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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

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Robert Wallace Gilmore Papers

Collection

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

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

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

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Robin Harper Collected Papers

Collection

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

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

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

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

C. Douglas Hostetter Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-260

Abstract C. Douglas Hostetter (1944 - ), has been an peace activist since the 1960s. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war and performed alternative service for the Mennonite Central Committee in rural Vietnam.Following his work in Vietnam Hostetter worked for the United Methodist Church at the United Nations on international affairs. From the mid 1980s through the end of the decade Hostetter served as the executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee in their New...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1959-

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Jessie Wallace Hughan Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-251

Abstract

Jessie Wallace Hughan (December 25, 1875 – April 10, 1955) was an American educator, social activist, and a radical pacifist. During her college days she was one of four co-founders of Alpha Omicron Pi, a national sorority for university women. She also was a founder and the first Secretary of the War Resisters League, established in 1923. For over two decades, she was a perennial candidate for political office on the ticket of the Socialist Party of America in her home state of New York.

Dates: 1870-1998

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Abraham Kaufman Collected Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Kaufman, Abraham

Abstract

In October 1928, Kaufman became the first paid employee of the War Resisters League, eventually becoming its Executive Secretary through 1947. He co-founded the Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1942-1997

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection