Title: Student Peace Center Records
Inclusive Dates: 1955-1962

Creator:

• Student Peace Center (Madison, Wis.)

Call Number: Mss 128

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of the Student Peace Center, an organization of pacifist students that was active on the campus of the University of Wisconsin from the mid-1950's to the mid-1960's. Included are correspondence, posters, clippings, minutes, and organizational material concerning its anti-military balls and its agitation against the draft.

Language: English

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Ellamae Calvert founded the Student Peace Center in Madison, Wisconsin in 1955, modeling it after one established at the University of California. The constitution of the Student Peace Center in Madison defined its central purpose as “helping create the conditions under which peace can exist. We want to educate for peace, and we want to provide a channel through which people who have a peace concern can give useful, concrete expression to it on campus.” The eight original members held monthly meetings to view films and hold discussions, but in 1957 the program was expanded to include a protest march against compulsory military training of male students and to hold the first annual Anti-Military Ball. In 1959 the center also became involved in agitation against the draft. Its sporadic activity ceased when the Madison Committee to End the War in Vietnam assumed most of the functions of the Student Peace Center.

The papers of the Student Peace Center include correspondence; a constitution, by-laws, and minutes; posters; newspaper clippings; and posters and plays of the Anti-Military Balls as well as some miscellany. This material ranges in time from 1955 to 1962.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Ken Knudson, Madison, Wisconsin, November 31, 1966. Accession Number: M66-442

Processing Information

Processed by Patrick Quinn and EN, October 21, 1971.

Box   1 Folder   1	Correspondence, 1955-1962
Box   1 Folder   2	Constitution, By-laws, and Minutes, 1955-1962
Box   1 Folder   3	Anti-Military Balls, 1957-1961
Box   1 Folder   4	Posters, 1955-1962
Box   1 Folder   5	Newspaper Clippings, 1955-1962
Box   1 Folder   6	Miscellany, 1954-1962