Call Number:

CDG-A.Reid, Andrew B.

Repository:

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Extent:

0.63 linear ft. (7.5 linear in.)

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: Swarthmore College Peace Collection, CDG-A, Reid, Andrew B..

Date:

1981-1988 (bulk)

Abstract:

Includes correspondence (1981-1988); involvement with Rural Alliance for Military Accountability and its parent group the Rural Coalition; Western Solidarity; reference files include material about: MX missiles, 1981-1988 (primarily news clippings from western U.S. newspapers); the MX missile U.S. Airforce "Peacekeeper Rail Garrison" program, in which the missiles would be placed on railroad cars, to be moved in time of war; also includes files about organizations working against the MX missile in Colorado, North and South Dakota, Indiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming; and other organizations working against siting of missiles in their states; collection also includes audio and video cassettes and a bumpersticker.

Andrew B. Reid; Andy Reid; South Dakota attorney specializing in litigating environmental issues; member of Nebraskans for Peace, Tri-State MX Coalition, Western Solidarity; worked against placement of MX missiles near the Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming borders.

Records. arranged by form of material.