Title: Somerset Hills PEACE Records
Inclusive Dates: 1970-1980

Creator:

• Somerset Hills PEACE (Bernardsville, N.J.)

Call Number: Mss 552

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

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

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Abstract:

Records, 1970-1980, of a small, Bernardsville, New Jersey women's organization which was founded in 1970 to oppose the Vietnam War and which continued to work for peace-related foreign and domestic issues in the post-war era. Included are press releases and letters to editors and elected officials written by Eleanor M. Kleinhans, head of publicity, and an undated file of literature distributed by the group.

Language: English

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Somerset Hills PEACE was a small organization of women from a four-county area of New Jersey formed on April 15, 1970, to oppose U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam. Although the records reveal little about the activities and affiliations of the group, it seems to have been chiefly oriented toward public education and fund-raising in behalf of the victims of the war. Unlike many of the liberal groups formed as a result of the war, Somerset Hills PEACE continued its activist involvement after the signing of the accords and turned its attention to a host of peace-related foreign and domestic issues.

The small collection consists of a chronological file of educational press releases and letters to editors and elected officials, all written by the donor, Eleanor M. Kleinhans, who served as head of educational publicity, together with an undated file of literature issued by other organizations but distributed by Somerset Hills PEACE. Unfortunately none of the press releases deal directly with its activities. Thus the collection is most useful as an example of the philosophy of a liberal group during the Vietnam War and the immediate post-war era.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Eleanor M. Kleinhans, Bernardsville, New Jersey, 1978 and 1980. Accession Number: M78-475, M79-587, M80-624

Processing Information

Processed by Carolyn J. Mattern, June 1980.

Box   1 Folder   1-4	Press releases, letters to editors, letters to elected officials, 1970-1980
Box   1 Folder   5	Printed matter distributed by Somerset Hills PEACE, undated