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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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Mary Jo and Walter Uphoff Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Uphoff, Mary Jo and Walter
Abstract
Mary Jo Uphoff was involved with Youth Committee Against War (of the Keep America Out of War Congress). Walter Uphoff was a labor historian and author of Kohler On Strike.
Dates:
1934-1991
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
U.S. Peace Council Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-153
Abstract
The U.S. Peace Council National Founding Conference was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9-11, 1979. The organization was headquartered in New York, New York until 1990, then moved to Philadelphia. It was formed as a "peace and solidarity network" and published the periodical Peace and Solidarity. The U.S. Peace Council was affiliated with the World Peace Council, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. ThePhiladelphia national headquarters closed in 1992, but some operations were...
Dates:
1979-1992
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
James William Van Kirk Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Van Kirk, James W.
Scope and Contents
Collection includes a flag, seals illustrating the flag, leaflets and printed items, and a manuscript letter from James Van Kirk.
Dates:
1917-1942; Majority of material found within 1937-1942
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Veterans for Peace in Vietnam Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Veterans for Peace in Vietnam
Dates:
1965-1980; Majority of material found within 1968-1975
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Veterans for Peace, Inc. Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-240
Abstract
Veterans For Peace, Inc. (VFP) is an educational and humanitarian organization dedicated to the abolishment of war. VFP iss comprised primarily of veterans of the United States military, but non-veterans may also join as associate members. VFP's statement of purpose (as of 2010) states that their mission is: "To increase public awareness of the costs of war; to restrain the U.S. government from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations; to end the arms race...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Vietnam Summer Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-067
Abstract
Vietnam Summer was a nationwide project designed to reach concerned citizens throughout the United States and to weld them into an organized and active constituency against the war in Vietnam. Martin Luther King, Jr., Benjamin Spock and others launched the project nationally on April 23, 1967. From headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. co-directors Richard R. Fernandez and Lee D. Webb coordinated the efforts of 500 paid staff members and over 26,000 volunteers in about 700 local projects. Vietnam...
Dates:
1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Walk for Peace Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Walk for Peace
Dates:
1958
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Walkabout Peace and Justice Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-162
Abstract
Walkabout Peace and Justice was first organized in 1985 in Davis, California, as an experimental project to provide a source of information for the peace-walking community. The group sponsored walks in support of issues related to peace and social justice; acted as a clearinghouse to provide information about other peace walks, mainly through its journal, Walkabout Peace and Justice. It's most siginficant organizer was Barbara Hirshkowitz, who later became a participant in New Society...
Dates:
1981-1992
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection