Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick
Abstract
Collection includes brochures and flyers, printed correspondence, and pamphlets about the Appeal and Vigil; also includes two short unpublished histories of Fort Detrick, and news clippings about Fort Detrick's conversion in 1969 from offensive biological warfare to cancer research.
Dates:
1959-1961; 1971-1973
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Lawrence Scott Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-090
Overview
Lawrence Scott was a construction engineer, Baptist clergyman, and Quaker activist. He worked as an activist against the testing of nuclear weapons and biological weapons research. He was the supervisor for the Friends Mississippi Project, project director of the Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick in Maryland, executive secretary of the Peace Action Center and a founder of A Quaker Action Group.
Dates:
1955-1965
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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