American Friends Service Committee
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Rockland County Peace Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-121
Overview
The Rockland County Peace Association was a small local peace group begun in 1930 to stimulate popular education and public opinion with a view to the prevention of war. It carried on relief work during World War II through the American Friends Service Committee.
Dates:
1930-1950
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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- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Research -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 1
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 1
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