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Inventory of the Nuclear Free Pacific and Other Pacific Island Issues Collection
GTU 2012-06-12
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Title: Nuclear Free Pacific and Other Pacific Island Issues collection
Dates: 1975-1982
Bulk Dates: 1975-1982
Collection number: GTU 2012-06-12
Collector:
Wire, Hugh Brinley
Collection Size:
.5 linear feet (1 record box)
Repository: The Graduate Theological Union. Library.
Berkeley, CA 94709
Abstract: A collection of materials on the investigation into a nuclear free Pacific by concerned churches from Hugh Wire.
Physical location: 4/K/top
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Graduate Theological Union
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.
Nuclear Free Pacific and Other Pacific Island Issues collection, GTU 2012-06-12 . Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley,
CA.
Donated by Hugh Brinkley Wire in June 2012.
Biography / Administrative History
Hugh Wire, a Presbyterian minister and activist, collected these materials while touring the Pacific Islands in 1982. There
were several organizations who were involved: Bay Area Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Pacific; U.S. Nuclear-Free Pacific Network;
Pacific Conference of Churches; and Micronesia Support Committee.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains pamphlets, handouts, articles, posters and other materials on creating a Nuclear Free Pacific. Some
of the materials address social issues.
The arrangement maintains the original order.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Nuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects
Nuclear weapons -- Islands of the Pacific
Antinuclear movement -- United States
Nuclear energy--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
Nuclear energy--Religious aspects--Christianity--Congresses.
Nuclear weapons--Religious aspects.
Nuclear weapons--Sociological aspects.
GTU 2012-02-02, Nuclear Disarmament Project; GTU 2003-10-02, Rev. Albert G. Cohen Social Justice Collection; GTU 2001-9-01,
Pacific and Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies Collection;GTU 98-7-02, Northern California Ecumenical Council
Collection.