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Administrative Information
Description of Series
Series 1: Publications, 1988-2010
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Dallas Peace Center records
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Creator: |
Dallas Peace Center |
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Title: |
Dallas Peace Center records |
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Dates: | 1988-2010 |
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Abstract: |
The Dallas Peace Center Records
contains artifacts from the Dallas Peace Center. Included are newsletters issued by
the organization covering many topics relating to war, peace, and non-violence,
amongst many other things; a Vietnam War-era member list (included in the donor file
as it contains personal information); a banner hung at the Dallas Convention Center
during the 1984 Republican National Convention. |
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Identification: |
2017.25 |
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Quantity: |
0.418 linear
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The materials are in English |
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Dallas Historical Society |
The Dallas Peace Center was an organization focused on peace and non-violence within
our highly weaponized and industrialized world. The Center can trace its early
history to the Vietnam War, of which there were many organizations opposed. They
continued through to the 1980s, when the United States was involved in what this
group deemed dangerous and violent, involvement in Libya and the Contra affair,
nuclear weapons production and testing, human rights violations, and weapons/gun
control issues within the US. Among many other issues, they felt the need to speak
out. This was accomplished through their newsletter, the "Dallas Peace Times."
In 1991, the publication went through a name change, to the "New Peace Times." Then in 1996, another name change
was implemented, back to the "Dallas Peace Times."
The rest of the organization's history is somewhat of a mystery. An internet search
of this group brings up an old webpage, last updated around 2005, and copies of some
of the newsletters included in this collection; other than that no other information
can be found. There is no "about us" or "history" section on their page. Other organizations
with similar goals do obviously exist.
Sources: Dallas Peace Times/ New Peace Times newsletters.
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The items and documents found in this collection are from the organization's
existence - the mid to late 1980s through 2010 (seen through the last newsletter
included in the file). The collection is organized into one series:
Publications.
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Arrangement |
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Records are arranged chronologically. |
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Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Publication Rights: Permission to publish materials must
be obtained from the staff of the Dallas Historical Society.
Copyright Statement: It is the responsibility of the user
to obtain copyright authorization.
Sensitive Material Statement: Manuscript collections and
archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information
that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations.
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to
identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent
of those individuals may have legal ramifications for which the Dallas Historical
Society assumes no responsibility.
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Peace movements--United
States--Periodicals. |
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Nonviolence--Periodicals. |
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New Peace Times. |
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Dallas Peace Times. |
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See also the Mexican Religious Question Collection also at the Catholic Archives of
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Collection of the Dallas Historical Society, Dallas Peace Center records.
Gift of Mavis Belisle.
Collection arranged chronologically, with undated items included after the last
recorded year of newsletters. Collection processed by Teresa Ryant.
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Series 1: Publications, 1988-2010 |
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Publications (1988-2010), contains newsletters issued by the Dallas Peace
Center. Its title is the "Dallas Peace Times" with a name change coming in
1991, "New Peace Times," with a second name change in 1996 back to the
"Dallas Peace Times." It includes two folders of undated newsletters that do
not appear to fit into the included articles. However, further research
shows that at least two of them are from an earlier time than the first
included newsletter based on events written about and mentioned in
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Dallas Peace Times, Nuclear weapon component shipments, Dept. of
Energy radiation facility leaks, state executions, raising awareness for
the poor through its link against military spending, December, 1988 |
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Dallas Peace Times, Nuclear weapon component shipments, Dept. of
Energy radiation facility leaks, state executions, raising awareness for
the poor through its link against military spending, November-December, 1989 |
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Dallas Peace Times, Violence and cruelty in game shows, Panama,
Salvadorian-grown coffee boycott, "clean" nuclear plants, Middle East peace, Canadian/Mohawk
land rights, NRC dumping procedures, weapon-like toy procedures, January-December, 1990 |
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New Peace Times, Name change of publication, air pollution
illnesses, Gulf War, Texas Blackland prairie, unity against the death
penalty, January-December, 1991 |
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New Peace Times, Haiti, Gulf War, new public park initiatives,
rethinking Columbus in light of the 500th anniversary of his "discovery", recycling programs,
NAFTA/NATO, hazardous waste disposal, race riots, and Rodney King, January-December, 1992 |
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New Peace Times, Post-Soviet Russia, Somalia, peace and Clinton,
EPA issues, tax and war, Yugoslavia, foreign aid, Guatemala, January-December, 1993 |
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New Peace Times, Iran-Contra, arms exportation, NAFTA, Cuba,
Rwanda, tobacco, toy weapons. May is missing from the folder, January-December, 1994 |
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New Peace Times, Immigration, the transformation of war, Nigeria,
Palestine, January-December, 1995 |
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Dallas Peace Times, Landmines, ozone attainment, Burma, gun
violence, Trinity River action, UN security council actions. (February,
October and November missing) January-December, 1996 |
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Dallas Peace Times, The Middle East, torture and survival, the
death penalty and its Texas numbers, botched executions, February-December, 1997 |
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Dallas Peace Times, Africa, Iraqi victims, Canadian rainforest
destruction, living simply, January-December, 1998 |
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Dallas Peace Times, Yugoslavia, Exxon/Mobil merger and global
warming, Martin Sheen protest in Dallas, East Timor, Iraq. (No Jan.,
Oct.-Dec., June missing pgs. 1 and 2) February-September, 1999 |
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Dallas Peace Times, WTO, Amnesty International, and NATO, Kosovo,
the anniversary of the atomic bomb dropping on Japan, January 2000-January, 2001 |
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Dallas Peace Times, El Salvador, Colombia, Richland College peace
studies program, 9/11, Middle East war, February, 2001-January, 2002 |
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Dallas Peace Times, Military reservists and conscientious
objector status, civil liberties, human trafficking, February, 2002-January, 2003 |
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Dallas Peace Times, Protest of War in Iraq, Earth Day activities,
weapons and profiteering, Patriot Act proposals, green
policies February, 2003-January, 2004 |
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Dallas Peace Times, Protest at Pres. Bush ranch, UT bid to make
new, usable nukes at Los Alamos, CAFTA, and NAFTA, war on terror, 2004
election, February, 2004-January, 2005 |
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Dallas Peace Times, An exhibition showing the cost of war on
soldiers, West Bank/Israeli/Palestine peace and pullout, April-December, 2005 |
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Dallas Peace Times, Dallas Peace Center meets with Cindy Sheehan,
human rights day events, military recruiters scout high schoolers,
protestors visit George and Laura Bush during Dallas visit, U.S.
schoolyard bully of world community, January-December, 2006 |
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Dallas Peace Times, 3,000th military death brings on peace surge,
calling for the closure of Guantanamo Bay, Texans take part in Iraq war
march, detention center troubles, immigrants contribution to society,
genocide, Darfur, January-December, 2007 |
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Dallas Peace Times, Civil disobedience and civil rights in
Dallas, nuclear activity in Texas, reviews of peace-related books and
literature, DNA exonerations evidence of broken system, immigration
crackdown threatens Texas businesses, January-December, 2008 |
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Dallas Peace Times, The death penalty, medical marijuana,
continued protest against the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, February-December, 2009 |
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Dallas Peace Times, Cesar Chavez Blvd. naming, non-violent action
or civil rights. (No Sept.-Nov.) January-December, 2010 |
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Dallas Peace Times, Dallas churches offer sanctuary to refugees,
religion, and military/national power, Joan Baez speaks on Libyan
attacks, defense contractors in Dallas. UTD protests Reagan's Star Wars
research grant on campus, nuclear pollution, how to prevent nuclear war,
is peacemaking worldwide plausible, Nicaragua, undated |
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