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C. Douglas Hostetter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-260
Abstract C. Douglas Hostetter (1944 - ), has been an peace activist since the 1960s. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war and performed alternative service for the Mennonite Central Committee in rural Vietnam.Following his work in Vietnam Hostetter worked for the United Methodist Church at the United Nations on international affairs. From the mid 1980s through the end of the decade Hostetter served as the executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee in their New...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1959-

Jessie Wallace Hughan Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-251
Abstract

Jessie Wallace Hughan (December 25, 1875 – April 10, 1955) was an American educator, social activist, and a radical pacifist. During her college days she was one of four co-founders of Alpha Omicron Pi, a national sorority for university women. She also was a founder and the first Secretary of the War Resisters League, established in 1923. For over two decades, she was a perennial candidate for political office on the ticket of the Socialist Party of America in her home state of New York.

Dates: 1870-1998

Abraham Kaufman Collected Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Kaufman, Abraham
Abstract

In October 1928, Kaufman became the first paid employee of the War Resisters League, eventually becoming its Executive Secretary through 1947. He co-founded the Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1942-1997

William Ladd Collected Papers

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ladd, William
Dates: 1814-1954; Majority of material found within 1814-1841

George Lakey Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-259
Dates: 1974-1984

Bradford Lyttle Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-079
Abstract Bradford [Brad] Lyttle is a long time leading peace activist involved in the promotion of nonviolence for social change and the elimination of war and nuclear weapons. Lyttle was the organizer of the San Francisco to Moscow walk in the 1960-1961, to highlight the message of disarmament and nonviolent resistance and bringing together U.S. and Soviet citizens together during the height of the Cold War. He went on to organize and participate in other marches and protests, including the Quebec...
Dates: 1954-

Dale Malleck Collected Papers

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Malleck, Dale
Abstract

Includes printed materials, some correspondence and pamphlets, mainly information about Malleck and the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament (1985); includes poetry and other writings about peace by Malleck. Collection includes photos and t-shirts from various marches.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1985-1994

David McReynolds Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-134
Abstract David McReynolds (1929-2018), was an activist with the War Resisters League, the Socialist Party USA and the Democratic Socialists of America. He was an editor of Liberation magazine in the 1950s and a leader of the WRL from the 1950s until his retirement in 1999. McReynolds ran for Congress twice and for President of the U.S. twice, including a run in 2000. McReynolds has attempted to integrate anti-war and pacifist philosophy with Socialist economics. David McReynolds was openly gay and...
Dates: 1943-

Edwin D. Mead and Lucia Ames Mead Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-021
Abstract Edwin D. Mead (1849-1937), and Lucia Ames Mead (1856-1936), were both leading pacifists, writers, and social reformers of the U.S. and international peace movement. Edwin Mead directed the work of the World Peace Foundation and participated in many international peace congresses. He was an American delegate to the International Peace Bureau. Mead helped found the School Peace League and was a prominent member of the American Peace League. Lucia Ames Mead was a leading member of many feminist...
Dates: 1876-1938

Holly Metz Collected Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Metz, Holly
Abstract

Papers of a freelance writer and book author about law, culture, and social issues.

Dates: 1983-1991; Majority of material found within 1983-1985

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Swarthmore College Peace Collection 47
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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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