VCU James Branch Cabell Library
Richmond Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) records
Huggins, Sarah Jean
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Richmond Branch
M 563
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1.71 Linear Feet
4 boxes (1 record storage box, 1 letter document box, 1 half-size letter document box, 1 legal document box)
1923-2004, bulk 1967-2004
English
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Access restrictions
The collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Richmond Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) records, 1967-2004, Collection # M 563, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Sarah Jean Huggins, 2011.
Biographical / Historical Information
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) was founded in 1915, early in World War I during an International Suffrage Congress held at the Hague in the Netherlands. Jane Adams was the first president of the organization, which is one of the oldest extant women's peace organizations in the world. WILPF is an organization dedicated to "world disarmament; full rights for women; radical and economic justice; an end to all forms of violence; and to establish those political social and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom and justice for all." (WILPF "Principles and Policies" U.S. Section pamphlet, 1985). The local Richmond branch of WILPF (sometimes called RILPF) seems to have been founded in the 1960s, with varying levels of activity through the early 2000s.
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of the Richmond branch of WILPF. Materials were collected by past Richmond WILPF president, Sarah Jean Huggins. The Richmond WILPF records contains materials created between 1923 and 2004, with the bulk of the materials created from 1967-2004.
Formats include: meeting minutes and agendas, event planning materials, flyers, correspondence, annual reports, news clippings, photos, slides, and other administrative materials produced by the Richmond branch. It also includes local, regional, and other WILPF-produced publications, such as brochures, newsletters, magazines, buttons, flyers, and more.
Subjects include: nonviolence and peace; women's rights; anti-war, anti-embargo, and anti-nuclear politics; WILPF national meetings; welfare and child poverty; Marii Hasewaga (a peace activist who worked with WILPF for 50 years and served as the U.S. WILPF president during the Vietnam War. She was forcibly confined with her family by the U.S. Government at the Topaz War Relocation Center from 1942-1945. Hasewaga was named one of the Library of Virginia's Virginia Women in History in 2018); and work to prevent the 1997-1998 reappointment of Richmond Judge Thomas O. Jones due to instances of racism in the courtroom.
Arrangement
Collection is organized chronologically and is separated into two series: Administrative materials (agendas, minutes, statements, policies, reports, correspondence, brochures, event planning, news clippings documenting Richmond WILPF members and activities, photos from events, etc.) and Magazines and newsletters (Peace and Freedom magazine issues, WILPF newsletters, and other Virginia area newsletters).
Women political activists -- Virginia -- Richmond
Women -- Political activity -- Virginia -- Richmond
Peace movements -- Virginia -- Richmond
Richmond (Va.) -- Race relations
Huggins, Sarah Jean
Hasewaga, Marii, 1918-2012
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Richmond Branch
Series 1: Administrative materials/repositories/5/archival_objects/756301967-2004Early days/repositories/5/archival_objects/755851967-198411Richmond WILPF Branch newsletters/repositories/5/archival_objects/756321968-197621WILPF booklets/repositories/5/archival_objects/755871980-199512Education catalogs and human rights reference materials/repositories/5/archival_objects/755861980-199713Flyers/repositories/5/archival_objects/75588circa 1980-199914Seneca Women's Peace Encampment/repositories/5/archival_objects/75589198315Poll project/repositories/5/archival_objects/75590198416Events, correspondence, and agendas/repositories/5/archival_objects/755911984-198517Agendas, correspondence, flyers, and statements/repositories/5/archival_objects/755921985-198618Brochures/repositories/5/archival_objects/755931985-199619Minutes and activities/repositories/5/archival_objects/755941986-1987110Minutes and activities/repositories/5/archival_objects/755951987-1988111Agendas and correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/756331988-198922Women's budget project/repositories/5/archival_objects/755961989-1997112Reports/repositories/5/archival_objects/755971990-1997113WILPF National Congress documents/repositories/5/archival_objects/755981991114Handwritten meeting minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/755991991-1998115Meeting minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/756001992-1996116WILPF National Congress documents/repositories/5/archival_objects/756011993117Peace Camp guidelines and activities/repositories/5/archival_objects/756021993118Peace Camp planning materials/repositories/5/archival_objects/756031993-199733Lynda Fleet's agendas and notes/repositories/5/archival_objects/756041993-1997119Policies and statements/repositories/5/archival_objects/756051993-2004120Planning and proposals/repositories/5/archival_objects/75606circa 1993121Who Gets Welfare? posters/repositories/5/archival_objects/75607circa 1994122Welfare and child poverty/repositories/5/archival_objects/75608circa 1995123East Coast Great Day Peace Train/repositories/5/archival_objects/756091995-1996124Marii Hasegawa clippings and correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/756101995-1998125Correspondence and letterheads/repositories/5/archival_objects/756111995-2000126Change Mavens committee/repositories/5/archival_objects/756121996127Meeting minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/756131996-1997128Peace Camp/repositories/5/archival_objects/756141997129Citizen Summit on Nuclear Hazards/repositories/5/archival_objects/756151997130Accounting and receipts/repositories/5/archival_objects/756161997131Stop Judge Jones newsclippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/756171997132Stop Judge Jones/repositories/5/archival_objects/756181997133Stop Judge Jones press conference photos/repositories/5/archival_objects/756191997134Virginia vs. Phillip Eugene Brown Jr. - Judge Jones court transcript/repositories/5/archival_objects/756201997135News clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/756501997-1998136Meeting minutes/repositories/5/archival_objects/756211997-1998137Annual report/repositories/5/archival_objects/756221997-1998138Anti-embargo and war on Iraq/repositories/5/archival_objects/756231998139Survey about continuation of Richmond WILPF branch/repositories/5/archival_objects/756242000140Jane Adams Peace Association/repositories/5/archival_objects/756252001141Alliance for Nuclear Accountability conference/repositories/5/archival_objects/756262002142International Women's Day/repositories/5/archival_objects/756272003143Monthly donation booklets and ephemera/repositories/5/archival_objects/75628undated144Slides/repositories/5/archival_objects/75629undated145Buttons and stamp/repositories/5/archival_objects/75631undated21Series 2: Magazines and newsletters/repositories/5/archival_objects/756341990-2004WILPF bulletin, number 4/repositories/5/archival_objects/75635192331Peace and Freedom magazine, volumes 50-51/repositories/5/archival_objects/756361990-199132Peace and Freedom magazine, volumes 52-53/repositories/5/archival_objects/756371992-199333Most Dangerous Women newsletters/repositories/5/archival_objects/756381993-199434Washington Memo and Congressional Voting Record/repositories/5/archival_objects/756391995-199635Program and Legislative Action newsletters/repositories/5/archival_objects/756401995-199636Peace and Freedom magazine, volumes 55-57/repositories/5/archival_objects/756411995-199737Virginia area community newsletters/repositories/5/archival_objects/756421995-199838International Peace Update, volumes 60-64/repositories/5/archival_objects/756431995-199939Will-O-The-South newsletters/repositories/5/archival_objects/756441997310Peace and Freedom magazine, volume 58/repositories/5/archival_objects/756451998311Peace and Freedom magazine, volume 59/repositories/5/archival_objects/75646199941WILPF Southeast Area newsletters/repositories/5/archival_objects/756471999-200142Peace and Freedom magazine, volumes 60-61/repositories/5/archival_objects/756482000-200143Peace and Freedom magazine, volumes 62-65/repositories/5/archival_objects/756492002-200444