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Summer Spotlight
The collection contains printouts of the Summer Spotlight newsletter.
Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys (Cheyney, Pa.) Records
Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys was founded in 1855 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Home for Destitute Colored Children, a Hicksite Quaker women's charity which provided shelter and education for black children (generally boys) and then placed them with private families. The Home built a new facility in Cheyney, Pa, in 1922, and the name was changed to Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys in 1945. The collection contains minutes, financial and legal records, and reports.
Survivors of Assault and Rape (SOAR) records
This collection contains documentation of Haverford's Survivors of Assault and Rape (SOAR) group from 2011. It printouts of the club website "Consent is Sexy" and printouts from Haverford Go Boards about the "Consent is Sexy" project.
Bertha von Suttner Collected Papers
Bertha von Suttner was an Austrian peace activist and intellectual, and the author of one of the first international bestselling novels focused on peace ("Lay Down Your Arms") published in 1891. In her life-long correspondence on peace matters with Alfred Nobel she urged him to establish a prize for peace. Von Suttner was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905, the first woman to be thus recognized.
Joseph Swain Papers
This collection contains the official and personal correspondences and related papers of Joseph Swain, sixth president of Swarthmore College (1891-1921). He was notable for presiding over the development of the college into a top-ranked academic institution.
Joseph Swain correspondence
This collection primarily includes correspondence between the Hoovers and the Swains. Also included are letters from Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry regarding Joseph Swain, and letters from Frances Swain regarding her political support of Hoover. There are also two letters of Joseph Swain to his wife on their anniversary.
Donald Swann papers
Contents deal with the production of Perelandra at Haverford College in 1969 such as scripts, one of which was Swann's, clippings, programs and photographs; also letters of Swann to Robert Butman, 1969-1981, concerning the production, personal news and other work in which Swann was involved.
Marjorie Swann and Robert Swann Papers
The Swanns were Quaker peace activitists who were particularly well known for their part in nonviolent direct action against nuclear weapons testing and deployment in the 1950s-1960s.
Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting (Black Mountain, N.C.) Records
Records include both physical and born-digital records. The collection includes a nearly comprehensive run of minutes, membership directories and reports, State of the Meeting reports, a sampling of committeee records (including Peace and Social Concerns and Ministry and Counsel), and miscellaneous records largely related to the history of the meeting and its affiliation and disaffiliation with SAYMA.
Helena M. Swanwick Collected Papers
Helena Maria Sickert was born in Germany and moved to England early on. She was an author, journalist, and lecturer involved in peace activism, feminism, and social justice. She became chair of the British Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and was a British delegate to the League of Nations. Her dream was that women, if they used their power, could make an end to war.
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- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Haverford 112
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- newsletters 33
- Chester County (Pa.) -- Genealogy 32
- Quakers -- Genealogy 32
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 32
- notebooks 32
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 31
- Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 31
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- autobiographies (documents) 31
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- family papers 29
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 28
- Quakers -- United States 28
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- lecture notes 28
- Disarmament -- History -- Sources 27
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- Peace movements -- United States 26
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania 26
- World War, 1914-1918 26
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- Haverford College 312
- Swarthmore College 175
- American Friends Service Committee 127
- Bryn Mawr College 103
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 47
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 44
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 43
- Civilian Public Service 41
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 38
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 38
- Westtown Boarding School 38
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 32
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 32
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 29
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 28
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 27
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 27
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 26
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 25
- Fox, George 25
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 24
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 22
- War Resisters League 21
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 21
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 19
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 19
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 19
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 18
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) 18
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 18
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 17
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 17
- United Nations 17
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 16
- League of Nations 16
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 16
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 16
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 15
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 15
- Haverford College. Office of the President 15
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 15
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 15
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 15
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 15
- Adelman, Seymour, 1906-1985 14
- Cope family 14
- Jones, Mary Hoxie 14
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 14
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 14
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 14
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 14
- Taylor family 14
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 13
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 13
- Lloyd family 13
- Lyttle, Bradford 13
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 13
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 12
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 12
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 12
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 12
- Kaufman, Abraham 12
- Morris family 12
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 12
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 11
- Evans family 11
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 11
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 11
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 11
- Sharpless family 11
- Smith family 11
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 11
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 11
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 10
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 10
- Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 10
- Earlham College 10
- Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 10
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 10
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 10
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1955) 10
- Newton, Ray 10
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 10
- Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920 10
- Smith, Daniel B., 1792-1883 10
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 9
- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 9
- Brown family 9
- Bryn Mawr College Library 9
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 9
- Cooper family 9
- Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854 9
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 9
- Elkinton family 9
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 9
- Fothergill, Samuel 9
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 9
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 9
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 9
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 9 + ∧ less
