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Devere Allen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-053
Abstract

Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.

Dates: 1809-1978; Majority of material found within 1910-1955

William Charles Allen Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Allen, William Charles
Overview

William C. Allen was born in 1857 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Society of Friends. Allen was deeply opposed to war and wrote often about the problems of propaganda, censorship, conscription, imperialism, and the munitions industry. He traveled widely and wrote many articles about his experiences abroad.

Dates: 1895-1937; Majority of material found within 1913-1937

Bent Andresen Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Andreson, Bent
Abstract

Bent Andresen registered as a conscientious objector (CO) during World War Two and was sent to a Civilian Public Service in 1944. Andresen participated in a guinea pig project in which he and several other COs lived in a refrigerated room for three months to test the impact of a high-protein diet on cold-weather conditions. He went AWOL in 1945 and was sentenced to two years in prison. Andreson was involved in various peace and justice groups throughout his lifetime.

Dates: 1928-1991

Wilmer Brandt Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Brandt, Wilmer
Overview

Brandt was a conscientious objector to war, a Quaker, and interested in peace throughout his life.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1952-2007

Marion Bromley and Ernest Bromley Papers

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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

Henry Joel Cadbury Papers

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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

Horace Champney Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-166
Abstract

Horace Champney was a pacifist active in various causes from the late 1940s through the 1980s. He was a founder of The Peacemakers Movement in the 1950s and interested in civil rights, war tax refusal, and other social justice causes. Champney was a member A Quaker Action Group and a crew member of the ship the Phoenix, which sailed to North Vietnam with medical supplies, during the Vietnam war.

Dates: 1958-1990; Majority of material found within 1958-1979

Harold Chance Collected Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Chance, Harold
Dates: 1943-1944

Charles E. Frantz Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Frantz, Charles E.
Abstract Collection includes biographical information; letters from Frantz to his parents while he was in Civilian Public Service, 1944-1946, and 1947-1950; information about his refusal to register for the peacetime draft (Selective Service Act of 1948), and subsequent federal court proceedings and his 1949 imprisonment; newspaper clippings about draft refusers at Earlham College, 1949; a copy of Frantz's FBI file and correspondence relating to it, 1978-1980; and Frantz's writings about the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1944-1949, 1978-1980

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

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Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 29
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 12
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 6
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
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War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 4
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 3
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 3
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 3
United States 3
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 3
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 2
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Government, Resistance to -- History -- Sources 2
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Pacifists 2
Peace -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- Societies, etc. 2
Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 2
Prisoners' writings, American 2
Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers 2
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 2
African American Quakers 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- History -- Sources 1
Arbitration (International law) 1
Arbitration (International law) -- History -- Sources 1
Arbitration, Industrial 1
Arbitration, Industrial -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
Chester County (Pa.) 1
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Collective settlements -- New York (State) -- Rifton -- History -- Sources 1
Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 -- Sources 1
Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors 1
Conscientious objectors -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Cooperative societies -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
Cooperative societies -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Direct action -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- History -- Sources 1
Dukhobors -- History 1
Endowments -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- Sources 1
Environmentalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Government, Resistance to 1
Indians of North America -- Civil rights 1
Indians of North America -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
Journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Labor movement 1
Labor movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Lecturers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources 1
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Loyalty oaths -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Militarism -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism 1
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Peace -- Religious aspects -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Research -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History 1
Peace movements -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources 1
Periodical editors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Polaris (Missile) 1
Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Psychologists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Ohio -- Yellow Springs -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Political activity -- 20th century -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Race relations 1
Religious communities -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Segregation -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Socialist parties -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Societies living in common without vows -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Charities -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
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Language
English 29
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Names
American Friends Service Committee 9
Civilian Public Service 4
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 4
A Quaker Action Group 3
Lyttle, Bradford 3
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Morrison, Norman R., 1933-1965 3
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 3
Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 3
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 3
Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 3
Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 3
Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 2
American Friends Service Committee. Peace Section 2
Boardman, Elizabeth Jelinek, 1917- 2
Bromley, Ernest 2
Committee for Nonviolent Action 2
Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 2
Flanagan, Ross, 1934- 2
Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 2
Lakey, George 2
Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 2
Macedonia Cooperative Community 2
National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) 2
Newton, Ray 2
Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard) 2
Reynolds, Earle L. 2
Stern, Lee, 1915-1992 2
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 2
Walker, Charles C. 2
War Resisters League 2
Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 2
Willoughby, George, pacifist 2
Young, Wilmer J. 2
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 1
Adler, Friedrich 1
Ahimsa Farm 1
Alexander, Horace Gundry, 1889-1989 1
Allen, Horatio, 1802-1889 1
Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 1
Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
Alternatives to Violence Project 1
American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky 1
American League against War and Fascism 1
Anderson, Ross W. 1
Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 1
Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 1
Anh, Le Thi 1
Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 1
Ashley, Bruce 1
Axford, Roger W. 1
Ayusawa, Iwao, 1894-1972 1
Baer, Gertrude 1
Bagley, Jack L. 1
Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 1
Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends (Stony Run) 1
Barnes, Roswell P. (Roswell Parkhurst), 1901-1949 1
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 1
Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin), 1874-1948 1
Berg, Lloyd A. 1
Berg, Russel O. 1
Bigelow, Albert, 1906- 1
Bishop, Sarah 1
Blickenstaff, Harold 1
Bolling, Landrum Rymer 1
Brainerd, Heloise, 1881-1969 1
Brandt, Wilmer, 1920- 1
Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 1
Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970 1
Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 1
Bromley, Marion, -1996 1
Broun, Heywood, 1888-1939 1
Brown, Francis G., 1917-2012 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 1
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
Canadian Friends Service Committee 1
Carpenter, Florence Y. 1
Carter, Arabella, 1867- 1
Cary, Stephen G. 1
Catchpool, Corder, 1883-1952 1
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 1
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 1
Ceresole, Pierre, 1879-1945 1
Champney, Beulah 1
Champney, Horace 1
Champney, Ken 1
Chance, Harold J., 1898-1975 1
Chase, E. Dixwell 1
Children's Creative Response to Conflict Program 1
Civilian Public Service. Camp #103 (Missoula, Mont.) 1
Clergy and Laity Concerned (U.S.) 1
Committee of Correspondence (New York, N.Y. : 1960-1962) 1
Committee on Militarism in Education (U.S.) 1
Committee on U.S.-U.S.S.R. Peace Leadership Exchange 1
Congress of Racial Equality 1
Cook, Cara 1
Coolidge, A. Sprague 1
Corson, Helen H. 1
Cousins, Norman 1
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