Subseries I.7: Preventing Deadly Conflict (PDC)
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Preventing Deadly Conflict (PDC) series documents the cluster of CCNY programs, relating to conflict prevention, including Avoiding Nuclear War (ANW) program, Cooperative Security Program, and Carnegie Commission for Preventing Deadly Conflict (CCPDC) of 1994-1999. ANW program on national security and weapons of mass destruction reintroduced and enlarged focus on Russia though reviving Russian policy studies in key US universities, and establishing new ties with think tanks and policy makers in U.S., Eastern and Western Europe and the Soviet Union. Related material can also be found in the Correspondence (Series III) of this collection and in the Carnegie Corporation of New York Y Records Series IV.A (CCPDC). The series includes pre-CCNY materials used as the basis for CCSTG, multi-year subject files through 1989, and collection of Hamburg STG-related talks and writings 1980-1989. The series contains correspondence, event handouts, Hamburg's writing and speeches; materials from other organizations such as NAS, Stanford, Harvard, WHO, Pugwash, etc. It includes correspondence with Mikhail Gorbachev and other Soviet officials, US congressmen, such as Senators Nunn and Lugar, documents legislation and activity on nuclear arms reduction. Most materials specifically related to projects in USSR/Russia and the Eastern Bloc countries have been separated into Subseries I.8
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Access and use
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Boxes 612-615 contain patient records and are restricted until 2060.
Some unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Parent terms of access:
- Reproductions may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of the Carnegie Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- Location of this collection:
- Before you visit:
- Researchers interested in viewing materials in the RBML reading room must must book an appointment at least 7 days in advance. To make the most of your visit, be sure to request your desired materials before booking your appointment, as researchers are limited to 5 items per day.
- Contact:
- rbml@library.columbia.edu