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Ann Morrissett Davidon and William C. Davidon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-144
Abstract Ann Morrissett Davidon (1925-2004), was a writer, editor, educator, pacifist and peace activist through her entire life. William Cooper Davidon(1927- 2013), was a professor of physics at Haverford College and (retired 1994), pacifist, peace activist. The two were married in 1963 and both continued to be very active in peace, pacifist, anti-Vietnam War, and social justice organizations. They advocated and practiced war-tax resistance. In 1971, William Davidon was named an "unindicted...
Dates: 1949-

Edward W. Evans Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-122
Abstract

Edward Wyatt Evans (1882-1976) was a lifelong member of the Germantown (Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting and was active in the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Evans was instrumental in the founding of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Fellowship of Reconcilation), and was the executive secretary from 1916-1919. During the 1920s, he was also active in educational and peace programs of the Society of Friends.

Dates: 1916-1922

Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-237
Abstract Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active...
Dates: 1920, 1938-1951

Alfred H. Fried Collected Papers

 Collection — othertype: CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Austria-Fried, Alfred H.
Scope and Contents

Printed materials.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1895-1918

A. Ruth Fry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-046
Abstract [Anna] Ruth Fry was an activist and a writer born into a prominent Quaker family in England. From 1914-1924, she served as general secretary of the Friends Relief Commission, which provided help for refugees and others ravaged by World War I. Fry wrote about her experiences in A Quaker Adventure (1926). She was also the first chairman of the Russian Famine Relief Fund in 1921. Fry went on to write numerous books, pamphlets and tracts, on a variety of Quaker and peace topics. She died on...
Dates: 1905-1957

Robert Wallace Gilmore Papers

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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

Edwin Ginn and Ginn and Company Collected Papers

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ginn, Edwin/ Ginn and Company
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence (1902-1909), publicity and reviews for The Future of War by Jean de Bloch (1902), pamphlets about world peace, world organization, international union, and limitation of armaments. The collection includes only incidental information about Ginn and Company.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1902-1909

Ronald E. Gundry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Gundry, Ronald E.
Abstract

Ronald E. Gundry was involved in a number of peace organizations, particularly related to the League of Nations, in the 1920s and 1930s in Great Britain.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1919-1939

Robin Harper Collected Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Harper, Robin
Abstract

Robin Harper is active in the peace movement. During the 1950s and 1960s he protested nuclear weapons and missile defense systems. The papers in this collection reflect that involvement.

Dates: 1957 - 1988

Hartford Vigil of Conscience for Peace in Viet Nam Collected Papers

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hartford Vigil of Conscience for Peace in Vietnam
Abstract

Collection consists primarily of printed materials, much of it produced by Promoting Enduring Peace and Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace supporting the Vigil's anti-Vietnam war stance; includes a six-page summary of the work of the Vigil, written by a main organizer, Margaret N. Morrison.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1966-1975

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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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