Lawyers Committee on American Policy Towards Vietnam records, 1962-1979
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- Ms Coll\Lawyers Committee
- Bib ID:
- 4079013 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Lawyers Committee on American Policy Towards Vietnam
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 22 boxes (22 boxes and two 16mm films in flatbox 815)
- Language(s):
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English
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- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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The following materials are located off-site: Boxes 2-22. 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.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
Correspondence, memoranda, lists, announcements, petitions, legal briefs, proofs, photographs, motion picture films, clippings, and printed materials. These files of Joseph Crown reflect activities in the peace movement, lobbying with members of Congress, trips to peace conferences in Stockholm, Grenoble, and Toronto, a trip to Hanoi in 1972, and interest in the movement to impeach President Nixon. Correspondents include Henry Steele Commager, J.W. Fulbright, Edward M. Kennedy, George McGovern, Wayne Morse, and U Thant.
Arrangement
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
The following materials are located off-site: Boxes 2-22. 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.
This collection has no restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Crown, Joseph H. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1982. Accession number--M-82.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.
Revision Description
2020-03-23 Replaced PDF with structured finding aid. cml/kws
Biographical / Historical
Organized in 1965 by Joseph Harold Crown (1907- ; Columbia University B.A., 1927), a tax lawyer, to promote an end to the American involvement in the Vietnam conflict. The Committee, which included Wayne Morse, Carey McWilliams, Philip C. Jessup, Hans J. Morgenthau, and Quincy Wright, was dissolved in 1973.
Subject Headings
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Video recordings (physical artifacts) |
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Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998 |
CLIO Catalog
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Crown, Joseph Harold, 1907- |
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Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995 |
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Jessup, Philip C (Philip Caryl), 1897-1986 |
CLIO Catalog
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Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 |
CLIO Catalog
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McGovern, George S (George Stanley), 1922-2012 |
CLIO Catalog
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McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980 |
CLIO Catalog
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Morgenthau, Hans J (Hans Joachim), 1904-1980 |
CLIO Catalog
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Morse, Wayne L (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974 |
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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 |
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Thant, U, 1909-1974 |
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Wright, Quincy, 1890-1970 |
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Place |
Grenoble (France) -- Description and travel |
CLIO Catalog
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Hanoi (Vietnam) -- Description and travel |
CLIO Catalog
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Stockholm (Sweden) -- Description and travel |
CLIO Catalog
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Toronto (Ont.) -- Description and travel |
CLIO Catalog
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United States -- History, Military |
CLIO Catalog
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 |
CLIO Catalog
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Subject |
Lawyers |
CLIO Catalog
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Peace movements |
CLIO Catalog
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Presidents -- United States -- Impeachment |
CLIO Catalog
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ArchiveGRID
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
CLIO Catalog
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World politics |
CLIO Catalog
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