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Friends Committee on National Legislation Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-047
Abstract
A Quaker lobbying group established in 1943 to bring conscience and spiritual values to the political process in Washington; it grew out of the work of the Friends War Problems Committee in 1940.
Dates:
1943-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Friends Witness for World Order Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Friends Witness for World Order
Abstract
These records contain meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, releases/literature, statistics, publicity and press coverage, address by Dorothy Hutchinson, delegation visits to President Kennedy and to ambassadors during Washington, D.C., and photographs.
Dates:
1962
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-082
Abstract
Mildred Scott Olmsted, peace activist and suffragist, was born in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1890. In 1922, Olmsted became Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). From 1934 onward she assumed national positions with the organization. In 1946, Olmsted became National Administrative Secretary and held that position (until her retirement in 1966. She remained active as Executive Director Emerita of WILPF and also served...
Dates:
1881-1990; Majority of material found within 1907-1990
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Now Movement Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peace Now Movement
Dates:
1941-1949; Majority of material found within 1943-1945
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection