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War Resisters' International Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-039
Abstract
The War Resisters' International was founded at Bilthoven, Netherlands, in 1921 by representative pacifists from that country, Germany, Austria and Great Britain. The War Resisters' International was never more than a coordinating body in its relationship to affiliated groups.
Dates:
1923-1976
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
War Resisters League Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-040
Abstract
The War Resisters League is a pacifist organization whose members are against all war. Witnessing the establishment of the War Resisters' International in Europe in 1921, and sensing a need for a similar organization in the United States, Dr. Jessie Wallace Hughan established the War Resisters League as an independent organization. The War Resisters League membership pledge, which has remained essentially unchanged since its inception, reads: "The War Resisters League affirms that war is a...
Dates:
1923-2013
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Washington Pacifist Fellowship Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Washington Pacifist Fellowship
Dates:
1943-1970; Majority of material found within 1947-1964
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Washington Peace Center Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-252
Abstract
The Washington Peace Center was formed in 1963 upon the dissolution of the Peace Action Center of Washington, D.C. The organization seeks to educate the public on peace issues through youth programs, conscientious objector/draft counseling, film screenings, speakers, workshops on peace topics, discussions, and the publication of a newsletter. Its mission statement as of 2013 includes : "The Washington Peace Center is an anti-racist, grassroots, multi-issue organization working for peace,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960-2013
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Cora Weiss Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-222
Abstract
Cora Weiss is a peace and social justice leader and activist. She is a supporter of the United Nations, an early member of Women Strike for Peace, a leader in the anti-Vietnam war movement in the United States. In the 1970s Weiss was the director of the Riverside Church (New York, NY) Disarmament Program. Weiss was also active with SANE, SANE/Freeze, Peace Action, and The Hague Appeal for Peace. Weiss became president of the International Peace Bureau in 2000. She has always been active in...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Weston-Super-Mare Peace Society Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Weston-Super-Mare Peace Society
Dates:
1910-1941
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Win the Peace Now Committee Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Win the Peace Now Committee
Dates:
1942-1943
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Mary Winsor Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Winsor, Mary
Dates:
1906-1951; Majority of material found within 1922-1947
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Wisbech Local Peace Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-042
Abstract
Priscilla Hannah Peckover (1833-1931) devoted much of her life toward mobilization for peace. In 1879 she formed the Wisbech Peace Association to promote the development of women in work for peace. This group of men and women became a center for peace activity in Great Britain. They concentrated on establishing peace by means of arbitration and disarmament, based on Christian theology.
Dates:
1880-1931
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Swarthmore College Peace Collection 384
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- 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
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 29
- Peace movements -- United States 26
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- 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 + ∧ less
- Language
- English 367
- French 31
- German 12
- Esperanto 2
- Italian 2
- 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
- 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 + ∧ less
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