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Willoughby, George, pacifist

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Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Peace Action Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-093
Overview The Peace Action Center began in 1961 as a continuation of the vigil at Fort Detrick, Md. Peace activists had sponsored a continuous vigil as early as 1959 seeking the abandonment of biological weapons and appealed for the conversion of the fort into a world health center. The Peace Action Center included cooperative living quarters for the staff of religious pacifists, mostly Quakers. PAC staff including Lawrence Scott, director, and Jack L. Bagley, Sarah Bishop, Florence Y. Carpenter,...
Dates: 1959-1965

Phoenix Defense Fund Records

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-072
Overview

The Phoenix Defense Fund was established through the efforts of Norman Cousins and other supporters of Barbara and Earle Reynolds. The Reynolds sailed the yacht Phoenix into a nuclear test site, Eniwetok Proving Grounds, as a protest against nuclear war. They were arrested, tried, and acquitted (1958-1960). The organization was also known as Reynolds Defense Fund.

Dates: 1957-1961; Majority of material found within 1958-1959

Post-War World Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-062
Overview

Founded in 1942 to continue the efforts begun by Keep America Out of War Congress; December 1941 KAOWC dissolved and reorganized as Provisional Committee Toward a Democratic Peace; February 1942 a more permanent group organized; ceased activities December 1967.

Dates: 1942-1967

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

Lynne Shivers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-263
Overview

Enid Lynne Shivers was a peace activist and prominent member of Movement for a New Society, for which she organized and wrote informational materials. This collection of her personal materials is primarily composed of journals dating from the 1960s until 2014 and materials from time she spent doing peace work in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1941-2015

George Willoughby and Lillian Willoughby Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-236
Overview

George Willoughby (December 9, 1914 - January 5, 2010) and Lillian Willoughby (c. 1916 - January 15, 2009) were Quaker activists who took part in nonviolent protests against war, conducted nonviolence trainings in India and other countries, and advocated for preservation of land in New Jersey and elsewhere.

Dates: 1931-2010

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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 5
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 4
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Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 4
Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 3
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
African American churches -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 2
African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 2
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Direct action -- History -- Sources 2
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Eniwetok Proving Grounds (Marshall Islands) -- History -- Sources 2
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- History -- Sources 2
Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 2
Race relations -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 2
Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Civilian relief -- Sources 2
War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
African American civil rights workers -- History -- Sources 1
African American gay men -- History -- Sources 1
African American pacifists -- History -- Sources 1
African American soldiers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Civil rights 1
African Americans -- History -- Sources 1
Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Atomic bomb -- Testing -- History -- Sources 1
Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi 1
Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- History -- Sources 1
Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi 1
Biological warfare -- History -- Sources 1
California -- Politics and government 1
Chemical warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- United States 1
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Brethren in Christ Church -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Mennonites -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- United States 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States 1
Counseling -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Crime prevention -- Citizen participation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Disarmament 1
Disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Draft -- United States 1
Food supply 1
Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) -- History -- Sources 1
Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Personal narratives -- Sources 1
Illinois -- Politics and government 1
Indians of North America -- Civil rights 1
Judges -- United States 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
Lawyers -- United States 1
Lobbying -- California 1
Lobbying -- Illinois 1
Lobbying -- United States 1
Lobbying -- Wisconsin 1
Loyalty oaths -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
National service -- United States 1
Nonviolence -- United States 1
Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- United States 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History 1
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- United States 1
Peace movements -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources 1
Poor People's Campaign 1
Practice of law -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Proving grounds, American -- Marshall Islands -- History -- Sources 1
Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Canada -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Political activity 1
Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Race relations -- History -- Sources 1
Sharecroppers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- Political activity 1
Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 1
Society of Friends -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Trials 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- Women 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
United States -- Race relations -- History -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 1
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