American Friends Service Committee
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bradford Lyttle Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-079
Overview
Bradford [Brad] Lyttle is a long time leading peace activist involved in the promotion of nonviolence for social change and the elimination of war and nuclear weapons. Lyttle was the organizer of the San Francisco to Moscow walk in the 1960-1961, to highlight the message of disarmament and nonviolent resistance and bringing together U.S. and Soviet citizens together during the height of the Cold War. He went on to organize and participate in other marches and protests, including the Quebec...
Dates:
1954-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
A.J. Muste Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Overview
A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates:
1920-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Lynne Shivers Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-263
Overview
Enid Lynne Shivers was a peace activist and prominent member of Movement for a New Society, for which she organized and wrote informational materials. This collection of her personal materials is primarily composed of journals dating from the 1960s until 2014 and materials from time she spent doing peace work in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1941-2015
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Direct action -- History -- Sources 1
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- Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Peace -- Religious aspects -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
- Polaris (Missile) 1
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- Prisoners' writings, American 1
- Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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