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War Resisters League

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ann Morrissett Davidon and William C. Davidon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-144
Abstract Ann Morrissett Davidon (1925-2004), was a writer, editor, educator, pacifist and peace activist through her entire life. William Cooper Davidon(1927- 2013), was a professor of physics at Haverford College and (retired 1994), pacifist, peace activist. The two were married in 1963 and both continued to be very active in peace, pacifist, anti-Vietnam War, and social justice organizations. They advocated and practiced war-tax resistance. In 1971, William Davidon was named an "unindicted...
Dates: 1949-

National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-186
Abstract

The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee was formed in September 1982 at a National Action Conference of the War Resisters League and the Center on Law and Pacifism. Its supporters promote war tax resistance on the national level. The NWTRC is not to be confused with the organization War Tax Resistance, begun in New York, New York in 1969.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1982-2022

Philadelphia War Tax Resistance Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-182
Abstract

The Philadelphia War Tax Resistance was an organization that advocated nonviolence in order to end war, racism, sexism, and human exploitation, as well as promoted nonpayment of taxes that funded war and defense. This collection includes correspondence, administrative files, court records, financial records, minutes of meetings, periodicals, and reference files.

Dates: 1967-1992

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Peace movements -- History -- Sources 2
Economic conversion -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Educators -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Harrisburg Seven Trial, Harrisburg, Pa., 1972 1