Student Peace Union Records 1959-1964

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Student Peace Union Records 1959-1964

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The Student Peace Union (1959-1964) was an intercollegiate group organized by socialist, pacifist and other anti-war students that was critical of the foreign policy of both the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and protested against the arms race, nuclear weapons testing, racial segregation, the U.S. position during the Cuban Missile Crisis (October, 1962), and the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The collection contains correspondence, minutes, reports and bulletins documenting activism and SPU annual conventions.

0.5 linear feet; (1 box)

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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