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BANC MSS 71/68 z
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Collection Title: Turn Toward Peace records,
Date (inclusive): 1955-1968
Collection Number: BANC MSS 71/68 z
Creator:
Turn Toward Peace (Organization)
Extent:
Number of containers: 4 boxes, 15 cartons
Linear feet: 20.40
Linear feet: 20.40
Repository: The
Bancroft Library.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract: Contains the office files and working papers of a national organization committed to promoting world peace through law. Arranged
in six series: National Office, Regional Division, Youth Advisory Council, International Liaison, Current Issues Files, and
Participating Organizations. Includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, memoranda, statements, press releases, papers,
drafts, leaflets, brochures, pamphlets, and booklets.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the appropriate curator or the Head of Public Services for forwarding. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Turn Toward Peace records. BANC MSS 71/68 z, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Turn Toward Peace Records were given to The Bancroft Library by the World Without War Council on Jan. 21, 1971. Turn Toward
Peace changed its name to World Without War Council in 1966.
Funding for processing provided by Free Speech Movement Project.
Organizational Statement and History
Turn Toward Peace is a joint national effort of over 70 organizations working for a disarmed world under law, in which free
societies can flourish. Turn Toward Peace does not pretend to speak for any of these organizations, but serves as a coordinating
channel for their peace concerns. TTP has established a framework within which individuals and organizations representing
the mainstream of American public opinion, along with pioneers in political and social thought, can explore the possibilities
of finding alternatives to war and the threat of war -- alternatives that do not involve surrender of freedom or democratic
values.
In a continuing effort, TTP stresses these primary activities: (1) Community Peace Centers; (2) Peace Interne Program (a course
of study and work for young people interested in community peace leadership); (3) peace research (encouraging new research,
and making increased use of it); (4 conferences for voluntary organizations; (5) liaison with peace groups in other countries.
[from: Turn Toward Peace leaflet, 1963]
Turn Toward Peace (TTP) was organized in New York City in the early 1960's by Robert W. Gilmore, at that time, also director
of the American Friends Service Committee in New York. In 1966, Turn Toward Peace incorporated, and changed it's name to World
Without War Council. At the time of it's disbanding, World Without War Council was headquartered in Berkeley, Calif., under
the direction of Robert Pickus.
Turn Toward Peace Records, 1955-1968, consist of the office files and working papers of this national organization committed
to promoting world peace through law. The collection includes the files of the National Office, Regional Divisions, Youth
Advisory Council, and International Liaison Committee, as well as files relating to Current Issues and Participating Organizations,
and contains correspondence, minutes of meetings, memoranda, statements, press releases, papers, drafts, leaflets, brochures,
pamphlets, and booklets. Primary correspondence is generally included with other material about or relating to a project,
conference, program, committee, peace center, or organization.