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Pledge of Resistance, Albany Chapter Records
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The Pledge of Resistance group in Albany, New York was part of an active nationwide network of grassroots organizations opposed to U.S. intervention in Central America. The Albany group was active between 1984 and 1993. Its members engaged in marches, protest demonstrations, extensive correspondence and meetings with legislators, fundraising activities, boycotts, and networking with like-minded organizations. The Albany POR produced newsletters, press releases, and leaflets. Pledge of Resistance was a nationwide network of individuals and organizations. As of 1988, over 80,000 people nationwide had taken the Pledge -- a commitment to oppose bloodshed by participating in organized, nonviolent direct action. Organizers believed that the Pledge helped prevent a full-scale US invasion in Central America, and laid the groundwork for ending the ongoing "wars of attrition" being waged against the people of Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. These records are from the Pledge of Resistance group in Albany, New York, which was active between its organization in late 1984 and its cessation in 1993. The Albany group produced newsletters, press releases, and leaflets. The Pledge of Resistance in Albany and the national Pledge of Resistance were dissolved in 1993.
This collection is unprocessed and remains in the order in which it was donated.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers/records.
Gift of Susan Dubois, 2014 [Acc. 2014-050 and Acc.2014-056]
This collection is unprocessed and remains in the order in which it was donated.
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- Peace Movements -- New York (State) -- Albany -- History -- Sources
- Direct action -- New York (State) -- Albany -- History -- Sources
- Government, Resistance to -- New York (State) -- Albany -- History -- Sources
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Collection Inventory
Documentation: U.S. War Against Nicaragua and El Salvador.
Box DG 258: 1
Documentation: El Salvador, 1988.
Box DG 258: 1
El Salvador: UPI Reports.
Box DG 258: 1
El Salvador: Steps to Freedom.
Box DG 258: 1
El Salvador Coffee Boycott.
Box DG 258: 1
El Salvador: Human Rights Incidents.
Box DG 258: 1
El Salvador, 1991.
Box DG 258: 1
Honduras-Salvadoran Refugees.
Box DG 258: 1
Guatemala: Human Rights Incidents.
Box DG 258: 1
Nicaraguan-South African Connections.
Box DG 258: 1
Nicaragua: Trade Embargo.
Box DG 258: 1
Iran/Contra Analysis.
Box DG 258: 1
Iran/Contra News Articles.
Box DG 258: 1
Miskito Indians.
Box DG 258: 1
Faces of War.
Box DG 258: 1
Paul Fisher Kidnapping.
Box DG 258: 1
List of National Media and Board of Directors.
Box DG 258: 1
McNulty.
Box DG 258: 1
Pledge: Local Endorsers.
Box DG 258: 2
Pledge: Local and National History of Actions.
Box DG 258: 2
Pledge: Media Coverage.
Box DG 258: 2
Pledge: Structure.
Box DG 258: 2
Pledge: Outreach to Legislators.
Box DG 258: 2
Pledge: Outreach.
Box DG 258: 2
Pledge of Resistance Benefit.
Box DG 258: 2
Pledge: Outreach to the religious community.
Box DG 258: 2
Pledge: Newsletters from around the country.
Box DG 258: 2
Pledge: Newsletters from around the state.
Box DG 258: 2
Pledge: Regional newsletters and information.
Box DG 258: 2
Pledge: Newsletters.
Box DG 258: 2
Pledge: Newsletters/Alerts.
Box DG 258: 2
Albany P.O.R. Newsletter.
Box DG 258: 3
Pledge of Resistance Originals.
Box DG 258: 3
Quest for Peace.
Box DG 258: 3
Witness for Peace Kidnapping Press Clippings.
Box DG 258: 3
Networks/Outreach.
Box DG 258: 3
Accountability Project.
Box DG 258: 3
Anti-ARENA Campaign.
Box DG 258: 3
Jackson Browne.
Box DG 258: 3
Bus Ads.
Box DG 258: 3
George Bush.
Box DG 258: 3
Central America Week.
Box DG 258: 3
Central America Articles.
Box DG 258: 3
Central America Peace Plan.
Box DG 258: 3
Edgar Chamorro.
Box DG 258: 3
Concourse: Tabling.
Box DG 258: 3
Puebla Institute.
Box DG 258: 3
Recruiting Centers.
Box DG 258: 3
Pinksterfest.
Box DG 258: 3
Personal Experiences in Central America.
Box DG 258: 3
Platoon.
Box DG 258: 3
Pledge: Leaflets/Posters [folder 1].
Box DG 258: 4
Pledge: Leaflets/Posters [folder 2].
Box DG 258: 4
Pledge: Leaflets/Posters [folder 3].
Box DG 258: 4
Stuff for fliers.
Box DG 258: 4
Graphics.
Box DG 258: 4
Leaflets (including bibliography).
Box DG 258: 4
Leaflets and Graphics.
Box DG 258: 4
Leaflets and Graphics [continued].
Box DG 258: 4
Cartoons.
Box DG 258: 4
Chants and Songs.
Box DG 258: 4
Pledge: Groups around the country - Leaflets/Brochures/Information.
Box DG 258: 4
Clippings: Local non-Pledge activities on Central America.
Box DG 258: 5
Clippings: Oliver North Trial, 1989.
Box DG 258: 5
Clippings: Nicaragua/Contra Aid [folder 1], 1986.
Box DG 258: 5
Clippings: Nicaragua/Contra Aid [folder 2].
Box DG 258: 5
Clippings: Nicaragua/Contra Aid [folder 3].
Box DG 258: 5
Clippings: Central America, 1987.
Box DG 258: 5
Clippings: Central America, 1988.
Box DG 258: 5
Clippings: Central America [folder 1], 1989.
Box DG 258: 5
Clippings: Central America [folder 2], 1990.
Box DG 258: 5
Christic Institute.
Box DG 258: 6
Upstate Pledge Network.
Box DG 258: 6
Coalition for a New Foreign Policy.
Box DG 258: 6
Congressional Responses on Central America.
Box DG 258: 6
Congressional Watch Committee.
Box DG 258: 6
Contra Attacks: UPI and WFP Reports.
Box DG 258: 6
Contragate.
Box DG 258: 6
Contra Training.
Box DG 258: 6
Corporate Funders of Contras.
Box DG 258: 6
Correspondence Sent.
Box DG 258: 6
Newspaper Advertisements (Paid).
Box DG 258: 6
Letters.
Box DG 258: 6
Pledge Meetings, 1988-1989.
Box DG 258: 6
Newspapers (Action).
Box DG 258: 6
Oliver North Day.
Box DG 258: 6
Hasenfus: Clippings.
Box DG 258: 6
Human Billboards.
Box DG 258: 6
Ben Linder's Death.
Box DG 258: 6
Pan-American Trauma Association.
Box DG 258: 7
Hotlines.
Box DG 258: 7
Witness for Peace Hotlines.
Box DG 258: 7
Pledge: National Communication, 1989.
Box DG 258: 7
National Pledge, 1990.
Box DG 258: 7
National Pledge, 1991-1992.
Box DG 258: 7
Harassment of Pledge Coordinators.
Box DG 258: 7
Legal Proceedings.
Box DG 258: 7
Nicaragua Clippings, mid-1993.
Box DG 258: 8
Pledge-Press Clippings.
Box DG 258: 8
Miscellaneous Clippings.
Box DG 258: 8
Pledge-Press Releases.
Box DG 258: 8
Pledge of Resistance Miscellaneous.
Box DG 258: 8
1990 (July), 1990 (July).
Box DG 258: 8
SJD Pledge of Resistanec Files, 1989-1992.
Box DG 258: 8
SJD Pledge of Resistance Files, 1987-1988.
Box DG 258: 8
Pledge of Resistance SJD Files, 1985 (September), 1987.
Box DG 258: 8
Labor Rights Denied El Salvador, An On Site Investigation by a Delegation of Labor-Legistlative-Religious Leaders, 1988.
Box DG 258: 8
Stop the Contras Poster, Witness for Peace.
Box DG 258: 8
The Pledge of Resistance Let Nicaragua Live March, March 17th, 1986.
Box DG 258: 8
Nicaragua: Civilian Victims of the U.S. Contra War, 1986 (July) - 1987 (January).
Box DG 258: 8
Peacemaking II - U.S. Religious Statements on Central America.
Box DG 258: 8
Graphics/Blurbs.
Box DG 258: 9
Miscellaneous Pledge of Resistance Stuff.
Box DG 258: 9
Pledge-Emergency Response Committee.
Box DG 258: 9
Gulf War Aftermath.
Box DG 258: 9
Iraq.
Box DG 258: 9
Pledge Grant/Housemeetings.
Box DG 258: 9
Resist Grant.
Box DG 258: 9
Pledge-Fundraising.
Box DG 258: 9
Sound Systems.
Box DG 258: 9
Stop the Lies Campaign.
Box DG 258: 9
Stratton.
Box DG 258: 9
Street Theater.
Box DG 258: 9
Longitudinal Study-Argyros.
Box DG 258: 9
Troops to Honduras Emergency Actions; Cease-Fire Agreement.
Box DG 258: 9
Veteran's Peace Convoy.
Box DG 258: 9
Voting Records-Congress.
Box DG 258: 9
Walker Amendment.
Box DG 258: 9
Walker Film.
Box DG 258: 9
Watervliet Arsenal.
Box DG 258: 9
Cuslar Newsletter.
Box DG 258: 10
D'Amato-Articles On.
Box DG 258: 10
News Letter #3.
Box DG 258: 10
D'Amato-February MTG. and Siena Grad.
Box DG 258: 10
EM Kennedy NY State Workers and Donors, Spring 1981.
Box DG 258: 10
El Salvador.
Box DG 258: 10
Pledge Phone Scripts.
Box DG 258: 10
Telephone Tree.
Box DG 258: 10
Pledge Emergency Response Committee - El Salvador Church Leafleting, 1989 (December).
Box DG 258: 10
Tasks for Running the Pledge of Resistance.
Box DG 258: 10
Contra Watch.
Box DG 258: 10
Witness for Peace.
Box DG 258: 10
Witness for Peace Kidnapping.
Box DG 258: 10
Advertising.
Box DG 258: 10
Pledge Canvassing.
Box DG 258: 10
Pledge Fundraising.
Box DG 258: 10
National Guard.
Box DG 258: 11
Communication from National and Other Pledge Groups.
Box DG 258: 11
Pledge National Convention.
Box DG 258: 11
Fall Actions on El Salvador.
Box DG 258: 11
Times Union Editorial Board Meeting|.
Box DG 258: 11
February 4th Demonstration - Contra Aid.
Box DG 258: 11
Inauguration Event.
Box DG 258: 11
Pledge Actions.
Box DG 258: 11
Pledge Action, 31474.
Box DG 258: 11
Police Liason Work (Albany).
Box DG 258: 11
Prosecution/Persecution of Donna Demaria.
Box DG 258: 11
Governor Cuomo.
Box DG 258: 11
Central America Week.
Box DG 258: 12
Hearing Testimony.
Box DG 258: 12
Moakly-Deconcini Bill.
Box DG 258: 12
National Referendum to End the War, 1987.
Box DG 258: 12
Nicaragua Suspension of Civil Rights.
Box DG 258: 12
Pat Robertson.
Box DG 258: 12
Pledge Treasurer.
Box DG 258: 12
June 12th Trial.
Box DG 258: 12
Pledge - Past Meetings/Minutes.
Box DG 258: 12