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Ann Morrissett Davidon and William C. Davidon Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-144
Abstract
Ann Morrissett Davidon (1925-2004), was a writer, editor, educator, pacifist and peace activist through her entire life. William Cooper Davidon(1927- 2013), was a professor of physics at Haverford College and (retired 1994), pacifist, peace activist. The two were married in 1963 and both continued to be very active in peace, pacifist, anti-Vietnam War, and social justice organizations. They advocated and practiced war-tax resistance. In 1971, William Davidon was named an "unindicted...
Dates:
1949-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edward W. Evans Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-122
Overview
Edward Wyatt Evans (1882-1976) was a lifelong member of the Germantown (Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting and was active in the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Evans was instrumental in the founding of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Fellowship of Reconcilation), and was the executive secretary from 1916-1919. During the 1920s, he was also active in educational and peace programs of the Society of Friends.
Dates:
1916-1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-237
Overview
Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active...
Dates:
1920, 1938-1951
Alfred H. Fried Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Austria-Fried, Alfred H.
Scope and Contents
Printed materials.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1895-1918
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
A. Ruth Fry Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-046
Overview
[Anna] Ruth Fry was an activist and a writer born into a prominent Quaker family in England. From 1914-1924, she served as general secretary of the Friends Relief Commission, which provided help for refugees and others ravaged by World War I. Fry wrote about her experiences in A Quaker Adventure (1926). She was also the first chairman of the Russian Famine Relief Fund in 1921. Fry went on to write numerous books, pamphlets and tracts, on a variety of Quaker and peace topics. She died on...
Dates:
1905-1957
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Robert Wallace Gilmore Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-163
Abstract
Robert W. Gilmore was a Quaker pacifist who was involved in a number of peace groups, either as a staffperson or as a Board member. His papers reflect these involvements through correspondence and other materials.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960-1982
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edwin Ginn and Ginn and Company Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ginn, Edwin/ Ginn and Company
Abstract
Collection includes correspondence (1902-1909), publicity and reviews for The Future of War by Jean de Bloch (1902), pamphlets about world peace, world organization, international union, and limitation of armaments. The collection includes only incidental information about Ginn and Company.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1902-1909
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Ronald E. Gundry Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Gundry, Ronald E.
Overview
Ronald E. Gundry was involved in a number of peace organizations, particularly related to the League of Nations, in the 1920s and 1930s in Great Britain.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1919-1939
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Robin Harper Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Harper, Robin
Overview
Robin Harper is active in the peace movement. During the 1950s and 1960s he protested nuclear weapons and missile defense systems. The papers in this collection reflect that involvement.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1957-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Hartford Vigil of Conscience for Peace in Viet Nam Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hartford Vigil of Conscience for Peace in Vietnam
Abstract
Collection consists primarily of printed materials, much of it produced by Promoting Enduring Peace and Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace supporting the Vigil's anti-Vietnam war stance; includes a six-page summary of the work of the Vigil, written by a main organizer, Margaret N. Morrison.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1966-1975
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 30
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- American Friends Service Committee 8
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- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 7
- War Resisters League 7
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 6
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 5
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 5
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 5
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 4
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 4
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 4
- Kaufman, Abraham 4
- Lyttle, Bradford 4
- McReynolds, David 4
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 4
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 3
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 3
- Camp, Kay 3
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 3
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 3
- DiGia, Ralph 3
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 3
- Fry, A. Ruth (Anna Ruth), 1878-1962 3
- Omaha Action (Project) 3
- Roodenko, Igal 3
- Socialist Party (U.S.) 3
- War Resisters' International 3
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 3
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 2
- American Peace Society 2
- Ballantyne, Edith 2
- Berrigan, Philip 2
- Brainerd, Heloise, 1881-1969 2
- Brown, H. Runham (Herbert Runham), 1879-1949 2
- Chalmers, Ruth 2
- Conference of All Friends (1920) (London, England) 2
- Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 2
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 2
- Early, Frances H. 2
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 2
- Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 2
- Golden Rule (Ketch) 2
- Gottlieb, Edward P. 2
- Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970 2
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 2
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 2
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 2
- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 2
- Lakey, George 2
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 2
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 2
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 2
- National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (U.S.) 2
- National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) 2
- Peacemaker Movement 2
- Peck, James 2
- Pickus, Robert 2
- Prasad, Devi 2
- Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 2
- Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard) 2
- Reynolds, Earle L. 2
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 2
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 2
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 2
- Shelley, Rebecca, 1887-1984 2
- Shivers, Lynne 2
- Steffens, Dorothy R. 2
- Swann, Marjorie 2
- Swarthmore College. Peace Collection 2
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 2
- Willoughby, Lillian, 1915-2009 2
- Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 2
- A Quaker Action Group 1
- Aberman, Sidney 1
- Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 1
- Adler, Friedrich 1
- Albright, William A. 1
- Alix, Gabriel 1
- Allen, Horatio, 1802-1889 1
- Allen, Marie Hollister, 1893-1979 1
- Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 1
- Altbach, Philip G. 1
- American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky 1
- American Friends Reconstruction Unit 1
- American Friends Service Committee. New England Regional Office 1
- American League against War and Fascism 1
- American Peace League 1
- Anderson, Jervis 1
- Anderson, Ross W. 1
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 1
- Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 1
- Annual Training Institute in Non-Violence, Grindstone Island (Portland, Ontario, Canada) 1
- Anti-Enlistment League 1
- Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) 1
- Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 1
- Arnett, Katharine M. (Katharine McCollin) 1
- Art for World Friendship (Organization) 1
- Atlantic City Conference for Peaceworkers 1
- Baer, Gertrude 1
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