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Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983

 Person

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Art for World Friendship Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-066
Abstract

Art for World Friendship originated in 1946 as a project undertaken by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. It was the first organization to exchange child art on an international level and was entirely run by volunteers.

Dates: 1946-1969

Lucy Perkins Carner Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Carner, Lucy Perkins
Overview Lucy Perkins Carner served on the board of such organizations as the American Friends Service Committee, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the War Resisters League, and the United World Federalists. She also joined the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. In many ways Carner worked for civil rights, protesting discrimination in businesses, and joining organizations such as the Congress on Racial Equality and the NAACP. She was also a war tax resister and protested against the...
Dates: 1953-1977

Chicago Committee to Oppose Peacetime Conscription Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Chicago Committee to Oppose Peacetime...

Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-013
Abstract

The Fellowship of Reconciliation in the U.S. was founded in 1915 by Christian pacifists. The organization, whose members are now drawn from many religious groups, seeks to apply principles of peace and social justice and non-violent social change to issues such as disarmament, conscription, race relations, economic justice, and civil liberties.

Dates: 1915-

Tracy D. Mygatt and Frances Witherspoon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-089
Overview Tracy Dickinson Mygatt (1885-1973) and Frances May Witherspoon (1886-1973) were prolific writers and absolute pacifists who worked together in movements for women's rights, world peace, civil liberties, and civil rights. Both women authored plays, articles, poems, sermons, and stories, individually and in collaboration. They were founders of the War Resisters League and later served as honorary chairs. Frances Witherspoon was a co-founder and Executive Secretary of the New York Bureau of...
Dates: 1835-1973; Majority of material found within 1911-1974

Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-082
Abstract Mildred Scott Olmsted, peace activist and suffragist, was born in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1890. In 1922, Olmsted became Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). From 1934 onward she assumed national positions with the organization. In 1946, Olmsted became National Administrative Secretary and held that position (until her retirement in 1966. She remained active as Executive Director Emerita of WILPF and also served...
Dates: 1881-1990; Majority of material found within 1907-1990

Mercedes M. Randall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-110
Overview

Mercedes M. Randall was an early, and lifelong, member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She held many positions of responsibility in the organization, including chairmanship of the National Education Committee, and presidency of the Manhattan Branch. Randall was the first biographer of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Emily Greene Balch.

Dates: 1914-1977

Lawrence Scott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-090
Overview

Lawrence Scott was a construction engineer, Baptist clergyman, and Quaker activist. He worked as an activist against the testing of nuclear weapons and biological weapons research. He was the supervisor for the Friends Mississippi Project, project director of the Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick in Maryland, executive secretary of the Peace Action Center and a founder of A Quaker Action Group.

Dates: 1955-1965

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Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 3
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Women and peace -- History -- Sources 2
African American churches -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Biological warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Chemical warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Child artists -- History -- Sources 1
Children's art -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- Illinois -- Chicago Region -- History -- Sources 1
Eniwetok Proving Grounds (Marshall Islands) -- History -- Sources 1
Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) -- History -- Sources 1
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Sources 1
International cooperation -- History -- Sources 1
International organization -- History -- Sources 1
Internationalism -- History -- Sources 1
Jewish refugees -- History -- Sources 1
Jews -- Europe -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- United States 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Peace in art -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
Quaker women -- United States 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Race relations -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Suffragists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
War victims -- Services for -- History -- Sources 1
Women -- Societies and clubs -- History -- Sources 1
Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Women social workers -- United States 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Sources 1
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