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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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
New England Non-Resistance Society Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-New England Non-Resistance Society
Dates:
1838-1846
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers
Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- 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
- 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
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- 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
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