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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
Peace Action Center Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-093
Overview
The Peace Action Center began in 1961 as a continuation of the vigil at Fort Detrick, Md. Peace activists had sponsored a continuous vigil as early as 1959 seeking the abandonment of biological weapons and appealed for the conversion of the fort into a world health center. The Peace Action Center included cooperative living quarters for the staff of religious pacifists, mostly Quakers. PAC staff including Lawrence Scott, director, and Jack L. Bagley, Sarah Bishop, Florence Y. Carpenter,...
Dates:
1959-1965
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Lawrence Scott Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-090
Overview
Lawrence Scott was a construction engineer, Baptist clergyman, and Quaker activist. He worked as an activist against the testing of nuclear weapons and biological weapons research. He was the supervisor for the Friends Mississippi Project, project director of the Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick in Maryland, executive secretary of the Peace Action Center and a founder of A Quaker Action Group.
Dates:
1955-1965
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- African American churches -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
- African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Biological warfare -- History -- Sources 1
- Chemical warfare -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Disarmament -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- Eniwetok Proving Grounds (Marshall Islands) -- History -- Sources 1
- Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 1
- Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Race relations -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
- Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
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- Names
- Bigelow, Albert, 1906- 2
- Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 2
- Corson, Helen H. 2
- Hassler, Alfred, 1910-1991 2
- Lyttle, Bradford 2
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 2
- Peace Action Center (Washington, D.C.) 2
- Pfeiffer, Stephen D. 2
- Pickus, Robert 2
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 2
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 2
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 2
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 2
- Young, Wilmer J. 2
- Acts for Peace (Organization) 1
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 1
- Anderson, Ross W. 1
- Anthony, Robert L. 1
- Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) 1
- Apsey, Lawrence S. 1
- Arvio, Raymond Paavo 1
- Bagley, Jack L. 1
- Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952 1
- Becker, Jo 1
- Berrigan, Daniel 1
- Bishop, Sarah 1
- Boardman, Elizabeth Jelinek, 1917- 1
- Boehmer, Peter J. 1
- Brick, Allan 1
- Carpenter, Florence Y. 1
- Church Peace Mission (U.S.) 1
- Civilian Public Service 1
- Clergymen's Emergency Committee for Vietnam 1
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 1
- Cornell, Thomas C. (Thomas Charles), 1934- 1
- Curry, A. Stauffer (Abram Stauffer), 1913- 1
- Dai Dong (Organization) 1
- DeVault, Don 1
- Deats, Richard L., 1932- 1
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 1
- Drinan, Robert F. 1
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 1
- Faust, Bertha, 1909- 1
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
- Flanagan, Ross, 1934- 1
- Food for China (Project) 1
- Forest, Jim (James H.) 1
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 1
- Friends Mississippi Project 1
- Gara, Larry 1
- Golden Rule (Ketch) 1
- Gottwald, Norman K. (Norman Karol), 1926- 1
- Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885- 1
- Heidbrink, John 1
- Heisler, Francis, 1895- 1
- Hester, Hugh B. (Hugh Bryan), 1895-1983 1
- Hostetter, C. Douglas, 1944- 1
- Houser, George M. 1
- Hunter, Barton 1
- International Committee of Conscience on Vietnam 1
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation 1
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation. North American Committee 1
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 1
- Jamison, Jeannette 1
- Jendrzejczyk, Michael 1
- Jones, Paul, 1880-1941 1
- Juram, Catharine 1
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
- Lens, Sidney 1
- Malz, Gertrude 1
- Martin, William R., 1938- 1
- Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966 1
- McNeil, Gelston 1
- McReynolds, David 1
- Miller, Lawrence McK. 1
- Nash, Vernon 1
- Nevin, Ethan Allen 1
- Nhất Hạnh, Thích 1
- Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons (Organization) 1
- Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons (Organization). European Project 1
- Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons (Organization). Nevada Project 1
- Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons (Organization). Pacific Project 1
- Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons (Organization). Washington Prayer Vigil 1
- Nuclear Weapons Facilities Task Force. Rocky Flats/Nuclear Weapons Facilities Project 1
- Olson, Theodore, 1932- 1
- Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 1
- Parkman, Patricia 1
- Paschkis, V. (Victor) 1
- Pérez Esquivel, Adolfo 1
- Raitt, Walton A. 1
- Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard) 1
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 1
- Shelters for the Shelterless (Project) 1
- Simon, Emily Parker 1
- Smiley, Glenn E. 1
- Stewart, Annalee, 1900?- 1
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 1 ∧ less
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