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Finding Aid for the Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom, Buffalo Branch, Records,
1960-1973
MS 10
State University of New York at
Buffalo. University Archives
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Title: Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom, Buffalo Branch, Records,
1960-1973
Creator:
Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom. Buffalo Branch (N.Y.)
Extent: 15
manuscript boxes (7.2
linear feet)
Repository:
State University of New York at Buffalo. University
Archives
Abstract: Included are minutes,
newsletters, subject and background files, correspondence, and scrapbooks that
reflect the internal and external activities of the branch and the activities
of the US section, branch legislative files which consist of correspondence,
newsletters, legislative reports, memoranda, pamphlets, and other materials,
pertaining to local and national policy positions of the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom and actions taken by the Buffalo Branch to
influence legislation and to support the general cause of peace and
international understanding, items sent to local legislative chairmen by the
national office of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,
correspondence with congress people and the news media, information on
workshops and lectures sponsored by the Women's International League for Peace
and Freedom, as well as curriculum materials for grade school children
explaining the role of the United Nations in world peace.
Preferred Citation
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 10, Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom, Buffalo Branch, Records, 1960-1973,
University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Archives' preferred citations
instructions for additional information.
Acquisition Information
Donated to the University Archives on June 13, 1974 by Miriam
Becker, former President of the Buffalo Branch of the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom. Mrs. Becker deposited an additional set of
records, the branch's legislative files (1963-1969), on April 8, 1980. The
legislative files were originally kept by successive Legislative chairmen of
Buffalo Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, including Marjorie
Torrell (1963-1964), Elizabeth Smith (1966-1968) and Maribelle Stewart
(1968-1969) and were given to Miriam Becker by Elizabeth Johnson, formerly of
the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Coordinating Committee
on United Nations Education.
Terms of Access
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Buffalo Branch,
Records, 1960-1973, are open for research.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors,
or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written
permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before
publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be
copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise
specified.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Rodney Obien, March 1997
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) was
founded in 1915 to work non-violently for peace, freedom and human rights. The
Buffalo Branch was part of the U.S. Section which was affiliated with the
international body which had its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland. The
records of the Buffalo Branch date from 1960 but it is probable that there were
individual members of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, if
not a functioning branch, in Buffalo before that time. The branch was dissolved
in 1973. In the early 1960s, the Buffalo Branch worked to gather support for
the United Nations, primarily through education programs. The branch took part
in the Coordinating Committee for United Nations Education. The branch also
supported civil rights causes and was involved in the issue of integration in
the Buffalo public school system. By the mid 1960s, the attention of the branch
had turned to the Vietnam War. The Buffalo Branch of Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom organized peace vigils, wrote letters to
newspapers, held meetings, offered draft counseling and generally worked for an
end to the war. The Buffalo Branch's concern for human rights was demonstrated
by its involvement with welfare rights, the campaign to abolish the House
Un-American Activities Committee and other activities.
The records of the Buffalo Branch cover the period from 1960 to 1973
with some material originating from the U.S. Section dating back to 1957.
Almost all of the records, however, were created between 1962 and 1970. Boxes 1
through 13 contain minutes, newsletters, subject and background files,
correspondence, and scrapbooks that reflect the internal and external
activities of the branch and the activities of the U.S. Section. Boxes 14 and
15 contain the branch's legislative files which consist of correspondence,
newsletters, legislative reports, memoranda, pamphlets and other materials
pertaining to local and national policy positions of the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom and actions taken by the Buffalo Branch to
influence legislation and to support the general cause of peace and
international understanding. Included are items sent to local legislative
chairmen by the national office of Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom, correspondence with congressmen and the news media, information on
workshops and lectures sponsored by Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom and curriculum materials for grade school children explaining the role
of the United Nations in world peace.
This collection is arranged into ten series:
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I. Newsletters,
1957-1972 |
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Contains the international publications, Pax
et Libertas (1963-1972) and the national newsletter Four Lights (1957-1972,
Four Lights changed its name to Peace and Freedom in 1970) |
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| Box |
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Contents |
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| 1 |
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Pax et Libertas,
1963-1972
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| 1 |
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Peace and Freedom,
1970-1972
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| Box |
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Contents |
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| 2 |
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Delegates Packet - Annual Meeting, Colorado,
1963
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| 2 |
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Delegates Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana,
1964
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| 2 |
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Conference,
1966-1969
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| 2 |
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Annual Meetings,
1966-1968
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| 2 |
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Annual Meetings (Delegates), Painesville, Ohio,
June
1968
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| 2 |
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Annual Meeting - Atlanta, Georgia,
1969
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| 2 |
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Delegates Packet - Conference,
April
1970
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| 2 |
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Packets from national Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom,
1963-1966
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| 2 |
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Membership Appeals, undated
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| 2 |
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Membership Manuals,
1965-1969
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| 2 |
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Leaders Manual,
1959-1969
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| 2 |
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Resolutions and Policy Statements,
1964-1967
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| 2 |
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Record - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
1965
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| 3 |
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Packets from national Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom,
1967-1969
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| 3 |
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Legislative Bulletins,
1968
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| 3 |
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National Branch Letters,
1968-1969
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| 3 |
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Report on Hemisphere Conference,
1968-1969
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| 3 |
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Policy Statements,
1966-1969
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| 3 |
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Literature - Literature Lists,
1967-1969
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| 3 |
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Program and Action Bulletins,
1967-1969
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| 3 |
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Miscellaneous Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom Publications, undated
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 4.1-4.10 |
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Branch Newsletters,
1962-1972
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| Box |
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Contents |
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| 5 |
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Scrapbook,
1963-1967
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| Box |
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Contents |
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| 5 |
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Artifacts, undated
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VI. Branch Meeting Minutes,
1962-1969 |
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Contains minutes of the branch (1962-1963),
the branch and its executive committee (1966-1969) and the minutes of the
Coordinating Committee for United Nations Education (1963-1966). |
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| Box |
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Contents |
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| 5 |
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Minutes of Meetings,
1962-1963
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| 5 |
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Minutes of Coordinating Committee for United Nations
Education,
1964-1966
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| 5 |
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Minutes of Meetings,
1966
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| 5 |
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Minutes of Meetings,
1967
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| 5 |
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Minutes of Meetings,
1968
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| 5 |
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Minutes of Meetings,
1969
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VII. Local Branch Actions,
1960-1973 |
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Information about the local activities of
the branch. Some of the folders primarily contain background information,
others include correspondence, press releases and other material relating to
branch "actions." Box 7 deals with United Nations Education. |
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| Box |
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Contents |
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| 5 |
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Actions and Correspondence,
1960-1963
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| 5 |
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Actions and Correspondence,
1964
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| 5 |
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Actions and Correspondence,
1965
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| 6 |
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Actions and Correspondence,
1966
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| 6 |
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Branch Correspondence,
1967-1968
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| 6 |
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Actions and Correspondence,
1967-1969
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| 6 |
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Actions - Civil Rights,
1963
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| 6 |
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Actions - Civil Rights,
1964-1965
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| 6 |
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Actions - Civil Rights,
1966
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| 6 |
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Actions - Civil Rights,
1967-1969
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| 7 |
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United Nations Committee,
1963-1966
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| 7 |
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Information about the United Nations,
undated
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| 7 |
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Elementary School - United Nations Kit,
1965-1967
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| 7 |
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United Nations - second and third grade material,
undated
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| 7 |
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United Nations - classroom material, grades 4-6,
undated
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| 7 |
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United Nations Principals Kit, undated
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| 7 |
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United Nations,
1963-1967
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| 7 |
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United Nations,
1968-1969
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| 7 |
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United Nations Brochures, undated
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| 8 |
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School Study,
1963-1964
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| 8 |
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Childhood Education and Day Care,
1964-1969
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| 8 |
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Childhood Education,
1965-1967
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| 8 |
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Childhood Education,
1966-1969
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| 8 |
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School Reports,
1966-1967
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| 8 |
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Labor Committee,
1965-1969
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| 8 |
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Disarmament Material, Anti-Ballistic Missiles,
1961-1963
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| 8 |
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Scientific and Chemical Research,
1967-1969
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| 8 |
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Chemical and Biological Warfare,
1967-1969
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| 8 |
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Actions - Against Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
research on Biological Weapons Convention,
1967-1970
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| 8 |
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Actions - Chemical and Biological Weapons,
1968-1969
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| 9 |
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Violence-war-nonviolence,
1966-1968
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| 9 |
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Human Rights,
1967-1969
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| 9 |
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Civil Disobedience,
1966-1969
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| 9 |
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Peace Statements and Literature,
1965-1968
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| 9 |
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Peace Material,
1967-1968
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| 9 |
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Vietnam War - Materials and Actions,
1963-1971
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| 9 |
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Draft Committee Resource Material
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| 9 |
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East Side Community Organizations
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| 9 |
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Latin America,
1967-1969
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| 10 |
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"How to" conduct various activities, undated
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| 10 |
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Conference on Alternatives to Violence,
1966-1968
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| 10 |
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Symposium - Peace, Freedom, Jobs,
1965
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| 10 |
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Program and Action,
1966-1967
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| 10 |
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Actions - the Draft,
1967-1969
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| 10 |
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Actions - House Un-American Activities Committee,
1963-1965
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| 10 |
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Legislation, Materials and Action,
1962-1970
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| 10 |
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Letters, information, policies regarding Legislation,
1962-1966
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| 10 |
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Organizational Problems,
1962-1973
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| Box |
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Contents |
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| 11 |
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Newspaper Clippings, undated
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| Box |
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Contents |
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| 12 |
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Published Background Materials, undated
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| 13 |
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Published Background Materials, undated
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(Contains Two Worlds of Change by Otto Feinstein, Capitalism
and Freedom by Milton Friedman, American Strategy for the Nuclear Age by Walter
Hahn and John West (eds), The Peace Race by Seymour Melman, and The Human Use
of Human Beings by Norbert Weiner)
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| Box |
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Contents |
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| 14 |
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Buffalo Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom Legislative Record,
1963-1964
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| 14 |
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Local Action,
1966-1968
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| 14 |
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Legislative Materials,
1965-1966
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| 14 |
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Guides for Legislative Chairmen,
1965-1969
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| 14 |
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Legislative Bulletins,
1967
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| 14 |
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Correspondence with Congressmen and Senators,
1967
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| 14 |
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Correspondence with Congressmen and Senators,
1968
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| 14 |
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Childhood Education,
1967-1968
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| 14 |
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Statements on War and International Issues,
1967-1968
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| 14 |
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Buffalo Branch Legislation,
1968
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| 14 |
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Legislation and Branch Activity,
1968
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| 15 |
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An Introduction to the United Nations and World
Understanding for the Second and Third Grades, undated
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(packet)
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| 15 |
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Teaching About the United Nations 4-6 Grades
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(packet)
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog.
State University of New
York at Buffalo. University Archives
Women's History in
Buffalo and Western New York Collection (State University of New York at
Buffalo)
Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom
Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom. Buffalo Branch (N.Y.)
Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section
Peace movements--United
States--History
Peace--Study and
teaching
State University of New
York at Buffalo--Archives
Women and peace--United
States--History
Women pacifists--United
States--History
Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom
Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom. Buffalo Branch (N.Y.)--Archives
Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom. Buffalo Branch (N.Y.)--History
Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section
Women--United
States--Societies and clubs
Separated Materials
One phonotape:
Conference on Alternatives to Violence,
Mr. Flannigan; Dr. Robert Rossberg interviewing panel of: Arthur Eve, Eugene
Thomas, Herman Schwartz and Thomas Blair. 3/2/68
Related ResourcesRelated Resources in the University Archives
MS 07 Citizen's Council on Human Relations
(1963-1972)
Related Resources in Other Repositories
The records of the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom, United States Section, are housed in the
Friends Historical Library at
Swarthmore College.
