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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

Neil Wollman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-234
Abstract Neil Wollman (1950 - ) is a peace activist and psychologist. Beginning ca. 1984, Wollman began to pressure Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) to engage in socially responsible investing, including divesting from companies that did business in South Africa or built nuclear weapons. Wollman helped to form the Make TIAA-CREF Ethical Coalition. He is the the author of the Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility...
Dates: Majority of material found within ca. 1984-

New England Non-Resistance Society Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-New England Non-Resistance Society
Dates: 1838-1846

No More War Movement Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-No More War Movement
Scope and Contents

Collection includes printed correspondence, pamphlets, leaflets, and the periodicals New World and No More War; constitution and membership information; one photographic plate, lapel button, post card, and paper banner.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1922-1936

Nonviolent Peaceforce Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-268
Abstract Co-founded by peace activisits David Hartsough and Mel Duncan in 2002, the Nonviolent Peaceforce is an unarmed civilian peace force that works internationally by protecting civilians in conflicts and helping to resolve conflicts peacefully through dialogue. Records include the early development and planning of the organization, funding and financing, media and publicity attention the organization received, committee minutes, international trip reports, and training of the civilian...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1994-

Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-082
Abstract Mildred Scott Olmsted, peace activist and suffragist, was born in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1890. In 1922, Olmsted became Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). From 1934 onward she assumed national positions with the organization. In 1946, Olmsted became National Administrative Secretary and held that position (until her retirement in 1966. She remained active as Executive Director Emerita of WILPF and also served...
Dates: 1881-1990; Majority of material found within 1907-1990

Peace Action Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-093
Abstract 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

Peace Pledge Union Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Peace Pledge Union
Dates: Majority of material found within 1934-

Peacemaker Movement Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peacemaker Movement
Abstract

A group working on nonviolence from the late 1940s through the 1970s, particularly as it was expressed through tax refusal.

Dates: 1948-1980

Jeannette Rankin Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Rankin, Jeannette
Abstract

Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973), was the first woman to serve in Congress (1917-1919). She was an active suffragist and later worked in peace organizations such as the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the National Council for Prevention of War. Rankin founded the Georgia Peace Society in the 1940s, and led the Jeannette Rankin Brigade, an all-women's protest march against the Vietnam war shortly before her death.

Dates: 1917-2011

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Swarthmore College Peace Collection 47
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 4
 
Subject
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 30
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 29
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 8
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 7
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Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 5
Women and peace -- History -- Sources 5
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 4
War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifists -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifists -- United States 3
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 3
Peace -- Societies, etc. 3
Peace movements 3
Peace movements -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 3
Peace movements -- New England -- History -- Sources 3
Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Internationalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
Pacifism -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
Pacifists -- Societies, etc. 2
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Rogerenes 2
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 2
Peace movements -- France -- History -- Sources 2
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 2
Peace movements -- United States 2
Peace walks and marches -- History -- Sources 2
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 2
Rogerenes 2
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
Suffragists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
United States 2
Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 2
Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement 1
Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- West Chester -- History -- Sources 1
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi 1
Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Nagasaki-shi 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Authors, English -- History -- Sources 1
Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
Charities -- France 1
Children's literature -- Awards -- History -- Sources 1
Civil defense -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 1
Civil disobedience 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
College teachers -- Pensions -- United States States -- History -- Sources 1
College teachers -- Retirement -- United States States -- History -- Sources 1
Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection 1
Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. 1
Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- United States 1
Conscientious objectors -- New Zealand 1
Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
Direct action -- History -- Sources 1
Direct action -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- United States 1
Educators -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Evil, Non-resistance to -- History -- Sources 1
Feminists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Government, Resistance to -- United States 1
Harrisburg Seven Trial, Harrisburg, Pa., 1972 1
International relief -- History -- Sources 1
Internationalists 1
Internationalists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Investments -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Investments -- Social aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Jews -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- Sources 1
Journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Lecturers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources 1
Linguists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Literary prizes -- History -- Sources 1
Mennonites -- Missions -- History -- Sources 1
Mennonites -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
Militarism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Language
English 48
German 3
French 1
Portuguese 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
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Vietnamese 1
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Names
American Friends Service Committee 8
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 7
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 7
War Resisters League 7
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 6
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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
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 3
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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