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):
English .
Access:
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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.

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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

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Video recordings (physical artifacts) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Crown, Joseph Harold, 1907- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jessup, Philip C (Philip Caryl), 1897-1986 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
McGovern, George S (George Stanley), 1922-2012 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Morgenthau, Hans J (Hans Joachim), 1904-1980 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Morse, Wayne L (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Thant, U, 1909-1974 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Wright, Quincy, 1890-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Grenoble (France) -- Description and travel CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hanoi (Vietnam) -- Description and travel CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stockholm (Sweden) -- Description and travel CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Toronto (Ont.) -- Description and travel CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
United States -- History, Military CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Lawyers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Peace movements CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Presidents -- United States -- Impeachment CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World politics CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID