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The majority of the collections in this record group are unprocessed; this finding aid was created by Grace Diliberto, March 2022.
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CDG-B Afghanistan contains two folders. One folder is grouped by organization and the other folder contains miscellaneous material. These folders are in a "country collective box," containing an array of documentation also relating to Albania, Algeria, and Angola. The material on Afghanistan includes items relating to human rights and peace efforts by Afghan religious and women-based organizations, as well as their responses to religious fundamentalism and violence in Afghanistan. Diplomatic and peace material from the United States and NATO is also included here, particularly concerning the Obama Administration and United States involvement in Afghanistan. These flyers, booklets, reports, magazines, and newspaper clippings span the years 1980 to 2009, though the majority of the materials are from the early 2000s. The items in this collection are written in English. Notable organizations in this collection include Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Mennonite Weekly Review, and the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
Contains flyers and two booklets: Afghan Women Challenge the Fundamentalists and Without destroying fundamentalism, securing human rights in Afghanistan is not possible!. Materials are in English.
Contains one issue of the magazine NATO Review (June 1980), trip report from Kabul by Harold E. and Betty L. Snyder (January 1967), and newspaper clipping from Mennonite Weekly Review (October 27, 2008).
Contains one pamphlet from the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan [RAWA], one issue of Peacework (Vol. 35, No. 391), twelve articles regarding the Obama Administration and US involvement in Afghanistan (2008-2009) from organizations including September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, CODEPINK, Friends Committee on National Legislation, VotersForPeace.
CDG-B Albania contains one folder with miscellaneous materials. This folder is in a "country collective box," containing an array of documentation also relating to Afghanistan, Algeria, and Angola. The material on Albania includes items relating to American disarmament efforts such as contacting Congressional officials to prevent the 1999 NATO bombing of Kosovo. This email correspondence is from 1998. The items in this collection are written in English. One notable person present in this collection is Jim Forest.
Contains emails about the 1999 NATO bombing of Kosovo. Materials are in English.
CDG-B Algeria contains two folders. These folders are in a "collective box country," also containing documentation related to Afghanistan, Albania, and Angola. One folder is grouped by organization and the other folder contains miscellaneous material. The material on Algeria includes items relating to peace efforts by Service Civil International (SCI) to rebuild Algerian infrastructure through volunteer workcamps, as well as discussions regarding military violence and the legitimization of torture by French military and religious officials after the Algerian Revolution. These pamphlets, correspondence, bulletins, interview transcripts, and book excerpts span the years 1949 to 1971, though the majority of the materials are from the 1950s. Most items in this box are written in French, with additional materials in Arabic, Dutch, English, and an unidentified dialect. Notable people and organizations present in this collection include Service Civil International (SCI), General Jacques Paris de Bollardière, General Jacques Massu, J.B. Brèsillon, and Henri Capieu.
See also Service Civil International in CDG-B Belgium, CDG-B France, CDG-B Germany [Internationaler Zivildienst - Deutscher Zweig], CDG-B India, CDG-B Italy [Servizio Civile Internazionale], CDG-B Luxembourg, and CDG-B Switzerland. See also International Voluntary Service [CDG-B Austria (Internationaler Zivildienst), CDG-B Great Britain, CDG-B Sweden (Internationella Abetslag), and DG 148 (Service Civil International)].
Contains two pamphlets regarding organization information, conversation between four French officers regarding the conflict, correspondence, bulletins regarding activities, budget and chapter information; No. 1 - March 1949, No. 2 - March 1950, No. 1 - November 1951, No. 4 - June 1951). Materials are in French, Arabic, Dutch, and an unidentified dialect.
Contains information on documentary Fourteen Years After the Battle of Algiers, interview transcript (with General Jacques Paris de Bollardière by Jean Daniel), excerpts from books (General Bollardière vs. General Jacques Massu debate, others by J.B. Brèsillon, Henri Capieu).
Content warning: the folder "Miscellaneous, 1962-2000" contains images of graphic violence.
CDG-B Angola contains one folder with miscellaneous materials. This folder resides in a "country collective box," containing an array of documentation also relating to Afghanistan, Albania, and Algeria. The material on Angola includes items relating to American communication with Congressional representatives to stop covert military aid to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). Analyses of the political climate in relation to the conflict in Angola are also discussed. These reports, magazines, memos, correspondence, and newspaper articles span the years 1962 to 2000, though the majority of the materials are from the 1970s. The items in this collection are written in English and French. Notable people and organizations present in this collection include the World Assembly of Youth, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, and George M. Houser.
Content warning: the folder "Miscellaneous, 1962-2000" contains images of graphic violence.
Contains one report on "The Mission Sent by the World Assembly of Youth," September 1962, one magazine ("Guerre et Paix en Angola" / "War and Peace in Angola" in Continent 2000, No. 12, September 1970), memos and correspondence from Friends Committee on National Legislation (1990), and a newspaper article about communism by George M. Houser in The New York Times (1975). Materials are in English and French.
CDG-B Argentina consists of one box, which includes an array of documentation arranged by organization or person, as well as two folders containing miscellaneous material. The material includes items relating to Argentinian feminist, religious, and socialist organizations, in addition to peace efforts in Argentina through protests, conferences, and peace libraries. These pamphlets, newsletters, newspaper clippings, conference proceedings, correspondence, and reports span the years 1915 to 1992, though most are dated around the 1940s and 1970s. Notable people and organizations in this collection include Adolfo Perez-Esquivel (Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1980), Servicio Paz y Justicia en América Latina, War Resisters International, Federación Argentina de Mujeres por la Paz, Federación Obrera Regional Argentina (FORA), and Asociación Pacifista Argentina (APA). Materials are in English and Spanish.
Contains pamphlets, newsletters, newspaper clippings, event flyers, meeting minutes and agendas (re: first congress, etc.), resolutions from APA's first congress, and letters (all in Spanish).
Contains two booklets, 1920 (English and Spanish translations).
Contains booklets, newspaper and magazine clippings, resolution from meeting of confederation, speech from confederation meeting (all in Spanish).
Folder empty, only removal form.
Contains one pamphlet in Spanish.
Contains conference proceedings and resolutions from the first, third, and fourth meetings (?), newsletter "Accino Femenina" (in Spanish).
Contains invitation, list of delegates, agenda, meeting minutes, and magazine clipping for Congreso Pan-Americano de Mujeres por la Paz (Pan-American Congress of Women for Peace) (in Spanish).
Contains pamphlets, booklets, comic (?).
Fellowship of Reconciliation (DG 013), Series E: Latin America work (1970-1980s); "Paz y Justicia" No. 79 (October-December 1980)
Two folders. Folder 1 contains correspondence, pamphlets, magazine and newspaper articles, interviews, essays by Esquivel, and speeches and lecture series (in English and Spanish) pertaining to being a Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1980. Materials are from 1974-1988. Folder 2 contains press releases, convocation program, convocation speeches, newspaper clippings (in English) pertaining to St. Joseph's University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) academic convocation in his honor. Materials are from 1980-1981.
Folder empty, only removal form.
Adolfo Perez-Esquivel (CDG-B Argentina)
Three folders. Folder 1 contains pamphlets, newsletters (re: objectives, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, role of the church in politics), reports (re: state of violence, nonviolent response), conference resolutions (re: founding of Servicio, etc.), activities lists, and newspaper clippings (re: interviews, etc.) (in English and Spanish). Also includes information about other South American countries (Ecuador, Chile). Materials are from 1971-1985. Folder 2 contains newsletters, essays and reports (re: history of SERPAJ, nonviolence in South America), letter presenting Esquivel's Nobel Peace Prize candidate choice, news clippings from "Peace News" (London), and network addresses (in English and Spanish). Also includes information about other South American countries (Panama, Chile). Materials are from 1986-1990. Folder 3 contains "Advocating nonviolent direct action in Latin America: the antecedents and emergence of SERPAJ" study by Ronald Pagnucco and John D. McCarthy (re: SERPAJ and its predecessors) and letter (in English). Materials are from 1992.
Contains conference proceedings of regional conference for WRI in Argentina (agenda, objectives, action), two copies (in English).
Contains booklets, pamphlets (re: Consejo Nacional de Mujeres de la República Argentina, Federación Obrera Regional Argentina, declarations of peace), newsletters ("The National Anthem"), newspaper clippings, photocopy of book "Perfiles Pacifistas" by Ramon Columba, letter (re: Conferencia Popular por la Paz de America, Popular Conference for the Peace of America) (in Spanish and English).
Contains newsletters, pamphlets, flyers (re: Acción Libertadora Americana del Sur [ALAS], Federación Obrera Regional Argentina [FORA], Mensajes del Comité Cultural Argentino, Sociedad de Resistencia Oficios Varios de la Capital, Sociedad Biblioteca del Consejo Nacional de Mujeres), letters, book containing objectives, propositions, action (by Unión de Mujeres de la Argentina) (in Spanish and English). Also includes information from Argentina about Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
CDG-B Armenia contains one box. This box is a "collective box," containing an array of documentation separated into folders grouped by organization or person, as well as two folders containing miscellaneous material. This material includes items relating to American humanitarian efforts in Armenia, as well as analyses of Armenian politics, border movement, and information regarding the Armenian genocide (1915-1917). These flyers, pamphlets, books, newspaper articles, and memos span the years 1904 to 1922, though the majority of the materials are from the 1910s. The items in this collection are written in English and German. Notable people and organizations present in this collection include the American Women's Hospital (circa 1919-1921), the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief (circa 1919), the Armenian National Committee (1920, 1945), and Diana Agabeg Apcar (circa 1912-1915).
Contains materials by Diana Agabeg Apcar including two books, one declaration, thirteen newspaper articles on peace and war, Armenian genocide, annexation, and reform from The Far East - a Tokyo-based newspaper - from 1913-1915.
Contains one bulletin (January 1919) and one pamphlet (intended for non-Armenians to donate funds) for the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief. Materials are in English.
Contains pamphlets on spinning and weaving industries and "American Commitments to Armenia", books (Avetis and Armenian genocide), memos by the Armenian National Committee (November 1920; April 1945), a postcard, and newspaper articles, including one by Charles Garnett and one translated from French. Materials are in English and German.
Contains one excerpt from a letter. The full book can be found in the John Nevin Sayre Papers (DG 117), Series H, Box 2.
Includes material on Keith Suter.
CDG-B Austria contains 9 boxes. Two boxes are collective boxes, containing folders grouped by organization or individual and one box contains miscellaneous material. The remaining six boxes contain materials on Alfred H. Fried, International Institute for Peace, and Bertha von Suttner.
Materials include items relating to world peace and peace education, such as brochures, booklets, letters, pamphlets, photos, magazines, writings, and memos, which span 1881-2005, though the majority of the materials are from the mid-1900s. The items in this collection are written in English, French, Swedish and German. Notable people and organizations present in this collection include Jean and Hildegard Goss-Mayr, the Society of Friends, and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Physical Description3.75 linear ft.9 boxes
Contains one folder of pamphlets, newspaper, letters, and writings on Alfred H. Fried's peace work. Also contains a collection of books. Materials are from the early 1900s and are written in German.
See also International Voluntary Service in CDG-B Great Britain, CDG-B Sweden [Internationella Abetslag], and DG 148 [Service Civil International]. See also Service Civil International (CDG-B Algeria, CDG-B Belgium, CDG-B France, CDG-B Germany [Internationaler Zivildienst - Deutscher Zweig], CDG-B India, CDG-B Italy [Servizio Civile Internazionale], CDG-B Luxembourg, and CDG-B Switzerland.
Includes material on Volkerbundliga, Vienna.
See also Society of Friends in CDG-B Australia, CDG-B Canada, CDG-B China, CDG-B France [Societe Religieuse des Amis], CDG-B Germany [Religiöse Gesellschaft der Freunde], CDG-B Great Britain, CDG-B Japan, CDG-B Mexico [Sociedad de Los Amigos], CDG-B New Zealand [Religious Society of Friends of New Zealand], CDG-B Sweden, and CDG-B Switzerland.
Contains biographical information, photocopies of correspondence from 1881-1917, and photocopies of diaries from 1897-1914.
Includes material on Brussels Conference for the Defence of Peace, 1934 and Union Internationale des Associations pour la Société des Nations, Switzerland.
Central Organisation for a Durable Peace (CDG-B Netherlands)
See also Service Civil International in CDG-B Algeria, CDG-B France, CDG-B Germany [Internationaler Zivildienst - Deutscher Zweig], CDG-B India, CDG-B Italy [Servizio Civile Internazionale], CDG-B Luxembourg, and CDG-B Switzerland; International Voluntary Service in CDG-B Austria [Internationaler Zivildienst], CDG-B Great Britain, and CDG-B Sweden [Internationella Abetslag]; and SCI International Voluntary Service (US) Records (DG 148)
See also Pax Christi International in CDG-B Great Britain and CDG-B Netherlands.
CDG-B Bolivia consists of two folders. The first contains a pamphlet with information on the Department of Peace and Integration of Núr University in Bolivia. The second contains peace-related material, including a manifesto from the Independent Women's Foundation, a letter to all teachers in Bolivia by Vicente Donoso Torres, and a document from "Labor Desenvuelta en Pro de la Paz Americana."
Contains a pamphlet with information on the Department of Peace and Integration of Núr University in Bolivia.
Contains miscellaneous peace-related material including a manifesto from the Independent Women's Foundation, a letter to all teachers in Bolivia by Vicente Donoso Torres, and a document from "Labor Desenvuelta en Pro de la Paz Americana."
CDG-B Brazil, Box 1 (Collective Box [A-Z, Miscellaneous Peace Material]): This box contains speeches, essays, magazines, correspondence, news clippings, pamphlets, and newsletters from the years 1924 to 1988. The majority of these items are dated around the 1930s and 1940s. These materials focus on feminism, pacifism, agrarian reform, and the politics of 20th century Brazil. This box also contains limited materials on Brazil's role in international and trans-American peace efforts circa 1940s. Most items in this box are written in Portuguese or English, with additional materials in French, German, and Russian.
CDG-B Brazil, Box 2 (Apostolado Pozitivista do Brasil): This box contains pamphlets and publications of the organization Apostolado Pozitivista do Brasil from the years 1893 to 1949. The majority of these items are dated circa 1910s. These materials focus on responses to militarism, trans-American and international diplomacy and peace efforts, the indigenous peoples of Central and South America, and the philosophies of Auguste Comte. Most items in this box are written in Portuguese and French, with additional materials in English.
CDG-B Brazil contains two boxes. One box is a "collective box," containing an array of documentation separated into folders grouped by organization or person, as well as four folders containing miscellaneous material. The other box contains information relating to the Apostolado Pozitivista do Brasil. This material includes items relating to feminism and women's suffrage, agrarian reform, and pacifism in Brazil, as well as trans-American and international diplomacy efforts involving Brazil. These pamphlets, speeches, essays, newsletters, magazines, correspondence, newspaper clippings span the years 1893 to 1988, though the majority of the materials are from the 1910s, 1930s, and 1940s. Most items in this collection are written in Portuguese or English, with additional materials in French, German, and Russian. Notable people and organizations present in this collection include Apostolado Pozitivista do Brasil (the Positivist Apostolate of Brazil), Archbishop Dom Helder Camara (1909-1999), Federação Brasileira pelo Progresso Feminino (Brazilian Federation for the Progress of Women, circa 1929-1936), politician and suffragist Bertha Lutz (circa 1925), and Justica e Nao Violencia (Justice and Nonviolence, 1974-1975).
Contains booklets (two by Helder Câmara, others by Betty Richardson Nute, Neville Cheetham), magazine article ("Sojourners," December 1987), correspondence about an endorsement for 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, newspaper articles about military dictatorship and nonviolence, lectures, concert program, and a short biography in English and Portuguese.
Contains two booklets, one pamphlet from Commissão de Estatuto da Mulher, Women's Statue Commission about feminism, women's work and the 1934 Constitution of Brazil, and a list of amendments to project #623 (in Portuguese).
Contains eight pamphlets on list of objectives, statutes, essays on feminism, political education and political rights, and women's work. Also includes invitations and programs for the 2nd International Feminist Congress (in Portuguese).
Contains one pamphlet from the Department of Education about peace education (in Portuguese).
Contains newsletters and bulletins, essays on rural Brazil, agrarian issues, peace efforts based on evangelism, and colonization, conference proceedings from the Conference on Nonviolent Strategy for Latin-American Liberation (February 23-28, 1974) (in Portuguese).
Contains one pamphlet on statutes (in Portuguese).
Contains campaign advertisements, including an excerpt from a speech and a flyer on a political platform) and a booklet from União Interamericana de Mulheres (in Portuguese).
Contains pamphlets about organization information and chapter directory, correspondence, and a May 1988 newsletter. Materials are in Portuguese and English.
Contains one pamphlet on anti-nuclearism and pacifism. Also contains sheets of seals. Materials are in Portuguese and English.
Contains book of speeches at a session of the Brazilian Society of International Law and an accompanying note on the origins and impacts of the Monroe Doctrine. Materials are in English.
Contains a book, list of typos, and excerpts from other writings by Ullo Getzel. Materials are in German and Portuguese.
Contains eleven booklets on international and trans-American peace efforts and the philosophy of Auguste Comte and C. Torres Gonçalves. Materials are in Portuguese, French, and English.
Apostolado Pozitivista do Brazil in CDG-B Brazil, Box 2 materials on Auguste Comte's "positive politics."
Contains Continente magazine (Vol. 1, No. 1 May 1949), correspondence, pamphlets on feminism, military, and the Sociedade de Homens de Letras do Brasil, newspaper clippings on Brazil's neutrality between United States and Germany, "women and social problems," and post-war adult education, newsletters, including Revista da Associação Christã Feminina, No. 11, November 1931 and Comite de Mulheres Pro-Democracia, Vol. 2 No. 6-7, October-November 1946. Materials are in Portuguese, Russian, German, and English.
This file is missing (July 2022).
This box is dividing into four sections: Pamphlet Series (1893-1914), Pamphlet Series (1914-1917), "Religião da Humanidade" / "Religion de L'Humanité" [Religion of Humanity] (1917-1943), and Miscellaneous Literature (circa 1896-1949). Materials concern South American countries outside Brazil, including Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay. Materials are in Portuguese, French, and English. Some materials are fragile.
Pamphlet Series (1893-1914) is an incomplete set, which contains twenty-six pamphlets on militarism, peace, indigenous peoples in Central and South America, international diplomacy, philosophies of Auguste Comte, and publications of "Pela Humanidade" / "Pour L'Humanite!").
Pamphlet Series (1914-1917), is an incomplete set, which contains fourteen pamphlets on militarism and peace in Central and South America, international diplomacy, philosophies of Auguste Comte, publications of "Pela Humanidade" / "Pour L'Humanite!"
"Religião da Humanidade" / "Religion de L'Humanité" [Religion of Humanity] (1917-1943) contains thirteen pamphlets and booklets on Belgium-Brazil diplomacy, neutrality, philosophies of Auguste Comte, and publications of "Pela Humanidade" / "Pour L'Humanite!"
Miscellaneous Literature (circa 1896-1949), contains pamphlets and bulletins on Brazil-Peru relations, France-China relations, Great Britain-Brazil relations, international peace efforts, philosophies of Auguste Comte, and book printing costs. Materials are in Portuguese and English.
CDG-B Burma consists of documents held in a collective country box with other documentation from Bulgaria, Burundi, and Cambodia. There are two Burma folders, labeled "Miscellaneous Material" and "Miscellaneous Peace Material," each of which contain miscellaneous material. This material includes a booklet, packet, address, report, papers, and a website screenshot and span 1961 to 2012, though the majority are from the 1990s-2000s. The documents discuss relationships between the Burmese government and rebel groups, the fight for human rights in a military state, "World Tensions and International Misunderstanding," and the Briefing on Burma. A key figure mentioned in this group is U Thant. U Thant was the first non-Scandaninvian secretary-general of the United Nations and he held this position for ten years, from 1961-1971 (Source: U Thant - Wikipedia). Documents are in English and are either from Burma or the United States.
Physical Description0.2 Linear Feet2 folders
Contains the booklet Burma: Freedom Behind Bars by Ramu Manivannan (copyright 2004).
Contains a packet regarding the Friday, December 1st, 1995 Briefing on Burma in the Church Center for the United Nations in New York. The front page of the packet details the next meetings after the December 1st, 1995 Briefing on Burma and is written by Dr. Bobbi Nassar. The rest of the pages in the packet are a draft report on the meeting "A Briefing on Burma Addressed to the Women's Movement" of December 1, 1995 and written by David Arnott of the Burma Peace Foundation.
Includes an address from U Thant titled World Tensions and International Misunderstanding given at the 19th Summer Conference, sponsered by the Department of Elementary School Principals, National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the University of Wisconsin and held on Thursday, July 6th, 1961.
Also includes an program honoring U Thant's contributions to the UN with remarks from other political leaders and academics, two copies the paper Repatriation in Post-Ceasefire Burma by Stephanie Ferry (undated; sent to Swarthmore College on February 15, 2012); and a screenshot of the "About" page on the Peace Way Foundation/Burma Issues website regarding who the organization is, what the Burma Issues project is, the aims and objections of the program, and the methods for achieving goals.
CDG-B Burundi consists of one folder with material related to Innovations in Peacemaking - Burundi. The folder contains email announcements and reports from 2018, as well as a printed copy of the organization's website including its mission statement, history, and board of directors.
Contains email announcements and reports from 2018, as well as a printed copy of the organization's website, including its mission statement, history, and board of directors.
CDG-B Cambodia consists of one folder, which contains a letter written in 2003 by the Coalition for Peace and Reconciliation in Cambodia.
Contains one letter written in 2003 by the Coalition for Peace and Reconciliation in Cambodia, mostly regarding the country's Annual Peace Walk and the work that has been done to further their goal of a non-violent Cambodia.
Includes material on Oakville Community Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights.
Includes material on Japanese Canadian Citizens' Association.
See also Society of Friends in CDG-B Australia, CDG-B Austria, CDG-B China, CDG-B France [Societe Religieuse des Amis], CDG-B Germany [Religiöse Gesellschaft der Freunde], CDG-B Great Britain, CDG-B Japan, CDG-B Mexico [Sociedad de Los Amigos], CDG-B New Zealand [Religious Society of Friends of New Zealand], CDG-B Sweden, and CDG-B Switzerland.
Includes material on Canadian Peace Council.
Previously known as Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood, Ltd.
See also World Association of World Federalists in CDG-B Netherlands.
CDG-B Chile contains eight folders. These folders reside in a "country collective box," containing an array of documentation also relating to Colombia, Costa Rica, and Cuba. Six folders are grouped by organization or person, with two additional folders containing miscellaneous material. This material includes pamphlets, newsletters, reports, correspondence, and booklets relating to peace efforts from Chilean religious organizations, universities, and labor unions, in addition to international human rights organizations and reactions to Chilean conflict and military dictatorship. Materials are written in Spanish, French, and English and span the years 1852 to 1989, though the majority of the materials are from the 1970s and 1980s. Notable people and organizations present in this collection include Circulo Pro-Paz y Cooperación Americana, Victor Jara (death in 1973), Juan Enrique Lagarrigue, Orlando Letelier (death in 1976), and Servicio Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ) Chile.
Contains a 1945 pamphlet, 1949 newsletter Boletín Sociocrático No. 76, and newspaper clippings, including "Día de Buena Voluntad" [Day of Good Will]. Materials are in Spanish.
Contains notes on the death of folk singer Victor Jara from Amnesty International, Vol. 1 No. 2. Materials are in English.
CDG-B China contains five boxes. One box is a "collective box," containing documentation grouped by organization or person, as well as one folder containing miscellaneous material. The other boxes include documentation related to Daniel S.K. Chang from 1924-1945, Alley Rewi, and miscellaneous material. The miscellaneous material includes items relating to the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese aid, antiwar campaigns, Chinese reforms, and communism. Materials include booklets, articles, magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, academic publications, letters, and surveys from 1900-1997, though the majority of the materials are from the 1930s-1940s. The items in this collection are written in English, French, and Chinese (unknown dialect). Notable people and organizations in this collection are the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace, the Canton Commitee for Justice to China, the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarment, the Fellowship of Reconcilliation, the League of Nations, the Society of Friends, Alley Rewi, and Daniel D.K. Chang.
Contains the Journal of the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace.
Contains pamphlet writings on the Second Sino-Japanese War that cover aid for China, moral reasons, and calls for help.
Contains the booklet Peace in China, which discusses nuclear disarmament, opposition to the arms race, and preventing a new world war.
Contains a booklet and letters about the world gearing up for World War Two.
Contains a brochure and a copy of an email. Materials are in a Chinese dialect.
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Australia)
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Austria)
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Canada)
- Societe Religieuse des Amis [Society of Friends] (CDG-B France)
- Religiöse Gesellschaft der Freunde [Society of Friends] (CDG-B Germany)
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Great Britain)
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Japan)
- Religious Society of Friends of New Zealand (CDG-B New Zealand)
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Sweden)
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Switzerland)
Contains small booklets written in Chinese, two annual reports from 1914 and 1915, bulletins, letters, and a Joseph E. Platt manuscript dated 1922 and called Adventuring for the Peace of China.
Contains a 1945 booklet, a pamphlet, and a poster. Materials are in Mandarin and English.
Contains 9 publications from the Chinese League of Nations Union on Chinese law and judiciary reforms, including the Far Eastern Affairs Series, special publications, bulletin special. Also contains one letter and one League of Nations Society address. Materials are in English and French.
Contains information on peace organizations gathered by Michael Sorensen in the British Museum in 1949. The organizations include the antiwar committee, MMe. Sun Tsi-lin, 29, Rue Moliere, Shanghai - 1934 and Hong Kong Peace Group (WRI) - 1934. Also contains a copy of an email from 2004.
Contains six letters and newsletters on the Sino-Japanese War. Includes personal letters from November 30, 1924-November 6, 1945 and newsletters from 1940-1941.
Contains biographical information, thirteen small picture books by Rewi Alley from the 1970s-1980s, a speech delivered at the World Congress for Disarmament and International Cooperation in 1958, a newsletter noting Alley's passing in 1988, newspaper articles, and published poetry books, travel diaries, and other diaries from 1957-1958.
Contains booklets, reports, surveys, reviews, appeals, messages, letters, memos, an indictment, a speech by Dr. V.K. Wellington Koo (first delegate of China to the assembly of the League of Nations), newspaper clippings, and papers. These materials cover peace issues, the International Relations Committee, and the Manchurian situation. Also contains the constitution for the Beijing Institute for International Strategic Studies, a small booklet, pamhplet, magazines, a newspaper, and a letter. Topics include communism. Materials are in English and Chinese.
Contains newspaper clippings, booklets, magazine and newspaper clippings, magazines, poems, letters, pamphlets, a memorandum, reviews, eighteen booklets from the United China Relief Series, and academic articles and publications. Materials are in English and French.
Contains a chronology of major events in China from 1911-1927, a booklist on international relations, a copy of the book Fenchow, Cosmopolitanism by Chuichiro Gomyo, newspaper articles, Publishings of the Week in China by Grover Clark, surveys, information about the International Relations Committee, and a report.
CDG-B Colombia contains four folders grouped by organization or person, with one additional folder containing miscellaneous material. These folders reside in a "country collective box," containing an array of documentation also relating to Chile, Costa Rica, and Cuba. This material includes newspaper clippings, articles, and organization mission statements, and correspondence relating to peace efforts from Colombian organizations, organizations from the United States, and trans-American organizations spanning the years 1964 to 2016, though the majority of the materials are from the early 2000s. Items are written in English. Notable people and organizations present in this collection include the Movement for the Federation of the Americas and its associated International Congress on Federalism of the Americas and World Federalism (1964), Taller de Paz, Bogota School for Peace, and the U.S. Mennonite Central Committee.
This folder is marked as missing (July 2022).
Contains a letter/invitation, conference program, application regarding the Second International Congress on Federalism of the Americas and World Federalism (July 16-19, 1964), and a constitution, including a list of principles. Materials are in English.
Contains newspaper clipping on peace school in Bogota from the Mennonite Weekly Review (February 12, 2007). Materials are in English.
Contains a printout about the mission statement and peace talks. Materials are in English.
Contains correspondence regarding the Mennonite Central Committee (US) and US military aid, articles on peace accords, agrarian movements, and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Materials are in English.
CDG-B Congo consists of a background report from 1977 titled Crisis in Zaire prepared by members of the American Friends Service Committee and the National Action/Research on the Military Industrial Complex.
CDG-B Croata contains two folders. One folder contains materials on the Center for Women War Victims, and the other folder contains miscellaneous peace material. The materials relate to aid for women refugees, refugee camps and an International Volunteers Project Pakrac initiated by the Anti-War Campaign Croatia. Materials include pamphlets, emails, and interim reports from 1993-1995. Notable people and organizations present in this collection include the Center for Women War Victims and the Volunteer Project Pakrac. Materials are in English.
Physical Description0.1 linear ft.2 folders
Includes items related to aid for women refugees, refugee camps and an International Volunteers Project Pakrac initiated by the Anti-War Campaign Croatia. These pamphlets, email, and interim reports span the years 1993 to 1995. The items in this collection are written in English.
This collection contains three folders. One folder contains magazines, letters, event programs, and conference agendas associated with La Cruz Blanca de la Paz (the Cuban Women's Association). The other two folders contain letters, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, and essays, many of which address Cuba's relationship with the United States between the 1940s and the 1980s.
For CDG-B France, see Mouvement Universel pour une Confédération Mondiale. See also World Movement for World Federal Government in CDG-B Netherlands and CDG-B Switzerland.
This CDG-B subgroup consists of one folder containing two pamphlets about the Dominican Civil War in 1965, the United States invasion of the Dominican Republic, and the war's consequences. There are two copies of the first pamphlet, which is an English-language document entitled Marines! In Santo Domingo! by Victor Perlo, was written months after the invasion in 1965, and urged the United States to leave the Dominican Republic and all Latin American countries. The second pamphlet, a Spanish-language document entitled "Informe preliminar sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en la República Dominicana", was written ten years later by the Comite ad-hoc de EUA y Canada por los Derechos Humanos, a North American committee which included members from Women's International League of Peace and Freedom, Latin America Working Group, and the US National Council of Churches. This pamphlet addressed human rights in the Dominican Republic post-US occupation.
CDG-B East Timor contains one folder within a country collective box that contains an array of documentation also relating to the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, and Ethiopia. The material on East Timor includes pamphlets, press releases, newsletters, and magazines relating to the Indonesian invasion and occupation of East Timor (1975-1976), American military aid for Indonesia, and the lack of press coverage for this conflict, as well as informational and news material about East Timor from organizations based in the United States. Materials span the years 1976 to 1979; all items are written in English. Notable people and organizations present in this collection include the East Timor Defense Committee and the Timor Information Service.
Contains one pamphlet by Richard W. Franke on the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, two press releases from the East Timor Defense Committee, the newsletter "Timor Information Service" (Nos. 11-12, June 26, 1976), an issue of "The Inquiry" (February 19, 1979), and an article by Noam Chomsky titled "East Timor: the Press Cover-up."
CDG-B Ecuador contains two folders. The first folder consists of two copies of a flier with information about the organization No Bases, the International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, which was formed in Ecuador in 2007. The second folder contains peace-related material, including a letter titled "Appeal to the conscience of Latin America" (1938) from the Institute of Hispanic American Cultural Relations of Guayaquil and a booklet in Spanish titled "La paz de América— Ecuador y su derecho" (Peace in America— Ecuador and its Law), which was written in 1941 by Colonel Adrian Cravioto, then-president of the Mexican Section of the International Institution of Americanist Ideals.
Contains two copies of a flyer with information about the organization No Bases.
Includes a letter titled "Appeal to the conscience of Latin America" (1938) from the Institute of Hispanic American Cultural Relations of Guayaquil and a booklet in Spanish titled "La paz de América— Ecuador y su derecho" (Peace in America— Ecuador and its Law), which was written in 1941 by Colonel Adrian Cravioto, then-president of the Mexican Section of the International Institution of Americanist Ideals.
CDG-B Egypt contains three folders. One folder is grouped by organization and two folders contain miscellaneous material. These folders are in a "country collective box," containing an array of documentation also relating to the Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, and Ethiopia. The material on Egypt includes memos, correspondence, annual reports, and pamphlets pertaining to the fourth United States General Assembly special session on disarmament and the Cairo-based campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons (1996), community efforts and activities by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA, 1936-1937), correspondence regarding the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936, and publications about Egyptian independence from L'Association Égyptienne de Paris (1919). This collection includes items from Egypt as well as publications about Egypt from other countries. These materials span the years 1919 to 1996, though the majority of the materials are from the 1910s and 1930s. Materials are in English, Arabic, and French.
Contains memos about the Fourth UN General Assembly special session on disarmament and a program proposal on the elimination of nuclear weapons. Materials are in English and Arabic.
Contains a letter from the American University at Cairo about the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936, an annual report for the Young Men's Christian Association (1936-1937, Alexandria), and an annual report for Young Men's Christian Association (1936-1937, Cairo). Materials are in English and Arabic.
Contains four pamphlets from L'Association Égyptienne de Paris (Nos. 1-4, 1919 about Egyptian independence and one pamphlet titled "Egypt: Cross-Road on a World Highway" by Hugh J. Schonfield (circa 1952). Materials are in French and English.
CDG-B El Salvador contains one collective box, including an array of documentation separated into folders grouped by organization or person, as well as five folders containing miscellaneous material. The material includes pamphlets, newspaper clippings, reports, and flyers relating to labor rights, discourse surrounding United States aid to El Salvador, and the imprisonment and assassinations of political and religious leaders. These items span the years 1980 to 2003, though most are from the 1980s. Notable people and organizations present in this collection include Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the Peace Education division of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), and various labor unions including the General Labor Union (CGT), Association of Salvadoran Telecommunications Workers (ASTTEL), SOICSCES Construction Workers Union, and National Association of Farmworkers (ANTA). Materials are in English and Spanish.
This folder contains an interview, letters, reports, and monthly bulletins from Radio Farabundo Marti del Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).
Contains a postcard, a pamphlet about an adult education center, and a booklet about Maryknoll and the assasination of Oscar Arnulfo Romero. Materials are in English.
Contains newspaper clippings, including "Religious Task Force on Central America." Materials are in Spanish and English.
Contains pamphlets on the Salvadoran Civil War, Policy Alternatives for the Caribbean and Central America (PACCA), and the STECEL union. Also contains booklets, some of which include poetry, on "Women in War" and Oscar Arnulfo Romero, reports on "Counterterrorism in Action" and police brutality, flyers for donations and information on documentaries, newspaper clippings, and a newsletter from Women's Association of El Salvador (AMES) and LINKS Central American Health Rights Network. Materials are in English.
Contains reports from the United States on labor rights, union leader assassinations, and human rights violations. Materials are in English.
Contains reports from United States on labor rights and human rights violations. Materials are in English.
Contains reports on labor rights, assassinations, United States policy, and Salvadoran Peace Accords. Some report are from the American Friends Service Committee. Also includes a letter from Oscar Arnulfo Romero to Carter. Materials are in English.
File marked as missing (July 2022).
Includes material on Continuing Liaison Council.
Includes material on Association Internationale de la Paix; Assocazionale della Pace; World Peace Council, Great Britain; and World Congress for General Disarmament and Peace, July 9-14, 1962.
Includes material on Association des Jeunes Amis de la Paix.
Includes material on Comité Henri Barbusse.
Includes material on Lanza del Vasto, Joseph Jean.
Includes material on Mitteilungen der Internationalen Pazifisten Vereinigung.
Includes material on Association des Amis de Romain Rolland.
See also Service Civil International in CDG-B Algeria, CDG-B Belgium, CDG-B Germany [Internationaler Zivildienst - Deutscher Zweig], CDG-B India, CDG-B Italy [Servizio Civile Internazionale], CDG-B Luxembourg, and CDG-B Switzerland. See also International Voluntary Service [CDG-B Austria (Internationaler Zivildienst), CDG-B Great Britain, CDG-B Sweden (Internationella Abetslag), and DG 148 (Service Civil International)].
Includes material on Schweizerischer Friedensverein.
See also International Law Association (CDG-B Great Britain)
See also Society of Friends in CDG-B Australia, CDG-B Austria, CDG-B Canada, CDG-B China, CDG-B Germany [Religiöse Gesellschaft der Freunde], CDG-B Great Britain, CDG-B Japan, CDG-B Mexico [Sociedad de Los Amigos], CDG-B New Zealand [Religious Society of Friends of New Zealand], CDG-B Sweden, and CDG-B Switzerland.
See also Pax Christi in CDG-B Germany and CDG-B Great Britain.
Includes material on Bund "Neues Vaterland."
Internationaler Versöhnungsbund (CDG-B Germany)
Includes material on Gert Bastian and Petra Kelly.
See also American Committee for Freundschaftsheim (CDG-A)
See also Service Civil International in CDG-B Algeria, CDG-B Belgium, CDG-B France, CDG-B India, CDG-B Italy [Servizio Civile Internazionale], CDG-B Luxembourg, and CDG-B Switzerland. See also International Voluntary Service [CDG-B Austria (Internationaler Zivildienst), CDG-B Great Britain, CDG-B Sweden (Internationella Abetslag), and DG 148 (Service Civil International)].
Includes material on Ernst Friedrich.
See also Jewish Peace Society in CDG-B Great Britain.
Includes material on Internationale Hilfdienstlager für den Frieden.
Available on microfilm (reels 004).
See also Pax Christi in CDG-B France and CDG-B Great Britain.
See also Society of Friends in CDG-B Australia, CDG-B Austria, CDG-B Canada, CDG-B China, CDG-B France [Societe Religieuse des Amis], CDG-B Great Britain, CDG-B Japan, CDG-B Mexico [Sociedad de Los Amigos], CDG-B New Zealand [Religious Society of Friends of New Zealand], CDG-B Sweden, and CDG-B Switzerland.
Also known as Fédération Démocratique International des Femmes and Welt Organisation der Mütter aller Nationen. Includes material on World Congress of Women.
Includes material on Soviet Human Rights Movement.
Includes material on Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights.
Includes material on International War Crimes Tribunal.
Includes material on London Peace Research Group.
See also League of Nations Union (CDG-B Great Britain)
Progressio (CDG-B Great Britain) [successor organization]
Includes material on Christian Non-Violent Action.
Includes material on Betty Williams and Women's Peace Movement.
Includes material on Community Advisory Group.
Includes material on British People's Party and National Freedom Rally.
Includes material on Ealing Teachers' League of Peace and Manchester Anti-War Exhibition, December 7-12, 1936.
Includes material on Young Fabian Group.
Includes material on World Federal Union.
Includes material on Cosmopolis.
Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors (CDG-B New Zealand)
Free J.P. [Jaya Prakash] Campaign (CDG-B India)
Rose Hausman (CDG-A)
Includes material on Conference of Independent, non-Aligned Organizations Working for Nuclear, General Disarmament; Conflict Education Library Trust; European Federation Against Nuclear Arms; London Conference; and Oxford Conference, 1963.
Includes material on Christian Action Council.
Ligue d'Amitié Internationale (CDG-B France)
Liaison Committee of Organisations for Peace (CDG-B Switzerland)
Includes material on Interpax and Mitteilungen der Internationalen Pazifisten Vereinigung.
Includes material on London Peace Society.
- Internationaler Zivildienst [International Voluntary Service] (CDG-B Austria)
- Internationella Abetslag [International Voluntary Service] (CDG-B Sweden)
- SCI International Voluntary Service (U.S.) Records (DG 148)
- Service Civil International (CDG-B Algeria)
- Service Civil International (CDG-B Belgium)
- Service Civil International (CDG-B France)
- Internationaler Zivildienst - Deutscher Zweig [Service Civil International] (CDG-B Germany)
- Service Civil International (CDG-B India)
- Service Civil International (CDG-B Luxembourg)
- Servizio Civile Internazionale [Service Civil International] (CDG-B Italy)
- Service Civil International (CDG-B Switzerland)
Jewish Peace Society [Judischer Friendensbund] (CDG-B Germany)
Includes material on Wiszniewska, [Her Highness Princess] (Poland).
Includes material on Dublin Pax Players and Northern Pax Players.
- Community of the Peace People (CDG-B Great Britain)
- John Dear Papers (DG 201)
Includes material on Conference on the Pathogenesis of War and International Physicians for the Prevention of War.
- National Peace Council (CDG-B Great Britain)
- Disarmament Congresses in Disarmament (Subject File)
Includes material on National Council for Prevention of War.
Includes material on Nonviolent Resistance Group.
Includes material on Oxford Pledge.
- Pax Christi (CDG-B France)
- Pax Christi (CDG-B Germany)
- Pax Christi International (CDG-B Belgium)
- Pax Christi International (CDG-B Netherlands)
Includes material on Humphrey S. Moore; Peace News, Ltd.; Hugh Richard Lawrie Sheppard; and Youth Association, Peace Pledge Union.
Includes material on Eberhard Arnold.
Catholic Institute for International Relations (CDG-B Great Britain) [precursor organization]
Includes material on League to Abolish War.
Includes material on International War Crimes Tribunal.
Save the Children Fund [Union International de Secours aux Enfants] (CDG-B Switzerland)
Includes material on Fight the Famine Fund.
Peace Builders (CDG-B Great Britain)
Includes material on Forward Group.
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Australia)
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Austria)
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Canada)
- Society of Friends (CDG-B China)
- Societe Religieuse des Amis [Society of Friends] (CDG-B France)
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Japan)
- Sociedad de Los Amigos [Society of Friends] (CDG-B Mexico)
- Religious Society of Friends of New Zealand (CDG-B New Zealand)
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Switzerland)
- Society of Friends (CDG-B Sweden)
De Derde Weg (CDG-B Netherlands)
Vietnam (Subject File)
- War Resisters' International (CDG-B Argentina)
- War Resisters' International (CDG-B Israel)
- War Resisters' International (CDG-B Italy)
- War Resisters' International (CDG-B Japan)
- War Resisters' International (CDG-B Mexico)
- Algemene Nederlandse Vredes-Actie [War Resisters' International] (CDG-B Netherlands)
- Folkereisning Mot Krig, Norsk Avdeling WRI [War Resisters' International] (CDG-B Norway)
Includes material on No More War Movement.
Includes material on Charles Westacott.
Includes material on Women's Peace Movement.
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See Also Free J.P. [Jaya Prakash] Campaign in CDG-B Great Britain.
Includes material on Institute of Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies.
Includes material on K.K. Chandy and Christavashram.
See also Reginald Reynolds (CDG-B Great Britain)
Includes material on Visva-Bharati.
- Service Civil International (CDG-B Algeria)
- Service Civil International (CDG-B Belgium)
- Service Civil International (CDG-B France)
- Internationaler Zivildienst - Deutscher Zweig [Service Civil International] (CDG-B Germany)
- Servizio Civile Internazionale [Service Civil International] (CDG-B Italy)
- Service Civil International (CDG-B Luxembourg)
- Service Civil International (CDG-B Switzerland)
- Internationaler Zivildienst [International Voluntary Service] (CDG-B Austria)
- International Voluntary Service (CDG-B Great Britain)
- Internationella Abetslag [International Voluntary Service (CDG-B Sweden)
- SCI International Voluntary Service (U.S.) Records (DG 148)
CDG-B Indonesia consists of one folder, which contains a pamphlet of excerpts from the book Making Space for Peace: Tales from Indonesia, which was published in 2002 and discusses peace work in war zones. Also contains an email written in 2011 after a bombing of a Gospel Church in Java, Indonesia on how to help heal trauma after violence, specifically for children.
CDG-B Iran contains three folders on pamphlets, brochures, and other materials from the New Universal Union, the Tehran Peace Museum, and covering the topics of Iranian human rights and government.
Contains pamphlets and notices sent out by the New Universal Union, which is based in Tehran, Iran. These materials date between the 1940s-1980s.
Contains a brochure on the Tehran Peace Museum, which includes information on the museum and its history.
Contains materials in English, French, and Arabic primarily regarding Iran human rights and government. These materials span the 1930s-1970s.
Includes material on Society for Middle East Confederation.
See also War Resisters' International in CDG-B Argentina, CDG-B Great Britain, CDG-B Italy, CDG-B Japan, CDG-B Mexico, CDG-B Netherlands [Algemene Nederlandse Vredes-Actie], and CDG-B Norway [Folkereisning Mot Krig, Norsk Avdeling WRI].
Includes material on Marcia della Pace [Italian peace march from Camucia to Cortona], March 18, 1962.
See also Service Civil International in CDG-B Algeria, CDG-B Belgium, CDG-B France, CDG-B Germany [Internationaler Zivildienst - Deutscher Zweig], CDG-B India, CDG-B Luxembourg, and CDG-B Switzerland. See also International Voluntary Service [CDG-B Austria (Internationaler Zivildienst), CDG-B Great Britain, CDG-B Sweden (Internationella Abetslag), and DG 148 (Service Civil International)].
- War Resisters' International (CDG-B Argentina)
- War Resisters' International (CDG-B Great Britain)
- War Resisters' International (CDG-B Israel)
- War Resisters' International (CDG-B Japan)
- War Resisters' International (CDG-B Mexico)
- Algemene Nederlandse Vredes-Actie [War Resisters' International] (CDG-B Netherlands)
- Folkereisning Mot Krig, Norsk Avdeling WRI [War Resisters' International] (CDG-B Norway)
This collection contains one pamphlet written by the United Nations Association of Jamaica in support of the World Peace Referendum. This pamphlet was sent to peace organizations and workers around the world (e.g. members of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt) asking them to unite their efforts for the common goal of world peace.
Box 1: Collective Box [Jamaica, Japan (Aki - Fujii)] - This box contains letters, bulletins, booklets, pamphlets, poems, newspaper clippings, and magazines from the years 1905 to 1987. Most items in this box are in English, with several in Japanese. These materials focus on Japan's role in international relations before and after World War II, the aftermath of the atomic bombings on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, and anti-nuclear movements within Japan. One notable item is a 1965 declaration by the Japan Fellowship of Reconciliation (Yuwa Kai), "Appeal to American Citizens on Vietnam War." This box also contains one folder about Jamaica.
Box 2: Collective Box (Group Seikatsusha through Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum) - This box contains pamphlets, letters, booklets, and postcards from the years 1951 to 1986. Most items in this box are written in English, with several in Japanese. Contents include responses to the 1945 bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki through city monuments, peace organization efforts, and visual art.
Box 3: Hiroshima/Nagasaki (about), 1945-1965 - This box includes booklets, flyers, postcards, songs, poetry, magazines, and newspaper articles from the years 1945 to 1965. These items are written in Japanese and English. This box contains useful visual and artistic resources regarding the environmental, health, and political impacts of atomic bomb on cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as medical symptoms post-radiation. This box is one of three boxes about Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Box 4: Hiroshima/Nagasaki (about), 1966-1989 - This box contains essays, poetry, letters, reports, newspaper articles, and books about the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the years 1966 to 1989. These items are written in Japanese and English. These materials largely center around the anti-nuclear and anti-war themes, the reconstruction of the cities after the 1945 bombings, and visits of international leaders to Japan after World War II. Multiple folders contain first-hand testimonies from Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) in the form of essays, poetry, and comics.
Box 5: Hiroshima/Nagasaki (about), 1990- - This box contains emails, comics, booklets, newspaper clippings, and articles about the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the years 1990-2006. These items are written in Japanese and English. Many of these materials involve anti-war and anti-nuclear efforts, as well as memorials for those lost in the 1945 atomic bombings.
Box 6: Collective Box (Hiroshima Peace Society through LoN Association of Japan 1919-1931) - This box contains postcards, newspaper clippings, city announcements, booklets, letters, flyers, and annual reports from peace organizations spanning the years 1919 to 2007. These items are written in Japanese and English. These materials include testimonies of Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors), information on the goals and achievements of peace and anti-nuclear organizations in Japan, and post-World War II international messages of peace from Japan. Notable documents include three folders on the League of Nations Association of Japan (materials 1919-1931) and multiple folders on the impact of potential nuclear war on the people and politics of Korea.
Box 7: Japan Congress Against A- and H- Bombs Collected Records - This box contains letters, conference invitations and proceedings, member lists, and reports from the Japan Congress Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikin) from the years 1965 to 1989. These items are written in English. These materials refer to the annual Atomic Bomb Disaster Anniversary Conference held in Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the organization.
Box 8: Collective Box (Japan Council Against A- and H- Bombs) - This box contains reports, newsletters, booklets, and letters from the Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs from the years 1987 to the present. These items are written in English, with the exception of one essay in German. These materials center around anti-nuclear, anti-war, and peace themes. Notable documents in this box include materials for discussion and proceedings from the first six commissions of the Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs and later world conferences.
Box 9: Collective Box (National Religious Mass Meeting through R) - This box contains letters, booklets, flyers, press releases, and newsletters from the years 1929 to 2003. These items are written in English. These materials include information on the reconstruction of Japanese cities after atomic bombings, the impacts of United States military bases and violence on Japan, testimonies from atomic bomb survivors, and anti-nuclear peace efforts from Buddhist and other groups across Japan.
Box 10: Kagawa, Toyohiko (Correspondence, Clippings, Literature, Writings of) - This box contains pamphlets, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, letters, and speeches from the years 1927 to 1958. These items are written in Japanese and English. These materials include biographical information, correspondence, writings by Kagawa, literature about Kagawa, and several issues of the periodical "Friends of Jesus."
Box 11: Kazuaki Kita (books about his ceramics) - This box contains five books with images and descriptions of Kazuaki Kita's ceramics from the years 1985 to 1994. These items are written in Japanese and English.
Box 12: Kurihara, Sadako (essays by, poetry by) - This box contains four books and one pamphlet of the essays and poetry of Sadako Kurihara, from the years 1946 to 1979. These items are written in Japanese and English. Kurihara's writings center around anti-war themes, anti-nuclear themes, peace education, and the experiences of Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors).
Box 13: Collective Box (Mayors for Peace through National Council for Peace and Against Nuclear Weapons, 1962) - This box contains letters, booklets, poetry, and pamphlets from the years 1962 to 2010. These items are written in Japanese and English. These materials center around anti-nuclear and peace efforts in Japan in the later half of the 20th century, in response to the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Many of these documents also seem to be contextualized within the Vietnam War and Cold War. One notable document includes a 1978 hand-written newspaper report on current peace protests by the National Committee of the Students Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Osaka.
Box 14: Collective Box (Seto, Nanako through World Peace Society) - This box contains booklets, poetry, pamphlets, newspaper articles, organization constitutions, and postcards from the years 1915 to 2015. Most of these items are written in English, with several in Japanese and German. One notable document is a brief biography of Manji Kato (1855-1932) written in 1982 with information about the 1880s Japanese peace movement. Another notable document in this box is the sheet music for the first movement of a symphony by Hisatada Otaka in honor of world peace (Society for the Construction of the Bell Tower of Peace, 1949).
Box 15: Tenri Hommichi (religious organization) - This box contains booklets and letters regarding Tenri Hommichi from the years 1950 to 1951. These items are written in Japanese and English. These materials center around the religious messages of the organization, biographies of its founder (Miki Nakayama), and the organization's history.
Box 16: World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bomb (A- and H-Bomb), Conferences 1955-1996 - This box includes newsletters, newspaper clippings, letters, and conference proceedings, reports, and programs from the World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. These items are written in English and span the years 1955 to 1996. Information about this organization can also be found in the succeeding box World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs Collected Records.
Box 17: World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs Collected Records - This box includes invitations, letters, booklets, conference programs, and speeches from the World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. These items are written in English and span the years 1997 to 2009. Information about this conference can also be found in the previous box (World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (A- and H-Bomb), Conferences 1955-1996).
Box 18: World Friendship Center - This box largely holds correspondence, but also contains reports, newspaper clippings, and meeting minutes from the years 1965 to 1970. These items are written in English. Many of these materials are focused around the American Committee of the World Friendship Center (WFC/AC) and discuss international relations for peace and diplomacy in the late 20th century.
Box 19: Collective Box (books: UNESCO Bulletin 1:1-30 (1951-1952), Biography of Kijuro Shidehara, Unknown]) - This box contains three books in Japanese, including a biography of Kijuro Shidehara (Japanese diplomat and prime minister, 1945-1946), the prospectus of the Shidehara Peace Foundation, an UNESCO bulletin 1:1-30 (1951-1952), and a book by Asahina Sōgen (1955).
Box 20: Miscellaneous Peace Material - This box contains miscellaneous booklets, newsletters, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings from the years 1900 to 2009. Some documents in this box are undated. These items are written in Japanese and English. These materials largely center around peace organizations in Japan, international relations, and international conflict after 1945. One notable document is a pamphlet published circa 1968 from the grassroots organization Beheiren (Peace for Vietnam Committee), entitled "A Message to American Soldiers: Japanese Views on Vietnam."
This CDG-B contains 20 boxes. Eleven of these boxes contain items relating to one organization or person. Nine boxes are "collective boxes," containing an array of documentation separated into folders grouped by organization or person. This material includes items relating to Japan's role in international relations, the health and environmental impact of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, and anti-nuclear and anti-war efforts across Japan. These letters, pamphlets, booklets, petitions, annual reports, postcards, and flyers span the years 1900 to present. The majority of these items are from the 1940s and 1950s. Many of these items are written in English and Japanese, though several are in German and Esperanto(?). Large amounts of materials in this collection represent groups located within Japan and include the writings of Toyohiko Kagawa, Kazuaki Kita, and Sadako Kurihara, as well as the World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (by Gensuikyo) and the Japan Congress Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikin).
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains one letter.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains one letter.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains eight bulletins.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains seven booklets (bulletins and essays) and two newspaper articles.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains one tri-fold pamphlet, Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains mention of SANE.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains one poem in Japanese and English.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains 1953 resolution and declaration.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains one booklet in English, Japanese, German, French, Russian, and Chinese (?) about anti-nuclear efforts.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains one booklet on environmental and health damages of Hiroshima bombing.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains one booklet on history of Japanese peace movement (1944), one speech (?), one letter, one obituary (1960).
Some materials may be fragile.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains two newspaper clippings, three booklets (discussing Japan-US relations, immigration, assimilation), one postcard, three newspaper pages, clippings from three issues of "The Christian Graphic" (1932, 1933).
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains one letter, one booklet of testimonies ("Give Me Water").
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains one booklet on Viet Cong, donation form, letter, report and accompanying description on deportation of Vietnamese students from Japan.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains one booklet on Tokyo air raids (March 10, 1945).
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii).
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains three poems.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains two booklets (in Japanese), telegram (?), three letters, one declaration.
Part of Collective Box: Jamaica-Japan (Aki-Fujii). Contains two booklets.