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Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967

 Person

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

National Council for Prevention of War Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-023
Abstract

The National Council for Prevention of War (NCPW) was directed by J. Frederick Libby for many years; it lobbied Congress and created educational peace material, among other activities and campaigns.

Dates: 1921-1975

National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-075
Overview The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam was a conference of groups opposed to the United States' involvement in Vietnam. This groups in1966 and its first major undertaking at that time was to organize a mass rally on April 15, 1967, both in New York City and in San Francisco. The Mobe's chief aim was to mobilize public opinion against the Vietnamese War and against such other injustices of society as black inequality. It sought to weld a coalition of existing peace...
Dates: 1966-1969

Non-Partisan Committee for Permanent Peace Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Non-Partisan Committee for Permanent Peace
Dates: 1944

Peace Action Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-093
Overview The Peace Action Center began in 1961 as a continuation of the vigil at Fort Detrick, Md. Peace activists had sponsored a continuous vigil as early as 1959 seeking the abandonment of biological weapons and appealed for the conversion of the fort into a world health center. The Peace Action Center included cooperative living quarters for the staff of religious pacifists, mostly Quakers. PAC staff including Lawrence Scott, director, and Jack L. Bagley, Sarah Bishop, Florence Y. Carpenter,...
Dates: 1959-1965

Peacemaker Movement Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peacemaker Movement
Overview

A group working on nonviolence from the late 1940s through the 1970s, particularly as it was expressed through tax refusal.

Dates: 1948-1980

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

John Nevin Sayre Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-117
Overview

John Nevin Sayre was a pacifist who spent over 40 years at the helm of the Fellowship of Reconciliation.

Dates: 1885-1982; Majority of material found within 1922-1967

SCI International Voluntary Service (U.S.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-148
Overview

This organization was stablished around 1956 by Robert Stowell and others as an American affiliate of Service Civil International with the goals of voluntary service, self-discipline, and international friendship. The group operated approximately 87 workcamps between 1954 and 1974. SCI provided placements and alternative service for conscientious objectors. SCI suspended operation in the mid-1970s, but was revived in the mid-1980s by a group of former SCI volunteers.

Dates: 1954-1976

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

Society for Social Responsibility in Science records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-837
Abstract

The Society for Social Responsibility in Science was founded in 1949, the convening meeting and Constituting Assembly both held at Haverford College. It was conceived as an organization of workers in the natural sciences to maintain free inquiry concerning the relations of science and society. The collection provides an in-depth look at the founding, history, activities and correspondence of the Society for Social Responsibility in Science.

Dates: 1948 - 1976

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Type
Collection 44
Archival Record 1
 
Subject
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 14
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 9
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
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Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 7
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 5
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 4
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 3
Peace walks and marches -- History -- Sources 3
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 3
Women and peace -- History -- Sources 3
Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 2
Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 2
Disarmament -- History -- Sources 2
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Internationalism -- History -- Sources 2
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- Societies, etc. 2
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 2
Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 2
War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Women and peace 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 2
African American churches -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
American Literature -- New England 1
American Poetry -- Women authors 1
American fiction 1
American fiction -- Women authors 1
American periodicals 1
American poetry 1
American poetry -- 20th century 1
Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 1
Atomic bomb -- Testing -- History -- Sources 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
Biological warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Chemical warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Children's literature 1
Civil defense -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 1
Civil disobedience 1
Civil disobedience -- India -- History -- Sources 1
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Clergy -- California -- History -- Sources 1
Cold War -- Sources 1
College chaplains -- Ohio -- History -- Sources 1
Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Brethren in Christ Church -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Mennonites -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Direct action -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Draft -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- History -- Sources 1
Eniwetok Proving Grounds (Marshall Islands) -- History -- Sources 1
Feminists 1
Feminists -- Germany -- History -- Sources 1
Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) -- History -- Sources 1
Friends Journal -- Archives 1
Germany 1
Historic peace churches -- History -- Sources 1
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Sources 1
Hydrogen bomb -- History -- Sources 1
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Sources 1
India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947 -- Sources 1
International cooperation -- History -- Sources 1
International organization -- History -- Sources 1
Jewish refugees -- History -- Sources 1
Jews -- Europe -- History -- Sources 1
Journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
Labor -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Lawyers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Lecturers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources 1
Liberation (New York, N.Y. : 1956) 1
Literature -- Women authors 1
Lobbyists -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Methodist Church -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
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