American Friends Service Committee

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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

Norman J. Whitney Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-061

Overview Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for...

Dates: 1938-1967

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

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Bradford Lyttle Papers

Norman J. Whitney Papers

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