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Young, Wilmer J.

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Macedonia Cooperative Community Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-071
Abstract The Macedonia Cooperative Community was formed in 1937 northern Georgia by Morris Randolph Mitchell (1895-1976), an educator who later served as the first president of Friends World College. The Macedonia Cooperative Community, which took its name from a nearby Baptist Church, was comprised of families who worked collectively on dairy, agricultural, forestry, and woodworking projects that provided the economic underpinnings of the community. Originally established as an economic cooperative,...
Dates: 1937-1958

Peace Action Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-093
Abstract 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

Lawrence Scott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-090
Abstract

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

Wilmer J. and Mildred Binns Young Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-289
Abstract

Wilmer J. Young (1887-1983), a Quaker teacher and peace activist born in Iowa, was involved in post World War I reconstruction in France and Poland. He married Mildred Binns in 1922, and together they worked with AFSC work camps and cooperative farms until he began to teach at Pendle Hill in 1955. The collection contains primarily journals and correspondence from his time in France.

Dates: 1909-2014

Wilmer J. and Mildred Binns Young photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-173
Identifier: SFHL-PA-173
Abstract

Wilmer J. Young (1887-1983), a Quaker teacher and peace activist born in Iowa, was involved in post World War I reconstruction in France and Poland. He married Mildred Binns in 1922, and together they worked with AFSC work camps and cooperative farms until he began to teach at Pendle Hill in 1955. This collection of photographs documents their work and personal life.

Dates: 1918 - 1990

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Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- France 2
Reconstruction (1914–1939) -- Poland 2
Work camps -- Pennsylvania 2
African American churches -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Biological warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Chemical warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Collective settlements -- New York (State) -- Rifton -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
Cooperative societies -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
Cooperative societies -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Eniwetok Proving Grounds (Marshall Islands) -- History -- Sources 1
Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence 1
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 1
Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- United States 1
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1
Race relations -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Religious communities -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Societies living in common without vows -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Work camps -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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