Abraham Egnal Papers
Dates
- Creation: 1949-1968
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1960-1968
Creator
- Egnal, Abraham, 1908- (Person)
- Clark, Joseph S. (Correspondent, Person)
- Cousins, Norman (Correspondent, Person)
- Eldredge, David (Correspondent, Person)
- Gottlieb, Sanford (Correspondent, Person)
- Hardin, George C. (Correspondent, Person)
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 (Correspondent, Person)
- Keys, Donald (Correspondent, Person)
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
None.
Conditions Governing Use
None.
Biographical note
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.
Extent
1.5 linear ft. (1.5 linear ft.)
Arrangement
This collection remains in the order in which it was donated.
Re-File Box additional miscellaneous material, received 2002.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers/records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisitions information is unknown.
Legal Status
Copyright to the records created by Abraham Egnal has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Copyright to all other materials is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Processing Information
Processed by SCPC staff. This finding aid created by Kathy Sun, February 2013.
Subject
- Egnal, Abraham, 1908- (Person)
- National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (U.S.). Greater Philadelphia Council (Pa.) (Organization)
- National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (U.S.). West Philadelphia-Main Line Committee (Organization)
- Vietnam Summer (Organization) (Organization)
- Philadelphia Mobilization Committee (Organization)
Topical
- Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- Main Line -- History -- Sources
- Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources
- Peace Movements -- Pennsylvania -- Main Line -- History -- Sources
- Peace Movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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