Collections | Archives & Manuscripts

Morris L. Clothier papers on Swarthmore College

Collection — othertype: RG6-R3-008

Identifier: SFHL-RG6-R3-008

Abstract

Morris Lewis Clothier (1868-1947) was a businessman associated with Strawbridge & Clothier department store and a Swarthmore College alum who remained involved with the college from his graduation in 1890 until his death. The Morris L. Clothier papers on Swarthmore College, 1885-1948, consist of coursework, ephemera, nostalgic memorials, photographs, and other papers relating to Morris L. Clothier's time as a Swarthmore student and his involvement with alumni activities.

Dates: 1885-1948

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Coalition for a New Foreign Policy Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-138

Abstract

Coalition for a New Foreign Policy was the leading organization lobbying the U.S. Congress on behalf of a broad spectrum of peace and social justice organizations from the early 1970s through the 1980s.

Dates: 1969-1988

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Harbor Records

Collection — othertype: CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Harbor

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, newsletters, reports, flyers and handbills, manuscripts, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, subject/reference files, audio and video cassettes, one computer diskette, posters, photographs, slides, andbumper stickers; correspondents include Frans Verhagen; includes information from the Committee for a Nuclear-Free Island and the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1984-1990

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Coalition for Peace Action Collected Records

Collection — othertype: CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Coalition for Peace Action

Scope and Contents

Collection includes printouts from emails, and publicity materials.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2004 - 2005

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Coalition on National Priorities and Military Policy Collected Records

Collection — othertype: CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Coalition on National Priorities...

Dates: 1969-1976

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Coalition to Stop Funding the War Collected Records

Collection — othertype: CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Coalition to Stop Funding the War

Dates: 1973-1976

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Benjamin Coates African Colonization collection

Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-1190

Abstract

Letters relating to the emigration of free Blacks to the West African colony of Liberia and establishment of Liberian institutions written to American Quaker reformer, Benjamin Coates (1808-1887) whose work toward the abolition of slavery led to a relationship with many well-known people connected to Liberia, a colony established to offer a new home and a fresh start away from slavery to free Blacks in the mid-19th century.

Dates: 1848-1880; Majority of material found within 1858 - 1869

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections