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A Quaker Action Group Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-074
Scope and Contents
A Quaker Action Group (AQAG) records in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection include minutes, correspondence (1966-1971), memoranda, financial records, subject files (organizations), research files (topics), project files, newsletters, press releases, statements of Quaker yearly meetings in various cities, clippings, photographs and sound recordings. The files were first processed in 1974, and then again in 1980. In 2004, archival intern, Joe Clark, sorted the papers into the present...
Dates:
1965-1973
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Jayma Abdoo Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Abdoo, Jayma
Abstract
Abdoo was actively involved with the Vietnam War draft resistance group, the Camden 28, which this small collection of papers helps to document.
Dates:
1971-2006
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Grace Contrino Abrams and Fran Contrino Schmidt Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Schmidt, Fran Contrino and Grace Contrino Abrams
Abstract
This small collection of papers details especially the life of Grace Contrino Abrams and her strong interests in teaching and in working against injustice in whatever form. The clippings from newspapers of media coverage, as well as the many Letters to the Editor, show some of her public life, while letters, and reminiscences of sister Fran Contrino Schmidt, fill out her private life. It should be noted that though there were five siblings, Grace and Fran spent much of their time together in...
Dates:
1942-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Irwin Abrams Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Abrams, Irwin
Abstract
Includes biographical and bibliographical information and photocopies of a small portion of Abrams published writings, including material about the Nobel Peace Prize, women Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Quaker peace testimony and the Nobel Peace Prize, Henri La Fontaine, and Carl von Ossietzky.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1948-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bella Abzug Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Abzug, Bella
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1966-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
ACCESS Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-216
Abstract
Includes correspondence, annual reports, administrative files, financial records, literature and publications, manuscripts, minutes of meetings, periodicals, publicity materials, reference files, computer disks, and photographs. Correspondents include Paul J. Aicher, William Kincade, and Mary E. Lord.
Dates:
1984-1996
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Jane Addams Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-001
Abstract
A world-famous social reformer; co-founded the first settlement house in America in 1889; championed many causes on behalf of the urban poor, such as protection of immigrants, child labor laws, industrial safety, juvenile courts, and recognition of labor unions; a leading figure in the movement for international peace; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
Dates:
1838-; Majority of material found within 1880-1935
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Agape Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-237
Abstract
The Agape Foundation was a non-profit public foundation, which raised and distributed funds to groups working for nonviolent social change. From its formation in 1969 by a group of pacifists and anti-war activists in Palo Alto, California, the Agape Foundation provided millions of dollars to nonviolent, grassroots organizations throughout the western United States. It was headquartered in San Francisco. In 2010 the Agape Foundation merged with the Peace Development Fund.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970-2010
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Ailanthus Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ailanthus
Abstract
The collection consists primarily of printed material; includes flyers, notes from meetings, newspaper clippings, photographs, banners, legal briefs, publicity materials, and reference files. Also includes a memoir by Robert W. Hillegass about the making of the play "Handy Dandy" by William Gibson which draws heavily on Ailanthus courtroom experience and spirituality.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1979-1992
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Sources 9
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- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
- Nonviolence 8
- Nuclear disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
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- Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
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- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 6
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- Quaker women 6
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Peace 6
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 5
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- English 669
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- Russian 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 28
- American Friends Service Committee 27
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 22
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 18
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 18
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 17
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 14
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 14
- War Resisters League 14
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 13
- Lyttle, Bradford 13
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 12
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 12
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 12
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 12
- League of Nations 11
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 11
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 10
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 10
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 10
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 10
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 10
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 9
- American Peace Society 8
- Baer, Gertrude 8
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 8
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 8
- Kaufman, Abraham 8
- Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 8
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 8
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 8
- Woman's Peace Party 8
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 8
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 7
- Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 7
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 7
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 7
- Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 7
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 7
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 7
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 7
- Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937 7
- Newton, Ray 7
- Blake, Katherine Devereux, 1858-1950 6
- Drevet, Camille 6
- Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 6
- Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 6
- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 6
- McReynolds, David 6
- Pickus, Robert 6
- Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 6
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 6
- Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 6
- Berrigan, Daniel 5
- Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 5
- Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006 5
- Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 5
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 5
- Emergency Peace Campaign (U.S.) 5
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 5
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 5
- Friends Peace Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) 5
- Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) 5
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation 5
- National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) 5
- Omaha Action (Project) 5
- Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 5
- People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace 5
- Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973 5
- Swarthmore College 5
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 5
- Trueblood, Benjamin Franklin, 1847-1916 5
- Turn Toward Peace (Organization) 5
- Universal Peace Union 5
- War Resisters' International 5
- Weiss, Cora, 1934- 5
- World Without War Council 5
- American Civil Liberties Union 4
- Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 4
- Boulding, Elise 4
- Brown, H. Runham (Herbert Runham), 1879-1949 4
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 4
- Chalmers, Ruth 4
- Christian Arbitration and Peace Society 4
- Civilian Public Service 4
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 4
- Dewey, John, 1859-1952 4
- DiGia, Ralph 4
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 4
- Forest, Jim (James H.) 4
- Gara, Larry 4
- Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988 4
- Ginn, Edwin, 1838-1914 4
- Golden Rule (Ketch) 4
- Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964 4
- Hartmann, George W. (George Wilfried), 1904-1955 4
- Hassler, Alfred, 1910- 4
- Heymann, Lida Gustava, 1868-1943 4
- Jane Addams Peace Association 4
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 4 + ∧ less
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