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International Committee of Conscience on Vietnam, New Zealand Branch records.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-182

Scope and Contents

Records of the committee from 1968 to 1978. Includes minutes of meetings, reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, copies of newsletters and miscellaneous publications

Dates

  • 1968 - 1978

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Not restricted.

Biographical / Historical

International Committee of Conscience on Vietnam (ICCV) was started in the United States in 1965 after a protest of clergymen from a variety of faiths: Catholic, Protestant, Jewish. In the US its parent body was the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, a religious pacifist organisation, but in New Zealand the ICCV developed from the Christian Pacifist Society which in turn had ties with the IFOR. Miss Ella Brown acted as New Zealand Liaison for the ICCV and when a Committee was formed in 1968, she acted as secretary and remained the mainstay of the organisation until its dissolution. The organisation worked closely with the United Buddhist Church.

After the withdrawal of US troops and the eventual takeover by the PRG, ICCV worked for the release of Political prisoners and sponsorship of orphans. ICCV was dissolved in 1976 after loss of contact with sources within Vietnam.

Extent

1 metres (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by the secretary, Miss Ella Brown, 1978.

General

NRAM A840.

Title
Inventory of the records of the International Committee of Conscience on Vietnam, 1968-1978.
Status
Completed
Author
Elizabeth Macfarlan
Date
1980
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository

Contact:
5 Alfred Street
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142 New Zealand