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Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

William Charles Allen Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Allen, William Charles
Overview

William C. Allen was born in 1857 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Society of Friends. Allen was deeply opposed to war and wrote often about the problems of propaganda, censorship, conscription, imperialism, and the munitions industry. He traveled widely and wrote many articles about his experiences abroad.

Dates: 1895-1937; Majority of material found within 1913-1937

American Friends' Peace Conference Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Friends' Peace Conference
Scope and Contents

Includes minute book and a printed report of the proceedings.

Dates: 1901

Mary Bye Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Bye, Mary

Helen M. Carroll Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-305
Content Description

Helen Carroll's files related to her peace and social concerns, including some material on Swarthmore borough (inc Swarthmore U. N Committee), the PYM U. N.committee, and other Quaker-related papers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1955-1992

Committee for a Quaker Peace Witness Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Committee for a Quaker Peace Witness
Abstract

Committee for a Quaker Peace Witness; organized the November 1960 Washington Pilgrimage and two-day vigil at the Pentagon; chaired by Henry J. Cadbury; also called the Quaker Peace Witness Committee; work was continued by the Friends Witness for World Order

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-1961

Committee on Peace and Service of the Bucks Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Committee on Peace and Service-Bucks Quarterly Meeting
Abstract

Includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, statements and reports, press releases, and news clippings. Correspondents include Conveners Mary Bye and Edward G. Ramberg, a noted physicist.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1963-1976

Carol Cummings and Frank Cummings Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-180
Abstract

Carol and Frank Cummings were a married couple who were involved in the sanctuary movement for Central American refugees in the 1980s.

Dates: 1982-2001

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

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: 1920, 1938-1951

Friends Coordinating Committee on Peace Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Friends Coordinating Committee on Peace
Overview By 1951, it was agreed that the Friends Coordinating Committee on Peace was strictly a consultative and coordinating group for the peace efforts of Yearly Meetings and such Quaker entities as the American Friends Service Committee, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, the Friends World Committee for Consultation, the Peace and Social Order Committee of the Friends General Conference, and the Friends Peace Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. The annual meeting of the FCCP...
Dates: 1951-1987