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Alternatives to Violence Project USA Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-271
Abstract

Collection is primarily printed material; includes minutes, by-laws, flyers, manuals, newsletters.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1982-

American Committee for the Outlawry of War Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Committee for the Outlawry of War
Dates: 1921-circa 1936

American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Conference for Democracy
Abstract

The People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace grew out of the First American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace, held in New York, May 1917. It was organized to work for an early and liberal peace at the end of the World War. It favored world organizations and disapproved of conscription.

Dates: 1917-1919

American Interracial Peace Committee Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Interracial Peace Committee
Scope and Contents

Contains pamphlets and leaflets. Five items.

Dates: 1928-

American League for Peace and Democracy Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American League for Peace and Democracy
Abstract

The American League against War and Fascism changed its name in 1937 to American League for Peace and Democracy (ALPD). It was a coalition of liberal and left-wing organizations united to oppose war and the fascist governments in Europe. It disbanded in 1940.

Dates: 1933-1939

American Peace Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-003
Abstract In the 1820s William Ladd of the Maine Peace Society suggested that the regional US peace societies become associated in a national organization. As a result, the peace societies of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) merged in May 1828 to form the American Peace Society [APS]. The stated purpose of the American Peace Society was to "promote permanent international peace through justice; and to advance in every proper way the general use of...
Dates: 1828-1947

American Union Against Militarism Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-004
Abstract In 1915 a group of New York pacifists and near-pacifists organized the "Anti-militarism Committee" to combat the war spirit of the time. Activities included lobbying, publishing, a lecture campaign, and the establishment of a Civil Liberties Bureau. The most notable achievements were the work in the successful effort to avert war with Mexico in 1916 and the encouragement of opposition to peacetime conscription following World War I. The office was raided by the government and American Union...
Dates: 1915 - 1922

American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts
Scope and Contents

Includes the periodical Toward World Cooperation.

Dates: 1938-1939

Americans Committed to World Responsibility Collected Records

 Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Americans Committed to World Responsibility
Abstract

Collection is primarily printed material; includes correspondence, training manuals, conference proceedings.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-1961

Another Mother for Peace Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-102
Abstract

Another Mother for Peace was a women's peace group born from the antipathy to the war in Vietnam, based in Los Angeles, California. The stated purpose of this non-partison, non-profit organization was "to educate women to take an active role in eliminating war as a means of solving disputes between nations, people and ideologies." AMP closed its offices in January 1986.

Dates: 1964-1978

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Swarthmore College Peace Collection 384
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 6
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 3
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 1
 
Subject
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 144
Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 81
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 41
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 38
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 34
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Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 29
Peace movements -- United States 26
Peace movements -- France -- History -- Sources 21
Peace movements 19
Peace -- Societies, etc. 17
Women and peace -- History -- Sources 17
Antinuclear movement -- United States 13
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 12
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 12
Neutrality -- United States -- History -- Sources 11
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 10
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 9
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 9
Peace -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 9
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County -- History -- Sources 9
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 9
War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 9
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Sources 9
Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
Nuclear disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
Peace -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 8
Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 8
Peace movements -- Massachusetts -- History -- Sources 8
Peace walks and marches -- History -- Sources 8
Youth and peace -- History -- Sources 8
Arbitration (International law) -- History -- Sources 7
Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979- -- Sources 7
Peace movements -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 7
Peace movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 7
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
Delaware County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 6
Disarmament -- History -- Sources 6
Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
International organization -- History -- Sources 6
Nuclear arms control -- United States 6
Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 6
Nuclear disarmament -- United States 6
Nuclear nonproliferation -- United States 6
Pacifism -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 6
Peace movements -- New England -- History -- Sources 6
Women and peace 6
Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
Direct action -- History -- Sources 5
Disarmament 5
Nonviolence 5
Nuclear disarmament 5
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 5
Peace -- Religious aspects 5
Peace movements -- Europe -- History -- Sources 5
Peace movements -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 5
Peace walks and marches 5
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 5
Society of Friends -- Peace testimony 5
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Sources 5
Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 4
Nonviolence -- France -- History -- Sources 4
Nuclear facilities -- Environmental aspects -- United States 4
Pacifism -- France -- History -- Sources 4
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 4
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 4
Peace movements -- Great Britain 4
Peace movements -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 4
Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 4
Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Student movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Students -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 4
Suffragists -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
United States 4
United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America 4
Women and peace -- United States 4
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 3
Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Antinuclear movement 3
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 3
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Disarmament -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 3
Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Human rights -- Central America -- History -- Sources 3
Internationalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980- -- Sources 3
Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 3
Nonviolence -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifism 3
Pacifism -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifists -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifists -- United States 3
Peace movements -- California -- History -- Sources 3
Peace movements -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 3
Peace movements -- Germany 3
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Language
English 366
French 31
German 12
Esperanto 2
Italian 2
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Names
American Friends Service Committee 18
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 18
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 15
Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 14
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 14
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War Resisters League 13
Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 12
Lyttle, Bradford 12
Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 10
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 9
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 9
Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 8
Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 8
Willoughby, George, pacifist 8
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 7
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 7
Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 7
Kaufman, Abraham 7
Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 7
Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 7
Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 7
Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 6
American Peace Society 6
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 6
Committee for Nonviolent Action 6
Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 6
Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 6
McReynolds, David 6
Newton, Ray 6
Pickus, Robert 6
Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 6
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 6
Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 5
Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 5
Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 5
Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 5
Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 5
Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 5
League of Nations 5
Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 5
Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937 5
National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) 5
Omaha Action (Project) 5
Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 5
Turn Toward Peace (Organization) 5
War Resisters' International 5
Weiss, Cora, 1934- 5
Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 4
Brown, H. Runham (Herbert Runham), 1879-1949 4
Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 4
Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006 4
Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 4
DiGia, Ralph 4
Emergency Peace Campaign (U.S.) 4
Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 4
Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988 4
Golden Rule (Ketch) 4
Hassler, Alfred, 1910- 4
Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 4
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 4
Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973 4
Reynolds, Earle L. 4
Shivers, Lynne 4
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998 4
Universal Peace Union 4
Walker, Charles C. 4
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 4
World Without War Council 4
A Quaker Action Group 3
American League against War and Fascism 3
Berrigan, Daniel 3
Bigelow, Albert, 1906- 3
Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 3
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 3
Camp, Kay 3
Cousins, Norman 3
Davidov, Marv 3
Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 3
Drevet, Camille 3
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 3
Finch, Henry Le Roy 3
Forest, Jim (James H.) 3
Fry, A. Ruth (Anna Ruth), 1878-1962 3
Gara, Larry 3
Gottlieb, Edward P. 3
Gottlieb, Sanford 3
Hassler, Alfred, 1910-1991 3
Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 3
Keep America Out of War Congress 3
Keys, Donald 3
Lakey, George 3
Lazarus, Frieda Langer 3
Lens, Sidney 3
Levering, Robert, 1944- 3
Meacham, Stewart 3
National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (U.S.) 3
National Peace Conference (U.S.) 3
New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam 3
Olmsted, Allen S. (Allen Seymour), 1888-1977 3
Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 3
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