Thurston County Nuclear Freeze Campaign Collection

Collection

Identifier: SPC-2010-04

Staff Only

Summary

This collection includes the business and organizational records of the Thurston County Nuclear Freeze Campaign. Information gathered by members includes newspapers, pamplets, periodicals, comics, bibliographies of news clippings and resources sent out by the national Nuclear Freeze Campaign, materials and props used in local marches, radio spots, buttons, posters advertising local, national, and international events and more.

Dates

Creation: 1981 - 1986
Creation: Majority of material found within 1981 - 1986

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open to the public.

Historical

The Thurston County Nuclear Freeze Campaign began in 1981. The members included faculty from The Evergreen State College and local Thurston County citizens, including doctors from Group Health, concerned with stopping the nuclear arms race. Their primary goal was to have Proposition 1 - Nuclear Weapons Freeze, added to the election ballot for the November 1984 election. They worked on this goal from 1981 - 1984 and were successful in creating enough support to have the proposition added to the election ballot for 1984. The entire collection contains materials from 1981-1986 because of the periodicals the members included.

Extent

5 Cubic Feet (10- 5 inch document cases, 2 - legal size, 2.5 inch document cases, posters)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is divided into three series: Series I: Local - Thurston County Nuclear Freeze Campaign Materials, Series II: National and International Freeze Movement Materials, and Series III: Publications of the Freeze Movement. All series are arranged alphabetically by file.