Peter Weiss collected papers, 1949-1967.

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Peter Weiss collected papers, 1949-1967.

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Materials primarily represent Peter Weiss' involvements with the Foundation for World Government in 1946-1951 (including his research trip to Israel in 1950), the International Development Placement Association (IDPA) in 1952-1954, and the Foreign Policy Council of New York Democrats in 1966-1967 (which led to his being a delegate from the Bronx to the Democratic National Convention in 1968, where he was arrested); includes FBI investigative files on Peter Weiss.

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Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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International Development Placement Association (New York, N.Y.)

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Weiss, Peter, 1925-

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Peter Weiss was born in Vienna (Austria) in 1925, and came to the United States in 1941. He served in the U.S. Army from 1944-1946, and with the U.S. Military Government in Berlin in 1947. After graduating cum laude from St. John's College in Annapolis (Maryland), he attended Yale Law School in 1949-1952. After graduation, he founded and became the executive director of the International Development Placement Association, a precursor of the Peace Corps. He practiced law from 1955 to 2006, dividi...

Foreign Policy Council of New York Democrats.

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Democratic Party (N.Y.)

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Foundation for World Government.

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