United For Peace and Justice Records: United For Peace and Justice Records: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids

Call Number

TAM.513

Dates

1981-2009, inclusive

; 2002-2009, bulk

Creator

United for Peace and Justice (Organization) (Role: Donor)

Kielson, Leslie R. (Role: Donor)

Extent

17.43 Linear Feet

in 22 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize flat boxes, 1 cassette box, 1 oversize custom box, and 2 flat-file folders

Extent

1 Hi8

Extent

20 audiocassettes

Extent

4 MiniDV

Extent

9 VHS

Extent

1 U-matic

Language of Materials

Materials are in English

Abstract

The United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) is an anti-war coalition organization that organizes opposition to U.S. military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, against nuclear weapons, and for economic and social justice. The collection contains minutes and other materials from steering committee and national assembly meetings, internal documents related to the planning of demonstrations and other activities, and publicity materials for these activities. In addition to the printed material, there are photographs and artifacts including picket signs, political buttons, posters, banners, t-shirts. This collection also contains digital computer files as well as audio and video recordings.

Historical Note

United For Peace and Justice (UFPJ) was founded in 2002 in Washington DC, and began as a national campaign to bring together a broad range of organizations throughout the United States to help coordinate work against a U.S. war on Iraq. Its first major rally took place on February 15, 2003, global day of protest, called The World Says No to War. UFPJ helped coordinate and publicize more than 790 demonstrations worldwide. Two days after the bombing of Iraq began, on March 22, 2003, UFPJ mobilized more than 300,000 people for a protest march down Broadway in New York City, which in successive years would be a major protest day for the UFPJ. Its first National Assembly took place in June of 2003, coordinating actions against President George W. Bush's war policies and solidifying UFPJ's organizational structure. The Assembly met again in 2005, 2007, and 2009, organizing its anti-war and other campaigns.

Arrangement

This collection has not been arranged by an archivist, other than some preliminary moving of photographs, banners, and picket signs into containers separate from paper text records.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains the records of United for Peace and Justice, as well as some records of its New York City Chapter, including subject/activities files and administrative materials related to rallies, demonstrations, and campaigns sponsored by the organization, the majority of which were in opposition to U.S. wars in the Middle East, or in opposition to nuclear weapons. Materials included are minutes, agendas, National Assembly meeting packets, clippings, fliers, leaflets, other printed ephemera, and reports, including proposals for future campaigns. In addition, there are photographs and artifacts that include picket signs, political buttons, posters, banners, and t-shirts. Audio materials comprise one box of audiocassetttes, containing talks on various topics, several Herbert Aptheker study series tapes, recordings of Pacifica National/WBAI programs, "Paint the Town Red" Communist Party songs, a Jewish Affairs dinner, and unlabeled tapes. Materials also include one videocassette, "The Bomb in Boston Teach-In," June 25, 1983.

Subjects

Genres

Buttons (information artifacts).; Photographs.; Picket signs.; Minutes (administrative records); Printed ephemera.; Reports.; Fliers (printed matter)

People

Kielson, Leslie R. (Role: Donor)

Topics

Political posters, American.; Social justice -- United States.; Peace movements -- United States.; Afghan War, 2001 -- Protest movements -- United States; Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Protest movements -- United States.; Banners.

Donors

Kielson, Leslie R.; United for Peace and Justice (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) United for Peace and Justice were transferred to New York University in 2009 by Leslie R. Kielson. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive. Please contact NYU Special Collections, special.collections@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; United for Peace and Justice Records; TAM 513; box number; folder number or item identifier; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Location of Materials

Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Leslie R. Kielson on behalf of United for Peace and Justice in 2009. The accession number associated with this collection is 2009.062.

Custodial History

The archived website was migrated from the California Digital Library's Web Archiving Service to the Internet Archive's Archive-It Service in November 2015. The link to California Digital Library was removed in October 2017.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Due to technical or privacy issues, archived websites may not be exact copies of the original website at the time of the web crawl. Certain file types will not be captured dependent on how they are embedded in the site. Other parts of websites that the crawler has difficulty capturing includes Javascript, streaming content, database-driven content, and highly interactive content. Full-Text searches of archived websites are available at https://archive-it.org/organizations/567.

Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures

Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact NYU Special Collections (special.collections@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596) with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.

Born-Digital Access Policies and Procedures

Advance notice is required for the use of computer records. Original physical digital media is restricted. Born-digital materials have not been transferred and may not be available to researchers. Researchers may request access copies. To request that material be transferred, or if you are unsure if material has been transferred, please contact NYU Special Collections (special.collections@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596) with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-05-07 13:49:35 UTC.

Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Processing Information

Mixed nonprint materials from this collection initially separated were reincorporated in April 2013. In 2014, the archived website was added as a series.

In May 2026, files stored in record cartons were rehoused into manuscript boxes and their descriptions in the inventory were updated. The audiovisual material was labeled and titles listed individually in the collection inventory. Born-digital material was numbered, labeled, and stored in appropriate housing.

Revisions to this Guide

May 2026: Rehoused boxes, labeled a/v and born-digital carriers, and updated notes to ACM standards by Stacey Flatt

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives