Peace movements

Scope and Contents The records for the DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice date from 1985 to 2004 and consist of  meeting minutes, correspondence, e-mails, financial information, newsletters, newspaper articles, flyers and posters.  Also include in the Interfaith Network’s collection is information on the DeKalb Coalition for a Nuclear Weapons Freeze and the NIU Faculty Committee on Social Responsibility.  The Coalition records date from 1982 to 1985 and include meeting minutes, correspondence,...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of the papers of Jane Heckman from 1940 to 2010.  Papers include minutes, committee records, administrative files, publicity and audio-visual files from the West Suburban Area YWCA; as well as meeting minutes and booklets from OWL (the Older Women’s League) of DuPage County, meeting minutes, correspondence, and printed material from other organizations in DuPage County, printed material from Barnard College, and personal correspondence.  The collection documents Jane...

Abstract

H. Alan Lipscomb became a Field Representative for the Northern Illinois University Swen Parson Library in August of 1968.  He collected research material pertaining to the Democratic National Convention of 1968 and acquired the passes and credentials which gave him access to all convention activities.

Scope and Contents The records for the Rockford Peace and Justice Action Committee (RP&JAC) date from 1982 to 1995 and consist of meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and newspaper articles. Included in Series I, Organizational Records, is historical materials, by-laws, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and newsletters. Subject Files comprise Series II, and are arranged alphabetically. Among the broad range of topics covered in the series are nuclear power, China, education, ERA, flood control,...