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Collection consists of posters and pinback buttons accrued by peace activist Betty Peterson. Materials mainly pertain to protests, speaking events, organizations, and film screenings for social justice causes including nuclear disarmament, environmental conservation, Indigenous activism, women’s rights, and anti-war movements. Collection includes the shirt Betty Peterson wore to a nuclear disarmament rally in New York City in 1982 with buttons attached to it, as well as a cloth banner with the words "Voice of Women Canada" sewn on it, also with buttons attached.

Some materials pertain to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and collection also contains various posters of paintings and art calendars. Collection is organized into two series: posters and buttons.

Poster for a peace walk in protest of the Iraq War, organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition. Poster features photographs of children and military planes.

Poster for International Woman’s Week in Halifax. Features text describing the history of International Women’s Day and the activities planned for the week underneath Jan Skeldon’s photograph of women and children at a protest. Poster design by International Women’s Week organizers.

Poster for the 4th annual Atlantic Earth Festival, August 28-30 at Seaview Park/Africville. Poster has information on featured performances by Taj Mahal, Rawlin’s Cross and other artists, as well as an environmental trade show and workshops, pricing, and activities at the festival. Text surrounds Alice Reed’s painting ‘Summer Shore, Lower Prospect.’

Poster with a schedule of art events occurring in Halifax in 1984. Includes events at the Dalhousie Art Gallery, Centre for Art Tapes, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, the Black Cultural Centre, and Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery. Features photograph entitled ‘Kitty Tatch cavorts with a friend high above Yosemite Valley in 1900,’ courtesy of National Park Service, Yosemite National Park. Project assistance is provided by the Nova Scotia Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness.

Poster for International Women’s Day, 1991. Graphic shows figures of women holding hands surrounding a globe against a yellow background. Events held for International Women’s Day in Halifax are described on verso.

Poster for the Take Back the Night march September 21, 1990 at Grand Parade Square, Halifax. Text includes information on the march and a reception that evening.