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Delaware County Pledge of Resistance Records

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
DG.242
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
4 linear ft. (4 linear feet.)
Language Note:
Materials are in English.
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: [Identification of item], in the ___________ Delaware County Pledge of Resistance Records (DG 242), Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Date:
1985-2002 (bulk)
Creator:
Delaware County Pledge of Resistance (Organization)
Abstract:
Delaware County [Pennsylvania] Pledge of Resistance (aka Delco Pledge of Resistance) was organized in the Fall of 1986. It was originally founded as a response to the threat of a U.S. invasion into Nicaragua and U.S. government's policies toward Central America. Delaware County Pledge of Resistance persisted as a local group, working for economic and social justice for oppressed people in the United States and abroad. The group disbanded in winter 2008.

Delaware County Pledge of Resistance (aka Delco Pledge of Resistance) was organized in the Fall of 1986. The group had its headquarters in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania from 1986 to 1991 and in nearby Media, Pennsylvania from 1991 to 2000. From 2000 to 2008 the group returned to Swarthmore. It was originally founded as part of The Pledge of Resistance, which began in 1984 as a response to the threat of a U.S. invasion into Nicaragua. DCPR grew as people signed a pledge resisting the U.S. government's policies toward Central America. Delaware County Pledge of Resistance persisted as a local group, after the covert wars in Central America in the 1980s and was centered in Delaware County, Pennsylvania working for economic and social justice for oppressed people in the United States and abroad. The group disbanded in winter 2008.

Collection includes: program work, 1986-2008; meeting minutes, correspondence, administrative files, press releases, financial reports, 1989-1996, news clippings. Includes information about the Chiapas counterinsurgency in Mexico, and programs in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and other Latin American countries.

    This collection is divided into five series:
  1. Series A: Programtic efforts (by date)
  2. Series B: Programmatic efforts (overseas)
  3. Series C: Programmatic efforts (by project)
  4. Series D: Local affiliated groups
  5. Series E: Administrative records

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

Gift of Delaware County Pledge of Resistance, 2011 [Acc. 11A-071].

This collection is partially processed by SCPC staff. This finding aid was created by Wendy E. Chmielewski, June 2012.

Items removed: Cloth banners

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Collection Inventory

Efforts, 1986.
Box DG 242: Series A: 1
Efforts, 1987.
Box DG 242: Series A: 1
Efforts, 1988.
Box DG 242: Series A: 1
Efforts, 1989.
Box DG 242: Series A: 1
Efforts, 1990.
Box DG 242: Series A: 1
Efforts, 1991.
Box DG 242: Series A: 1
Efforts, 1992.
Box DG 242: Series A: 1
Efforts, 1993.
Box DG 242: Series A: 1
Efforts, 1994.
Box DG 242: Series A: 1
Efforts, 1995-1999.
Box DG 242: Series A: 1
Efforts, 2000-.
Box DG 242: Series A: 1
Efforts, undated.
Box DG 242: Series A: 1

Korea/Cambodia campaign, 1990-1999.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
Brazil, 1993-1994.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
Mexico: Chiapas -- articles and reports, 1998 (May) – 1990 (February).
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
Mexico: Chiapas -- newspaper clippings, 1998-1999.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
Mexico: Chiapas -- meeting minutes.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
Mexico: Chiapas -- press releases.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
Mexico: Chiapas -- general information.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
Mexico: Chiapas -- meeting minutes, 34545.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
Mexico: Chiapas -- meeting minutes, 1998.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
Costa Rica, 1989-1994.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
El Salvador: Program, 1987-1989.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
El Salvador: Program, 1989-1990.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
El Salvador: Program -- flyers for actions, press releases, etc., 1990-1991.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
El Salvador: Program, 1991-1992.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
El Salvador: Program -- correspondence with Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), 1992.
Box DG 242: Series B: 2
El Salvador: Peace process, 1992.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Guatemala: Conference, Washington (D.C.); Guatemala: Coffeehouse, June 9-10, 1990; November 3, 1990.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Guatemala: Correspondence with P.E.A.C.E. for Guatemala, 1990-1991.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Guatemala: Worker's rights, 1992.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Guatemala: Program, 1993-1995.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Haiti: Program, 1992.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Honduras: Program, 1991-1993.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Mexico: Maquiladoras program, 1991-1994.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Middle East: Delaware County Campaign for Peace in the Middle East, 1990.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Nicaragua: Program, 1985-1986.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Nicaragua: Newsclippings, 1989.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Nicaragua: Program, 1989.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Nicaragua: Program, 1989-1990.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Nicaragua: Program, 1990.
Box DG 242: Series B: 3
Panama: Program, 1990.
Box DG 242: Series B: 4
Scrapbook of re: countries involved with, 1985-1987.
Box DG 242: Series B: 4

Action against Curt Weldon, 1987.
Box DG 242: Series C: 4
Anti-Sweatshop Campaign at J.C. Penny's, mid-1990s.
Box DG 242: Series C: 4
Bowl-a-Thon, 1994 (November).
Box DG 242: Series C: 4
Café Nica, 32647.
Box DG 242: Series C: 4
Central America Policy Summit, 34363.
Box DG 242: Series C: 4
Contra Rally and Vigil, 32587.
Box DG 242: Series C: 4
Correspondence with state government, 1987.
Box DG 242: Series C: 4
Correspondence with Congress, 1990.
Box DG 242: Series C: 4
Correspondence between Margaret Viers and Chuck Randall from El Salvador, 1987 (July) – 1990 (July 1).
Box DG 242: Series C: 4
Correspondence with the Latin American Working Group, 1999.
Box DG 242: Series C: 4
Economics Conference, 33728.
Box DG 242: Series C: 4
Human Rights Network (telexing).
Box DG 242: Series C: 4
Jobs with Peace, 1990.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
Leslie Fay Strike, 1994.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
Material Aid Project, 1990-1991.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
Mushroom Workers of Kennett Square Strike, 1993.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
Monthly vigils, 1989-1990.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
North American Free Trade Agreement and the Environment, 1993.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
Nicaraguan greeting cards, 1990.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
PA Guard out of Central America Coalition (PAGOOCA) Rally, 1987.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
PA Guard out of Central America Coalition (PAGOOCA), 1988-1989.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
PA Guard out of Central America Coalition (PAGOOCA), 1989.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
Peace Center proposal, 2002.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
Pledge forms re: El Salvador, undated.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
Radical History Tour, 1993.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
Religious outreach, 1990.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
Report the Truth: Media Watch, 1989-1990.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
Romero Commemoration March: to end war in Central America, 32956.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
Senator Specter/Legislative Working Group, 1990.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5
USA Decay Project, 1992.
Box DG 242: Series C: 5

Local group list.
Box DG 242: Series D: 6
Mid-Atlantic Pledge of Resistance.
Box DG 242: Series D: 6
National Pledge of Resistance.
Box DG 242: Series D: 6
Philadelphia Pledge of Resistance.
Box DG 242: Series D: 6
Religious Task Force on Central America.
Box DG 242: Series D: 6
Veterans for Peace-Philadelphia.
Box DG 242: Series D: 6

Addresses, 1991-1994.
Box DG 242: Series E: 6
Administrative Working Group, 1990 (May) – 1993 (December).
Box DG 242: Series E: 6
Agendas for meetings, 1990-1994.
Box DG 242: Series E: 6
Direct mailings.
Box DG 242: Series E: 6
Mailing list.
Box DG 242: Series E: 6
Meeting minutes, 1986 (September) – 1993 (May).
Box DG 242: Series E: 6
Meeting minutes, 1990-1993.
Box DG 242: Series E: 6
Meeting minutes, 1992-1994.
Box DG 242: Series E: 6
Original copies of Delco Pledge events, fliers, etc.
Box DG 242: Series E: 6
Press releases, 1987-1992.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
Program summaries, 1993.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
Strategy session, 1989-1990.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
Bank statements.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
Financial reports, 1989-1993.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
Financial reports, 1990-1992.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
Financial reports, 1996.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
Fundraising attempts.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
Press lists.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
A.J. Muste Fund [received grant from], 1994.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
Bequests Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting [received grant from], 1994.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
Bread and Roses [received grant from], 1987-1989.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
Bread and Roses [received grant from], 1990-1992.
Box DG 242: Series E: 7
Grant proposals.
Box DG 242: Series E: 8
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Peace Development Fund, 1989-1993.
Box DG 242: Series E: 8
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New Society Educational Fund, 1993.
Box DG 242: Series E: 8
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Sisters of St. Francis, 1993.
Box DG 242: Series E: 8
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Unitarian Universalist Social Concerns Grants Panel, 1994.
Box DG 242: Series E: 8
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