Records, 1982-1984. 3.0 Cubic Feet. Founded in 1982 as the Springfield Peace Coalition by Ed Haber, Phil Salisbury, Alice Kaige, Jarl Tremail, Tom Kinzie, and John Williams. Aligned with the Illinois Nuclear Weapons FREEZE, its purpose was to educate the public about the threat of nuclear war and to secure public support for actions which would reduce the chance of nuclear confrontation between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. In 1985, the Coalition affiliated with the national Mobilization for Survival and changed its name to Springfield Mobilization for Peace and Justice. Correspondence, minutes, agendas, organizational resolution, petitions, press releases, fliers, audio cassette, newsletters, clippings, and other records, relating to the organization's efforts to educate the public about nuclear war and reduce the threat of nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union, the arms race in the U.S. and Soviet Union, and its association with Mobilization for Survival. Finding aid available: https://uisgplprod1.uis.edu/Archon3/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=69&q=Springfield+Mobilization+for+Peace+and+Justice
William Moskoff
Personal Papers, 1964-1980. 1.3 Cubic Feet. The personal papers of William Moskoff, Associate Professor of Economics, include correspondence, research papers (Soviet Union, Women), student papers, surveys, charts, and tables. Topics include Soviet Union trade, child care, and physical education for college women in Illinois. Finding aid available: https://uisgplprod1.uis.edu/Archon3/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=118&q=moskoff
