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Philadelphia Peace Council Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Philadelphia Peace Council-(1937-ca. 1943)
Abstract

Includes constitution (1938), minutes (1937-1943), correspondence (1937-1943), form letters, financial records, leaflets, speeches, releases, membership lists, bulletins (1938-1941), clippings, and other records. Correspondents include Maria Biasone, Orton S. Clark, Frederick J. Libby, Allen S. Olmsted, Daniel A. Poling, and Richard R. Wood.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1937-1943

Philadelphia Peace Council Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Philadelphia Peace Council-(1925-ca. 1932)
Abstract Includes scattered minutes (1924-1932), scattered correspondence (1924-1928), form letters, statements, membership lists, bulletins (1925-1928) and materials relating to several conferences on the teaching of history, and other records, of the first Philadelphia Peace Council (1922-ca. 1932), earlier known as Philadelphia Council for World Peace. Correspondents include J. Howard Branson, Sophia H. Dulles, Harold Evans, Agnes M. Irwin, Frederick J. Libby, Allen S. Olmsted, and Richard R....
Dates: 1924-1931

Philadelphia War Tax Resistance Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-182
Abstract

The Philadelphia War Tax Resistance was an organization that advocated nonviolence in order to end war, racism, sexism, and human exploitation, as well as promoted nonpayment of taxes that funded war and defense. This collection includes correspondence, administrative files, court records, financial records, minutes of meetings, periodicals, and reference files.

Dates: 1967-1992

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Peace and Concerns Standing Committee (1998-2015)

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Phy-706
Scope and Contents

Records of the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1998-2003.

Dates: 1998-2003

Ribbon [Project] Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ribbon
Abstract

The collection includes printed correspondence, brochures, and newsclippings; it includes information about Delaware County, Pennsylvania participation, New York participation, and national and international activities. Also includes one folder on the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, June, 1993.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1985-

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

United Peace Chest of Philadelphia Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-194
Abstract

The United Peace Chest of Philadelphia coordinated and integrated Philadelphia organizations interested in promoting international peace. The name was often shortened to "United Peace Chest." The UPC was founded in 1938, though it was conceptualized in 1936 at a meeting of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Dates: 1935-1955

George Willoughby and Lillian Willoughby Papers

 Collection
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

Youth Committee for Total Disarmament Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Youth Committee for Total Disarmament
Dates: 1934-1938; Majority of material found within 1934-1936

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Swarthmore College Peace Collection 45
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 2
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 2
 
Subject
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 9
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 9
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 9
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 9
Delaware County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 6
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Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 5
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 4
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 4
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 4
War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 3
Peace -- Societies, etc. 3
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 3
Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979- -- Sources 2
Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Peace -- Religious aspects 2
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 2
Peace movements 2
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Main Line -- History -- Sources 2
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 2
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 2
Women and peace -- History -- Sources 2
Women political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
African Americans -- Political activity 1
Antinuclear movement 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
Arbitration (International law) -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Arms control 1
Arms control -- Economic aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Bankers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Bucks County (Pa.) -- Race relations -- History -- Sources 1
Charities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Chiapas (Mexico) -- History -- Peasant Uprising, 1994- -- Sources 1
Children and peace -- History -- Sources 1
Church work with refugees -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 1
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Community development, Urban -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Conflict management -- Religious aspects 1
Conscientious objection -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. 1
Conscientious objection -- United States 1
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- World War, 1914-1918 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
Defense industries -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 1
Direct action -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- Economic aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- Netherlands 1
Disarmament -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Economic conversion -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Educators -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Feminists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Flags 1
Friesland (Netherlands) -- History 1
Fund raising -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Harrisburg (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
Harrisburg Seven Trial, Harrisburg, Pa., 1972 1
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 1
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Anniversaries, etc. 1
Human rights -- Central America -- History -- Sources 1
Human rights -- Latin America -- History -- Sources 1
International Year of the Child, 1979 1
International organization -- History -- Sources 1
Internationalists 1
Internationalists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1
Internationalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Protest movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Jewish-Arab relations 1
Jews -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- Sources 1
Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980- -- Sources 1
McKeesport (Pa.) -- History -- Sources. 1
Media (Pa.) -- History -- Sources. 1
Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
Military-industrial complex -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 1
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 1
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Anniversaries, etc. 1
Non-governmental organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Region 1
Nonviolence 1
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Names
Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 5
American Friends Service Committee 4
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 4
Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 3
Reynolds, Earle L. 3
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Wood, Richard R. (Richard Reeve), 1897-1982 3
A Quaker Action Group 2
Conference of All Friends (1920) (London, England) 2
Dulles, Sophia H. 2
Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 2
Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 2
Lakey, George 2
Lyttle, Bradford 2
McReynolds, David 2
Movement for a New Society 2
Nicholson, Vincent D. (Vincent De Witt), 1890-1945 2
Olmsted, Allen S. (Allen Seymour), 1888-1977 2
Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 2
Shivers, Lynne 2
Universal Peace Union 2
War Resisters League 2
Willoughby, George, pacifist 2
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 2
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 2
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
American Friends Reconstruction Unit 1
American Interracial Peace Committee 1
American Peace Society 1
Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 1
Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) 1
Babcock, Caroline L. (Caroline Lexow), 1882- 1
Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 1
Ballantyne, Edith 1
Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952 1
Beheiren 1
Berrigan, Philip 1
Biasone, Maria 1
Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 1
Billikopf, Jacob, 1883-1950 1
Boardman, Elizabeth Jelinek, 1917- 1
Bourdet, Claude, 1909- 1
Boynton, Percy Holmes, 1875-1946 1
Brainerd, Heloise, 1881-1969 1
Branson, J. Howard 1
Braxton, John Worth 1
Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 1
Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 1
Brown, H. Runham (Herbert Runham), 1879-1949 1
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 1
Butler, Thomas S. (Thomas Stalker), 1855-1928 1
Butterworth, Harrison 1
Bye, Mary, 1913- 1
Byrns, Elinor 1
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
Camp, Kay 1
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1
Carter, Arabella, 1867- 1
Cederfeld, Benny 1
Central American Sanctuary Alliance of Delaware County (Delaware County, Pa.) 1
Champney, Horace 1
Children's Crusade for Peace 1
Church Peace Union 1
Civilian Public Service 1
Clark, Joseph S. 1
Clark, Orton S. 1
Coffin, Jerry D. 1
Committee for a Quaker Peace Witness 1
Concord Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) 1
Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments (1932-1934) (Geneva, Switzerland) 1
Conference of Christian Pacifists 1
Cope, Eliza M. 1
Cousins, Norman 1
Cowley, Christopher 1
Cox, Lucy A. 1
Curti, Merle (Merle Eugene), 1897-1996 1
Davidon, Ann Morrissett 1
Davidon, William C. 1
Delaware County Campaign for Peace & Justice 1
Delaware County Campaign for Peace in the Middle East 1
Delaware County Committee on Hiroshima-Nagasaki 1
Delaware County Jobs with Peace 1
Delaware County Peace Action (Organization) 1
Delaware County Pledge of Resistance (Organization) 1
Delaware County Project V.O.T.E. 1
Delaware County Wage Peace & Justice 1
Delaware Valley Land Trust 1
Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 1
Dodson, Shirley 1
Doty, Hiram, 1913-1988 1
Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976 1
Douwes, Francoise W. (Francoise Wilhelmina), 1923- 1
Drath, Phillip 1
Drexel, Constance 1
Eaton, Robert Whittington 1
Ede, Roderick 1
Egnal, Abraham, 1908- 1
Elderkin, Noble S. (Noble Strong), 1878-1966 1
Eldredge, David 1
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