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1960 Campaign for Disarmament Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Nineteen Sixty Campaign for Disarmament
Dates:
1960-1961
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
1967 Committee to End the Draft on or before June 30, 1967 Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Nineteen Sixty Seven Committee to End the Draft
Dates:
1965-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
William Smith Collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-996
Overview
This collection contains a handwritten copy of correspondance from William Smith, an Anglican priest and the first Provost of Philadelphia College (later the University of Pennsylvania), to an unnamed acquaintance in England regarding the political history of colonial Pennsylvania and the threat of a French invasion of the colony. Includes harsh criticism of the Germans residing in Pennsylvania and of the political inaction of the Quaker political elite.
Dates:
1755
A Quaker Action Group Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-074
Scope and Contents
A Quaker Action Group (AQAG) records in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection include minutes, correspondence (1966-1971), memoranda, financial records, subject files (organizations), research files (topics), project files, newsletters, press releases, statements of Quaker yearly meetings in various cities, clippings, photographs and sound recordings. The files were first processed in 1974, and then again in 1980. In 2004, archival intern, Joe Clark, sorted the papers into the present order,...
Dates:
1965-1973
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Irwin Abrams Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Abrams, Irwin
Abstract
Includes biographical and bibliographical information and photocopies of a small portion of Abrams published writings, including material about the Nobel Peace Prize, women Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Quaker peace testimony and the Nobel Peace Prize, Henri La Fontaine, and Carl von Ossietzky.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1948-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bella Abzug Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Abzug, Bella
Abstract
Includes biographical information; correspondence, 1966-1972; testimony/statements/resolutions, 1970-1980; involvement with New York's 17th Congressional District peace action committee, 1966-1969; notes for speeches including anti-military draft material; miscellaneous peace-related material; reference file about a proposed film"Time of Trial" (1969).
Dates:
Majority of material found within ca. 1966-ca. 1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Dr. Mavis Kelsey Collection of Adams-Harris Papers
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M17
Overview
John Quincy Adams, later President of the United States, acted as Chief Plenipotentiary of the American delegation negotiating the Treaty of Ghent, and ending the War of 1812. Levett Harris was the American Consul (later the Charge d'Affaires) in Russia at this time. Adams's letters containing observations on the course of the negotiations, mediated by the Emperor Alexander, to Levett Harris are included in this collection. Harris, when later seeking appointment as Minister to Russia, was...
Dates:
1814 - 1820
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Jane Addams Collection
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-001
Overview
A world-famous social reformer; co-founded the first settlement house in America in 1889; championed many causes on behalf of the urban poor, such as protection of immigrants, child labor laws, industrial safety, juvenile courts, and recognition of labor unions; a leading figure in the movement for international peace; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
Dates:
1838-; Majority of material found within 1880-1935
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Agape Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-237
Abstract
The Agape Foundation was a non-profit public foundation, which raised and distributed funds to groups working for nonviolent social change. From its formation in 1969 by a group of pacifists and anti-war activists in Palo Alto, California, the Agape Foundation provided millions of dollars to nonviolent, grassroots organizations throughout the western United States. It was headquartered in San Francisco. In 2010 the Agape Foundation merged with the Peace Development Fund.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970-2010
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Ahimsa Farm Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ahimsa Farm
Dates:
1940-1942
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 144
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- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 49
- Women and peace -- History -- Sources 38
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 31
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 31
- diaries 31
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 30
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- War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 18
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- Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 17
- Disarmament -- History -- Sources 17
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Sources 17
- Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 16
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Sources 16
- Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 14
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 14
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- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 12
- correspondence 12
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- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 11
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- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 11
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- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 10
- Militarism -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 10
- Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 10
- Motherhood -- United States -- History 9
- Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 9
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- Feminists -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
- Government, Resistance to -- History -- Sources 7
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 7
- Peace -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 7
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 7
- Quaker women -- United States 7
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 7
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 7
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 7
- Abolitionists 6
- Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 6
- Children -- United States -- History 6
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 6
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
- Conscientious objection 6
- Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
- Haverford (Pa.) 6
- International organization -- History -- Sources 6
- Internationalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
- Nuclear arms control -- History -- Sources 6
- Pacifists 6
- Quakers -- New York (State) 6
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 6
- Society of Friends -- Education 6
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- financial records 6
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- Communal living -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- Endowments -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- Feminism -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- Greek letter societies -- United States -- History 5
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 5
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 5 ∧ less
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- English 645
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- Multiple languages 1
- Names
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 32
- American Friends Service Committee 30
- Civilian Public Service 28
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 24
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 23
- War Resisters League 19
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 18
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 15
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 15
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 15
- Swarthmore College 15
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 14
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 14
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 14
- Lyttle, Bradford 13
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 13
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 13
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 13
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 13
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 13
- Haverford College 12
- Kaufman, Abraham 12
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 12
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 11
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 11
- Newton, Ray 10
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 10
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 9
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 9
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 9
- McReynolds, David 9
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 9
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 8
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 8
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 8
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Geneva, Switzerland (International Office) 8
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 7
- Gara, Larry 7
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 7
- Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 7
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 7
- Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 7
- A Quaker Action Group 6
- Baer, Gertrude 6
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 6
- Bromley, Ernest 6
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 6
- DiGia, Ralph 6
- Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 6
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 6
- Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988 6
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 6
- Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 6
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 6
- Pickus, Robert 6
- Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973 6
- Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard) 6
- Reynolds, Earle L. 6
- Roodenko, Igal 6
- Tatum, Arlo D. 6
- Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 5
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 5
- Bromley, Marion, -1996 5
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 5
- Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006 5
- Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 5
- Dewey, John, 1859-1952 5
- Furnas, Paul J. 5
- Golden Rule (Ketch) 5
- Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 5
- Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) 5
- Houser, George M. 5
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 5
- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 5
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 5
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 5
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 5
- Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983 5
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 5
- Peacemaker Movement 5
- People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace 5
- Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 5
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 5
- Shelley, Rebecca, 1887-1984 5
- Walker, Charles C. 5
- Will, Herman, 1915- 5
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 4
- American Civil Liberties Union 4
- American Peace Society 4
- Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 4
- Barr, Allen H. 4
- Bigelow, Albert, 1906- 4
- Blake, Katherine Devereux, 1858-1950 4
- Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 4
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 4
- Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 4
- Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 4
- Clergy and Laity Concerned (U.S.) 4
- Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980 4
- Drevet, Camille 4 ∧ less
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