Ahimsa Farm Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ahimsa Farm
Dates
- 1940-1942
Biographical / Historical
Ahimsa Farm was an independent, self-sustaining project founded by six Antioch College students whose purpose was to practice "aggressive pacifism." Most participants were members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Projects included desegregation of a Cleveland, Ohio swimming pool, and the Non-Violent Expeditionary Force to India.
Extent
0.08 Linear Feet (1 linear in.)
Language
English
General Note
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of this organization.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources
- African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- Sources
- Ahimsa Farm
- Communal living -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.)
- Free India Committee
- Non-Violent Expeditionary Force to India
- Nonviolence -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources
- Pacifism -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources
- Pacifists -- Ohio -- History -- Sources
- School for Non-Violence
Source
- Ahimsa Farm (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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