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Devere Allen Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-053
Abstract
Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.
Dates:
1809-1978; Majority of material found within 1910-1955
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Civil Liberties Union: National Committee on Conscientious Objectors Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-022
Abstract
The roots of the NCCO began shortly after conscription in WWII was instituted. Little is known about the New York Office of the NCCO. It was headquartered at 31 Union Square West in New York City (NY) where the ACLU had its offices, and was likely set up in 1940, under the chairmanship of Norman Angell, and stayed in existence through 1945. In Washington (DC), the Temporary Committee for Legal Aid to Conscientious Objectors was formed in 1940. R. Boland Brooks had gone to NSBRO (National...
Dates:
1940-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Church Peace Mission Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-177
Abstract
The Church Peace Mission began as an outgrowth of a conference on the "Church and War," held in Detroit in May 1950, with its purpose being to disseminate the findings of the conference to as many churches and seminaries as possible in the next six months. Its objective was to challenge the various peace groups "to face anew their responsibility to Christ, to his Church, and to mankind," by appealing to Christians not to make or use weapons of war and to "devote their energies to the removal...
Dates:
1950-1967; Majority of material found within 1959-1965
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Committee on Militarism in Education Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-009
Abstract
Includes minutes of the executive committee, annual reports, correspondence (1925-1940), financial records, form letters, articles and manuscripts, pamphlets, CME periodicals and other publications, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Subject files provide state-by-state coverage of the U.S. Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), Citizens Military Training Corps (CMTC) and Civilian Conservation Corps, and congressional anti-conscription campaigns. Correspondents include Devere Allen,...
Dates:
1925-1940
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Emergency Peace Campaign Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-012
Abstract
Initiated in late 1935 by the American Friends Service Committee and other pacifists; originally planned as a two-year campaign to rally peace, religious, labor, African-American and student groups; aim was to organize a national campaign to promote peace principles in the face of preparation for war in Europe, and to keep the United States out of war; may have been preceded by the Emergency Peace Committee (1931-1933), though this has not been documented. The first EPC office opened in...
Dates:
1936-1937
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Emergency Peace Committee Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Emergency Peace Committee
Dates:
1931-1933
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Episcopal Peace Fellowship Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-118
Abstract
The Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF), was founded November 1939 as an association of pacifist members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The organization sought to discover and unite pacifists within the church and to influence its membership regarding Christianity and peace. The EPF has sponsored educational projects (publications, lectures, workshops, conferences), provided counseling and financial support for conscientious objectors, and contributed to pacifist projects in other...
Dates:
1936-2009; Majority of material found within 1936 - 2009
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-013
Abstract
The Fellowship of Reconciliation in the U.S. was founded in 1915 by Christian pacifists. The organization, whose members are now drawn from many religious groups, seeks to apply principles of peace and social justice and non-violent social change to issues such as disarmament, conscription, race relations, economic justice, and civil liberties.
Dates:
1915-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
A.J. Muste Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Abstract
A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates:
1920-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
National Council for Prevention of War Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-023
Abstract
The National Council for Prevention of War (NCPW) was directed by J. Frederick Libby for many years; it lobbied Congress and created educational peace material, among other activities and campaigns.
Dates:
1921-1975
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 7
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 7
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 6
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 6
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 6
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- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 6
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 6
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 5
- Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 5
- Committee on Militarism in Education (U.S.) 4
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- Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885- 4
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 4
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 4
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 4
- American Friends Service Committee 3
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 3
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 3
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 3
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 3
- Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973 3
- Smiley, Glenn E. 3
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 3
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 3
- Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956 3
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 2
- American Civil Liberties Union 2
- Ayusawa, Iwao, 1894-1972 2
- Barnes, Roswell P. (Roswell Parkhurst), 1901-1949 2
- Blaxall, Arthur W. 2
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 2
- Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970 2
- Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 2
- Church Peace Mission (U.S.) 2
- Civilian Public Service 2
- Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments (1932-1934) (Geneva, Switzerland) 2
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 2
- Fey, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1898-1990 2
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 2
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 2
- Harris, Paul, b. 1897 2
- Heidbrink, John 2
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation 2
- Johnson, Edwin C. (Edwin Carl), 1884-1970 2
- Jones, Paul, 1880-1941 2
- Kaufman, Abraham 2
- Lawrence, W. Appleton (William Appleton), 1889-1968 2
- Lens, Sidney 2
- Lester, Muriel, 1883-1968 2
- Morgan, Laura Puffer, 1874-1962 2
- National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) 2
- Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971 2
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 2
- Royden, A. Maude (Agnes Maude), 1876-1956 2
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 2
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 2
- Solt, Guy W. 2
- Thomson, Charles A. (Charles Alexander), 1893-1961 2
- Trocmé, Magda, 1901-1996 2
- War Resisters League 2
- Wentworth, Lydia G., 1858- 2
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 2
- Yoder, John Howard 2
- Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 1
- Acts for Peace (Organization) 1
- Adler, Friedrich 1
- Alexander, Horace Gundry, 1889-1989 1
- Allen, Horatio, 1802-1889 1
- Allen, Marie Hollister, 1893-1979 1
- Alley, Alden Gifford 1
- American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky 1
- American Friends Service Committee. Peace Section 1
- American League against War and Fascism 1
- Ames, Winslow 1
- Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 1
- Anglican Pacifist Fellowship 1
- Annes, A.B 1
- Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 1
- Armstrong, Eunice B. 1
- Arvio, Raymond Paavo 1
- Atkinson, Henry A. 1
- Babcock, Caroline L. (Caroline Lexow), 1882- 1
- Baer, Gertrude 1
- Bartlett, Percy W. 1
- Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin), 1874-1948 1
- Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952 1
- Becker, Jo 1
- Berg, Lloyd A. 1
- Berg, Russel O. 1
- Berrigan, Daniel 1
- Beverage, Albion P. 1
- Biddle, Clement M. (Clement Miller), 1876-1959 1
- Boeckel, Florence Brewer, 1885- 1
- Boehmer, Peter J. 1
- Bolling, Landrum Rymer 1
- Brainerd, Heloise, 1881-1969 1
- Brick, Allan 1
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