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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Seattle Branch records, 1940-2000

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Seattle Branch
Title
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Seattle Branch records
Dates
1940-2000 (inclusive)
Quantity
11.71 cubic feet, including photographs, slides, sound recordings, and videocassettes (13 boxes)
Collection Number
3615 (Accession No. 3615-005)
Summary
Records of a women's peace organization in Seattle, Washington
Repository
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

Open to all users.

Special equipment required to play sound recordings and videocassettes.

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Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is an international women's organization devoted to furthering the causes of peace and justice. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915. Local branches exist to support the objectives of the National Board. The Seattle Branch was established in 1935. Major emphasis is placed on promoting nonviolent solutions to world conflict, world disarmament, women's rights, and racial and economic justice.

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Content Description

Contains records of the Seattle branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, including correspondence, minutes, subject files, newsletters, speeches and writings, nominations, photographs, slides, exhibit material, video cassettes, audio cassettes, ephemera and scrapbooks, 1940-2000. Also includes records of Seattle Women Act for Peace, 1973-1995.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Preferred Citation

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Seattle Branch records, Accession No. 3615-004. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in three series:

  • Organizational records, 1940-2000
  • Seattle Women Act for Peace records, 1973-1995
  • Dawn Steere papers, 1976-1994

Preservation Note

Special equipment required to play sound recordings and videocassettes.

Acquisition Information

Merger of four accessions: Accession No. 3615-001 received 11/19/1984 from Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Seattle; Accession No. 3615-002 received 5/2/1990 from Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Seattle; Accession No. 3615-003 received 5/28/1992 from Angeline M. Larsen; Accession No. 3615-004 received 2/5/2001 from Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Seattle via Carolyn Canafax.

Processing Note

Processing completed in in June 2001 by Jamie Wamsley and Pat Nostrand.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Disarmament--Societies etc
  • Nuclear disarmament--Societies etc
  • Peace movements--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Peace--Societies etc
  • Social justice--United States
  • Women and peace--Washington (State) --Seattle
  • Women pacifists--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Women--Washington (State)--Seattle--Societies and clubs

Personal Names

  • Angeloff, Alice
  • Carbray, Mary D
  • Kurose, Akiko
  • Larsen, Angeline M
  • Lowry, Mike
  • Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989
  • Steere, Dawn R

Corporate Names

  • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom--Archives

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • Seattle Women Act for Peace (creator)

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)


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