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Universal Peace Union Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-038
Abstract
The most colorful and important peace organization to rise from the the Civil War was the Universal Peace Union (UPU). This militant band grew out of reaction against compromising tactics which the American Peace Society adopted during the Civil War.
Dates:
1846-1938; Majority of material found within 1867-1923; Majority of material found within 1938
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Weekly Vigil for Peace Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Weekly Vigil for Peace
Dates:
1966-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Norman J. Whitney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-061
Abstract
Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for...
Dates:
1938-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Jayne Tuttle Wilhelm and Paul A. Wilhelm Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Wilhelm, Paul and Jane Tuttle Wilhelm
Abstract
Paul A. Wilhelm (1916- ) served in three Civilian Public Service Units: Camp 3, Patapsco, Md.; Camp 52, Powelsville Maryland; and Camp 49, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) State Hospital. He registered as a Baptist conscientious objector but became a Quaker after his marriage to C. Jayne Tuttle in 1943.
Dates:
1934-1978
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
E. Raymond Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-070
Abstract
E. Raymond Wilson (1896-1987), a Quaker peace lobbyist, helped found the Friends Committee on National Legislation in 1943 and served as its Executive Secretary until 1962. He also helped organize the Committee on Militarism in Education in 1925. From 1931 to 1943, he served as Field and Education Secretary of the Peace Section of the American Friends Service Committee. He was the author of two books.
The papers of E. Raymond Wilson contain personal and professional correspondence,...
Dates:
1914-1987
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Alice Wiser Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-203
Abstract
Alice Wiser was a Quaker and had trained as a social worker and psychological counselor. She dedicated the last ten to fifteen years of her life to both peace and women's rights. Wiser was instrumental in organizing the peace tent for the second United Nations Conference on Women held in Nairobi, Kenya in 1985. After the conference Wiser continued to organize around these issues, traveling around the world to interview women and talk about peace. Wiser died from breast cancer in 1995.
Dates:
1976-1991
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Dorothea E. Woods Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-213
Scope and Contents
Papers include personal items; correspondence; items that document Woods' involvements and efforts; writings; and reference material used for research.
Dates:
1951-2001
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- American Friends Service Committee 13
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- A Quaker Action Group 6
- Lyttle, Bradford 6
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- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 5
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 5
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 5
- Flanagan, Ross, 1934- 4
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 4
- Reynolds, Earle L. 4
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 4
- Walker, Charles C. 4
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 4
- Bigelow, Albert, 1906- 3
- Boardman, Elizabeth Jelinek, 1917- 3
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 3
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 3
- Golden Rule (Ketch) 3
- Lakey, George 3
- Morrison, Norman R., 1933-1965 3
- Newton, Ray 3
- Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard) 3
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 3
- Stern, Lee, 1915-1992 3
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 3
- Young, Wilmer J. 3
- Alexander, Horace Gundry, 1889-1989 2
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 2
- American Friends Service Committee. Peace Section 2
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 2
- Bromley, Ernest 2
- Canadian Friends Service Committee 2
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- Corson, Helen H. 2
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 2
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 2
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 2
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 2
- Friends Mississippi Project 2
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 2
- Horton, Robert, 1900-1991 2
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 2
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 2
- Kaufman, Abraham 2
- Levering, Robert, 1944- 2
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 2
- Lynd, Staughton 2
- Macedonia Cooperative Community 2
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 2
- National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) 2
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2
- Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971 2
- Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons (Organization) 2
- Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 2
- Parkman, Patricia 2
- Paschkis, V. (Victor) 2
- Peace Action Center (Washington, D.C.) 2
- Pfeiffer, Stephen D. 2
- Phoenix (Yacht) 2
- Pickus, Robert 2
- Quaker Project on Community Conflict of the New York Yearly Meeting 2
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 2
- Shivers, Lynne 2
- Snyder, Edward F. 2
- Stewart, Annalee, 1900?- 2
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 2
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 2
- War Resisters League 2
- Woodward, Walter Carleton, 1878-1942 2
- Zietlow, Carl P. 2
- Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 1
- Adler, Friedrich 1
- Ahimsa Farm 1
- Albert, Alfred, 1908- 1
- Allen, Horatio, 1802-1889 1
- Allen, Marie Hollister, 1893-1979 1
- Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 1
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
- Alternatives to Violence Project 1
- American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky 1
- American League against War and Fascism 1
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1
- Anderson, Ross W. 1
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 1
- Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 1
- Angell, Ernest, 1889-1973 1
- Anh, Le Thi 1
- Anthony, Robert L. 1
- Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick (Frederick, Md.) 1
- Apsey, Lawrence S. 1
- Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 1
- Ashley, Bruce 1
- Axford, Roger W. 1
- Ayusawa, Iwao, 1894-1972 1
- Baer, Gertrude 1
- Bagley, Jack L. 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
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