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Ellen Starr Brinton Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-051
Abstract
Ellen Starr Brinton (1886-1954), Quaker, feminist and internationalist, served as the first curator of the Jane Addams Peace Collection (later the Swarthmore College Peace Collection) from 1935 until her retirement in 1951.
Dates:
1895-1980; Majority of material found within 1933-1954
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-237
Overview
Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active...
Dates:
1938-1951
Edward W. Evans Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-122
Overview
Edward Wyatt Evans (1882-1976) was a lifelong member of the Germantown (Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting and was active in the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Evans was instrumental in the founding of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Fellowship of Reconcilation), and was the executive secretary from 1916-1919. During the 1920s, he was also active in educational and peace programs of the Society of Friends.
Dates:
1916-1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Robin Harper Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Harper, Robin
Overview
Robin Harper is active in the peace movement. During the 1950s and 1960s he protested nuclear weapons and missile defense systems. The papers in this collection reflect that involvement.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1957-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
John Jackson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-171
Overview
John Jackson (1809-1855), son of Halliday and Jane Jackson of Darby, Pennsylvania, married Rachel Tyson (1807?-1883), daughter of Isaac Tyson of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1832. Together they established the Sharon Female Academy in Delaware County, Pa. John Jackson was a Quaker minister and served on the Joint Committee on Indian Affairs. Collection contains correspondence and other papers, 1827-1849. Series I is made up primarily of correspondence and drafts of correspondence between Griffith M....
Dates:
1827-1849
Allen S. Olmsted II Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-095
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Allen S. Olmsted papers is correspondence (1898-1977). Most of these are carbon copies of letters dictated by Olmsted and filed in subject transfer files at his law offices in Philadelphia and Media (Pennsylvania) [note: there are also many letters from Allen Olmsted in the papers of his wife, Mildred Scott Olmsted (DG 082)]. Correspondents include Brent Dow Allinson, Gertrude Baer, Emily Greene Balch, Roger Nash Baldwin, Witter Brynner, Joseph S. Clark, Sophia H. Dulles, Caleb...
Dates:
1898-1986
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Pennsylvania Arbitration and Peace Society Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Pennsylvania Arbitration and Peace Society
Dates:
1908-1926
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Charles C. Price Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Price, Charles C.
Abstract
Includes papers documenting Charles C. Price's work for peace, world federalism, and environmental protection.
Dates:
1960-1997
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 3
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 2
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 2
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
- American Civil Liberties Union 1
- American Friends Reconstruction Unit 1
- American Friends Service Committee 1
- American Friends Service Committee. Committee on Rights of Conscience 1
- American Legion 1
- Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) 1
- Baer, Gertrude 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
- Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952 1
- Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 1
- Brainerd, Heloise, 1881-1969 1
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 1
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 1
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
- Cederfeld, Benny 1
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Committee for a Quaker Peace Witness 1
- Conference of All Friends (1920) (London, England) 1
- Conference of Christian Pacifists 1
- Cooper, Griffith M., 1790?-1864. 1
- Elderkin, Noble S. (Noble Strong), 1878-1966 1
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 1
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 1
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 1
- Fry, A. Ruth (Anna Ruth), 1878-1962 1
- Fuller, Walter G. 1
- Furnas, Paul J. 1
- Hardin, Floyd, 1890-1974 1
- Harper, Robin M., 1928- 1
- Heisler, Francis, 1895- 1
- Hodgkin, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1877-1933 1
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 1
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 1
- Jackson, Rachel, 1807?-1883 1
- Joint Committee on Indian Affairs of the Four Yearly Meetings of Baltimore, Genesee, New York, and Philadelphia (Society of Friends : Hicksite) 1
- Joint Peace Committee of Providence and Chester Monthly Meetings (Society of Friends : Media, Pa.) 1
- Jones, Paul, 1880-1941 1
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 1
- Kelsey, Mary 1
- Kulka, Rosa 1
- Lape, Esther Everett, 1881-1981 1
- Longstreth, Walter C. 1
- Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983 1
- Nicholson, Vincent D. (Vincent De Witt), 1890-1945 1
- Olmsted, Allen S. (Allen Seymour), 1888-1977 1
- Omaha Action (Project) 1
- Pennell, Anne Walton 1
- Pennsylvania Arbitration and Peace Conference (1st : 1908) (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Pennsylvania Arbitration and Peace Society 1
- Philadelphia Peace Council (1925-ca. 1932) 1
- Philadelphia Peace Council (1937-ca. 1943) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Peace Committee (1916-1933) 1
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 1
- Portell-Vilá, Herminio, 1901-1992 1
- Prayer and Conscience Vigil (1957) (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Price, Charles C. (Charles Coale), 1913-2001 1
- Reynolds, Earle L. 1
- Sharon Female Academy 1
- Shaw, Paul Vanorden, 1898- 1
- Swarthmore College. Peace Collection 1
- Tatum, Arlo D. 1
- Tatum, Lyle 1
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 1
- Thomas, Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey), 1882-1953 1
- Tiller, Phyllis M. 1
- Trueblood, Benjamin Franklin, 1847-1916 1
- Universal Peace Union 1
- Vigil at Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) 1
- Walk for Peace (Project) 1
- Warner, Joseph, d. 1859 1
- West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 1
- Wheeler, Elizabeth A. 1
- Whitaker, Robert, 1863-1944 1
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 1
- Wolkins, Lyra Trueblood 1
- World Alliance for International Friendship through Religion 1
- World Council of Churches 1
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