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Media Area Committee for the United Nations Collected Records

Collection — othertype: CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Media Area Committee for the United Nations

Scope and Contents

Collection includes correspondence, administrative files, flyers, publicity materials, newspaper clippings, photos.

Dates: 1955-1965

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Joseph Miller Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-193

Abstract

Joseph Miller was a mortgage banker; founder and president of Barco, Inc. He was an activist for peace and social justice causes such as welfare rights, including the Philadelphia Urban Finance Corporation and the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy.

Dates: 1960-1980

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

New Society Publishers Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-189

Abstract

New Society Publishers was a cooperative business based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded by members of Movement for a New Society in the late 1980s. New Society Publishers produced books on peace, social justice, and ecological topics. The Philadelphia office closed in December 1996 and a smaller for of the New Society Publishers business moved to British Columbia, Canada.

Dates: 1990-1996

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Nonviolent Peaceforce, Philadelphia Area chapter Collected Records

Collection — othertype: CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Nonviolent Peaceforce, Philadelphia Area

Scope and Contents

Collection includes, leaflets, minutes of meetings, printed correspondence including emails. Correspondents include Clarkson Palmer.

Dates: 2001-

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Peace Council of Northeast Philadelphia Collected Records

Collection — othertype: CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peace Council of Northeast Philadelphia

Dates: 1935-1944

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Pennsylvania Arbitration and Peace Society Collected Records

Collection — othertype: CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Pennsylvania Arbitration and Peace Society

Dates: 1908-1926

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-030

Abstract The Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament was active from 1930 to 1936, chiefly in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Through public opinion and personal contacts, PCTD supporters pressured Congress to support total disarmament, including passage of the Frazier Amendment outlawing war. Other objectives of the Committee included a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, opposition to all preparations and training for war (including ROTC), and support for...

Dates: 1930-1938

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Pennsylvania Peace Society Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-031

Abstract

Organizations with the name Pennsylvania Peace Society existed as early as 1822. The records in this collection date from the late 19th century and into the first years of the 20th century. Material about earlier versions of the PPS maybe found in the records of the American Peace Society (DG 003); and in the records of the Universal Peace Union (DG 038).

Dates: 1866-1928; Majority of material found within 1893-1928

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection