C Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 3694 6.8 linear feet This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri. If you would like more information, please contact us at shsresearch@umsystem.edu. INTRODUCTION Papers of a Columbia-based organization established in September 1968 to discover ways to implement peace, to promote and encourage peace research and education, and to work with other peace organizations. Functioning as a research facility, the institute gathered data on such topics as amnesty, the post-vietnam era, the arms race, war toys, and war tax resistance. As an institution cooperating with other pacifist groups, it worked with organizations such as the War Resisters, the American Friends Service Committee, and the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors. The Missouri Peace Studies Institute disbanded in December 1978. DONOR INFORMATION The Missouri Peace Studies Institute Records were donated to the University of Missouri by Suzy Morse on 21 December 1978 (Accession No. 4205). ORGANIZATIONAL SKETCH From 1968 to 1978 the Missouri Peace Studies Institute participated in and initiated many programs involving peace education and research. The group sponsored such speakers as anti-war activist Phillip Berrigan; journalist and discoverer of South Vietnam s tiger cages, Don Luce; chairperson of the War Resisters League, Igal Roodenko; and singer and composer of antiwar and feminist songs, Holly Near. Along with the institute s newsletter, PAX members published papers concerning the use of nuclear weapons and the effect of showing films on Hiroshima to students in Missouri. The Vietnam War became a major issue for the organization. As the United States became more involved in Indochina, the group became more visible. On radio and television they locally sponsored the Unsell the War advertisements a national campaign to end the war. The institute also participated in vigils. After the Paris Peace Treaty was signed on 27 January 1973, the discussion of amnesty for draft evaders and deserters opened. When Gerald Ford announced his clemency plan on 16 September 1974 the issue was debated and the members of the institute voiced their opinions in local press, demonstrations, and petitions. Even though pacifism was the organization s major theme, the institute participated in several events outside this stance. One of these events was a local Planetary Citizenship Campaign. In the early years the institute was a program of the Ecumenical Ministry Board, Columbia, Missouri, but eventually the organizations separated. Staff makeup included an executive director, associated director, research associate(s), and volunteers. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Missouri Peace Studies Institute records are divided into two sections: records of the group and subject files collected by the institute. In the first section materials are arranged by type, with correspondence arranged chronologically; in the second section topics are arranged
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 2 alphabetically.
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 3 FOLDER LIST f. 1-64 Correspondence, 1965, 1968-1979. Correspondence concerning the philosophical and financial establishment of the institute; the requisition of printed materials from various peace organizations; and the historical happenings and strategies surrounding the protest of the Vietnam War and war in general. f. 65-73 Diaries, Minutes, Proceedings. Proposals, bylaws, and annual and monthly minutes of the institute. Section shows the organization's structure as well as lists its active members. f. 65 Original proposal of the institute, noting its relationship, as a cooperative program, to An Ecumenical Ministry in Higher Education, Columbia, Missouri. f. 66 Statements of purpose. f. 69 First meeting notes concerning the establishment of the institute. f. 73 Minutes of a special meeting of the institute and the Ecumenical Board questioning the institute's activities and tie to the center. f. 74-81 Printed Materials. Flyers, newspaper clippings, and local advertisements concerning the group and its quest for peace and amnesty after the Vietnam War. f. 74-77 Printed materials f. 78-79 PAX, the institute's monthly newsletter (1973, 1975-1977) f. 80-81 Questionnaire and information forms used for interviewing employees and volunteers. f. 82-103 Financial Documents. Receipts, bank statements, canceled checks, fundraising list, and other financial papers. f. 82 Budget, undated. f. 84 Financial Reports, 1969, 1971-1976. f. 104-120 Literary Productions. Papers written by the members of the institute, program proposals, speech, reports, and press releases on speakers, films, and other events presented by the organization. f. 118 Broadcast spots and script for local mass media. f. 121 Photographic Materials. Publicity shot of a member of the organization. f. 122-125 Lists of contacts from various organizations. f. 126-495 Subjects. Materials on diverse topics collected during the late 1970s, relating to the group's anti-war stance. Subjects are arranged alphabetically and are further organized by type of material: printed, financial, literary, legal, and maps, diagrams, graphs and lists. Most of the material is printed--newsletters, journals and magazine and newspaper clippings. f. 126 Action for World Community. f. 127-132 American Friends Service Committee. f. 133-158 Amnesty f. 159-162 Another Mother for Peace. f. 163-170 Anti-ballistic missile f. 171-176 Arms Control Association. f. 177-183 Arms race. f. 184 Asia
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 4 f. 185 Association for the Education of the Young Child f. 186-190 B-1 Bomber f. 191-192 Bicentennial, 1976 f. 193-195 Business Executives Move f. 196-197 Cambodia f. 198 Canadian Peace Research Institute f. 199-209 Center for Conflict Resolution f. 210-215 Center for Teaching About War and Peace. f. 216-221 Center for War/Peace Studies f. 222 Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors f. 223-224 China f. 225 The Christophers f. 226-231 Civil Defense f. 232 Civil rights f. 233-236 Clergy and Laity Concerned f. 237-240 Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy f. 241-244 Coalition on National Priorities and Military Policy f. 245-247 Communism f. 248 Communiversity f. 249-252 Council for a Department of Peace, Inc f. 253-257 Counter-Recruitment f. 258 Cuba f. 259 Democratic Party f. 260-269 Department of State f. 270-272 Ecology f. 273-278 Fellowship of Reconciliation f. 279-285 Firearms Project Information f. 286 Holly Near f. 287-288 India f. 289-300 Indochina Peace Information f. 301-303 Institute for the Study of Nonviolence f. 304 In the Public's Interest f. 305 Irenology course f. 306 Irish Civil War f. 307 Korea f. 308-310 Land reform f. 311 Laos f. 312 Methodist Federation for social Action f. 313-324 The Middle East f. 325-329 Militarism f. 330-341 Peace education f. 342 Peace poetry f. 343-356 Peace research f. 357-369 Peace studies
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 5 f. 370-379 Peace Study and World Order Institutions f. 380-383 Planetary Citizenship Campaign f. 384-393 SANE f. 394 Senate Bill 1 f. 395 Senators and representatives f. 396-399 Spain f. 400-405 St. Louis Institute for the Study of Peace and Justice f. 406-412 St. Louis Peace Research Laboratory f. 413 Syracuse Peace Council f. 414 Syria f. 415 Trident submarine f. 416-418 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics f. 419-426 United Nations. f. 427 United State Committee for Refugees f. 428-432 War Control Planners, Inc. f. 433-437 War Resisters, International f. 438-451 War Resisters League, National f. 452-462 War Resisters League, local groups f. 463-465 War Resisters League, Fellowship of Reconciliation f. 466-471 War tax resistance f. 472 War toys f. 473-476 Washington Watch f. 477-483 World Federalist f. 484-487 World Law Fund f. 488-490 World Peace Council f. 491-492 World Peace Tax Fund f. 493-494 World Without War Council f. 495 Miscellaneous printed materials INDEX TERMS Action for World Community, Washington, D. C. 126 Ad Hoc Coalition for a New Foreign Policy, Washington, 50,56,142,238,291 D.C. American Civil Liberties Union, Columbia, Missouri 48 American Friends Service Committee, Chicago, Illinois 42 American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, 22,26-30,36,63,127-131,290,291 Pennsylvania American Friends Service Committee, St. Louis, 3,40,45,46,129 Missouri American Report, New York, New York 137,143
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 6 American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976 43,191,192 American-Korean Friendship and Information Center 307 Americans for Amnesty 138 Americans for Middle East Understanding 315,316,414 Amex\Canada, Americans Exiled in Canada 45,60,63,140,143 Amnesty 29,34,41,43,48,60,64,74,75,132-158,222,465 Amnesty Action, Amnesty International 142 Amnesty for Vets Too, National Council for Universal and Unconditional Amnesty Amnesty Information Service, National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors 136 142 Amnesty International 139,142,143 Amnesty International Newsletter, Amnesty International Amnesty International, San Francisco, California 34 143 Amnesty News, Americans for Amnesty 138 Amnesty Report, Safe Return Amnesty Committee, Families of Resisters for Amnesty 142 Another Mother for Peace 5,8,14,18,159-162 Anti-Draft and Amnesty Clearing House 146 Antimissile missiles 163-170 Arms Control Association, Washington, D.C. 171-176 Arms Race 75,117-183 Asia 184 Association for the Education of the Young Child, Washington, D.C. 185 Association of World Colleges and Universities 375 B. E. M. News Notes, Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace and New National Priorities B-1 (Bomber) 36,46,47,51,54-57,59,186-190 Bangladesh Relief Committee, St. Louis, Missouri 20 194 Berrigan, Philip Francis (1923- ) 11,34,58,74 Black veterans 139 Bradford, Susan 56-59 Bristol, James 26,116 Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace and New National Priorities, Washington, D.C. 2,3,7,9,26,193-195
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 7 C. A. L. C. Newsletter, Clergy and Laity Concerned 235 C. A. L. C. Reports, Clergy and Laity Concerned 235 C. C. R. Newsletter, Center for Conflict Resolution 200-207 Cambodia 196,197 Campaign 100, Safe Return Amnesty Committee, Families of Resisters for Amnesty Campaign 100, Safe Return Amnesty Committee, Families of Resisters for Amnesty Canadian Peace Research Institute, Ontario, Canada CCCO News Notes, Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 144 6,44,64,198 222 Center for Conflict Resolution, Madison, Wisconsin 63,199-209,370 Center for Peace Studies 374 Center for Rural Studies 308,309 Center for Teaching About War and Peace, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Center for War/Peace Studies, New York, New York Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Checkpoint, Citizens Committee for Global Safety, War Control Planners, Inc. 210-215 64,216-221,35,336,360,374 29,58,59,142,222,254,257,329 429-431 China 223,224 The Christophers 35, 225 Civil defense 226-231 Civil rights 232 Clergy and Laity Concerned, New York, New York 27-30,36,38,46,47,55,59,60,233-236 Clergy and Laity Concerned, St. Louis, Missouri 44,46 Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy, Washington, D.C. Coalition on National Priorities and Military Policy, Washington, D.C. Coalition to Stop Funding the War, Washington, D.C. 58,237-240 9,57,241-244 Communism 245-247 Communiversity, Columbia, Missouri 248 Condon, Larry E. 22,23,64 49
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 8 Conscientious Objectors 29,58,59,142,222,254,257,329 Continental Walk for Disarmament and Peace, Columbia, Missouri The Continental Walk for Disarmament and Peace, National Walk Council for a Department of Peace, Washington, D.C. Counter Pentagon, Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 62 62 249-252 142 Counter-Recruitment 253-257 Cuba 258 Current Foreign Policy, Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs Dai Dong Newsletter, International Fellowship of Reconciliation 261 238 Davis, Arlene 36,45,46,53 Democratic Party 259 The Destruction of Indochina, Stanford Biology Study Group 296 Disarmament 40,364,490 Eagleton, Thomas Francis (1929-2007) 27, 30, 57 The Eclipse, National Association of Black Veterans 139 Ecology 270-272 Ecumenical Ministry in Higher Education, Columbia, Missouri Education for a Global Society, Center for War/Peace Studies Families of Resisters for Amnesty, Safe Return Amnesty Committee Fellowship of Reconciliation, Committee on Militarism in Education 1, 6, 118 335, 336 142, 144 326 Fellowship of Reconciliation, Kansas City, Missouri 49, 124 Fellowship of Reconciliation, Nyack, New York 35, 38, 39, 43, 46, 48, 51, 54, 55, 57, 59, 273-278 Fellowship: The Magazine of the Fellowship of Reconciliation Fellowships in World Community, Action for World Community 314 126 Firearms Project Information 279-285
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 9 Foreign Affairs Newsletter, Institute for International Policy 262 Foreign Policy Outlines, Department of State 24, 262 Friendshipment, People to People Aid to Vietnam, New York, New York Global Perspective in Education, Center for War/Peace Studies God and Caesar, Commission in Home Ministries of the General Conference Mennonite Church Granberg, Donald 4, 11, 29, 44, 104-106, 110 290 221 467 Hanson, Ada 27, 29, 35, 36, 39 Help Unsell the War, New York, NY 11, 13, 18, 19, 22, 23, 71 In the Public's Interest 304 India 287-288 Indian Opinion, Indians for Democracy 288 Indians for Democracy, Lansing, Michigan 51-53, 288 Indochina Chronicle, Indochina Resource Center 290 Indochina Focal Point, Indochina Peace Campaign 290 Indochina Peace Information 289-300 Indochina Program Newsletter, American Friends Service Committee, Incorporated 290 Indochina Resource Center 290, 292, 293 Indochina Supplement, War Resisters International 291 Institute for Education in Peace and Justice, St. Louis, Missouri 48, 51 Institute for International Policy 262 Institute for the Study of Nonviolence, Palo Alto, California Institute for the Study of Peace, St. Louis Institute for the Study of Peace and Justice Institute for World Order, Inc., New York, New York Intercom, Center for War/Peace Studies of the New York Friends Group, Incorporated 48, 301-303 401, 402 33, 36, 37, 43, 59, 375, 376 218 The Interdependent, United Nations Association 422, 423 Interfaith Council for Peace, Clergy and Laity Concerned International Fellowship of Reconciliation 238 234, 235
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 10 International Peace Studies Newsletter, Center for Peace Studies 374 Ireland, Civil War 306 Israel 319-324 Jewish Peace Fellowship 215 Kerr, William 1, 73 Khmer Republic 196, 197 Korea 307 Korea Focus, American-Korean Friendship and Information Center 307 Kurtz, Harriet B. 12, 61, 428, 432 Kurtz, Howard 61, 428, 432 Lacefield, Patrick 34, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 46-51, 55-59, 63, 75, 465 Land tenure 308-310 Laos 311 Legislative Update, Ad Hoc Coalition for a New Foreign Policy 238, 291 Lentz, Theodore F. (1888- ) 1, 5, 6, 11, 25, 28, 29, 354, 356, 406-410 Lessons of Vietnam, American Friends Service Committee 291 The Link, Americans for Middle East Understanding 315, 316, 414 Local Motion, Fellowship of Reconciliation 274, 275 Lotus, Jersey Shore War Resisters League, Ocean Township, New Jersey 456, 457 Luce, Donald 2, 17, 19, 37, 46, 47, 55, 59, 74, 77, 115 Luce, Donald 116 y Magner, John M., Jr. 17, 19, 20, 27, 28, 32-39, 45-49 Matchbox, Amnesty International 139 Mayer, Bob 6, 40, 48, 49 McGinnis, James B. 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 23, 30 Methodist Federation for Social Action, Ardsley, NY 312 Middle East 40, 313-324, 387, 438 The Middle East Peace Organizer, San Francisco, CA 314 Militarism 325-329 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Columbia, Mis- 1
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 11 souri Missouri Tax Reform Group Newsletter, Missouri Tax Reform Group N. C. U. U. A. Amnesty Update, National Council for Universal and Unconditional Amnesty National Association of Black Veterans, Incorporated National Committee for an Effective Congress, New York, New York National Council for Universal and Unconditional Amnesty, New York, New York National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors 467 144, 145 139 55 34, 38, 41-43, 45-47, 50, 53, 57, 58, 136, 139, 144, 145 142 Near, Holly 58, 59, 286 Near, Holly 286, #4 y Neo-Colonialism 488 Ngo Cong Duc 45, 74, 117 Ngo Cong Duc 117, #2 y Nuclear submarines 49, 52, 415 One Family, Planetary Citizens 380 Organizer's Update, Ad Hoc Coalition for a New Foreign Policy 238 P. A. X., Council for a Department of Peace, Inc. 250 P. A. X., Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Fellowship of Reconcilliation, and War Registers League 78, 79 Palestine 317-323 The Palestine Liberation Organization 319, 320, 323 Peace Courier, World Peace Council 489, 490 Peace Pilgrim 8, 37, 41, 47, 48 Peace, Poetry 342 Peace, Research 343-356 Peace, St. Louis Institute for the Study of Peace 403, 404 Peace, Study and teaching 300-341, 357-379 People and Land, Center for Rural Studies 308-309 The People Bicentennial Commission, Washington, D.C. 43, 191 Phoenix Project 20, 21 Planetary Citizen, Planetary Citizen Registry 380
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 12 Planetary Citizens, New York, New York 380-383 Planetary Citizens, Ottawa, Canada 24, 26, 28 Planetary Citizenship Campaign, Columbia, Missouri 29, 78, 116, 184 Prasad, Devi 46, 51-53, 287 Projectiles 39, 40, 48, 279-284 Quaker Service Bulletin, American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 130 Refugees 427 Resistance, Information Department, Palestine Liberation Organization Rights, National Council for Universal and Unconditional Amnesty 320 139 Rondenko, Igal 7, 44, 116 Rosser, Jerry L. 3-21, 23-26, 28, 29, 31, 36, 42, 58, 71, 72, 74, 75, 80, 108, 111, 120 Safe Return Amnesty Committee, New York, New York 60, 141 Safe Return, Safe Return Amnesty Committee 141 Sane Action, SANE, Wahington, D. C. 386-388 SANE News, SANE, Washington, D.C. 389 SANE Report, SANE, Washington, D.C. 386-391 SANE World, SANE, Washington, D.C. 391 SANE, New York, NY 3, 5, 7-9, 12, 19, 24, 28, 31, 32, 39, 51, 56 SANE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 42, 54, 384-393 SANE, Washington, D.C. 390 Schuder, John C. 1, 17, 25, 28, 29, 31, 36, 37, 43, 47, 51, 60, 71, 72, 74, 75, 118 Setu, Peace Research Centre 345 Shalom, Jewish Peace Fellowship 275 Social Questions Bulletin, the Methodist Federation for Social Action 312 Sombke, Laurence R. 5, 13, 14, 16, 17, 57 Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama 27, 33, 41, 62 Soviet Union 416-418 Spain 396-399 St. Louis Institute for the Study of Peace and Jus- 45, 56, 400-405
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 13 tice, St. Louis St. Louis Peace Research Laboratory, St. Louis 1, 7, 63, 406-412 Stanford Biology Study Group 296 Stanley, Eric Robert 46, 51-56, 60, 80 Stop the B-1 Bomber National Peace Conversion Campaign 187, 188 Symington, Stuart (1901-1988) 8, 20, 21, 26, 27, 56, 57 Syracuse Peace Council, Syracuse, NY 414 Syria 414 Thói-Báo Gá, the Vietnam Resource Center 291, 292 Tinker, Leonard E. 3, 5, 6, 11, 16, 23-25 Together, Youth for Federal Union 479 Transition, Institute for World Order 375, 376 Trocme, Andre 114 Trocme, Magda 3 U.S. and Indochina, Indochina Resource Center 292, 293 U.S. Committee for a Democratic Spain, New York, New York U.S. Committee for Refugees, New York, New York 427 50, 54, 396-399 U.S. Department of State 24, 260-269 United Nations 261, 419-426 Vietnam Quarterly, Vietnam Resource Center 56 Vietnam Resource Center 56, 291, 292 Vietnam Veterans Against the War, New York, New York Vietnam Veterans Against the War/Winter Soldier Organization, St. Louis 125 19, 28, 32, 125 Vietnam War, 1961-1975 29, 43, 59, 105, 106, 131, 132, 290-292, 300, 449 Vietnam, Democratic Republic of 26, 238, 289-300 Vietnam, Republic of 36, 53, 289-294, 299, 300, 449 Vietnam, Republic of, Crop Destruction 238 W. I. N., Win Publishing Empire, War Resisters League 15, 43, 61, 187 W. R. I. Newsletter, War Registers International 434-436 W. R. L. News, War Registers League 443-445 W. R. L. South Central News, South-Central Re- 460
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 14 gional Office, War Registers League, Austin, Texas W.F.O., U.S.A. Federalist Letter, World Federalist 481 War Control Planners Inc., New York War Register, Western Region Office, War Registers League, San Francisco, California 459 War Resisters International, Belgium 291, 433-436 War Resisters League 15, 43, 61, 187 War Resisters League, Kansas City, Missouri 27, 32, 50, 61 War Resisters League, Local Groups 452-465 War Resisters League, National 15, 27, 31, 35, 36, 38-40, 43, 44, 46, 48, 52, 60, 62, 438-451 War Resisters League, Plains States Region, Kansas City, Kansas War Resisters League/Fellowship of Reconciliation, Columbia, Missouri 459 War Tax Resistance 466-471 War Toys 472 War/Peace, Gordon and Breach Center for War/Peace Studies 46, 49, 51, 53, 58-60, 66, 463-465 360 Washington Watch, Washington, D.C. 473-475 Wickersham, William 1-3, 5, 12, 15, 21, 23, 30, 42, 57, 60, 75, 80, 108-110, 115, 118, 383 Women Strike for Peace, Anti-Draft and Amnesty Clearing House Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, St. Louis Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/Women's Strike for Peace, Washington, D.C. 146 29, 34 29, 476 Women's Strike for Peace 29, 476 World Federalist Newsletter, World Federalist 479 World Federalist, Washington, D.C. 477-483 World Federalists News, World Federalist 480 World Law Fund Progress Report, World Law Fund 9, 10, 332, 340, 376, 484-487 World Law Fund, New York, New York 485, 486 World Peace Council, Helsinki, Finland 488-490 World Peace Tax Fund, Ann Arbor, Michigan 431, 491, 492 World Refugee Report, U.S. Committee for Refu- 427
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979 page 15 gees World Without War Council on the U.S., New York, New York Youth for Federal Union 479 493, 494 Zionism 40, 319, 320, 322, 323