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Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-214
Abstract
Marion Coddington Bromley and Ernest Bromley were active members of the Society of Friends, absolute pacifists, war tax resisters, and worked for racial integration in the United States. They are best remembered as founders of the Peacemakers, and as war tax resisters.
Dates:
1920-1997
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Broudy, Thalia Yaffey Stern
Abstract
Papers of a woman who has been active in the peace movement from the 1950s to the present day.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1961-2004
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Browne, Robert S.
Abstract
These papers document Robert S. Browne's peace and protest activities. They include biographical information, writings, speeches, correspondence (1962-1971), information about Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy (1965-1967), and Browne's reference material about the Vietnam War.
Dates:
1962-1968, 1971, 1975
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Scope and Contents
Primarily printed material.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980-
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Buffalo Peace and Arbitration Society
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-096
Abstract
Elihu Burritt was born on December 10, 1810, in New Britain, Connecticut, into a working class family. He attended school briefly, but was largely self-educated. Burritt became a blacksmith to support himself, but he continued to study languages at night. Word of his erudition spread; he became known as the "Learned Blacksmith", and was offered opportunities to speak in public. While writing a lecture on "The Anatomy of the Earth", he was so impressed by the interdependency of its parts that...
Dates:
1840-1965; Majority of material found within 1841-1878
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-116
Abstract
Founded in 1967 as Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace; objectives were to press for practical steps toward ending American participation in the Vietnamese Conflict, to use the business community's influence in expanding public support for disengagement, and to emphasize the war's adverse effect on the economy; name of the organization was changed in 1970 to Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace and New National Priorities, later (1973) shortened to Business Executives Move for...
Dates:
1965-1983
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Bye, Mary
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-081
Abstract
Henry J. Cadbury (1883-1974) was a distinguished Biblical scholar, teacher, and a member of the Society of Friends. Cadbury was one of the founders of the American Friends Service Committee. He served as its chairman from both 1928 to 1934 and again from 1944 to 1960. Cadbury supervised famine relief both in the United States and in Europe.
Dates:
1917-1974
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Call to Action
Abstract
Printed materials.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2006-