Call Number:

CDG-A.Greenwich Village Coalition.Peaceful Priorities

Repository:

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Extent:

0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: Swarthmore College Peace Collection, CDG-A., Greenwich Village Coalition for Peaceful Priorities..

Date:

1982-2012 (bulk)

Creator:

Orton, Anne M.

Abstract:

Includes correspondence (1982-2012), minutes of meetings, flyers and leaflets, financial information, publicity materials, reference files, 2 t-shirts, and newspapers clippings. Correspondents include Anne M. Orton.

Greenwich Village Coalition for Peaceful Priorities; GVC; founded in 1982 as the Greenwich Village Coalition Against Nuclear Arms; changed name in Fall 1992 to Greenwich Village Coalition for Peaceful Priorities. Began as a coalition of local groups, including churches, a synagogue, and other activist groups; affiliated with SANE/Freeze, later called Peace Action; held meetings, rallies, demonstrations, legislative and letter-writing campaigns in support of the nuclear weapons freeze; members included Tim James, Anne M. Orton, Carole Abrahams, Kathy Jacobson, Lee Joseph, Maura Tobias, and Natalie Lillienstein; Greenwich Village Coalition for Peaceful Priorities ceased operation in 2009.

Records. arranged as received from the donor.