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Devere Allen Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-053
Abstract
Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.
Dates:
1809-1978; Majority of material found within 1910-1955
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Atlantic City Conference for Peaceworkers Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Atlantic City Conference for Peaceworkers
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, minutes, and related printed materials.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1945-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Ellen Starr Brinton Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-051
Abstract
Ellen Starr Brinton (1886-1954), Quaker, feminist and internationalist, served as the first curator of the Jane Addams Peace Collection (later the Swarthmore College Peace Collection) from 1935 until her retirement in 1951.
Dates:
1895-1980; Majority of material found within 1933-1954
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Elihu Burritt Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-096
Abstract
Elihu Burritt was born on December 10, 1810, in New Britain, Connecticut, into a working class family. He attended school briefly, but was largely self-educated. Burritt became a blacksmith to support himself, but he continued to study languages at night. Word of his erudition spread; he became known as the "Learned Blacksmith", and was offered opportunities to speak in public. While writing a lecture on "The Anatomy of the Earth", he was so impressed by the interdependency of its parts that...
Dates:
1840-1965; Majority of material found within 1841-1878
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Kay Camp Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-169
Abstract
Katherine Lindsley Camp was born in 1918 [1919?], Mt. Kisco New York. She was a graduate of Swarthmore College (Class of 1940). Camp was elected president of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1967, and served as international president, 1974-1980. In addition Camp was founder of the Citizens Bi-Racial Study Group; former president of the Pennsylvania Women's Political Caucus; made unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1972 on the Democratic ticket in...
Dates:
1955-2006
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Civil Defense Protest Committee Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Civil Defense Protest Committee
Scope and Contents
Collection includes meeting minutes, correspondence, legal documents, pamphlets, publicity materials, and newspaper clippings; the bulk of the collection is from 1955.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1955-1962
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
David Cortright Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-101
Abstract
David Cortright is an anuthor and antimilitarist. He was a co-founder of GI's United Against the War in Vietnam. After the early 1970s Cortright led several peace organizations, including SANE, Inc. and SANE/FREEZE. Cortright current serves as president of the Fourth Freedom Forum [ca. 1996 - date].
Dates:
1968 -
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Ann Morrissett Davidon and William C. Davidon Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-144
Abstract
Ann Morrissett Davidon (1925-2004), was a writer, editor, educator, pacifist and peace activist through her entire life. William Cooper Davidon(1927- 2013), was a professor of physics at Haverford College and (retired 1994), pacifist, peace activist. The two were married in 1963 and both continued to be very active in peace, pacifist, anti-Vietnam War, and social justice organizations. They advocated and practiced war-tax resistance. In 1971, William Davidon was named an "unindicted...
Dates:
1949-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edward W. Evans Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-122
Abstract
Edward Wyatt Evans (1882-1976) was a lifelong member of the Germantown (Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting and was active in the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Evans was instrumental in the founding of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Fellowship of Reconcilation), and was the executive secretary from 1916-1919. During the 1920s, he was also active in educational and peace programs of the Society of Friends.
Dates:
1916-1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
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- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 4
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 4
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 4
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 3
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 3
- Camp, Kay 3
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- DiGia, Ralph 3
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 3
- Kaufman, Abraham 3
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- Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970 2
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 2
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 2
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 2
- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 2
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 2
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- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 2
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 2
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- Socialist Party (U.S.) 2
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- Swarthmore College. Peace Collection 2
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- Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 2
- Aberman, Sidney 1
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- Allen, Horatio, 1802-1889 1
- Allen, Marie Hollister, 1893-1979 1
- Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 1
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- American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky 1
- American Friends Reconstruction Unit 1
- American Friends Service Committee. New England Regional Office 1
- American League against War and Fascism 1
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- Anderson, Jervis 1
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 1
- Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 1
- Annual Training Institute in Non-Violence, Grindstone Island (Portland, Ontario, Canada) 1
- Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) 1
- Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 1
- Arnett, Katharine M. (Katharine McCollin) 1
- Art for World Friendship (Organization) 1
- Atlantic City Conference for Peaceworkers 1
- Baer, Gertrude 1
- Barr, Allen H. 1
- Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin), 1874-1948 1
- Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952 1
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