Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow)

Brent Dow Allinson Collected Papers

Collection — Othertype CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Allinson, Brent Dow

Scope and Contents

Collection includes undated typescript writings by Allinson, pamphlets by and about him, and a newspaper clipping discussing his court martial.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1918-1923

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Edward Page Allinson Papers

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-950-311

Abstract

This collection contains various letters relating to Edward Page Allinson. In Allinson's 1942 letters, he asks individuals their opinions on the average Haverford undergraduate. This collection also contains an excerpt from a 1940 publication titled "With Clean Hands and a Neutral Heart, America!" by Brent Dow Allinson, an individual Edward would connect with via letters due to their shared surname.

Dates: 1940 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1942

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-011

Abstract

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana was a writer and pacifist who taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1912 until 1917. Dana lost his teaching post as an opponent of American participation in World War I. Dana continued to advocate civil liberties and the rights of conscientious objectors.

Dates: 1914-1950

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Allen S. Olmsted II Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-095

Scope and Contents The bulk of the Allen S. Olmsted papers is correspondence (1898-1977). Most of these are carbon copies of letters dictated by Olmsted and filed in subject transfer files at his law offices in Philadelphia and Media (Pennsylvania) [note: there are also many letters from Allen Olmsted in the papers of his wife, Mildred Scott Olmsted (DG 082)]. Correspondents include Brent Dow Allinson, Gertrude Baer, Emily Greene Balch, Roger Nash Baldwin, Witter Brynner, Joseph S. Clark, Sophia H. Dulles,...

Dates: 1898-1986

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-030

Abstract The Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament was active from 1930 to 1936, chiefly in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Through public opinion and personal contacts, PCTD supporters pressured Congress to support total disarmament, including passage of the Frazier Amendment outlawing war. Other objectives of the Committee included a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, opposition to all preparations and training for war (including ROTC), and support for...

Dates: 1930-1938

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

E. Raymond Wilson Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-070

Abstract E. Raymond Wilson (1896-1987), a Quaker peace lobbyist, helped found the Friends Committee on National Legislation in 1943 and served as its Executive Secretary until 1962. He also helped organize the Committee on Militarism in Education in 1925. From 1931 to 1943, he served as Field and Education Secretary of the Peace Section of the American Friends Service Committee. He was the author of two books. The papers of E. Raymond Wilson contain personal and professional correspondence,...

Dates: 1914-1987

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Brent Dow Allinson Collected Papers

Edward Page Allinson Papers

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers

Allen S. Olmsted II Papers

Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament Records

E. Raymond Wilson Papers

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