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Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-135
Abstract
The majority of this collection is comprised of the handwritten copies of speeches made by Native American leaders, as well as a single letter addressed to "Friends residing among the Indians." Though the materials are undated, they likely date to the 1790s-1810s, and the majority of the speeches make mention of the Seneca nation, and refer to Cornplanter, a Seneca leader. The speeches include both those given by Quakers to Native American audiences and those made by Native American...
Dates:
Undated.
Collection — othertype: SC-285
Identifier: SFHL-SC-285
Abstract
Fragments and copies of manuscripts concerning Quaker (probably Philadelphia Yearly Meeting) activities relating to Native Americans. Some of these may be contemporary manuscript copies of documents in the Friendly Association or the Indian Committee records.
Dates:
1761 - 1839
Collection — othertype: SC-293
Identifier: SFHL-SC-293
Abstract
This small collection contains letters and reports concerning Friends work with Native Americans in Nebraska during the era of Grant's Peace Policy.
Dates:
1793, 1867-1885 and undated; Majority of material found within 1867 - 1888
Collection — othertype: SC-086
Identifier: SFHL-SC-086
Abstract
This collection comprises the letters and papers of Daniel Neall. Included are essays on various academic subjects, poems, and an account of the life of his father, Daniel Neall. Also included are personal letters of Daniel Neall, and papers relating to the 50th Anniversary convention of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1883. Minutes of this meeting are included, as well as letters relating to its organization, from Edward M. Davis, Mary Grew, and Dillwyn Parrish. Among these are letters...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1834-1977- 1834-1884
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-124
Abstract
Scott Nearing was a lecturer, writer, and free-lance teacher who lived and taught pacifist and environmentalist principles.
Dates:
1909-1994; Majority of material found within 1915-1975
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Nebraska Peace Council
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-196
Abstract
Negotiation Now! was a national citizens' campaign for new initiatives to end the war in Vietnam by means of massive petitioning The group was later known as the National Committee for a Political Settlement in Vietnam. Its members called upon the United States government to unconditionally end the bombing of North Vietnam. It supported (then) U.N. Secretary General U Thant's call for negotiations among all parties to the conflict, leading to a political settlement of the war.
Dates:
1968-1972
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-11-013
Abstract
Materials related to the care and treatment of Lilly Neil, a patient at several hospitals with mental health programs.
Dates:
1901 - 1909
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-234
Abstract
Neil Wollman (1950 - ) is a peace activist and psychologist. Beginning ca. 1984, Wollman began to pressure Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) to engage in socially responsible investing, including divesting from companies that did business in South Africa or built nuclear weapons. Wollman helped to form the Make TIAA-CREF Ethical Coalition. He is the the author of the Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility...
Dates:
Majority of material found within ca. 1984-
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-262
Abstract
Juanita and Wally Nelson were civil rights activists, tax resisters, simple living proponents, farmers, and writers/speakers for peace.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1923-2015