Guide to the Jeanie Bernstein papers MS.R.168
Finding aid prepared by Alix Norton, 2013; inventory added by Zoe MacLeod,
2020.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Jeanie Bernstein papers
Creator:
Bernstein, Jeanie
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.168
Physical Description:
12.5 Linear Feet
(13 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1970-1999
Abstract: Jeanie Bernstein was an activist and
advocate for peace in southern California. In Orange County, she helped found the Alliance
for Survival, a peace and environmental organization, and was an integral part of the peace
movement in the area. Bernstein hosted an long-running peace vigil on Main Street in Laguna
Beach, and she fought against the use of nuclear weapons and power plants, supported local
environmental efforts, and protested the Korean, Vietnam, Gulf, and Iraq Wars. The majority
of materials in this collection are the records of the Alliance for Survival. Topics include
Earth Day and environmentalism, nuclear waste and power plants, the Winter Conference on
Aerospace and Electronic Systems (Wincon), Seal Beach, San Onofre, Ward Valley, the Gulf
War, and peace activism. Included are reports; collected clippings; buttons, stickers, and
other ephemera; audio and video tapes; lawsuit proceedings; correspondence; books; and
newsletters.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in
English.
This collection has not been processed but is open for research. Access to archival
original videorecordings is restricted; users may request viewing copies.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the
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Jeanie Bernstein papers. MS-R168. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
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Gift of Marc L. Bernstein, son of Jeanie Bernstein, via Andrew Tonkovich, 2013.
Jeanie Bernstein was an activist and advocate for peace in southern California. Born in
Ohio in 1923, she moved to California as a child and witnessed poverty and injustice in
school during the Great Depression and later during World War II. In Orange County, she
helped found the Alliance for Survival, a peace and environmental organization, and was an
integral part of the peace movement in the area. Bernstein hosted an long-running vigil on
Main Street in Laguna Beach, where she would protest war efforts and other acts of violence
and injustice. She fought against the use of nuclear weapons and power plants, supported
local environmental efforts, and protested the Korean, Vietnam, Gulf, and Iraq Wars.
Bernstein was active in the peace community until her death in 2011 at the age of 88.
Jeanie Bernstein was an activist and advocate for peace in southern California. In Orange
County, she helped found the Alliance for Survival, a peace and environmental organization,
and was an integral part of the peace movement in the area. Bernstein hosted an long-running
peace vigil on Main Street in Laguna Beach, and she fought against the use of nuclear
weapons and power plants, supported local environmental efforts, and protested the Korean,
Vietnam, Gulf, and Iraq Wars. The majority of materials in this collection are the records
of the Alliance for Survival. Topics include Earth Day and environmentalism, nuclear waste
and power plants, the Winter Conference on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (Wincon), Seal
Beach, San Onofre, Ward Valley, the Gulf War, and peace activism. Included are reports;
collected clippings; buttons, stickers, and other ephemera; audio and video tapes; lawsuit
proceedings; correspondence; books; and newsletters.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nuclear weapons -- Testing
Nuclear arms control
Peace movements -- United States
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