Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	American Veterans for Peace.
	Title:	Records
	Dates:	1945-1957, (Bulk 1951-1955)
	Abstract:	American Veterans for Peace was founded in 1951 to oppose American participation in the Korean War. The AVP opposed militarism, supported improved Soviet relations and a progressive social agenda. It published Progressive Veteran (later Vet's Voice). The collection includes: correspondence, ephemera, internal documents, petitions, public statements, and newsletters of the AVP and other progressive organizations.
	Quantity:	.5 linear feet (1 box)
	Call Phrase:	Tamiment 246

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Historical/Biographical Note

American Veterans for Peace, officially founded in June 1951, was the result of a Communist Party-oriented initiative in the months following the outbreak of the Korean War that saw the founding of several local Veterans for Peace organizations. The AVP published a monthly newsletter, Progressive Veteran, 1949-1955 (title changed to Vet's Voice in 1950). While its main purpose was to oppose American participation in the Korean War, the AVP also opposed militarism, supported improved relations with the Soviet Union and a progressive social agenda.

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Scope and Content Note

The collection is arranged alphabetically, and contains correspondence, ephemera, internal documents, petitions and public statements, and newsletters of the AVP, and of other progressive organizations, including foreign veterans organizations. There are files on two annual AVP events -- an art show, and Elbe River Day, commemorating the meeting of American and Soviet troops in 1945. Other files document Desert Fox (a campaign against the 1951 movie), the suppression (by the U.S. Post Office) of Vet's Voice, an allied organization, the American Women for Peace (including copies of two issues of its monthly newsletter, The Peacemaker), and the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women.

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Arrangement
	The files are grouped into 1 series.
	Folders are arranged alphabetically.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research without restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2630
Fax: (212) 995-4225
E-mail: gail.malmgreen@nyu.edu

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Access Points
	Subject Names:
		Green, Paul, 1894-1981.
		Wagner, Norman.
	Subject Organizations:
		American Veterans for Peace.
	Subject Topics:
		Communism -- United States.
		Veterans -- United States.
	Document Types:
		Correspondence.
		Documents.
		Petitions.
	Other Names:
		Turkel, Stanley.

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Administrative Information

Provenance

Gift of Stanley Turkel, 2001.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); The American Veterans for Peace Records; Tamiment 246; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.

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Container List

[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]

Container List
General
Box	Folder	Title	Date
1	1	American Labor Party	1951
1	2	American Legion. Duncan-Paris Post	1950-1953
1	3	American Peace Crusade	1951-1953
1	4	American Veterans Committee	1946
1	5	American Veterans for Peace: National	1951-1953
1	6	American Veterans for Peace: Origins	1950-1953
1	7	American Women for Peace	1951
1	8	Art Shows	1952-1954
1	9	Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women	1952-1953
1	10	Correspondence: Foreign and United Nations	1951-1954
1	11	Correspondence: Outgoing	1951-1953
1	12	Correspondence: Received	1950-1952
1	13	Desert Fox (movie) Campaign	1951-1952
1	14	Elbe River Day	1945-1955
1	15	Freedom's War Gum	1951
1	16	Housing	1952-1953
1	17	Korean Veterans	1952
1	18	Leaflets: Miscellaneous	1950-1954
1	19	New York Peace Institute	1952
1	20	New York Veterans for Peace	1951-1955
1	21	New York Veterans for Peace: Leaflets	1951
1	22	Petitions	undated
1	23	Society for the Prevention of World War III	1950-1951
1	24	Veterans' Organizations: Other	1951-1953
1	25	Vet's Voice: Suppression of	1953-1957

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