Campaign for Peace and Democracy Records

Call Number

TAM.462

Dates

1968-1998, inclusive

; 1981-1998, bulk

Creator

Campaign for Peace and Democracy (Role: Donor)

Landy, Joanne (Role: Donor)

Extent

19 Linear Feet in 19 record cartons

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

The Campaign for Peace and Democracy (founded in 1982 as Campaign for Peace and Democracy/East and West) is dedicated to advancing a progressive and non-militaristic U.S. foreign policy -- one that encourages democracy and social justice by promoting solidarity with activists and progressive movements throughout the world. The records contain correspondence (principal correspondent is CPD founder and longtime head Joanne Landy), minutes, reports and other internal documents, political activities files, research files, printed ephemera from CPD and other organizations, Joanne Landy's personal notebooks,research materials, government documents and documents created by various Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

Historical/Biographical Note

The Campaign for Peace and Democracy (founded in 1982 as Campaign for Peace and Democracy/East and West) is dedicated to advancing a progressive and non-militaristic U.S. foreign policy -- one that encourages democracy and social justice by promoting solidarity with activists and progressive movements throughout the world. The Campaign opposed the Cold War by calling for "detente from below," engaging Western peace activists in the defense of the rights of democratic dissidents in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and enlisted East-bloc human rights activists against U.S. policies in countries like Nicaragua and Chile. Along with the European Nuclear Disarmament Movement, the Campaign built grassroots solidarity across the Cold War divide, and refused to "choose sides" in the East-West conflict.

Arrangement

This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.

Scope and Content Note

The Coalition for Peace and Democracy Records (dated 1968-1998) contain correspondence minutes, reports and other internal documents, political activities files, research files, and printed ephemera from the Coalition for Peace and Democracy (CPD) and other organizations. Correspondence primarily relates to the work of CPD founder and head Joanne Landy. The collection also contains Landy's personal notebooks, research materials for an application for a MacArthur Foundation writing grant for a project titled "The Role of Western Economic Policy in the Transformation of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union", and documents created by various Non -Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Audio visual materials in this collection include two boxes of cassette tapes and VHS recordings of CPD board meetings, lectures, forums, and conferences in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Recordings feature discussions on topics on trade, United States economic power, and Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. They also include some recordings of programs from WBAI Radio on similar topics.

Subjects

Organizations

Campaign for Peace and Democracy; Campaign for Peace and Democracy/East and West

Genres

Notebooks; Research (document genres).; Correspondence.

People

Landy, Joanne (Role: Donor)

Topics

Anti-globalization movement.; Human rights -- Europe, Eastern.; Nuclear disarmament.; Antinuclear movement.; Human rights.; Peace movements -- United States.

Places

Europe, Eastern -- Foreign Relations -- Soviet Union.; Soviet Union -- Foreign Relations -- Europe, Eastern.; Soviet Union -- Politics and government.; United States -- Foreign relations.

Donors

Campaign for Peace and Democracy; Landy, Joanne

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Campaign for Peace and Democracy were transferred to New York University in 2008 by Joanne Landry. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive. Please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Campaign for Peace and Democracy Records; TAM 462; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Joanne Landry on behalf of the Campaign for Peace and Democracy in 2008; additional materials were donated in 2016. The accession numbers associated with these gifts are 2008.046 and 2017.014.

Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures

Access to audiovisual materials in this collection is available through digitized access copies. Researchers may view an item's original container, but the media themselves are not available for playback because of preservation concerns. Materials that have already been digitized are noted in the collection's finding aid and can be requested in our reading room. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Due to technical or privacy issues, archived websites may not be exact copies of the original website at the time of the web crawl. Certain file types will not be captured dependent on how they are embedded in the site. Other parts of websites that the crawler has difficulty capturing includes Javascript, streaming content, database-driven content, and highly interactive content. Full-Text searches of archived websites are available at https://archive-it.org/organizations/567.

Collection processed by

Tamiment staff

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:34:06 -0400.

Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Processing Information

Processing decisions made before 2014 have not been recorded. In 2014, the archived websites were added as a series. In 2017, two boxes of audio and video recordings of board meetings and public events were added to this collection. At the time of accessioning these materials were added to the file list and described at the collection-level.

Revisions to this Guide

April 2017: Edited by Heather Mulliner to include materials from 2017 accession

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives