Call Number:

DG.190

Repository:

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Extent:

5 linear ft. (5 linear ft.)

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: [Identification of item], in the Records of the Children's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (DG 190), Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Date:

1980-1983 (inclusive)

Creator:

Children's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Rabin, Susan, 1968-, Rabin, Nessa, Rabin, Hannah, Dennison, Susan, and Dennison, Becky

Abstract:

This was a grass-roots group organized in Vermont by young people, dedicated to educating children throughout the United States and around the world about the nuclear threat and what they could do to end the nuclear arms race.

In the early 1980s five young people, Susan Rabin, Nessa Rabin, Hannah Rabin, Susan Dennison, and Becky Dennison, all of Vermont, began this grass roots organization to educate other children and international government leaders about the dangers of nuclear weapons and potential nuclear war. The group evolved into a clearing house of correspondence with children around the world. In 1982 thousands of these letters were delivered to President Ronald Reagan at the White House, in an attempt to sway his opinion on ending the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Many letters were published in a book, Childrens Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Guido Grünewald [editor] in 1985.

This collection contains the records of the Children's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, including minutes of meetings, financial records, notices of Children's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament events, newspaper clippings about the organization, and writings of the group founders. The largest part of this collection includes correspondence with children around the world about attempts to convince governments to give up nuclear weapons.

The first box of records includes administrative files, information about the organization, and writings by the founders. The remaining part of the collection consists of correspondence. Photographs, posters, stamps, and memorabilia were removed to appropriate collections in the SCPC.