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Armistice Records
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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.
Overview and metadata sections
Originally called Live Without Trident, the organization grew out of the Pacific Life Community in 1977. It was established, and based, in the Seattle (Washington) area and was active within the state and the broader Pacific Northwest. Its purpose was to focus on nonviolent protest against the Bangor Naval Base Trident that built and deployed nuclear submarines and missiles. Other Armistice activities included non-violence training, nuclear disarmament awareness training, war tax resistance, media coverage of protests and campaigns against Trident, and networking / outreach for peace. Armistice also attempted to cover U.S. court cases against nonviolent anti-nuclear activists.
By 1981 the group had changed its name to Armistice. That year it helped launch an international petition drive to collect 5,000 signatures in every U.S. congressional district; this effort became the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. In the 1980s, Armistice became a member of the War Resisters League during the 1980s. Regular participants in and correspondents for the organization included Ruth Hood and Rosemary Powers.
This small collection includes information about Armistice's committees, chapters, program efforts, and court cases in which it took an interest. It was formerly named within the SCPC as Armistice / Live Without Trident Records, but was changed to Armistice Records in 2016.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these records.
The records were a gift of Ruth Hood, April 1984 [1984-041].
Processed by Anne Yoder, Archivist, May 2016.
Items removed: Photographs, Buttons, Sticker, Banners.
Organization
Subject
- Publisher
- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research use.
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All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes.
- Copyright may have been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection or may have been retained by the creators/authors (or their descendants), in this collection, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Please contact the SCPC Curator for further information.
- Use Restrictions
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None.
Collection Inventory
Archival Resource Key. History / purpose and goals / structure.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Coordinating Committee: Meeting minutes, 1977-1978.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Coordinating Committee: Meeting minutes, 1979.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Coordinating Committee: Meeting minutes, 1980.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Coordinating Committee: Meeting minutes, 1981.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Coordinating Committee: Meeting minutes, 1982.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Coordinating Committee: Meeting minutes, 1983.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Chapter Coordinating Committee.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Legal/ Trial Coordinating Committee.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Press/ Publicity Committee.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Armistice Task Force.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Bangor Summer Task Force.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Live Without Trident Direct Action Task Force.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Nonviolence Training Task Force, 1978.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Nonviolence Training / Logistics Task Force, 1979.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Outreach Task Force.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Strategy Meetings.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous meetings.
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Closing of Armistice, 1984 (January).
Box 1 [SCPC-5471]
Archival Resource Key. Chapter: Capitol Hill Nuclear Freeze.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Chapter: FEMA Action.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Chapter: Living Newsreel/Living Newsreal.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Chapter: Media Watch.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Chapter: Nuclear Puget Sound.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Chapter: South King County.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Chapter: The 1040 Puget Military Tax Alternatives.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Chapter: Wallingford.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Scope and Contents
poster removed
Archival Resource Key. Chapter: Ward Street Nuclear Freeze.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Chapter: Woodland Park Peace Fellowship.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Affinity Group: Disarm band.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Affinity Group; Olympia (Washington).
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Affinity Group: Pacific Life Community (British Columbia).
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Affinity Group?: Periwinkle Alliance -- correspondence.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Affinity Group: Polaris actions/ Stop Trident / Convert Lockheed, October 28-29, 1979.
Box 2 [SCPC-5472]
Archival Resource Key. Financial Records.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Archival Resource Key. Fundraising.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Archival Resource Key. Personnel.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Archival Resource Key. Correspondence.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Archival Resource Key. Form letters/ memos sent.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Archival Resource Key. Armistice Coordinating Retreat/s.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with the Nuclear Weapon Freeze Campaign: meeting minutes, 1981-1983.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Scope and Contents
incomplete set
Archival Resource Key. Involvement with the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign: Miscellaneous.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Archival Resource Key. Training material for nuclear freeze speakers and organizers.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic effort/s: Call for Armistice, April 17, 1982.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic effort/s: Project Survival Summer.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic effort/s: War toys.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic effort/s: Newsletter planning, etc.
Box 3 [SCPC-5473]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Miscellaneous, 1977.
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Trident Concern Week, 1977 (May 8-15).
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Protests against Trident submarine, 1977 (August 14) and 1977 (August 23).
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Miscellaneous, 1978-1980.
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Occupation of Trident submarine base, Support Committee, etc., (May 21-23), 1977-1978.
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Occupation of Trident submarine base press coverage, (May 21-23), 1978.
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Polaris actions/ Live Without Trident / King's Bay, (October 28-29), 1979.
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Polaris actions, miscellaneous, (October 28-29), 1979.
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: West Coast Trident Resistance Conference, 1980.
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Miscellaneous, 1981.
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Nagasaki Day, "The Consequences of Watching the Nightly News", 1981 (August 9).
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Civil disobedience at Trident submarine base (Bangor) and sentencing, 1981.
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Miscellaneous, 1982-1983.
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Call for Armistice, actions, etc, 1982 (April 17).
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Call for Armistice, press packet, 1982 (April 17).
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Call for Armistice, media coverage, 1982 (April 17).
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Response to the arrival of first Trident submarine in Puget Sound (?), 1982 (Summer).
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Training for war tax resistance counselors, 1982 (December 20).
Box 4 [SCPC-5474]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Armistice Tax Parade, 1983 (April 15).
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Ritual of Peace, 1983 (June 18).
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Never Again Hiroshima Memorial and Renewal (theater in the street), Seattle (Washington), 1983 (August 6).
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: March for Jobs, Peace and Freedom, 1983 (August 27).
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Northwest Peace Festival meeting minutes, 1983.
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Northwest Peace Festival, Give Peace a Dance Coordinating Committee meeting minutes, 1983.
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Northwest Peace Festival fair / festival and parade, 1983.
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Northwest Peace Festival, Give Peace a Dance marathon, 1983.
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Living and Laughing in the Nuclear Age (comedy show), 1983 (November 17).
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: War toys boycott, 1983 (December).
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Miscellaneous, undated.
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Scope and Contents
2 folders
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Trainings; skills sharing workshops.
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Networking and outreach.
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Publicity, press releases, 1977-1979.
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Publicity, press releases and press packets, 1980-1983, undated.
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Media coverage.
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Media coverage of protests against Trident submarine.
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Media coverage of Ground Zero.
Box 5 [SCPC-5475]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: "The Trident Conversion Action Handbook. October 28-29. Bangor", 1979.
Box 6 [SCPC-5476]
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Rough draft of slide show script produced "Nuclear Puget Sound".
Box 6 [SCPC-5476]
Scope and Contents
no slides included
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Booklet produced "From Trident to Life".
Box 6 [SCPC-5476]
Scope and Contents
no slides included
Archival Resource Key. Programmatic efforts / events: Maps drawn.
Box 6 [SCPC-5476]
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Kevin C. Patz et al., 1979.
Box 6 [SCPC-5476]
Scope and Contents
includes Jim and Shelley Douglass
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Jack Rubenstein et al., 1978 (December).
Box 6 [SCPC-5476]
Scope and Contents
volume 1, pages 1-144
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Jack Rubenstein et al., 1978 (December).
Box 6 [SCPC-5476]
Scope and Contents
volume 1, pages 145-270
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Jack Rubenstein et al., 1978 (December).
Box 6 [SCPC-5476]
Scope and Contents
volume 1, pages 271-399
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Jack Rubenstein et al., 1978 (December).
Box 6 [SCPC-5476]
Scope and Contents
volume 2, pages 400-506
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Jack Rubenstein et al., 1978 (December).
Box 6 [SCPC-5476]
Scope and Contents
volume 2, pages 507-634
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Jack Rubenstein et al., 1978 (December).
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Scope and Contents
volume 3, pages 635-760
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Jack Rubenstein et al., 1978 (December).
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Scope and Contents
volume 3, pages 761-845
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Jack Rubenstein et al., 1978 (December).
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Scope and Contents
volume 4, pages 846-963
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Jack Rubenstein et al., 1978 (December).
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Scope and Contents
volume 5, pages 964-1079
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Jack Rubenstein et al., Defendants' Trial Brief, 1978 (December).
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Jack Rubenstein et al., Defendants' Trial Brief (International Law), 1978 (December).
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Jack Rubenstein et al., Government's Trial Brief, 1978 (December).
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Catherine Broadbent et al., 1980.
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Julie Harris, 1978.
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Tom Head, 1978.
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Louise E. Kazda, 1978.
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Robert Siegel, 1978.
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Archival Resource Key. Court case/s of anti-nuclear activists: USA vs. Michael A. Wells, 1978.
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Archival Resource Key. Reports etc. re: court cases.
Box 7 [SCPC-5477]
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: Booklet "Dipstick and Friends" by Ray Collins, 1977.
Box 8 [SCPC-5478]
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: Booklet "Jailhouse Blues: Way Out Information about Jailhouse, the Legal System and Your Rights" by Anne Budd and Sandra Coffman.
Box 8 [SCPC-5478]
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: Booklet "No rest for 'Da Fence': Trident Trials 1980" by Ground Zero.
Box 8 [SCPC-5478]
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: Polaris actions, Wall Street Action, (October 28-29).
Box 8 [SCPC-5478]
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: Miscellaneous.
Box 8 [SCPC-5478]
Scope and Contents
4 folders
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: Protests against nuclear weapons and/ or Trident submarine.
Box 8 [SCPC-5478]
Scope and Contents
There may be more on this topic in the miscellaneous folders.
Archival Resource Key. Reference material: Trident submarine.
Box 8 [SCPC-5478]
Scope and Contents
There may be more on this topic in the miscellaneous folders.