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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948

 Person

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Ailanthus Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ailanthus
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of printed material; includes flyers, notes from meetings, newspaper clippings, photographs, banners, legal briefs, publicity materials, and reference files. Also includes a memoir by Robert W. Hillegass about the making of the play "Handy Dandy" by William Gibson which draws heavily on Ailanthus courtroom experience and spirituality.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1979-1992

Horace Gundry Alexander Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-140
Abstract

Horace Alexander was born in England in 1889 and died in the United States in 1989. As a life-long member of the Religious Society of Friends, he was interested in Indian rights and worked with Gandhi and others for many years to lobby for it. He wrote books about Gandhi and other subjects.

Dates: 1915-1989

Mohandas K. Gandhi Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-India-Gandhi, Mahatma
Overview Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in Porbandar in Gujarat, India. He trained as a barrister and worked in Durban, South Africa. Influenced primarily by Hinduism, but also by elements of Jainism and Christianity as well as writers including Tolstoy and Thoreau, Gandhi developed the satyagraha ('devotion to truth'), a new nonviolent way to redress wrongs. Gandhi returned to India and in 1919, he announced a new satyagraha which attracted millions of followers. By 1920, Gandhi was a...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1919-

Holmes-Webb Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-065
Overview William B. Webb was a druggist and member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite). He married Rebecca Turner in 1853. Their youngest daughter, Rebecca St. Claire Webb, married Jessie Herman Holmes in 1892. Holmes was a prominent Quaker, taught philosophy and religion at Swarthmore College, and was active in AFSC relief in Europe after World War I. He also served as President of the National Federation of Religious Liberals and was an active member of the Socialist Party. The...
Dates: 1839-1972

Robert Levering Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-080
Abstract

Robert E. Levering is a pacifist and Quaker. He has been the co-author of Fortune magazine's annual list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For," and a speaker on workplace trends and management strategies aimed at improving workplace productivity. Levering is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Martin Luther King Jr. School of Social Change.

Dates: 1967-1972

Reginald Reynolds Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Reynolds, Reginald
Overview

A British Quaker, author, journalist, field secretary for the Friends Service Committee, associate of Mohandas K. Gandhi, and conscientious objector during World War II.

Dates: 1925-1955

Elizabeth and Leon Stern papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1282
Overview

Elizabeth Gertrude Stern (1889-1954) was an author, educator, and social worker. Leon Thomas Stern (1887-1980) was a noted penologist and prison reformer. Materials in the collection reflect their careers and interests.

Dates: 1920-1968

The collection of Beulah Hurley Waring and Alston Waring, New Hope, PA

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1225
Overview

The collection, primarily of correspondence of Quaker Beulah Hurley (1886-) relating principally to her relief work after World War I in Europe and Russia under the auspices of several Friends' groups and the photographs of Quaker P. Alston Waring (1895-1978) taken in Europe, East Asia, California, Central America and mainly in India between 1915 and 1954.

Dates: 1917-1954

Charles C. Walker papers

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-002-007
Overview

This collection consists of Charles Walker's papers on nonviolent direct action and the peace movement. The majority of the collection relates to his work on the Nonviolent Action Research Project, part of the Center for Nonviolent Conflict Resolution at Haverford College, from 1969 to 1974.

Dates: 1959-1989; Majority of material found within 1969-1979

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Subject
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- India 2
India -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain 2
Peace movements -- United States 2
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Architecture 1
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Bird watching -- Great Britain 1
California -- Pictorial works 1
Capital punishment 1
Central America -- Pictorial works 1
Civil disobedience -- India -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain 1
Direct action 1
Direct action -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Egypt -- Pictorial works 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- Diaries 1
Famines -- Soviet Union 1
Germany -- Pictorial works 1
Hungary -- Pictorial works 1
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 1
India -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Sources 1
India -- Pictorial works 1
India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947 -- Sources 1
International relief -- Europe 1
Italy -- Pictorial works 1
Jammu and Kashmir (India) -- Politics and government 1
Mexico -- Pictorial works 1
Nonviolence 1
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
Nonviolence -- Research 1
Nonviolence -- Societies, etc. 1
Nonviolence -- United States 1
Odisha (India) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Pacifists -- Great Britain 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge 1
Poland -- Pictorial works 1
Prisons -- United States 1
Quaker conscientious objectors 1
Quaker philanthropists 1
Quaker photographers 1
Quaker women -- History -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- 20th century -- Diaries 1
Quakers -- Great Britain 1
Quakers -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Swarthmore 1
Quakers -- Social life and customs 1
Quakers -- Social service 1
Reports 1
Research notes 1
Russia -- Pictorial works 1
Society of Friends -- Charities 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- France 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Germany 1
Society of Friends -- International assistance -- Russia 1
Society of Friends -- Peace testimony 1
Society of Friends -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
Travel -- 20th century 1
Vienna (Austria) -- Pictorial works 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain 1
correspondence 1
memorandums 1
newsletters 1
travel photography 1
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