Records, 1945-1957 (bulk 1951-1955).

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Records, 1945-1957 (bulk 1951-1955).

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The collection contains correspondence, ephemera, internal documents, petitions and public statements, and newsletters of the AVP, and of other progressive organizations, including foreign veterans organizations. Principal correspondents are Paul Green and Norman Wagner, chairs of the New York chapter. 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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Wagner, Norman.

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Green, Paul, 1894-1981

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Paul Eliot Green(1894-1981) was a Southern playwright, poet, and novelist. Born in Lillington, North Carolina, Green lived in the state all of his life and tried to capture in his writings the culture and heritage of the American South, concentrating on the experiences of tenant farmers, mill workers, Native Americans and African Americans. Green studied at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill under folk dramatist Frederick Koch of the Carolina Playmakers. After an interruption of his ...

American Veterans for Peace.

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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 wi...