This documents is mirrored from http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/guides/whm0454.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sl 454 National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign Records, 1980-1986 242 Folders Western Historical Manuscript collection University Of Missouri-St. Louis Randy Kehler, former director of the National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, donated the group's records to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri-St. Louis on May 15, 1985. The National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign began in 1979 when Randall Forsberg, Director of the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies in Brookline, MA drafted "The Call to Halt the Nuclear Arms Race," a four page statement outlining a bilateral nuclear weapons freeze strategy. U.S. peace groups and arms control experts held a national conference to approve the strategy in March 1981. More than three hundred and fifty representatives from over 30 states met at Georgetown University to call for broad and visible public pressure on Congress to work toward a comprehensive freeze between the U.S. and Soviet Union. Major national religious, civic, and political organizations that became early endorsers of the Freeze included the YWCA, the National Conference of Black Mayors, the national board and social issues offices of the National Council of Churches, and the United Presbyterian Church, the Unitarian Universalists Association, and the Bishops and diocesan conventions within the Episcopal and Roman Catholic Churches. These and other organizations provided educational activities on the Freeze and actively promoted it. The national office of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign opened in St. Louis December 2, 1981. Randy Kehler became its first national coordinator. A longtime peace activist, Kehler had worked at the Trapcock Peace Center in western Massachusetts where he helped organize local Freeze referendums. The national freeze office in St. Louis acted as an information clearinghouse for thousands of similar Freeze groups around the country. The Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign designated "Disarmament Week" in late October 1981. It called on local organizations to create exhibits, show films, and hold lectures, press conferences, religious services, and teach-ins about the danger of nuclear war. The campaign also held a national "Call-In" on October 26, 1981, encouraging Americans to call the White House and urge President Reagan to propose a mutual freeze to Premier Brezhnev of the U.S.S.R. The Nuclear Freeze Political Action Committee, FREEZEPAC, formed in April 1982. This bi-partisan committee supported candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives who advocated a comprehensive, verifiable bilateral nuclear weapons freeze. During the 1982 elections, more than fifty percent of the candidates FREEZEPAC supported won office. During Fall 1982, in the closest equivalent to a national referendum in the history of American democracy, thirty percent of the American electorate voted on a bilateral freeze proposal put on local ballots through the efforts of the Freeze campaign. The proposal won by a 60 to 40 percent margin. At its fourth national convention held in St. Louis in December 1983, the National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign established "Freeze Voter '84," a political action committee, to campaign for candidates supporting the Freeze and work towards the defeat of candidates opposing it. Conference participants called on Congress to pass a "quick freeze" to halt funding for testing and development of nuclear weapons. They also expanded their platform to include: getting the U. S. and the Soviet Union to adopt non-intervention policies in Third World countries; adopting a "no first use" policy on nuclear weapons; and banning the use of satellite and space weapons. At their national conference in December 1984, the National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign endorsed three non-violent civil disobedience actions: the Central America invasion contingency plan, an August witness at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site, and anti-apartheid demonstrations. Legislative priorities included ending the production of the MX missile and cutting off funds for weapons programs. SCOPE AND CONTENT The National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign records document the grassroots movement to get the U.S. and the Soviet Union to adopt a mutual freeze on the testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons and missiles. The collection is arranged alphabetically according to the files of Randy Kehler. The decentralized structure of the campaign allowed for the self-determination of local groups, coordinated by the national office. Kehler kept files of peace groups around the country organized solely around the Freeze issue, and already existing peace groups that adopted the Nuclear Freeze issue as part of their agenda. The collection includes these groups' advertisements, correspondence, posters, petitions, and resolutions using the issues most relevant to their locale while preserving the integrity of the overall Freeze movement. Some groups stressed the effects of nuclear war, others emphasized the danger of a "limited" nuclear war, and others concentrated on the economic effects of the arms race. The groups include: Citizens Against Nuclear War, Common Cause, Council for a Livable World, Federation of American Scientists, Ground Zero, Physicians for Social Responsibility, SANE, Sojourners, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Women's Initiative Project. Kehler also kept the files of international peace groups such as the Dutch Inter-church Peace Council, and European Nuclear Disarmament groups. The collection also documents materials generated by the national office, including: budgets, correspondence, fundraising reports, executive and strategy committee meeting minutes, media strategies, newsletters, press statements, outreach program reports, national conference packets, political training kits, and political action committee questionnaires and correspondence concerning the presidential and congressional elections of 1984. The collection dates primarily from 1981-1985. The movement generated most of the national material in late 1983 when it became active in political campaigning. Correspondents include John Anderson, Daniel Ellsberg, Helen Caldicott, Senator Mark Hatfield, and Senator Edward Kennedy. FOLDER LIST BOX 1, FOLDERS 1-21 1. American Committee on East West Records, 1983 2. Anderson, John, 1982-1983 3. Anti-Satellite Weapons, 1983-1984 4. Arms and Education Control Project, 1984 5. Arms Control Association, 1983-1984 6. Arms Control Strategies and Resolutions, 1982-1984 7. Arms Control Strategies and Resolutions, 1985- 8. Arts for a Nuclear Weapons Freeze, 1983-1984 9. Battleship Iowa, 1983 10. British Disarmament Movement, 1982-1984 11. Build-Down, 1983 12, Business Executives for Natural Security, 1983-1984 13. California Trip, 1983 14. Campus Task Force/Student Movements, 1983-1985 15. Central America, 1984 16. Citizens Against Nuclear War, 1982-1983 17. Committee for National Security, 1982 18. Common Cause, 1982-1983 19. Comprehensive Test Ban, 1982-1984 20. Congressional Quick Freeze, Jan. - Apr. 1984 21. Congressional Quick Freeze, May 1984 - Jan. 1985 BOX 2, FOLDERS 22-32 22. Congressional Voting Records, Feb. 1982 - Mar. 1983 23. Congressional Voting Records, Mar. 1983 - Feb. 1984 24. Connecticut Freeze, 1984-1985 25. Correspondence, Jan. 1981 - Mar. 1982 26. Correspondence, Apr. 1982 - Jun. 1982 27. Correspondence, Jul. 1982 - Dec. 1982 28. Correspondence, Jan. 1983 - Feb. 1983 29. Correspondence, March 1983 30. Correspondence, Apr. 1983 - May 1983 31. Correspondence, Jun. 1983 - Dec. 1985 32. Correspondence, Jan. 1984 - Feb. 1985 BOX 3, FOLDERS 33-46 33. Council for a Livable World, 1982-1985 34. Council for Nuclear Weapons Freeze, 1982-1984 35. The Day After, Aug. - Oct. 1983 36. The Day After, Nov. 1983 - Feb. 1984 37. The Day After, Organizers Kit 38. Democratic Platform, Jun. 1983 - Oct. 1983 39. Democratic Platform, Mar. 1984 40. Democratic Platform, Mar. 1984 41. Democratic Platform, Mar. - Apr. 1984 42. Democratic Platform, Apr. - May 1984 43. Democratic Platform, May - Sep. 1984 44. Direct Action, Jan. - May, 1984 45. Direct Action, Jun. - Aug. 1984 46. Direct Action, Sep. 1984 - Jan. 1985 BOX 4, FOLDERS 47-57 47. Disarmament Campaigns, 1983-1984 48. Ellsberg, Daniel, 1981-1983 49. Euromissiles, 1981-1983 50. Euromissiles, Jun. - Jul. 1983 51. Euromissiles, Aug. 1983 52. Euromissiles, Sep. - Oct. 1983 53. Euromissiles, Nov. 1983 - Jun. 1984 54. Executive Committee Meetings, Jun. - Dec. 1982 55. Executive Committee Meetings, Jan. 1983 - May 1982 56. Executive Committee Meetings, Jun. - Dec. 1983 57. Executive Committee Meetings, Jan. 1984 - Jan. 1985 BOX 5, FOLDERS 58-70 58. Fast for Life, Aug. - Nov. 1983 59. Federation of American Scientists, 1982-1983 60. Field Organizers' Project, Sep. 1982 - May 1983 61. Field Organizers' Project, Jun. - Jul. 1983 62. Field Organizers' Project, Sep. - Dec. 1983 63. Field Organizers' Project, Jan. - Apr. 1984 64. Field Organizers' Project, May - Jul. 1984 65. Field Organizers' Project, Aug. 1984 - Jan. 1985 66. Films, 1983 67. Forsberg, Randall (Institute for Defense and Disarmament), 1982-1985 68. Foundations and Funders' Fundraising, Oct. 1982 -Aug. 1983 69. Foundations and Funders' Fundraising, Sep. - Dec. 1983 70. Foundations and Funders' Fundraising, Jan. - Nov. 1984 BOX 6, FOLDERS 71-81 71. Foundations and Funders' Fundraising, Jan. - Mar. 1982 72. Freeze Activities for Presidential Campaign of 1984, Oct. 1983 - Oct. 1984 73. Freeze Fridays/Weekend 1984, Feb. - Mar. 1984 74. Freeze Fridays/Weekend 1984, Apr. 1984 75. Freeze Forum, Mar. 22, 1982 76. Freeze Foundation, May - Jun. 1982 77. Freeze Lobby, Aug. 1982 - Apr. 1983 78. Freeze Voter 1984, 1983 79. Freeze Voter 1984, Jan. - Mar. 1984 80. Freeze Voter 1984, Apr. - May 1984 81. Freeze Voter 1984, Jun. 1984 - Jan. 1985 BOX 7, FOLDERS 82-93 82. Gender Gap Action Campaign, 1984 83. Ground Zero, 1982-1983 84. Hatfield, Senator Mark O., 1983 85. House Vote, Jan. - Apr. 1983 86. Humanitas, 1982-1984 87. IKV (Dutch Inter-Church Peace Council), 1981-1984 88. International Freeze and Peace Activities, Mar. 1983 - May 1984 89. International Freeze and Peace Activities, Jul. 1984 - May 1985 90. Itineraries, 1983 91. Itineraries, 1984 92. Kennedy, Senator Edward M., 1982-1984 93. King, Martin Luther, March on Washington, Dec. 1982 - Aug. 1983 BOX 8, FOLDERS 94-105 94. Labor and the Economy, Aug. 1982 - Feb. 1983 95. Labor and the Economy, Mar. - May 1983 96. Labor and the Economy, Jun. - Dec. 1983 97. Labor and the Economy, Jan. 1984 - Feb. 1985 98. League of Women Voters, 1983-1984 99. Legislative Information and Alerts, 1983-1984 100. Legislative Information and Alerts, April 1984 101. Local Elected Officials of America, 1983-1984 102. Local Organizer Mailings, 1982-1983 103. Local Organizer Mailings, Jan. - Jul. 1984 104. Local Organizer Mailings, Aug. 1984 - Apr. 1985 105. Massachusetts Nuclear Freeze, Apr. 1983 - Dec. 1984 BOX 9, FOLDERS 106-121 106. Media Strategy, 1983 107. Media Strategy, 1984 108. Membership, 1983-1985 109. Mideast, Dec. 1983 - Jun. 1984 110. Minorities Outreach Program, Oct. 1982 - 111. Minorities Outreach Program, 1984 112. Miscellaneous Articles, 1983-1984 113. Mobilization for Survival, 1983-1984 114. Musicians Against Nuclear Arms, Oct. 1983 115. MX Missile, 1983-1984 116. National Conference (3rd Annual, Feb. 4-6, 1983), Dec. 1982 - Jan. 1983 117. National Conference (3rd Annual), Feb. - Mar. 1983 118. National Conference (3rd Annual), Correspondence, Jan. - Mar. 1983 119. National Conference (4th Annual, Dec. 2-4, 1983), Sep. - Nov. 1983 120. National Conference (4th Annual), Dec. 1983 121. National Conference (4th Annual), Proposals, November 1983 BOX 10, FOLDERS 122-132 122. National Conference (5th Annual, Dec. 7-9, 1984), Pre-Conference Information and Strategy Proposals, Nov. - Dec. 1984 123. National Conference (5th Annual), Dec. 7-9, 1984 124. National Committee, Mar. - Jan. 1982 125. National Committee, Sep. - Dec. 1982 126. National Committee, 1983 127. National Committee, 1984 128. New Century Policies, 1984 129. Newsclippings and Articles, Mar. 1974 - Dec. 1983 130. Newsclippings and Articles, Jan. - Dec. 1984 131. Newsletters and Copy, Mar. 1981 - Sep. 1983 132. Newsletters and Copy, Oct. 1983 - Jul. 1985 BOX 11, FOLDERS 133-144 133. Nuclear Times, Jan. - Dec. 1983 134. Nuclear Times, Jan. - Apr. 1984 135. Nuclear Weapons Education Fund, May 1983 - Sep. 1984 136. Nuclear Weapons Freeze Staff Questionnaires, Sep. 1984 137. Opposition/Criticism, May 1982 - Mar. 1982 138. Opposition/Criticism, Apr. - Aug. 1982 139. Opposition/Criticism, Sep. - Oct. 1982 140. Opposition/Criticism, Nov. 1982 - Feb. 1983 141. Opposition/Criticism, Mar. 1983 - Oct. 1984 142. Pastoral Letter, Apr. 1983 - Apr. 1984 143. Peace/Disarmament Groups (USA), 1982-1983 144. Peace/Disarmament Groups (USA), 1984-1985 BOX 12, FOLDERS 145-157 145. Peace Education Program, Summer 1983 146. Peace Education Program, Sep. 1983 - Jun. 1984 147. Peace Media Poll and Focus Group, 1984 148. Peace Roundtable, Sep. 1983 - Sep. 1984 149. Physicians for Social Responsibility, 1982-1986 150. Political Action Committee, 1982-1983 151. Political Consultants Meeting, Jan. 20, 1983 152. Political Training, 1982-1984 153. Press Releases, 1982-1984 154. Project `84, Jan. - Mar. 1983 155. Project `84, Apr. - May 1983 156. Project `84, May - Jun. 1983 157. Project `84, Jul. 1983 - 1984 BOX 13, FOLDERS 158-171 158. Reagan, 1980-1984 159. Referenda, Mar. 1982 - Jul. 1982 160. Referenda, Aug. - Nov. 1982 161. Religion, 1982-1984 162. Republican Platform Hearings (Dallas, TX), Jul. - Aug. 1984 163. Republican Platform Hearings/Testimony of Randy Kehler, Jul. - Aug. 1984 164. Resolutions, May 1981 - Mar. 10, 1982 165. Resolutions, Mar. 12, 1982 - May 1982 166. Resolutions, Jun. 1982 - May 1983 167. Resolutions, May - Sep. 1983 168. Retreats, Workshops and Conferences, 1982-1983 169. Retreats, Workshops and Conferences, 1984 170. Reuben (McCormack)/Washington Lobbyist, 1982-1983 171. Riverside Church Disarmament Program, May - Jun. 1983 BOX 14, FOLDERS 172-189 172. St. Louis Nuclear Weapons Freeze Petitions, May 1982 173. SANE (Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy), 1982-1983 174. SANE (Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy), 1984 175. Sea-Launch Cruise Missiles (SLCM's), Apr. 1983 176. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearings (5/13/82), Apr. - Aug. 1982 177. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearings, 1983-1984 178. Senate Freeze Vote, Fall 1983 179. Sojourners, 1982-1984 180. South Africa, Nov. - Dec. 1984 181. Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Apr. - Nov. 1984 182. Soviet Peace Groups, 1983-1984 183. Speaking Engagements Requests, Jan. 1982 - Jul. 1983 184. Speaking Engagements Requests, Sep. 1983 185. Speaking Engagements Requests, 1983-1984 186. Speeches, 1984 187. Staff, Jan. - Jul. 1982 188. Staff, Sep. - Dec. 1982 189. Staff, Jan. - Apr. 1983 BOX 15, FOLDERS 190-203 190. Staff, May - Dec. 1983 191. Staff, Jan. - Apr. 1984 192. Staff. May 1984 - Jan. 1985 193. State of the Campaign 194. Strategy Committee, 1980 195. Strategy Committee, Jan. - Mar. 1981 196. Strategy Committee, Oct. - Dec. 1982 197. Strategy Committee, Jan. - May 1982 198. Strategy Committee, Jun. - Sep. 1982 199. Strategy Committee, Nov. - Dec. 1982 200. Strategy Committee, Dec. 1982 201. Strategy Committee, Jan. 1983 202. Strategy Committee, Feb. - Mar. 1983 203. Strategy Committee, Apr. - May 1983 BOX 16, FOLDERS 204-214 204. Strategy Committee, Jun. - Jul. 1983 205. Strategy Committee, Jul. - Aug. 1983 206. Strategy Committee, Sep. - Oct. 1983 207. Strategy Committee, Oct. 5-31, 1983 208. Strategy Committee, Nov. - Dec. 1983 209. Strategy Committee, Jan. - Mar. 1984 210. Strategy Committee, Apr. 1984 211. Strategy Committee, May 1984 212. Strategy Committee, Jun. - Aug. 1984 213. Strategy Committee, Sep. 1984 214. Strategy Committee, Response Sheets, Oct. 1984 BOX 17, FOLDERS 215-225 215. Strategy Committee, Response Sheets, Oct. 1984 216. Strategy Committee, Response Sheets w/comments, Oct. 1984 217. Strategy Committee, Response Sheets w/comments, Oct. 1-20, 1984 218. Strategy Committee, Response Sheets w/comments, Oct. 21-29, 1984 219. Strategy Committee, Response Sheets w/comments, Oct. 30-31, 1984 220. Strategy Committee, Response Sheets w/comments, November 1984 221. Strategy Committee, December 1984 222. Strategy Committee, 1985 223. Structure of Freeze Campaign, Dec. 1983 - Aug. 15, 1984 224. Structure of Freeze Campaign, Aug. 17 - Sep. 1984 225. Structure of Freeze Campaign, Oct. 1-15, 1984 BOX 18, FOLDERS 226-241 226. Structure of Freeze Campaign, Oct. 16-26, 1984 227. Structure of Freeze Campaign, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 1984 228. Structure of Freeze Campaign, Nov. 5, 1985 229. Taylor, Camilla (Children Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament), 1983-1984 230. Tax Resistance 231. Technical Advisory Committee, 1981-1982 232. Ten Reasons to Organize for a Bilateral Freeze, Jan. 1982 233. Texas Freeze, May 1982 - Jul. 1983 234. Texas Freeze, Aug. 1983 - Mar. 1984 235. U.S. Government Relations Task Force, May 1981 - Mar. 1982 236. U.S. Government Relations Task Force, Apr. - Jul. 1982 237. U.S. Government Relations Task Force, Aug. - Dec. 1982 238. Vigil of Hope, n.d. 239. Walks, Jan. - Sep. 1983 240. Walks, Oct. - Dec. 1983 241. Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament, Inc. (WAND), 1983-1984 242. Women's Peace Initiative Project, 1984 INDEX American Friends Service Committee, f. 1-242 Anderson, John, f. 2 Andropov, Yuri, f. 182, 206 Arms Control, f. 1-242 Bilateral Nuclear Weapons Freeze f. 1-242 British Disarmament, f. 10, 88, 89 Business Executives for National Security, f. 12 Caldicott, Helen, f. 149, 240 Central America, f. 15 Civil Disobedience, f. 45-46, 230 Comprehensive Test Ban, f. 19 Disarmament, f. 1-242 Ellsberg, Daniel, f. 48 Euromissiles, f. 49-53 Fellowship of Reconciliation, f. 143, 144 Foreign Policy f. 1-242 Freeze Voter `84, f. 78-81 Ground Zero, f. 83 Hardy, T. Walter Jr., f. 25-32 Hatfield, Senator Mark O., f. 84 Hunger Strike - Fast for Life, f. 58 Jobs with Peace and Freedom, f. 94-97 Kennedy, Senator Edward, f. 92 King, Martin Luther, f. 93 Labor, f. 94-97 Minorities, f. 94-97, 110-111 MX Missile, f. 115 National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, f. 1-242 National Peace Academy f. 145, 146 Peace, f. 1-242 Physicians for Social Responsibility, f. 149 Protests, f. 1-242 St. Louis Nuclear Weapons Freeze Petitions, f. 172 South Africa, f. 180 Southern Christian Leadership Conference, f. 181 Soviet Union, f. 1-242 Tax Resistance, f. 230 Women in Politics, f. 1-242 Women in Politics and Government Relations, f. 1-242 WESTERN HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 222 THOMAS JEFFERSON LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS 8001 NATURAL BRIDGE ROAD ST. LOUIS, MO 63121 (314) 516-5143 whmc@umsl.edu http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/