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East Lansing Peace Education

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Special Collections
Michigan State University Libraries
100 Main Library
East Lansing, MI 48824
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
Box number, Folder number and/or title, East Lansing Peace Education, MSS 217, Special Collections, Michigan State University Main Library

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Collection Summary:

The Peace Education Center Collection dates from the late 1960's through the 1990's, with the bulk of the materials generated from the Center's work during the 1980's. These materials – reflecting the typical, late-twentieth century means by which advocacy groups and private individuals informed themselves of the most contentious, serious and far-reaching issues of their day, and how they sought to influence others – include newspapers and newspaper clippings, magazines and magazine articles, newsletters, essays, reports from a wide variety of government and non-government organizations, flyers, pamphlets, brochures, conference hand-outs, briefing packets, reading programs, press releases, drafts of legislative bills, books, photographs, slides, film strips, audio tapes, posters, poetry, holiday cards and personal letters. Copies of e-mail correspondence concerning the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 complete the scope of the collection, and are a timely indicator of how computer communication has rapidly transformed the way advocacy groups such as the PEC accomplish their goals of educating and motivating the public.

Besides information on issues of the day, the collection also contains PEC's internal files, i.e., financial records, minutes of board meetings, policy records, director's records, and correspondence, all dating from the founding of the Center through the 1990's. There is also a large collection of PEC publicity files, consisting of local newspaper clippings and event flyers documenting the many activities the Center initiated over the years.

Historical Background:

The East Lansing Peace Education Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting peace and human rights, began under the auspices of the United Ministries in Higher Education (UMHE) at Michigan State University in the early 1970's. At the time, the UMHE, a ministry supported by several Christian churches, was interested in establishing a peace center to maintain and strengthen local peace efforts in the post-Vietnam War/ post-military draft era. The Center first opened in October, 1973, under the direction of Warren Day of the UMHE. Its official name was "The Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution." By 1975, its name had changed to "The East Lansing Peace Education Center," and it soon became independent of the UMHE.

 Through the years, the Center has supported a variety of task forces, including the Southern Africa Liberation Committee (SALC), Committee for Education on Latin America (CELA), Ingham County Coalition Against Registration and the Draft (I-Card), Middle East Awareness Committee (MEAC) and Mobilization for Survival (MOBE), an anti-nuclear weapons task force. Its members have participated in many local and national demonstrations for peace, and have sponsored numerous public speakers and fundraisers for charity.  Its annual activities have included observances for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a Peace and Justice Alternative Holiday Gift Sale, and Commemoration of Tax Day on April 15, to call attention to the diversion of tax dollars to military purposes. Still active today, the Center continues to offer educational events for schools and the general public, draft counseling, curriculum and research consultation, and access to their collection of materials on war and peace, food and hunger, human rights, etc. Its component community groups and task forces continue to address human rights issues of all kinds. The PEC is currently located in East Lansing, Michigan at the Unitarian Universalist Church (www.peaceedcenter.org).

Processing Note:

The collection is organized into 6 parts: 1) U.S. Military and Nuclear Issues; 2) Peace and Justice: International Scope; 3) Peace and Justice within Regions and Countries; 4) PEC records, including Administrative Records, Publicity, Educational Outreach, Resource Materials, and PEC newsletters; 5) Local and National Peace/Advocacy Groups' materials and newsletters; 6) Other peace education materials, including A/V, reading programs, and misc. books.

The processing of the Peace Education Center collection was made possible, in part, through the Beth Shapiro Endowment Fund.

This inventory was completed on June 1, 2006 by Anne-Marie Rachman, MSU Library, Special Collections Division.

Arrangement:

LATIN AMERICA
Box Folder Description
9 9 ARGENTINA. Bonaparte, Laura Beatriz, "The Military in Argentina and their Method Of Un-ending Torture." Circa 1984.
  10 BELIZE. Steven Donviger, "Peace Corps Follies," The Progressive (March 1987).
  11 BRAZIL. Playbill from Boarshead Theatre production of "Savages," about Brazil's Indians (January 1976).
  12 CHILE.
   
  • "Chile Accused of Torture by O.A.S. Investigators," New York Times, December 10, 1974.
  • "Status of Human Rights in Chile, Finding of 'on the spot' Observations in the Republic of Chile, July 22 – August 2, 1974."Report prepared by the Organization of American States, October 1974. (177 pp.)
  • 1984 articles on Chilean Indian organizations and dictatorship.
  13 CUBA.
   
Playboy interview with Fidel Castro (no date). Kozol, Jonathan, "A New Look at the Literacy Campaign in Cuba,"
Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 48, No. 3, August 1978.
EL SALVADOR
Box Folder Description
9 14 CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador). Brochures, letters, flyers, reports. Circa 1987 – 1991.
  15 CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador). "Medical Aid for El Salvador" Collection boxes
  16 FDR/FMLN:
   
(Platform of the Democratic Revolutionary Front (FDR) from "NACLA report," July/August 1980;
Information on the FMLN (Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation and the FDR).
  17 Groups protesting U.S. policy (Brochures, letters, flyers, reports.)
  18 News articles.
  19 Posters.
  20 U.S.Government
   
(Letters received from Senator Levin (12/89), Senator Riegle (1/90) and Congressman Carr (9/90).U.S. Committee on Foreign Affairs Memorandum (9/87) re. State Dept. decision to continue funding El Salvador government security forces.)
  21 Guatemala. Flyers, brochures, articles.
  22

Guatemala. Posters.

  23 Honduras.
NICARAGUA
Box Folder Description
9 24 Campaigns/Groups:
   

The Institute for Peace and Justice, St. Louis, MO. (Pamphlet by James McGinnis, Solidarity with the People of Nicaragua & Peru. 1982.)

  25 Campaigns/Groups: Nicaragua Contingency Action Plan "NCAP" (1984/85).
  26 Campaigns/Groups: Nicaragua Network. (August 1989). Activist briefing packet.
  27 Campaigns/Groups: Reports, mailings, articles from misc. peace groups.
  28 Contra Scandal/U.S. Involvement in Nicaragua. News articles (1987- 1989).
  29 Hurricane Joan (October 22, 1988). Articles, flyers calling for aid.
  30 Posters.
  31 Revolutionary flags.
  32 Douglas Schirca letters from Nicaragua to PEC members (1988 – 1989).
  33 Puerto Rico.
   
News articles/pamphlets re. the case of the Puerto Rico/Hartford (1988) and effects of U.S. colonialism in Puerto Rico.
REGIONAL (CENTRAL AMERICA)
Box Folder Description
  34 The Christic Institute.
  35 CELA (Committee for Education on Latin America &ndash A Peace Education Center task force)
   
Newsletter, Update (issues from 1984 – 1989).
  36 CELA Sister city project (1988).
  37 CELA joins the March for Peace and Justice in South Africa and Central America (Washington D.C., April 25, 1987).
  38 CELA Event flyers.
  39 CELA Leaflet mock-ups, information sheets, misc. administrative materials, correspondence, notes.
  40 CELA Lists of film & media resources/ news clippings re. local & CELA events.
  41 EPOCA (The Environmental Project on Central America, Earth Island Institute).
Box Folder Description
10 1 La Mariposa Sanctuary Project
   
(national and Lansing) and the sanctuary movement to relocate refugees from Central America.News articles, reports on the legality of the relocation efforts.
  2 News articles
  3 Poster
NORTH AMERICA
Box Folder Description
    UNITED STATES DOMESTEC ISSUES (alphabetical by topic)
    BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
10 4 News/magazine articles on the celebration. Features from The New York Times, Newsweek, and other periodicals.
  5 Protests. PEC Activities.
  6 Protests. The People's Bicentennial Commission.
   
Newspaper advertisements, articles, brochures, correspondence, other publications.
  7 Protests. Posters.
   
(People's Bicentennial Commission's Declaration of Economic Independence, 22" x 33"; July 4th Coalition poster).
  8 A. Religious groups.
   
Essays/articles analyzing pros and cons of America's policies re. human rights at the time of the Bicentennial.
    B. Socialist Labor Party Statement: "How Should We Celebrate the Bicentennial?"
  9 CHILDREN AND PEACE.
   
  • Publications by children.
  • Pamphlets/information from CCRC (Children's Creative Response to Conflict) and PTSR (Parents and Teachers for Social Responsibility). Circa 1980's.
  • Peacemaker slide show script.
  • Teaching Tolerance magazine (Fall 1994).
  • PEC essay contest for high school students on the U.S. Strategic Defense System (1987).
  • Lansing State Journal story on Elise Harvey's peace cranes (July 27, 1990).
CIVIL LIBERTIES
Box Folder Description
10 10 Center for Constitutional Rights. Various publications (1998 – 2001).
  11 CIA Issues.
  12 Citizen's Guides to Accessing Personal Files from MI and Federal Agencies (1970's).
  13 FBI Harassment/Grand Jury Law.
  14 Federal funding of the Civil Rights Commission.
   
Letters to PEC member Dwyer from Congressman Bob Carr, with attachments (1984).
  15 Martin Luther King Jr./Freedom Ride Commemorations:
   
2002 Celebration at MSU (Brochure); PEC joins D.C. March (1983); PEC sponsors Freedom Ride 20th Anniversary Commemoration (1981).
  16 Michigan Red Squad/MI Spying Conference (1977 – 1982).
  17 Miscellaneous.
   
Articles, pamphlets on government violations of human rights and civil liberties and spying on citizens. Includes September-October 1971issue of Church and Society entitled "Repression U.S.A.," published by The United Presbyterian Church; German Democratic Republic pamphlet, "Documentary Evidence of the Violation of Human Rights in the USA," circa 1977; Art Shields, "Provocateurs Against the People." Introduction by Gus Hall. New Outlook Publishers, February 1972; National Coalition for Haitian Rights in U.S.
  18 Rosenberg Trial. News articles (1983).
  19 Summers, Darnell (Revolutionary prosecuted for murder). News articles (1983).
  20 CONSERVATIVE Publications:
   
American Freedom Coalition (Unification Church)( 1987); "The Red Traders," American Opinion, April 1984.
  21 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY.
   
"Poletown Lives " film information; The Corporate Examiner (2 issues, 1992); Michigan House of Representatives Resolution re.
"Big Business Day" Teach-In and Rally (April 17, 1980).
ENERGY
Box Folder Description
  22 Alternatives to Oil. Articles on solar power (1970's) and wind power (1999). See also Nuclear Issues (above).
  23 Fuel Crisis (1973). National Energy Emergency Act of 1973, articles, reports, American Petroleum Institute pamphlets.
  24 Fuel Crisis (1974). Conferences, news releases, articles, reports.
  25 Sun Day/Sun Week (1978). National and local event.
  26 EDUCATION.
   
Michigan Progressive Educators Network (PEN) information and conference (1982-83); Report by the National Priorities Project on Deteriorating Schools (2000).
  27 ENVIRONMENT. See also Michigan and National Peace/Justice Groups and Newsletters.
   
Misc. reports by environmental groups.
  28 FARM WORKERS' RIGHTS. Cesar Chavez, President of the UFW, visit to Michigan and MSU (1979).
  29 FOOD SAFETY.
   
Conference at MSU (no date); Citizen's Guide to Fighting Food Irradiation by Public Citizen Foundation (July 2000).
  30 HATE GROUPS. Articles, announcements re. KKK and White Nationalism (Circa 1996).
  31 HOUSING. Publication from HUD and Housing Resource Center in East Lansing, MI.
  32 LABOR MOVEMENT. Misc. reports.
  33 MICHIGAN SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION.
   
Historical Observances Committee, Peace Affairs Subcommittee (1987).
  34 NASA. News articles.
Box Folder Description
11 1 NATIVE AMERICANS. News articles, newsletters, announcements, flyers, posters. Circa 1970', 1980's.
    PEACE EDUCATION OUTREACH (See also PEC Educational Outreach Records, below).
  2 Campaigns: The Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice (1976).
   
Newsletters, articles from 1975 - 76. Bumper sticker, "Be All You Can Be, Work for Peace." (1983).
  3 Campaigns: Michigan International Week
   
sponsored by the Michigan Educators Association (October 24-31, 1982). Brochure.
  4 Graphics.
  5 Legislation: Michigan Peace Bill (1978).
  6 Pamphlets/reports
   
from various peace groups on teaching about peace, establishing policies of peace, working for peace.
  7 POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. Brochures, announcements, analysis; PEC "Peace Vote '96" Records.
PRESIDENTS
Box Folder Description
11 8 George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
   
Articles on presidency, campaign, Prescott Bush's financial ties to Nazi Germany.
  9 Ronald Reagan's visit to Grand Rapids (1981).
  10 PRISON REFORM AND ALTERNATIVES.
   
National and Michigan. Reports, news, PEC actions, death penalty articles. (1970's – 2001).
  11 TAXPAYER EDUCATION. Movement for Economic Justice briefing kit on tax preparation and issues of fairness (1973).
  12 TERRORIST ATTACK OF 9/11/01.
   
  • E-mail correspondence of PEC members (September, 2001)
  • The Cornell Forum for Justice and Peace Statement (Nov. 25, 2001)&ndash "Homeland Security" poster (e-copy print-out).
  • "Bush Did Nothing" bumper sticker
  • Educational outreach packet from the Arab American Institute and ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services) (2002).
  13 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE. 1984-85.
  14 WOMEN'S RIGHTS. (See also Michigan and National Peace/Justice Groups and Newsletters.)
   
Newsletters (1983), correspondence from Congressman Carr (1984).
UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY
Box Folder Description
  15 General newsletters, articles, essays, opinions. (1973 – 1992).
  16 PEC Conference:
   
"U.S. Foreign Policy: A Third World Perspective," April 15-17, 1988 at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
  17 Trade Policy. News articles (1988 – 89).
  18 United Nations.
   
The Interdependent (issues circa 2000- 2003); Stanley Foundation Conference on the UN (1999); "Briefing Book on Peacekeeping: The U.S. Role in United Nations Peace Operations," by Victoria Holt. Council for a Livable World Education Fund. 1994; misc. articles.
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY:
Box Folder Description
11 19 MSU Financial Crisis (1981).
   
News articles, letters re. elimination of programs and legality of decision-making process.
  20 MSU Involvement in Vietnam.
   
  • Michigan State University Group in Viet-Nam, Proposals for International Programs in Technical Assistance. MSU, December 1958.
  • People's Peace Treaty at MSU, History of U.S. Involvement in Indochina. Date unknown.
  • The Empire's New Clothes: An Investigation of US Foreign Policy in the 70's. April 11-14, 1973. Michigan State: The University's Role. (unattributed pamphlet).
  21 MSU Involvement in Vietnam.
   
MSU inquiry re. U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Answers from MSU Placement Bureau, the Department of Public Safety, and Major Roland Roupe (ROTC) to questions posed by Charles Poizel, Chairman, University Sub-Committee to Study U.S. Involvement in the War in Vietnam. June 1972.
  22 MSU Overseas Activities.
   
  • Opinion piece by James Davis, The Lansing Star, April (1976?).
  • Office of the Dean of International Studies and Programs, "International Report." MSU, Spring 1972.
  • "Summaries of Overseas Programs." MSU, 1970.
  23 University Policies on Sponsored Research.
   
MSU Vice President Milton E. Muelder responds to query by the Ad Hoc Committee on University and East Lansing Polices
regarding Sponsored Research Policies. June 1972.
  24 University Policies on Sponsored Research.
   
Report submitted by MSU Vice President Milton Muelder:"Sponsored Research and Education Programs Approved by the Board of Trustees."
  25 Request for Hearing.
   
Student claim of MSU violation of the Academic Freedom Report, Sections 6.1 and 1.5.03. Feb. 22, 1973.
  26 MSU Politics. Interview with Trustee Warren Huff. Handwritten notes. May 18, 1972.
  27 MSU Investment/Purchasing Policies.
   
Incomplete file entitled "Answers to Investment Questions." Date and author unknown.
  28 MSU and Iran: Arya Mehr University agreement (1971). News articles.
  29 MSU and Iran: Film Project Protest.
   
Copy of the agreement between National Iranian Radio and Television and MSU to produce series of instructional films on Iran. 1974.
  30 MSU and Iran: Film Project Protest. Materials from the Committee to Stop the MSU- Iran Project. 1977.
  31 MSU and Iran: Film Project Protest. News articles. 1977 – 1979.
  32 MSU and Iran: Film Project Protest. Poster.
  33 MSU Student Rights and Responsibilities (1982). Copy of regulations.
  34 INGHAM COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
   
Youth violence prevention, poverty campaign, community gardening information;Human Resources Dept. women's support brochure (Feb. 1990).
  35 EAST LANSING CITY COUNCIL. News articles, reports, PEC correspondence. (1970's).
PEACE EDUCATION CENTER ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS (Chronologically)
Box Folder Description
12 1 1973 Founding of PEC: Statements & Correspondence.
  2 1973 Founding of PEC: Announcement of PEC opening (October 1973).
  3 1974: Correspondence
  4 1975: Correspondence
  5 1975/76: Financial Records
  6 1975: Peace Center/Policy Committee Records.
   
Early announcements of PEC structure and activities; newsletter with budget; roster; copies of by-laws adopted this year.
  7 1976: Correspondence.
  8 1976: Policy and Membership Committee Records.
  9 1977: Correspondence.
  10 1977: General Membership Meeting of June 6th.
  11 1978: Correspondence.
  12 1978: Policy. Restructuring the PEC.
  13 1979: Correspondence.
  14 1979/80: Financial records and fundraising.
  15 1979: Policy and Membership Committee records.
  16 1980: Board Meeting Notes.
  17 1980: Correspondence.
  18 1980/81: Financial Records.
  19 1981 through 1991: Board Membership Roster Lists.
  20 1981: Board Minutes.
  21 1981: Correspondence.
  22 1981: Policy. By-laws amended.
  23 1981: Policy. Membership Meeting and Marcia Taylor concert.
  24 1981: Policy. Questionnaires.
  25 1982: Board Minutes.
  26 1982: Correspondence.
  27 1982: Financial Records.
  28 1982: Policy Committee.
  29 1982: Policy. Membership Meeting.
  30 1983: Board Minutes.
  31 1983: Correspondence.
  32 1983/84: Director's Records. Daily log and working calendar.
  33 1983: Financial Records.
  34 1983: Policy. Membership Meeting.
  35 1983: Policy. By-laws updated.
  36 1984: Board Minutes.
  37 1984: Board Retreat.
  38 1984/85: Director's Records. Daily log and working calendar.
  39 1984: Director's Records. Calendar of local events.
  40 1984: Director's Records. Announcements of state/national events.
  41 1984: Financial/Fundraising.
  42 1984: Financial. Budget, correspondence re. the Peace Development Fund Exchange Project.
  43 1984: Policy. Membership meeting. Position paper.
  44 1984: Policy. Conference/workshop materials.
  45 1985: Board minutes.
  46 1985: Board retreat.
  47 1985: Correspondence.
Box Folder Description
13 1 1985: Director's Records. Calendar of PEC events and local events.
  2 1985: Director's Records. Calendar of state and national events.
  3 1985/86: Financial/Fundraising.
  4 1986: Board Minutes.
  5 1986: Board Retreat.
  6 1986: Correspondence.
  7 1986: Financial. Records re. John McCutcheon fundraiser.
  8 1986/87: Financial. Assoc. Students MSU (ASMSU) funding.
  9 1986 – 1988: Financial. Fundraising plans. Budgets.
  10 1986 – 1989: Financial. Bank statements.
  11 1986/87: Membership. Lists (with donations noted).
  12 1987: Board records.
  13 1987: Board retreat.
  14 1987: Correspondence.
  15 1987: Financial. Funding for project SAFE.
  16 1987: Policy. Membership meeting.
  17 1988: Board records.
  18 1988: Correspondence.
  19 1988/89: Financial. Bank statements.
  20 1988/89: Policy.
  21 1989: Correspondence.
  22 1989: Financial. Fundraising events.
  23 1990: Correspondence.
  24 1990: Financial.
  25 1990/91: Programming.
  26 1991: Board. Retreat, reports.
  27 1991: Correspondence.
  28 1991/92: Financial. Bank records, budget.
  29 1991: Financial. Development.
  30 1992: Board.
  31 1992/93: Correspondence.
  32 1992: Membership. Records, renewals.
  33 1992: Programming. Film Series.
  34 1992/93: Programming.
  35 1993- 2006: Correspondence& Membership
  36 Personnel Policy, Forms, Records (Circa 1985- 1991)
  37 Personnel Records (1975)
  38 Personnel Records (1983 - 1986)
  39 Personnel Records (1986 – 1991)
  40 Personnel Records (1980's)
PEC PUBLICITY
Box Folder Description
14 1 Reference lists of TV/Radio stations/newspapers. Michigan and beyond
  2 Undated Event Announcements/Flyers.
  3 Press Releases and Statements (1972 – 1978).
  4 Press Releases and Statements (1979 – 1980's).
  5 Press Releases and Statements (1990's).
  6 PEC-related news articles (1974 – 1979).
  7 PEC-related news articles (1980 – 1984).
  8 PEC-related news articles (1985 –2000's).
  9 PEC-related news articles (1987).
  10 PEC-related news articles (1988).
  11, 12 Second collection of PEC-related news articles from 1970's – 1980's.
  13 Event Announcements/Flyers (1973-74). Pre-PEC (Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution).
  14 Event Announcements/Flyers (1974-75).
  15 Event Announcements/Flyers (1976).
  16 Event Announcements/Flyers (1977).
  17 Event Announcements/Flyers (1978).
  18 Event Announcements/Flyers (1979).
  19 Event Announcements/Flyers (1980).
  20 Event Announcements/Flyers (1981).
  21 Event Posters (1981).
  22 Event Announcements/Flyers (1982-83).
Box Folder Description
15 1 Event Announcements/Flyers (1985-86).
  2 Event Announcements/Flyers (1987).
  3 Event Announcements/Flyers (1988).
  4 Event Announcements/Flyers (1989).
  5 Event Announcements/Flyers (1990's).
PEC EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH RECORDS (See also, PEC Publicity and PEC Newsletter Collection)
Box Folder Description
15 6 Anti-Racism Coalition (1983).
    Art Project: "Visions of the Future" for High School Students (1991)
  7      — Notes/ Correspondence Sent
  8      — Correspondence Received and Participant Forms
  9      — Publicity
  10      — Forms and Certificates
  11      — Evaluations/Description of Project
  12 Holiday "Gifts for Peace and Justice Sale" (1976- 198). Posters, records.
  13 Miscellaneous PEC Outreach Activities
  14 Peace and Justice Week (1986)
  15 "The Progressive Pages." Directory of businesses published by PEC (1990 – 1992)
PEC RESOURCE MATERIALS
Box Folder Description
15 16, 17 Catalogs/Source lists for Books, Audio/Visual, Films
  18, 19 Conference Information
  20 Grant Proposals/Resources
  21 PEC Resource Lists; Lansing District Swords into Plowshares Peace Center Bibliography of Resources.
  22 Quotations
  23 Speaker Lists
PEC MISCELLANNEOUS RECORDS
Box Folder Description
15 24 Administrative
  25 "Between the Lines" Program Guide and Directory (1991).
  26 Draft of February 1991 Newsletter
  27 Robert J. Rentschler, "Community Commentator, A Sampler." WKAR Radio, MSU, East Lansing MI. 1984-1985.
  28 Robert J. Rentschler, "Ellipses." January 26, 1990 – January 29, 1991.
  29 Robert J. Rentschler, "Ellipses." February 6 – July 9, 1991.
  30 Robert J. Rentschler, "Ellipses." July 10 – December 20, 1991.
PEC NEWSLETTERS
Box Folder Description
16 1 1974
  2 1975
  3 1976
  4 1977
  5 1978
  6 1979
  7 1980
  8 1981
  9 1982
  10 1983
  11 1984
  12 1985
  13 1986
  14 1987
  15 1988
  16 1989
  17 1990
  18 1991
  19 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998
  20 2000, 2002, 2005
MICHIGAN PEACE/JUSTICE GROUPS
Box Folder Description
17 1 - 70 Brochures, Announcements, Assorted Newsletters from Michigan groups (circa 1970's – 2000's).
    Names listed on folders, in alphabetical order.
Box Folder Description
18 1 - 25 Continued.
  26 Miscellaneous brochures in mylar envelope:
   
  • A2MISTAD Construction Brigade, a project of HAP—NICA (Ann Arbor).
  • The Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (Detroit).
  • Movement Arts (Lansing).&ndash Palestine Aid Society of America (Detroit).
  • Physicians for Social Responsibility (Lansing).
  • Wayne State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.
  • YOU (Young – Old – United) (MSU and Lansing).
    Misc. Letters, Announcements, Reports, Updates:
   
  • ccMLKjr (MSU Committee Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.); 1989 .
  • Covenant for Peace; East Lansing, 1990.
  • Don’t Waste Michigan; Lansing, 1988.
  • Esperanto Society of Michigan; Southfield, 1990.
  • Institute for Global Education; Grand Rapids, n.d.
  • Michigan Disarmament Network; East Lansing, 1986.
  • Northern Great Lakes Peace Network; Harbor Springs, 1987.
  • Options of MSU; East Lansing, 1989.
  • People United to Save Housing; Lansing, 1989.
  • U.S. Peace Council, Michigan Chapter; Detroit, 1986.
  • Up and Out of Poverty Campaign; Lansing, 1989.
  • Voluntary Action Center of Greater Lansing, 1987.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE/JUSTICE GROUPS
Brochures, Announcements, Reports (For Group Newsletters, see below).
Box Folder Description
18 27 Access – A Security Information Service.
  28 ACT. Declaration of Interdependence.
  29 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
  30 American Near East Refugee Aid.
  31 American Friends Service Committee. Annual Report 1988, 1989.
  32 Amnesty International USA.
  33 Bahai National Center.
  34 Bertha Capen Reynolds Society.
  35 Bohemian Grove Action Network
  36 Campaign for a Democratic Foreign Policy
  37 Campaign for a People's Peace Treaty
  38 Campaign for Political Rights
  39 CampFire Inc.
  40 Center for Defense Information
  41 Center for Global Education
  42 Center for International Policy
  43 CCCO (Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors)
  44 Children's Defense Fund
  45 Citizens Against Nuclear Power (Chicago)
  46 Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy
  47 Coalition for a Non-Nuclear World
  48 Committee of Atomic Bomb Survivors in the USA
  49 Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development (COPRED)
  50 Educators for Social Responsibility
  51 Fellowship of Reconciliation in Nyack NY
  52 The Fifth Estate
  53 Food First: Institute for Food and Development Policy
  54 Friends Committee on National Legislation
  55 Friends of Peace Pilgrim
  56 Fund for a Free South Africa
  57 Global Exchange
  58 Global Perspectives in Education Inc.
  59 Greenpeace
  60 Ground Zero
  61 Ground Zero Pairing Project
  62 Heifer Project International
  63 Human Rights Watch
  64 India Development Service
  65 Infact
  66 Institute for a World Order
  67 International Peace Walk
  68 International Rescue Committee
  69 Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO)
  70 Keep Hope Alive (Rev. Jesse Jackson)
  71 The Maternal Majority (Another Mother for Peace)
  72 Methodist Federation for Social Action (in New York)
  73 The Midwest Academy
  74 Mobilization for Survival
  75 Mount Diablo Peace Center (Walnut Creek, CA)
  76 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  77 National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
  78 National Commission Against Repressive Legislation
  79 National Gun Control Center
  80 National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO)
  81 National Organization for an American Revolution
  82 National Organization for Women (NOW)
  83 The National Peace Academy Campaign (N-PAC)
  84 National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC)
  85 No Business as Usual (NBAU)
  86 Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
  87 Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS)
  88 Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (Oak Ridge, TN)
  89 Oxfam
  90 Patriotic Majority
  91 Pax Christi
  92 Pax World Foundation
  93 Peace Action/Peace Action Education Fund
  94 Peace Child Foundation
  95 The Peace Museum
  96 Peace Resource Center
  97 Peninsula Peace Education Center (Newport News, VA)
  98 People's Anti-War Mobilizer
  99 Physicians for Social Responsibility
  100 Progressive Prospects, Inc.
  101 Project YANO (Youth and Non-Military Opportunities)
  102 Quest for Peace – Quixote Center
  103 Ralph Nader/ Public Citizen Inc.
  104 Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (RCAR)
  105 Religious Task Force on Central America
  106 RESIST
  107 Samantha Smith Foundation
  108 SANE
  109 Southern Poverty Law Center
  110 STOP (Student/Teacher Organization to Prevent Nuclear War
  111 Sufi Islamic Ruhaniat Society, Center for the Dances of Universal Peace
  112 Traprock Peace Center (MA)
  113 Union of Concerned Scientists
  114 United States Institute for Peace
  115 Universal Organization for Peace
  116 War Resisters' League
  117 The Washington Office on Africa
  118 Washington (D.C.) Peace Center
  119 Witness for Peace
  120 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
  121 World Citizens Assembly
  122 World Federalist Association
  123 National Peace Groups Miscellaneous File
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS, NEWSLETTERS
Box Folder Description
19 1 - 40 "Action Student" through "Central America Newsletters"
20 1 - 56 "Century of Peace" through "Midwest Pacifist Commentator"
21 1 - 41 "Milwaukee Mobilizer" through "Peace Institute Reporter"
22 1 - 53 "The Peacemaker" through "Via Paces"
23 1 - 40 "A Voice of the Voiceless" through "The Zero Population Growth Reporter"
24 1 Al-Fajr Jerusalem Palestinian Weekly (195 issues from June 28, 1985 through September 30, 1991).
24 2 Miscellaneous Newspapers/Newsletters
Box Folder Description
25 1 Slide carousel: "Working People in El Salvador." CELA Labor Program (undated).
  2 Slide carousel and cassette tape: "A Plea for the Innocent: Lebanon's Civilian Victims," produced by AFSC 9/82.
  3 Slide carousel and two cassette tapes: "El Salvador: A Country in Crisis." Overview Latin America, Cambridge MA (no date).
  4 Slide carousel and one cassette tape: "PEC A/V Slide Program with Pulses." Circa 1987.
  5 Tape cassette and transcript. "On the Brink." Detroit Area Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. 1983.
  6 3 tape cassettes:
   
"Steward of the Earth" by Mark Stephan; "Israeli Settlements: Time is Running Out" by AFSC; "Peace Pilgrim" by Friends of Peace Pilgrim. No dates.
26 1 Slide carousel:
   
"From the West Bank to Armageddon: The Role of the United States in the Middle East. Part One and Two." Survival Education Fund (no date).
  2 Slide carousel:
   
"From the West Bank to Armageddon: The Role of the United States in the Middle East. Part Three." Survival Education Fund (no date).
  3 Envelope:
   
3 cassette tapes. "From the West Bank to Armageddon: The Role of the United States in the Middle East." Survival Education Fund (no date).
  4 Folder:
   
Script of "From the West Bank to Armageddon: The Role of the United States in the Middle East." Survival Education Fund (no date).
  5 A, B Tape cassette and film strip (2 copies):
   
"Peace on Earth: The First Ten Years." Produced by the Office for Church in Society, United Church of Christ (1982). (5A no pamphlets; 5B three pamphlets included.)
  6 Record and story set:
   
"Stories of Peace in Bible Times and Today," by Media Resource (1984). Contains one record (33 1/3 rpm), leader's guide, 2 sheets of cut-out figures, 6 story sets (24 pp).
READING/DISCUSSION PROGRAMS
A. The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions – "Forces of Change" discussion program (6 literature packets w/optional audio tapes) (1965).
Box Folder Description
28 1 Correspondence , introductory materials including listing of books shipped for the 6-part program.
   
    • Books and papers for Packet #1 (" Forces of Change: What Do We Face?") including The Human Use of Human Beings by Norbert Wiener (1954);Pacem in Terris: Encyclical of Pope John XXIII (1964); The Negro as an American by Lyndon B. Johnson et al. (1963); and "The Social Impact of Computers" an address by David Sarnoff, Chairman of the Board of RCA (1964).
  2 Packet #2 ("Race and Rights")
  3 Packet #3 ("War and Peace")
   
including American Strategy for the Nuclear Age by Walter F. Hahn (1960); "The Effects of Nuclear War" by SANE;"Psychiatric Aspects of the Prevention of Nuclear War" by the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (1965).
  4 Packet #4 ("Men and Machines")
   
including Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman (1962);"Cybernation: The Silent Conquest" by D. Michael (1962);
People of Plenty: Economic Abundance and the American Character by David Potter (1954).
  5 Packet #5 ("Some Guideposts to Peace, Plenty and Purpose")
   
including Two Worlds of Change: Readings in Economic Development, Otto Feinstein, Ed. (1962); Current Disarmament Proposals as of March 1, 1964,
published by the World Law Fund (1965).
  6 Packet #6 ("Local and National Applications")
   
including Why Kalamazoo Voted No: The Defeat of a Housing Proposal by D. Bouma (1962); Children and the Threat of Nuclear War by S. Escalona. Child Study Association of America (1962); The Worried Man's Guide to World Peace by Arthur Waskow (1963).
  7 Papers from the International Convocation on the Requirements of Peace (to examine the implications of the encyclical Pacem in Terris by Pope John XXIII). 1965.
  8 Newsletters and report from Robert Hutchins, president of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (1965).
  9 Articles, essays published by the Center (1963 – 1965).
  10 One reel-to-reel tape (unidentified); The Demilitarized World by Walter Millis (1964).
B. Philadelphia Movement for a New Society – "The Central America Macroanalysis Seminar" (12 week seminar) (1985).
Box Folder Description
29 1 Introductory papers and overview of seminar, including outline of materials covered.
    Week #1 materials.
  2 Week #2 materials.
  3 Week #3 materials.
  4 Week #4 materials.
  5 Week #5 materials.
  6 Week #6 materials.
  7 Week #7 materials.
  8 Week #8 materials.
  9 Week #9 materials.
  10 Week #10 materials.
  11 Week #11 materials.
  12 Week #12 materials.
  13 Miscellaneous materials.
  14 Handwritten notes.
  15 PEC COLLECTION OF BOOKS/PAMPHLETS (MISC.)

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