Huntington, William R.
Dates
- Existence: 1907 - 1990
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Albert Bigelow Papers
Albert S. Bigelow (1906-1993) was an artist, architect, former Navy commander, and Quaker. He served as captain of Golden Rule, a thirty foot ketch which he and colleagues attempted to sail into the Eniwetok Proving Grounds, the U.S. nuclear test site in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific in February 1958. The action was sponsored by the Committee for Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons.
William Huntington papers
The collection relates primarily to William Huntington, (1907-1990), a 20th century Quaker peace activist and the ship The Golden Rule which Huntington and others used to protest atomic testing in the South Pacific. Included are correspondence, photographs, conference papers, newspaper articles, memoranda, and minutes.
Phoenix Defense Fund Records
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.
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- Subject
- Antinuclear movement 2
- Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- History -- Sources 2
- Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 1
- Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement -- Nevada -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
- Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- Atomic bomb -- Testing 1
- Atomic bomb -- Testing -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil disobedience 1
- Civil disobedience -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil rights demonstrations 1
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Alabama -- History -- Sources 1
- Direct action -- History -- Sources 1
- Eniwetok Proving Grounds (Marshall Islands) 1
- Eniwetok Proving Grounds (Marshall Islands) -- History -- Sources 1
- Government, Resistance to 1
- Government, Resistance to -- History -- Sources 1
- Nonviolence 1
- Nonviolence -- History 1
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 1
- Nuclear disarmament 1
- Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
- Nuclear weapons -- Testing 1
- Proving grounds, American -- Marshall Islands -- History -- Sources 1
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 1
- Trials 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 1 + ∧ less
