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Edward F. Snyder Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-241
Abstract Edward Furnas Snyder is a Quaker lobbyist for peace, civil rights, and economic justice. He joined staff of Friends Committee on National Legislation in 1955 and retired in 1990 as Executive Secretary of the FCNL Snyder argued against legislation for a U.S. military draft and excessive military spending; worked for cultural and scientific exchanges between Soviet and U.S. citizens to lessen tensions of the Cold War. Edward and Dorothy Snyder have long been tax resisters arguing that the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950-

Student/Teacher Organization to Prevent Nuclear War Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Student/Teacher Organization-Prevent Nuclear War
Abstract

The collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial records, flyers, brochures, pamphlets.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1981-

Marjorie Swann and Robert Swann Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-264
Abstract

The Swanns were Quaker peace activitists who were particularly well known for their part in nonviolent direct action against nuclear weapons testing and deployment in the 1950s-1960s.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1949-1972

Topsfield Foundation Records

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-256
Abstract The Topsfield Foundation was founded by Paul J.Aicher in 1982. Aicher, a former engineer later turned philanthropist created a Foundation to aid grassroots citizens' groups in working against nuclear proliferation. In 1984 the Foundation began publishing the state-by-state Grassroots Peace Directories to provide networking information for these organizations and the larger peace movement. In the mid-1980s Aicher created two additional projects: ACCESS, a security information service based in...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1983-1997

Unitarian Universalist Peace Network Records

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-159
Abstract Established in 1984 to strengthen peace work among Unitarian Universalists and interfaith communities, the goup was especially concerned with the international arms race and nuclear proliferation. Directors included Stephen M. Shick, Carol Powers, Stephanie Nichols. The headquarters were in Philadelphia, Pa. and sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Association. Unitarian Universalist Peace Fellowship, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office,...
Dates: 1983-1991

United Pacifists of West Chester and Vicinity Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-United Pacifists of West Chester and Vicinity
Dates: 1952-1971

Walk for Peace Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Walk for Peace
Dates: 1958

Washington Peace Center Records

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-252
Abstract The Washington Peace Center was formed in 1963 upon the dissolution of the Peace Action Center of Washington, D.C. The organization seeks to educate the public on peace issues through youth programs, conscientious objector/draft counseling, film screenings, speakers, workshops on peace topics, discussions, and the publication of a newsletter. Its mission statement as of 2013 includes : "The Washington Peace Center is an anti-racist, grassroots, multi-issue organization working for peace,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-2013

Cora Weiss Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-222
Abstract Cora Weiss is a peace and social justice leader and activist. She is a supporter of the United Nations, an early member of Women Strike for Peace, a leader in the anti-Vietnam war movement in the United States. In the 1970s Weiss was the director of the Riverside Church (New York, NY) Disarmament Program. Weiss was also active with SANE, SANE/Freeze, Peace Action, and The Hague Appeal for Peace. Weiss became president of the International Peace Bureau in 2000. She has always been active in...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-

George Willoughby and Lillian Willoughby Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-236
Abstract

George Willoughby (December 9, 1914 - January 5, 2010) and Lillian Willoughby (c. 1916 - January 15, 2009) were Quaker activists who took part in nonviolent protests against war, conducted nonviolence trainings in India and other countries, and advocated for preservation of land in New Jersey and elsewhere.

Dates: 1931-2010

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Library
Swarthmore College Peace Collection 80
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 1
 
Subject
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 38
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 38
Antinuclear movement -- United States 13
Peace movements -- United States 13
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
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Nuclear arms control -- United States 6
Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 6
Nuclear disarmament -- United States 6
Nuclear disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
Nuclear nonproliferation -- United States 6
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 6
Peace walks and marches -- History -- Sources 5
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 5
Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 4
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 4
Nuclear facilities -- Environmental aspects -- United States 4
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 4
Antinuclear movement 3
Disarmament -- History -- Sources 3
Peace -- Societies, etc. 3
Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 3
Peace movements 3
War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Women and peace 3
Women and peace -- History -- Sources 3
Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Antinuclear movement -- Massachusetts -- History -- Sources 2
Antinuclear movement -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources 2
Arms control -- History -- Sources 2
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Direct action -- History -- Sources 2
Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Lobbying -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Nuclear disarmament 2
Peace -- Religious aspects 2
Peace movements -- Massachusetts -- History -- Sources 2
Peace movements -- New Jersey -- History -- Sources 2
Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
United States 2
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 2
Women and peace -- United States 2
Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Women political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
African American churches -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Brandywine Creek Valley (Pa. and Del.) -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- California -- Berkeley 1
Antinuclear movement -- California -- Santa Cruz 1
Antinuclear movement -- California -- Santa Cruz -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Delaware -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Europe -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Florida -- Lee County -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Florida -- Port Charlotte -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- France -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Germany 1
Antinuclear movement -- Germany (West) -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century 1
Antinuclear movement -- Massachusetts -- Amherst -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Merrimack River Valley (N.H. and Mass.) 1
Antinuclear movement -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis 1
Antinuclear movement -- Nevada 1
Antinuclear movement -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- New York (State) -- Greenwich Village (New York) -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- North Carolina -- Greenville -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg 1
Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- Kennett Square 1
Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- Main Line -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- Pennsylvania -- West Chester -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- South Carolina 1
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- Directories 1
Antinuclear movement -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources 1
Arms control -- Economic aspects -- United States 1
Arms control -- United States 1
Arms control -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Arms race -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Arms race -- United States -- Economic policy -- Sources 1
Atomic bomb -- Testing -- History -- Sources 1
Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
Biological warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Chemical warfare -- History -- Sources 1
Children and peace 1
Civil defense -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 1
Civil disobedience -- Nebraska 1
Civil disobedience -- United States 1
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Civil rights -- United States 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Language
English 79
French 2
German 1
 
Names
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 6
American Friends Service Committee 5
Lyttle, Bradford 5
Omaha Action (Project) 5
Committee for Nonviolent Action 4
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Golden Rule (Ketch) 4
Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 4
Cousins, Norman 3
Reynolds, Earle L. 3
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 3
San Francisco to Moscow Walk for Peace 3
Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 3
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 3
Willoughby, George, pacifist 3
Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) 2
Berg, Lloyd A. 2
Bigelow, Albert, 1906- 2
Coalition for Peace Action (Princeton, N.J.) 2
Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006 2
Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 2
DiGia, Ralph 2
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 2
Frank, Morton 2
Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980 2
Gottlieb, Sanford 2
Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament (Organization) 2
Hague Appeal for Peace 2
Keys, Donald 2
Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 2
National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (U.S.) 2
New England Committee for Nonviolent Action 2
Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons (Organization) 2
Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons (Organization). Nevada Project 2
Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign 2
Olson, Theodore, 1932-2020 2
Peace Action (Organization) 2
Québec-Washington-Guantánamo Walk for Peace 2
SANE/FREEZE (Organization) 2
Swann, Marjorie 2
Swann, Robert S. 2
Vigil at Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) 2
Walk for Peace (Project) 2
Weiss, Cora, 1934- 2
Women Strike for Peace 2
A Quaker Action Group 1
Abington Coalition for a Nuclear Arms Freeze (Pennsylvania) 1
Access (Organization : Washington, D.C.) 1
Accra Assembly (Organization) 1
Affeldt, Allan 1
Ahearn, Aaron 1
Aicher, Paul J. 1
Alabama Freeze Coalition 1
Alabama Nuclear Freeze Campaign 1
Alternatives to Violence Project 1
Ames Bilateral Freeze Campaign (Iowa) 1
Annual Training Institute in Non-Violence, Grindstone Island (Portland, Ontario, Canada) 1
Another Mother for Peace (Association) 1
Anthony, Robert L. 1
April Action (Organization) 1
Apsey, Lawrence S. 1
Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 1
Ashly, Coleen 1
Avedon, Barbara 1
Axelrod, Beverly 1
Backe, John 1
Baez, Joan 1
Ballantyne, Edith 1
Bastian, Gert 1
Beer, John Joseph, 1927- 1
Bergen County Freeze Campaign (New Jersey) 1
Berman, Aline 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Beyond Nuclear (Organization) 1
Birchard, Bruce 1
Blass, Dorothy 1
Block, Bonnie 1
Boylan, Kathy Shields 1
Brandywine Alternative Fund 1
Brandywine Peace Community 1
Brandywine Peace Community and Alternative Fund 1
Brown, George Edward, 1920-1999 1
Caldwell, Samuel D. 1
Californians for a Bilateral Nuclear Weapons Freeze 1
Camp, Kay 1
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament 1
Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 1
Cartel international de la paix 1
Carter, Nick (Minister) 1
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 1
Charlotte Citizens for Peace (Port Charlotte, Fla.) 1
Chavez, Daniel 1
Chicago Area Faculty for a Freeze on the Nuclear Arms Race 1
Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination 1
Christofferson, Bill 1
Citizens Against Nuclear War (U.S.) 1
Civil Defense Protest Committee (New York, N.Y.) 1
Civilian Public Service 1
Clark, Diane K. 1
Clark, Gordon 1
Clark, Joseph S. 1
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