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U.S. Peace Council Records
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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399
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.
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The U.S. Peace Council National Founding Conference was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9-11, 1979. The organization was headquartered in New York, New York until 1990, then moved to Philadelphia. It was formed as a "peace and solidarity network" and published the periodical Peace and Solidarity. The U.S. Peace Council was affiliated with the World Peace Council, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. ThePhiladelphia national headquarters closed in 1992, but some operations were continued from 1993 onward by the Michigan chapter.
This collection contains the records of the U.S. Peace Council which were housed in the Philadelphia headquarters when it closed in 1992.
This collection remains in the order in which it was donated.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers/records.
Gift of U.S. Peace Council, 1990 [Acc. 90A-027]; 2000 [Acc. 00A-008]
This collection is unprocessed and remains in the order in which it was donated. This finding aid aid was prepared by Kathy Sun and Wendy E. Chmielewski in November, 2012.
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- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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