Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967
Person
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
Federation Against War Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Federation Against War
Dates:
1921
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-013
Abstract
The Fellowship of Reconciliation in the U.S. was founded in 1915 by Christian pacifists. The organization, whose members are now drawn from many religious groups, seeks to apply principles of peace and social justice and non-violent social change to issues such as disarmament, conscription, race relations, economic justice, and civil liberties.
Dates:
1915-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Henry LeRoy Finch Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-195
Abstract
Henry Leroy (Roy) Finch Jr. was a pacifist, conscientious objector to World War II, philosopher and writer.
Dates:
1933-1995
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Friends' Publishing Corporation
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-033
Abstract
The primary activity of the Friends' Publishing Corporation is Friends Journal, a Quaker periodical. The latter was the successor to The Friend, the serial published by the Orthodox Quakers (1827-1955) and Friends Intelligencer, published by the Hicksite Quakers (1844-1955). It was established as a result of the merger of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings, and the first consolidated issue was dated July 2, 1955. Originally published weekly and then bi-weekly, it became a monthly...
Dates:
1959-2005
Mohandas K. Gandhi Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-India-Gandhi, Mahatma
Abstract
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in Porbandar in Gujarat, India. He trained as a barrister and worked in Durban, South Africa. Influenced primarily by Hinduism, but also by elements of Jainism and Christianity as well as writers including Tolstoy and Thoreau, Gandhi developed the satyagraha ('devotion to truth'), a new nonviolent way to redress wrongs. Gandhi returned to India and in 1919, he announced a new satyagraha which attracted millions of followers. By 1920, Gandhi was a...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1919-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Dorothy H. Hutchinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-125
Abstract
Dorothy Hewitt Hutchinson (l905-l984) began to gain influence in the peace movement when her pamphlet A Call to Peace Now was printed by the Friends in l943. That summer, Hutchinson and a small group of people started the Peace Now Movement, using her pamphlet to rally support for the principle of a negotiated settlement rather than unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. This group included George W. Hartmann, a psychology professor at Columbia, and John Collett. Hutchinson also worked...
Dates:
1942-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
J. Stuart Innerst Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-103
Abstract
J. Stuart Innerst was a United Brethren in Christ missionary to China in the 1920s. Innerst and his wife Marion Reachard Innerst left China in 1927 with great concerns about the influence of western imperialism in that country. J. Stuart Innerst served as pastor of several churches and joined the Society of Friends in 1943. In addition to his pastoral work, Innerst also served as the Director of the Quaker Friends in Washington Program (1960-1961, lobbied members of Congress regarding China,...
Dates:
1920-1975
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-060
Abstract
The Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors was a non-sectarian, free advisory service for conscientious objectors to war and military service. The MBCO was set up to provide counseling and legal aid in metropolitan New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and established by the United Pacifist Committee in 1940. The group disbanded in 1980.
Dates:
1940-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
A.J. Muste Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Abstract
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
Tracy D. Mygatt and Frances Witherspoon Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-089
Abstract
Tracy Dickinson Mygatt (1885-1973) and Frances May Witherspoon (1886-1973) were prolific writers and absolute pacifists who worked together in movements for women's rights, world peace, civil liberties, and civil rights. Both women authored plays, articles, poems, sermons, and stories, individually and in collaboration. They were founders of the War Resisters League and later served as honorary chairs. Frances Witherspoon was a co-founder and Executive Secretary of the New York Bureau of...
Dates:
1835-1973; Majority of material found within 1911-1974
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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