalition for Peace Action or its predecessors.
Organization
- Coalition for Peace Action (Princeton, N.J.)
- Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament (Princeton, N.J.)
- Coalition to Reverse the Nuclear Arms Race (Princeton, N.J.)
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- Publisher
- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research without restrictions.