The National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy began in 1957 as an ad hoc effort designed to stimulate debate on the pros and cons of the nuclear age, especially the perils of nuclear testing. Local groups, such as the Chicago chapter also founded in 1957, were organized to implement the national program, hold rallies, engage in workshops and peace marches, and establish communication with political and civic leaders, as well as with local residents.
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, published material, programs, minutes, press releases, speeches, bibliographies, and photographs. The materials pertain to the purpose, program, and activities of the Chicago Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, arms control, and nuclear testing.
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Series I - Administrative Files
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | Action memo - correspondence and memoranda,
1961-1962 |
| 2 | Action memo - correspondence and memoranda,
1962-1964 |
| 3 | Articles to reprint - clippings,
1961-1962 |
| 4 | Atmospheric testing - clippings and correspondence,
1962 |
| 5 | Campaign - congressional - clippings and questionnaires,
1963-1966 |
| 6 | Campaign - presidential - clippings and pamphlets,
1964 |
| 7 | Clippings - general,
1957-1962 |
| 8 | Clippings - general,
1963-1964 |
| 9 | Communication workshop - agendas and program,
1961-1962 |
| 10 | Community Relations - Committee - questionnaires,
1962 |
| 11 | Correspondence - congressional - general,
1962-1964 |
| 12 | Disarmament conferences - clippings and proceedings,
1961-1965 |
| 13 | Disarmament conferences - correspondence,
1962-1964 |
| 14 | Disarmament Workshop - reports,
1960 |
| 15 | Fallout suits - correspondence and reports,
1958-1959 |
| 16 | Holmgren, Mary Temple - pamphlets and proceedings,
1960-1961 |
| 17 | Holmgren, Mary Temple - newsletters and pamphlets,
1961 |
| 18 | Holmgren, Mary Temple - clippings and reprints,
1960-1961 |
| 19 | Literature - correspondence,
1957-1961 |
| 20 | Literature - correspondence,
1961-1963 |
| 21 | Literature - correspondence,
1961 |
| 22 | Literature lists - bibliographies,
1960-1964 |
| 23 | Literature lists - order blanks and pamphlets,
1961-1963 |
| 24 | Miscellaneous file - fliers and leaflets,
1969-1965 |
| 25 | Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Committee - correspondence,
1959-1965 |
| 26 | Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Committee - clippings and reprints,
1961-1963 |
| 27 | Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Committee - clippings and reprints,
1963 |
| 28 | Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Committee - clippings and reprints,
1963-1964 |
| 29 | Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Committee - resumption of A-testing proceedings,
1961-1964 |
| 30 | Nuclear Threat: Its Impact on Children and Youth Workshop,
1960-1962 |
| 31 | Opinion poll - questionnaires,
1961-1962 |
| 32 | Peace Marches - clippings,
1960-1963 |
| 33 | Peace Marches - lists and literature,
1960-1962 |
| 34 | Peace Movement - finance and India - clippings and correspondence,
1959 |
| 35 | Political Action Committee - correspondence,
1962-1964 |
| 36 | Political Action Committee - correspondence,
1962-1964 |
| 37 | Press Releases,
1961-1964 |
| 38 | Program Committee - correspondence and programs,
1960-1963 |
| 39 | Program Committee - correspondence and programs,
1963-1964 |
| 40 | Public Relations Committee - correspondence,
1962 |
| 41 | Speakers Bureau - correspondence, directories, and questionnaires,
1960-1962 |
| 42 | Speakers Bureau - directories and questionnaires,
1963-1966 |
| 43 | Television scripts - correspondence,
1962 |
| 44 | Turn Toward Peace Committee - correspondence,
1961-1964 |
| 45 | Turn Toward Peace Committee - lists and literature,
1961-1963 |
| 46 | Turn Toward Peace Committee - memoranda,
1961-1963 |
| 47 | Turn Toward Peace Committee - minutes,
1961-1963 |
| 48 | Vietnam - leaflets and statement,
1964-1966 |
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Series II - Other Organizations
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 49 | American Friends Service Committee - correspondence,
1957-1961 |
| 50 | American Friends Service Committee - Vigil for Peace - fliers and lists,
1962 |
| 51 | Chicago Social Workers' Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy - statement,
undated |
| 52 | Committee for Nuclear Information - Greater St. Louis - correspondence and lists,
1957-1959 |
| 53 | Committee for World Development and World Disarmament - programs,
1956-1960 |
| 54 | Council for Abolishing War - correspondence and speech,
1961-1963 |
| 55 | Friends Committee on Legislation - reports,
1955-1960 |
| 56 | Friends Committee on National Legislation - reprints and statement,
1959-1961 |
| 57 | Gottfried, Alex and Sue, "Peace without Pacifism?" - essay,
1964 |
| 58 | Independent Voters of Illinois - list and report,
1959-1960 |
| 59 | Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs - correspondence and programs,
1958-1961 |
| 60 | Greater Kansas City Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy - leaflets,
1959 |
| 61 | Humphrey, Senator Hubert - press releases,
1958-1960 |
| 62 | Keys, Donald - "Parameters of An American Peace Movement" - speech,
1963 |
| 63 | Labor Unions and industry - reports and speeches,
1960-1964 |
| 64 | Montagu, Ashley - correspondence,
1964 |
| 65 | Morse, Senator Wayne - speech,
1965 |
| 66 | National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy - statements,
1963-1964 |
| 67 | Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons - press releases,
1958 |
| 68 | Pugwash - memoranda and questionnaires,
1959 |
| 69 | Religious sects - statements,
1958-1961 |
| 70 | United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - fact sheet and memoranda,
1963 |
| 71 | Voters for Peace - literature and questionnaires,
1962-1963 |
| 72 | Voters for Peace - steering committee - minutes,
1962 |
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Series III - Subject Files
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 73 | United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - annual report,
1962 |
| 74 | Osgood, Charles E. Perspectives in Foreign Policy,
1965 |
| 75 | Warburg, James P. - Toward a Strategy of Peace,
1964 |
| 76 | American Friends Service Committee - bulletin,
1958 |
| 77 | American Friends Service Committee - The Concerned Student - bulletins,
1959-1961 |
| 78 | Atomic Scientists - Vietnam - bulletin,
1965 |
| 79 | Committee for Nuclear Information - Greater St. Louis - bulletins,
1958-1964 |
| 80 | Committee for World Development and World Disarmament - bulletins,
1959-1964 |
| 81 | Friends Committee on National Legislation - action - bulletins,
1958-1961 |
| 82 | Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs -bulletins,
1958-1962 |
| 83 | Marin Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy - bulletins,
1963-1964 |
| 84 | Sane Bulletins (Connecticut) - bulletins,
1963-1964 |
| 85 | Valley for Sane (Encino, California) - bulletins,
1962 |
| 86 | American Friends Service Committee - directories,
1957-1959 |
| 87 | Register Christian Opinion - directories,
1961-1963 |
| 88 | American Friends Service Committee - newsletters,
1959 |
| 89 | American Friends Service Committee - Peace Education Program - newsletters,
1958-1961 |
| 90 | American Friends Service Committee - Peace News Wire - newsletters,
1960-1961 |
| 91 | Committee for Nuclear Information - Greater St. Louis - newsletters,
1960-1963 |
| 92 | Friends Committee on Legislation - Illinois, Wisconsin - newsletters,
1959-1961 |
| 93 | Friends Committee on National Legislation - Washington - newsletters,
1958-1961 |
| 94 | Humphrey, Senator Hubert - newsletters,
1959 |
| 95 | Massachusetts Political Action for Peace - newsletter,
1963 |
| 96 | National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam - newsletters,
1966 |
| 97 | New England Committee for Political Action for Peace - newsletters,
1962 |
| 98 | National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy - Sane Tidings newsletters,
1961-1965 |
| 99 | Chicago Sane - Sane Tidings newsletters,
1963-1964 |
| 100 | National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy - Sane World,
1962-1965 |
| 101 | National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy - Shifting Gears, newsletters,
1964-1965 |
| 102 | Voters for Peace - Peace Politics newsletters,
1962 |
| 103 | National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy - Voter's Pledge newsletter,
1966 |
| 104 | Women Strike for Peace - memo,
1964 |
| 105 | Loyola News newspapers,
1960 |
| 106 | National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy - newspapers,
1960-1962 |
| 107 | I.F. Stone's Weekly - newspapers,
1958-1964 |
| 108 | University of Chicago - Chicago Maroon newspapers,
1964 |
| 109 | America Speaks - pamphlets,
1961-1963 |
| 110 | American Friends Service Committee - Peace Education Program - pamphlets,
1959-1960 |
| 111 | Disarmament - pamphlets,
1958-1960 |
| 112 | Disarmament and Arms Control - pamphlet,
1961-1964 |
| 113 | The Economics of Disarmament - pamphlet,
undated |
| 114 | Foreign Policy Association - pamphlet,
1965 |
| 115 | Friends Committee on National Legislation - pamphlet,
1956 |
| 116 | Pacem in Terris - Pope John XXIII - pamphlet,
undated |
| 117 | Dr. Benjamin Spock - War and Peace - pamphlet,
1962 |
| 118 | United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - pamphlets,
1961-1963 |
| 119 | United States Department of State - disarmament - pamphlet,
1961 |
| 120 | World Friends Research Center - Defense contracts - pamphlet,
1962 |
| 121 | The Christian Century - reprint,
1966 |
| 122 | Congressional Record - reprints,
1961-1966 |
| 123 | Foreign Affairs - reprint,
1959 |
| 124 | Harvard Business Review - reprint,
1964 |
| 125 | The Humanist: The Semantic Preparation for War - reprint,
1961 |
| 126 | Humphrey, Senator Hubert - Congressional Record - reprint,
1959-1960 |
| 127 | Kennedy, John Fitzgerald - disarmament and detente - reprints,
1963-1964 |
| 128 | Newsweek - Vietnam,
1966 |
| 129 | The New York Times - reprints,
1960-1963 |
| 130 | The New York Times Magazine - reprint,
1965 |
| 131 | Osgood, Charles E. "How We Might Win the Hot War and Lose the Cold" - reprint,
1960 |
| 132 | Promoting Enduring Peace - bomb shelters - reprint,
1960 |
| 133 | Redbook Peace - reprint,
1963 |
| 134 | Social Education - Peace, War, and Disarmament - reprint,
1964 |
| 135 | Stone's I.F. Weekly - reprint,
1957 |
| 136 | "War, Vietnam in Particular, in the Modern World" - reprint,
1966 |
| 137 | Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate - report,
1961 |
| 138 | "Economics of Disarmament" - report,
1961 |
| 139 | Humphrey, Senator Hubert - reports,
1959 |
| 140 | Peace Research Institute Conference on Potential Implications of a National Civil Defense Program - report,
1962 |
| 141 | United Nations Bond Issue - report,
1962 |
| 142 | United Nations - Conference Groups of U.S. National Organizations - report,
1964 |
| 143 | "The Vietnam Conflict" - report,
1966 |
| 144 | Civil Defense - Scientific American - speech,
1961 |
| 145 | Disarmament - Foster, William G. - speech,
1962 |
