Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 114 Collections and/or Records:
A.J. Muste Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Overview
A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates:
1920-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
National Pacifist Youth Conference Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-National Pacifist Youth Conference
Dates:
1939
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Scott Nearing Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-124
Overview
Scott Nearing was a lecturer, writer, and free-lance teacher who lived and taught pacifist and environmentalist principles.
Dates:
1909-1994; Majority of material found within 1915-1975
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Neil Wollman Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-234
Overview
Neil Wollman (1950 - ) is a peace activist and psychologist. Beginning ca. 1984, Wollman began to pressure Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) to engage in socially responsible investing, including divesting from companies that did business in South Africa or built nuclear weapons. Wollman helped to form the Make TIAA-CREF Ethical Coalition. He is the the author of the Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility...
Dates:
Majority of material found within ca. 1984-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
No Foreign War Campaign Steering Committee Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-No Foreign War Campaign Steering Committee
Dates:
1938-1940
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Norman R. Morrison Memorial Fund Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Norman R. Morrison Memorial Fund
Abstract
Includes correspondence (1965-1966), financial records, reports, newspaper clippings, Friends World College files about the award, and five folders (1965) (primarily receipts for contributions) concerning the Morrison Family Fund.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1965-1968
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Northern California Service Board for Conscientious Objectors Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Northern California Service Board-Conscientious Objectors
Abstract
Includes printed correspondence, minutes of meetings, memoranda, brochures; correspondents include Allen H. Barr and Robert F. Leavens.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940-1954
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edgar R. Norton Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Norton, Edgar R.
Abstract
Includes correspondence, notes and reminiscences, statement of conscience by Edgar Norton; correspondents include Harrop A. Freeman, Norman J. Whitney.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1945-1949; 1945-1949, 1960
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
