These records pertain largely to the activities of Tennessee Peace Links. Peace Links was organized in 1982 in Little Rock, Arkansas, by Betty Bumpers, wife of U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers, and a group of women concerned about the threat of the nuclear arms race. Their goal was to effect a "mind-shift in the way people think" about nuclear war and world peace. The nonpartisan movement works through established organizations such as churches, professional groups, PTAs, and garden clubs, to increase women’s understanding of the global consequences of the nuclear arms race and to give them a sense of responsibility for directing the world’s resources toward sustainable peace. Today, Peace Links is active in all fifty states and has a mailing list of more than thirty thousand names. An extensive "pen pal" program encourages personal contact between women of the United States and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Peace Links sponsors tours and distributes educational materials that foster awareness of the power of individuals and small groups working for peace. Since the breakup of the Communist bloc, the organization has also addressed community-based violence and conflict resolution.

Bonnie Halprin served as coordinator of the Tennessee chapter of Peace Links since 1984. Halprin coordinated the Soviet Women’s exchange from 1985 and was a delegate with congressional wives of Peace Links to Moscow in 1987. She also served as a public affairs official for the National Council of Jewish Women and a member of the Committee for National Security throughout the 1980s. In more private life, Halprin served as an elementary special education teacher and member of numerous groups for child welfare.