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Peace Movement posters, 1979-1990
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Peace Movement posters
- Dates
- 1979-1990 (inclusive)19791990
- Quantity
- 68 posters (6 oversize folders)
- Collection Number
- 5781
- Summary
- Peace movement posters
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
68 posters produced predominantly in the early 1980s documenting the peace movement in Seattle, the British and European anti-nuclear movements, and Central American liberation movements.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Seattle peace movement postersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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folder:oversize | item | ||
1 | 1 | Target Seattle: Preventing Nuclear War –
Celebration of Survival – Kingdome, October 2, 1982, 8:00 p.m., tickets
$1.00; [glossy poster featuring glowing Seattle skyline; dark gray background];
20" x 35" |
1982 |
1 | 2 | Target Seattle/Soviet Realities – Preventing
Nuclear War – October 29-November 6, 1983 – You Can Help:
382-5011 – Design: Rick Eiber Design; [color poster – American
flag with hammer & sickle replacing half the stars]; 18" x 25" |
1983 |
1 | 3 | New Initiatives – Target Washington –
People Getting Together to Prevent Nuclear War – You Can Help –
Senator Daniel J. Evans and Congressman Thomas S. Foley, Co-Chairmen –
Yakima Conference – Spokane Conference – Vancouver Forum; [color
poster illustration by Don Baker; design by Wilkins & Peterson]; 19" x
30" |
undated |
1 | 4 | It Will Only Happen Once – Target Seattle:
Preventing Nuclear War – Paramount Theater Saturday, September 25, 9:00
AM-4:30 PM – Tickets at all Bass outlets – call 282-1880 - $4.00
General $2.00 Students & Seniors; 5 ½" x 14 ½" |
undated |
1 | 5 | Legs Against Arms – 10-kilometer pledge run to
stop the nuclear arms race – The People’s Campaign to Stop the
Arms Race – October 2, 1982, 10 a.m.; [poster on board]; photo by Jake
Seniuk; design by Michael Sato; 17" x 22" |
1982 |
1 | 6 | Northwest Peace Festival '83 – Peace Parade,
Peace Auction, Give Peace a Dance, Peace Cabaret – The Largest Ever
Collaboration among Peace Groups in the Puget Sound Region – September
24 & 25, 1983; Poster by Art Chantry and Virginia Hand; [poster on board];
20" x 27" |
1983 |
1 | 7 | Give Peace a Dance – A 24 hour dance marathon
with Seattle’s best dance bands – An event of the Northwest Peace
Festival '83 - Legs Against Arms & Armistice Present – September
24-25, 1983; photo by Geoff Mannasse; design by Mike Wagner; 11" x 16
¾" |
1983 |
1 | 8 | Give Peace a Dance – A 24-Hour Dance Marathon
– Greenpeace, Legs Against Arms, Physicians for Social Responsibility
– June 16-17, [1984]; Poster by Art Chantry; 13 ½" x 23 ¾" |
1984 |
1 | 9-10 | Give Peace a Dance – A 24-Hour Dance Marathon
– Sponsored by Legs Against Arms and Puget Sound SANE – October
19-20, 1985; Poster by Art Chantry, 2 posters: 11 ½" x 22 ½" and 22 ½" x
35" |
1985 |
1 | 11 | Give Peace a Dance – A 24-Hour Dance Marathon
– Sponsored by Puget Sound SANE and Legs Against Arms – June
28-29, 1986; Poster by Art Chantry; 18" x 24" |
1986 |
2 | 12 | Give Peace a Dance – Fifth Annual – A
24-Hour Dance Marathon – June 20-21, 1987; Legs Against Arms, SANE and
University SANE Present; Poster by Art Chantry; 16 ½" x 20 ½" |
1987 |
2 | 13 | Give Peace a Dance – A 24-Hour Dance Marathon
– June 18-19, 1988; Puget Sound SANE and the Community Marketing Media
Center Present; Poster by Art Chantry; cut on angle: 17" x 23 ½" (at longest
& widest point) |
1988 |
2 | 14 | Give Peace a Dance – The Seventh Annual –
A 25-Hour Dance Celebration – October 21-22, 1989; Washington State
SANE/Freeze and Ploughshares Present; Artwork by Harry Segal; 14" x 26
½" |
1989 |
2 | 15 | Give Peace a Dance – The Eighth Annual – A
25-Hour Dance Celebration – October 27-28, 1990; Washington State
SANE/Freeze and Ploughshares Present; Artwork by Dionne Haroutunian; 15" x
22" |
1990 |
2 | 16 | America’s Next Step Is Up to You [at top];
[full-page illustration by Brad Holland of man walking gingerly through a field
of nuclear warheads]; Find Out Where the Candidates Stand on Nuclear Weapons
– Call 527-VOTE [at bottom]; Sponsored by Give Peace a Dance [at
bottom]; 24" x 18" |
undated |
2 | 17 | Nuclear War Awareness and Action: Presented by the
Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility Speakers Bureau –
Medical Consequences of Nuclear War; Civil Defense; Economic/Social Effects of
Military Spending; What About the Russians?; Psychological Effects/Children;
Individual Action – What YOU Can Do; A Bellevue Community College
Course, April 11 through Mary 23; Fee $10.00 – Call Continuing
Education, 641-2263; Graphics by Gloria; 11" x 17" |
undated |
2 | 18 | Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility &
Providence Medical Center Present: The Implications of Nuclear Weapons and
Nuclear War – Saturday, September 25, 9:00 AM-4:30 PM – Paramount
Theatre, 907 Pine, Seattle – “Can one generation bind another and
all others in succession forever? I think not. The creator made the earth for
the living, not the dead.” Thomas Jefferson – 1781 – [list
of speakers] Paul Beeson, MD, David Brower, Richard Falk, James Finn, Rabbi
Norman Hirsh, Judith Lipton, MD, John Mack, MD, Jonas Salk, MD, Rev. W.J.
Sullivan, and J.D. Yoder]; 10 ½" x 15 ½" |
undated |
2 | 19 | Better Read Than Dead – Northwest Nuclear
Exchange: Reporting on Disarmament [ad for the premiere issue of Northwest
Nuclear Exchange]; For subscription and other information call 632-3193 or
634-1877; [illustration of George Washington’s face designed by] Ken
Lans; 10 ¾" x 13 ½" |
undated |
2 | 20 | WPSR [Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility]
Wants YOU for… The Rapids Deployment Force – Wenatchee River
– White Water Raft Trip – Picnic Lunch – July 2, 1983
[more details included]; 11" x 15" |
1983 |
2 | 21 | This is a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone: This is to certify
that “Puget Sound (Sane) SANE” [written in by hand] has been
declared a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone and is now a link in a chain of Peace that
seeks to bind all people in a common stand against the proliferation of nuclear
weapons and in a shared concern for Life on this planet. Dated at
“Seattle” this “7th” day of
“November”, 1984” by “The SANE Ones”; 8 ½" x
11" |
1984 |
European peace movement postersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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folder:oversize | item | ||
3 | 22 | Artsen Tegen Kernwapens – International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, 17-22 Juni 1983 –
Amsterdam – Noordwijkerhout; 17 ¼" x 26" |
1983 |
3 | 23 | Probeer Maar Aan Iets Anders Te Kenken – Laten We
Een Eind Aan De Kernbewapening Maken, Voor De Kernbewapening Een Eind Aan Ons
Maakt – Gezondheidswerkers tegen; 13" x 27 ¾" |
undated |
3 | 24 | Stop de neutronen Bom – Geen atoom raketten
– niet in Nederland – niet in Europa; [half-size poster]; 11 ½" x
16" |
undated |
3 | 25 | Stop de neutronen Bom; Samenwerkingsverband "Stop de
Neutronenbom, stop de kernwapenwedloop"; 16 ¼" x 23 ¼" |
undated |
3 | 26 | Stop de neutronen Bom – stop de kernwapen wedloop
– Samenwerkingsverband "Stop de Neutronenbom, stop de kernwapenwedloop";
[full-sized poster]; 16 ¼" x 22 ½" |
undated |
3 | 27 | Geen atoom raketten – niet in nederland –
niet in europa – Samenwerkingsverband "Stop de Neutronenbom, stop de
kernwapenwedloop"; [full-sized poster]; 16" x 23" |
undated |
3 | 28 | Stop Zenuw Gas – Samenwerkingsverband "Stop de
Neutronenbom, stop de kernwapenwedloop"; [full-sized poster]; 16" x 22
¾" |
undated |
3 | 29 | Demonstratie – Amsterdam, 21 November,
Museumplein, 13 UUR – Geen Nieuwe Kernwapens in Europa; [angry woman
kicking missile]; 16 ½" x 23 ½" |
undated |
3 | 30 | Kern Wapens Weg! – Samenwerkingsverband "Stop de
Neutronenbom, stop de kernwapenwedloop"; 16 ¼" x 22 ¾" |
undated |
3 | 31 | Ga Stemmen… Tegen Nieuwe Kernwapens in Europa!
[black on white drawing of woman kicking missile]; IKV, Pax Christi,
Samenwerkingsverband Stop de N-bom/stop de kernwapenwedloop, Vrouwen voor
Vrede, Vrouwen tegen Kernwapens…; [tape marks and thumbtack holes but
otherwise in good condition]; 17" x 24" |
undated |
Folio | |||
3 | 32 | Help De Kernwapens De Wereld Uit, Om Te Beginnen Uit
Nederland – Vredesweek 19-26 September 1982; [color poster –
drawing of characters pushing away U.S. and U.S.S.R. missiles]; [poster has
been folded; thumbtack holes]; 16 ½" x 23 ¼" |
1982 |
folder:oversize | |||
3 | 33 | 1e etappe Internationale estafette Stop de N-bom, 26 aug
– 1 sept 1979; [black & white photo collage]; 16 ½" x 23
¼" |
1979 |
3 | 34 | Gezondheids-Werkers – Tegen Kern Bewapening
– Stop de neutronen bom – stop de kernwapen wedloop; 16 ½" x
23" |
undated |
cassette:oversize | |||
3 | 35 | Friedenskampagne vom 8. bis 12. Juni 1983 –
Während des Ev. Kirchentages in Hannover – Umkehr zum Leben; 16 ½" x 23
½" |
1983 |
folder:oversize | |||
3 | 36 | Alkmaar Kernwapenurij; 12" x 17" |
undated |
3 | 37 | Kerk en Vrede, Beweging voor Ontwapening en
Geweldloosheid; [peace sign, dove, rifle being broken in 2]; 17 ¾" x 23
¼" |
undated |
British disarmament movement postersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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folder:oversize | item | ||
4 | 38 | One little cruise missile – ten Nagasakis
– no cruise Pershing II SS 20s – Nuclear-free Europe – CND
– END; 11 ½" x 16 ½" |
undated |
4 | 39-40 | Have you ever wished you were better informed? –
Protect and Survive – Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; 2 sizes: 11 ¾" x
16 ¼" and 16" x 22 ¾" |
undated |
4 | 41 | The Effects of Nuclear Weapons – CND Operation
Hard Luck Autumn 1982 – The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; 16 ½" x 23
¼" |
1982 |
4 | 42 | CND – Quarter of a million and still growing,
join CND now – Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; [black & white
photo of huge anti-nuke crowd]; 16 ½" x 24" |
undated |
4 | 43 | No Nuclear Weapons; [black & white English rural
scene with missiles super-imposed]; 16 ½" x 23 ½" |
undated |
4 | 44 | No Nuclear Weapons; Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
[peace sign breaking missile; red lettering]; 16 ½" x 23 ½" |
undated |
4 | 45 | Britain’s Nuclear Threat; [photo of Margaret
Thatcher]; 12" x 17" |
undated |
4 | 46 | Welcome to RAF Greenham Common – Images for
Disarmament No. 7; 12 ½" x 17 ¾" |
undated |
4 | 47 | Peace? – The Peace Pledge Union Works for a
Future without War – Dick Sheppard House – 6 Endsleigh Street,
London WC1; [black background, red poppies with green stems]; 16 ½" x 23
½" |
undated |
Miscellaneous peace movement postersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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folder:oversize | item | ||
5 | 48 | Gone with the Wind [movie poster altered to show Ronald
Reagan carrying Margaret Thatcher, mushroom cloud in background]; 17 ½" x 25
¼" |
undated |
5 | 49 | Women for Peace [Ronald Reagan holding a missile,
covered by a net with a peace sign at the top]; 11" x 16" |
undated |
5 | 50 | Jewish Peace Fellowship – Jewish Peace Covenant
[with room for signatures]; 16 ¾" x 22 ½" |
undated |
5 | 51 | Peace Sabbath – Peace Sunday – May 27-30,
1983 – A Weekend of Worship and Witness – “Do not make and
worship gods of metal…” Leviticus 19; [list of nation sponsoring
organizations]; design by Laurel Marx; illustration by Len Munnik; 12 ¼" x
18" |
1983 |
5 | 52 | This House is a Nuclear-Free Zone; c1983; green and
brown design (abstract branch against silhouette of house) on cream background;
[tape marks and thumbtack holes]; 14" x 22" |
1983 |
5 | 53 | In Case of Nuclear Attack: 1. Remain Calm 2. Avert Eyes
from Flash 3. Brace for Blast 4. Duck and Cover/Place Newspaper over Head 5.
Reserve Medical Attention for High Priority Evacuees 6. Have Food and Water for
Several Weeks of Isolation 7. Comfort the Dying 8. Isolate Corpses to Prevent
Spread of Disease – City of Portland, Oregon, Frank Ivancie, Mayor;
[slightly soiled]; 11" x 17" |
undated |
5 | 54 | Moscow Independent Peace Group; 14 ¾" x 21
¾" |
undated |
5 | 55 | [no text – black & white drawing of woman,
mushroom cloud, skulls]; 15 ¼" x 19 ¾" |
undated |
5 | 56 | [no text – multi-color rainbow over image of
earth, starry sky in background] – 16 ½" x 23 ½" |
undated |
Central American postersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
folder:oversize | item | ||
6 | 57 | Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero – VIII Aniversario
de su Martirio [large photo of Romero with quote from him at the bottom]; 25" x
19 ½" |
undated |
6 | 58 | Los Niños y las Minas del FMLN – Consejo
Salvadoreño de Menores [1987] [looks like a crayon drawing with child’s
writing, column of text along right side in Spanish titled “Los Niños y
las Minas”]; 17" x 24" |
1987 |
6 | 59 | ¿Estos son los compañero que quieres para tus hijos?
¿Estos son los profesionales que necesita el pais? ¿Es esta la educacion
universitaria? [6 small black & white photos with graffiti-like captions,
i.e., “Venceremos,” “La democracia a la mierda,”
etc.]; 13 ¾" x 21 ¼" |
undated |
6 | 60 | Arrancaron nuestros frutos, Cortaron nuestras ramas,
Quemaron nuestro tronco, Pero no pudieron matar nuestras raices – Comité
de Unidad Campesina – 1978-1988 Diez Años de Lucha Campesina, Guatemala,
C.A. [poster depicts campesinos tending a tree]; 18" x 27" |
1988 |
6 | 61 | Poster 1 of 5 in “A series for the reconstruction
of Nicaragua,” Ministerio de Cultura, Nicaragua; Peter Hammer Verlag;
published in the U.S. by Pueblo to People – Peasant painting from
Nicaragua (Poster D, copyright 1986); Esperanza Guevara, painter; 19 ½" x
27" |
1986 |
6 | 62 | Poster 2 of 5 in “A series for the reconstruction
of Nicaragua,” Ministerio de Cultura, Nicaragua; Peter Hammer Verlag;
published in the U.S. by Pueblo to People – Best.-Nr. 663; 19 ½" x
27" |
undated |
6 | 63 | Poster 3 of 5 in “A series for the reconstruction
of Nicaragua,” Ministerio de Cultura, Nicaragua; Peter Hammer Verlag;
published in the U.S. by Pueblo to People – Best.-Nr. 660; 19 ½" x
27" |
undated |
6 | 64 | Poster 4 of 5 in “A series for the reconstruction
of Nicaragua,” Ministerio de Cultura, Nicaragua; Peter Hammer Verlag;
published in the U.S. by Pueblo to People – Best.-Nr. 655; 19 ½" x
27" |
undated |
6 | 65 | Poster 5 of 5 in “A series for the reconstruction
of Nicaragua,” Ministerio de Cultura, Nicaragua; Peter Hammer Verlag;
published in the U.S. by Pueblo to People – Best.-Nr. 666; 19 ½" x
27" |
undated |
6 | 66 | Unidad Comunal de El Salvador a 2 años del Terremoto
Exigimos Nuestro Derecho a una Vida Digna… Octubre '88; 13 ¾" x 18
¾" |
undated |
Kenya postersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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folder:oversize | item | ||
6 | 67 | Energy 81 – Exhibition – Kenyatta
International Conference Centre, Nairobi Kenya 5-23 August 1981 – United
Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy; 16 ½" x 23
¼" |
1981 |
6 | 68 | Village Technology – Solving problems of water
storage simply: villagers gather to learn the making of a storage jar –
Joint government of Kenya/UNICEF project – Published by UNICEF C.I.S.
Box 44145 Nairobi; 16 ½" x 23 ¼" |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Peace movements--Posters
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
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