Cousins, Norman
Person
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
American Council for the United Nations University, 1977-
Collection
Scope and Contents
Includes material on United States Committee for the United Nations University.
Dates:
1977-
Abraham Egnal Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-136
Overview
Abraham Egnal was a former teacher of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was very active in the Philadelphia area peace movement. He received his B.S. and M.A. degrees in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Egnal organized many peace rallies and marches. He was the chairman of the West Philadelphia-Main Line Committee of the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, the Greater Philadelphia Council, and the Philadelphia Mobilization Committee in 1967.
Dates:
1949-1968; Majority of material found within 1960-1968
Homer A. Jack Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-063
Abstract
Homer A. Jack (1916-1993) was a Unitarian Universalist clergyman and denominational official who sought to apply religious values to national and international affairs. Jack was executive secretary of the Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination (1943-1948), executive director of SANE (1960-1964), and secretary general of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (1970-1983). He had been minister of churches in Lawrence, Kansas (1942-1943), Evanston, Illinois (1948-1959),...
Dates:
1930-1995
A.J. Muste Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Overview
A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates:
1920-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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A.J. Muste Papers
New York Friends Center records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-135
Overview
Established in 1938 by the New York Monthly Meetings (Hicksite and Orthodox) at the 20th Street meeting house, the New York Friends Center was created initially to provide a meeting place for Quakers and to serve as a Quaker information and reception center in New York City. Lectures and social events were held. Sponsorship of service projects began in the 1940’s. In November 1962, the American Friends Service Committee assumed responsibility for the programs of the New York Friends...
Dates:
1938 - 1964
Phoenix Defense Fund Records
Collection
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
Planetary Citizens Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-092
Overview
Founded in 1971, Planetary Citizen was an association of individuals who promoted the concept of mutual brotherhood and interdependence of all people, regardless of national origin.
Dates:
1971-1986
SANE, Inc. Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-058
Abstract
Materials from national offices in New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C., including minutes (1957-1987), correspondence (1957-1987), memoranda, reports, statements, literature, releases, newspaper advertisements, financial records, membership lists, clippings, photos, slides, motion pictures, and sound recordings; material on coalitions in which SANE was involved including Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy and National Campaign to Stop the MX (1981-1984) and Arms Control...
Dates:
1957-1987
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- Collection 7
- Archival Record 1
- Subject
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 2
- Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 2
- Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- Main Line -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
- Biological warfare -- History -- Sources 1
- Chemical warfare -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Direct action -- History -- Sources 1
- Disarmament -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Disarmament -- Economic aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- Disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Eniwetok Proving Grounds (Marshall Islands) -- History -- Sources 1
- Human rights -- History -- Sources 1
- Human rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- International cooperation -- History -- Sources 1
- Internationalism -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Internationalism -- History -- Sources 1
- Internationalists -- History -- Sources 1
- Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- MX (Weapons system) -- History -- Sources 1
- Nuclear weapons -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
- Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Main Line -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
- Polaris (Missile) 1
- Proving grounds, American -- Marshall Islands -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Race relations -- Illinois -- History -- Sources 1
- Radiation -- History -- Sources 1
- Radioactive fallout -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- Charities 1
- Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Trials 1
- Unitarian Universalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Finance -- History -- Sources 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Sources 1
- War -- Economic aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief 1 ∧ less
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