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Title: Downtown Peace Coalition Records
Dates: 1969-1980, bulk 1970-1972
Collection Number: SFH 423
Creator/Collector:
Downtown Peace Coalition
Extent: 0.75 cubic feet, 2 pamphlet boxes.
Repository:
San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco History Center
San Francisco, California 94102
Abstract: The Downtown Peace Coalition (DPC) was a San Francisco organization active from 1969-1972. The collection consists of correspondence,
agendas, leaflets, flyers, financial statements, newspapers, and ephemera advocating for the end of the Vietnam War, the use
of nuclear power, San Francisco district elections and the United Farm Workers boycotts.
Language of Material: English
The collection is available for viewing during the San Francisco History Center's hours.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Downtown Peace Coalition Records. San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco History Center
Donated by Glen Risdon, 4/26/2016.
Biography/Administrative History
The Downtown Peace Coalition (DPC) was a San Francisco organization active from 1969-1972.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of correspondence, agendas, leaflets, flyers, financial statements, newspapers, and ephemera advocating
for the end of the Vietnam War, the use of nuclear power, San Francisco district elections and the United Farm Workers boycotts.
It also includes buttons from various events and an address stamp.
Protest movements -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Peace movements -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Antinuclear movement -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History.