https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/Peace_SCPC.DG.138

Coalition for a New Foreign Policy Records

Coalition for a New Foreign Policy was the leading organization lobbying the U.S. Congress on behalf of a broad spectrum of peace and social justice organizations from the early 1970s through the 1980s.

Description

Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.

Biography/History

The Coalition on National Priorities and Military Policy (CNPMP), was founded in 1969. The Ad Hoc Coalition for a New Foreign Policy (AHCNFP) had been formed in January of 1973 as the Coalition to Stop Funding the War. This organization changed its name to AHCNFP in mid 1975. CNPMP and AHCNFP merged and re-named the new organization the Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy in 1976. In 1988 the group changed its name one more time to Coalition for a New Foreign Policy. It was the leading organization lobbying the U.S. Congress on behalf of a broad spectrum of peace and social justice organizations from the 1970s through the 1980s.

Scope and Content

This collection includes a variety of records produced by the Coalition for a New Foreign Policy. This collection includes material on the Coalition for Human Rights Conference and Disarmament Working Group.

Arrangement

This collection remains in the order in which it was received. It remains organized by accession.

Custodial History

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these records.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Coalition for a New Foreign Policy, 1982 [Acc. 82A-046]; 1983 [Acc. 83A-055], [Acc. 83A-056], [Ac. 83A-098]; 1984 [Acc. 84A-094]; 1985 [Acc 85A-079]; 1992 ; E. Raymond Wilson, 1982 [Acc. 82A-152], [Acc. 82A-163]; 1983 [Acc. 83A-120]; Howard Morland, 1990 [Acc. 90A-113]; Van Gosse, 1991 [Acc. 91A-099]; 1992 [Acc. 92A-042], [Acc. 92A-076]; 1999 [Acc. 99A-006].

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed. This finding aid was created by Wendy E. Chmielewski, August 2009; folder list revised in August 2011; this finding aid updated by Wendy E. Chmielewski, November 2018.

Rights and citation

Use

None.

Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Coalition for a New Foreign Policy Records (DG 138), Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Publisher
Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Subjects and headings

Inventory

Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.

Acc. 90A-113

Acc. 91A-099

Acc. 92A-042

Acc. 92A-076

Acc. 99A-006

Contact

These materials are held by Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.

Address
500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399
Email
specialcollections@swarthmore.edu
Website
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