Swann, Marjorie
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Horace Champney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-166
Abstract
Horace Champney was a pacifist active in various causes from the late 1940s through the 1980s. He was a founder of The Peacemakers Movement in the 1950s and interested in civil rights, war tax refusal, and other social justice causes. Champney was a member A Quaker Action Group and a crew member of the ship the Phoenix, which sailed to North Vietnam with medical supplies, during the Vietnam war.
Dates:
1958-1990; Majority of material found within 1958-1979
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Marjorie Swann and Robert Swann Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-264
Overview
The Swanns were Quaker peace activitists who were particularly well known for their part in nonviolent direct action against nuclear weapons testing and deployment in the 1950s-1960s.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1949-1972
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Direct action -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace walks and marches -- History -- Sources 1
- Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Psychologists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- Ohio -- Yellow Springs -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- United States -- Sources 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
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