IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM
(DES MOINES BRANCH)
RECORDS, 1962-2002
1.75 linear feet
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ACQUISITION: |
The records (donor no. 333) were
donated by the Women’s
International League for Peace and Freedom (Des Moines Branch) in 1996 and
(donor no. 873) by Jane Magers. |
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ACCESS: |
The records are open for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: |
In Boxes 1 and 4. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Margaret
Richardson, 1996; Lindsay E. Shannon, 2009. |
History
The Des Moines branch of the Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom (WILPF) was officially formed April 18, 1962. Men were admitted from
the beginning. Concerned about war and
nuclear testing, the Des Moines members studied government policy on nuclear
testing and fallout, the war in Vietnam, the universal draft, the national
defense budget, and the arms race.
Taking its cue from the original WILPF founded in 1915 by Jane Addams,
the group stressed active participation in the form of letter writing,
informational rallies, study groups and demonstrations. Eventually its concerns
expanded to issues regarding the population explosion, apartheid in South
Africa, United States-Cuba relations, and civil liberties.
Scope and Content Note
The Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom Des Moines branch records date from »1962 to 2002and measure 1.75 linear feet.
The records are arranged in series: Administrative, Projects,
Publicity, Other WILPF groups, Related peace organizations, and Members. The Members series includes information on
Jane Magers, an activist for peace and the environment.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Administrative
Board minutes
1962-1967
1967-1970
1971-1976
1977-1982
1983-1991 and undated
Constitutions, 1963, 1974, 1983
Correspondence, 1962-1993 and undated
Financial records, 1967-1994 (scattered)
Membership lists, biographies, photos 1962-1990
Projects
Armband
project, 1969-1970
Hiroshima-Nagasaki
Commemoration, 1979-1992
Mother’s Day
March for Peace, 1981-1992, undated
Box 2
Publicity
Meeting
and speech announcements, 1965-1995, undated
Newspaper
clippings, 1962-1994
Newsletters
1968
1970-1989
1990-1993
1994-
Box 3
Scrapbooks
1977-1979
Folder
1
Folder
2
1979-1982
Folder
1
Folder
2
Other WILPF groups
International
International
Women's Day, 1983 and undated
Publications,
1967, 1980, 1984
National
Conferences,
1969-1991
Publicity,
1968-1995
Folder
1
Folder
2
Box 4
U.S.
Section newsletters
Four Lights, 1968-1970
Peace and Freedom
1970-1974
1977-1989
1990-1994
Regional
Iowa
City newsletter, September 1972
Midwest
Region newsletter, September 1972 and April 1994
Rochester, Minnesota
newsletter, Probe! Probe! Summer 1971
Related peace organizations
Publications, programs,
proposals, 1967-1993
Members
Jane
Magers, 1953-2002 and undated