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Allen S. Olmsted II Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-095
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Allen S. Olmsted papers is correspondence (1898-1977). Most of these are carbon copies of letters dictated by Olmsted and filed in subject transfer files at his law offices in Philadelphia and Media (Pennsylvania) [note: there are also many letters from Allen Olmsted in the papers of his wife, Mildred Scott Olmsted (DG 082)]. Correspondents include Brent Dow Allinson, Gertrude Baer, Emily Greene Balch, Roger Nash Baldwin, Witter Brynner, Joseph S. Clark, Sophia H. Dulles,...
Dates:
1898-1986
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-082
Abstract
Mildred Scott Olmsted, peace activist and suffragist, was born in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1890. In 1922, Olmsted became Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). From 1934 onward she assumed national positions with the organization. In 1946, Olmsted became National Administrative Secretary and held that position (until her retirement in 1966. She remained active as Executive Director Emerita of WILPF and also served...
Dates:
1881-1990; Majority of material found within 1907-1990
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Patriotic Peace League Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Patriotic Peace League
Dates:
1916-1917
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Action Center Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-093
Overview
The Peace Action Center began in 1961 as a continuation of the vigil at Fort Detrick, Md. Peace activists had sponsored a continuous vigil as early as 1959 seeking the abandonment of biological weapons and appealed for the conversion of the fort into a world health center. The Peace Action Center included cooperative living quarters for the staff of religious pacifists, mostly Quakers. PAC staff including Lawrence Scott, director, and Jack L. Bagley, Sarah Bishop, Florence Y. Carpenter,...
Dates:
1959-1965
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Action Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-151
Abstract
The Peace Action collection is a continuation of the SANE and SANE Education Fund (DG 58) collection, which also resides at the SCPC (the papers of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign are at the University of Missouri at St. Louis). It documents the merger of SANE and the NWFC, as well as the goals and work of the merged organization, through meeting minutes, correspondence, program files, press clippings and other publicity, statements and communications with Congress and other leaders, as...
Dates:
1986-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Association of Friends in America Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-027
Overview
The Peace Association of Friends in America was organized in 1867 by Orthodox Friends in the New York, Baltimore, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Western and Iowa Yearly Meetings in reaction to the Civil War, with its mission being to convince Friends and others that war was unchristian, inhumane and unnecessary.
Dates:
1868-1944
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Information Center Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peace Information Center
Dates:
1950-1951
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-030
Overview
The Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament was active from 1930 to 1936, chiefly in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Through public opinion and personal contacts, PCTD supporters pressured Congress to support total disarmament, including passage of the Frazier Amendment outlawing war. Other objectives of the Committee included a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, opposition to all preparations and training for war (including ROTC), and support for...
Dates:
1930-1938
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
People's Coalition for Peace and Justice Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-084
Overview
The People's Coalition for Peace and Justice included various peace, anti-poverty, and labor groups. These groups worked together to confront the related issues of war in Southeast Asia and racism, sexism, poverty, and repression in the United States. The People's Coalition for Peace and Justice was founded in 1970 as National Coalition Against War, Racism, and Repression and organized several specific campaigns including People's Peace Treaty, Citizen's Action Pledge, and Nixon Eviction...
Dates:
1970-1974
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peoples Mandate Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-109
Overview
Peoples Mandate to Governments to End War was an international campaign begun on September 6, 1935, by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to express such overwhelming opposition to war that governments would not dare resort to it as a means of solving disputes between nations. By the end of the decade the Peoples Mandate became an independent organization, headed by Mabel Vernon, and focused on peace and connections between women and women's organizations in the...
Dates:
1935-1975; Majority of material found within 1935-1956
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 35
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 8
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 7
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
- Women and peace -- History -- Sources 6
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- Neutrality -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 5
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 4
- Students -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 4
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 3
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Disarmament -- History -- Sources 3
- Disarmament -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 3
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 3
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 3
- Peace -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 3
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 3
- Peace movements -- Europe -- History -- Sources 3
- Suffragists -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- United States 3
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Sources 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Sources 3
- Youth and peace -- History -- Sources 3
- Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Civil rights -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
- College students -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 2
- Loyalty oaths -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Militarism -- History -- Sources 2
- Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace -- Awards -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace movements 2
- Peace movements -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace movements -- Massachusetts -- History -- Sources 2
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- Practice of law -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 2
- Students -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- Sources 2
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- Aiken 1
- African Americans -- Education -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century 1
- Aiken (S.C.) -- Social conditions -- History -- 19th century 1
- Anti-fascist movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Antinuclear movement 1
- Arbitration (International law) -- History -- Sources 1
- Arms control -- History -- Sources 1
- Children's literature -- Awards -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil disobedience 1
- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil rights -- Trial practice -- History -- Sources 1
- Clergy -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
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- College students -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
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- Congresses and conventions -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection 1
- Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Courts -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Courts of last resort -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Demonstrations -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Direct action -- History -- Sources 1
- Disarmament -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
- Disarmament -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
- Education -- South Carolina -- Aiken 1
- Free trade -- History -- Sources 1
- Freedmen -- Education -- South Carolina 1
- Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- International cooperation -- History -- Sources 1
- Internationalism -- History -- Sources 1
- Internationalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Johns Island (S.C.) -- History -- 19th century 1
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- Lawyers -- United States 1
- Lawyers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Literary prizes -- History -- Sources 1
- Lobbying -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Mediation, International -- History -- Sources 1
- Messenger of peace (Richmond, IN : 1870) 1
- Messenger of peace (Richmond, IN : 1900) 1
- Missionaries -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century 1
- Mothers -- Political activity -- History -- Sources 1
- Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
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- English 52
- Undetermined 2
- Names
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 6
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 5
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 5
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 5
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 4
- Lyttle, Bradford 4
- Newton, Ray 4
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 4
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 3
- American Peace Society 3
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 3
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 3
- Hassler, Alfred, 1910- 3
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 3
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 3
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 3
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 3
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 3
- Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 3
- McReynolds, David 3
- Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937 3
- Peck, Sidney M. (Sidney Morris), 1926- 3
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 3
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 3
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 3
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 3
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 3
- Walker, Charles C. 3
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 3
- Affeldt, Allan 2
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 2
- American Friends Service Committee 2
- American Legion 2
- Arnett, Katharine M. (Katharine McCollin) 2
- Baer, Gertrude 2
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 2
- Blake, Katherine Devereux, 1858-1950 2
- Boardman, Elizabeth Jelinek, 1917- 2
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 2
- Brickner, Balfour, 1926-2005 2
- Brown, H. Runham (Herbert Runham), 1879-1949 2
- Byrns, Elinor 2
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 2
- Call, Arthur Deerin, 1869-1941 2
- Camp, Kay 2
- Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 2
- Chalmers, Ruth 2
- Chavez, Daniel 2
- Christian Arbitration and Peace Society 2
- Civilian Public Service 2
- Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006 2
- Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments (1932-1934) (Geneva, Switzerland) 2
- Dewey, John, 1859-1952 2
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 2
- Fernandez, Richard R. (Richard Ritter) 2
- Flanagan, Ross, 1934- 2
- Folsom, Franklin, 1907-1995 2
- Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 2
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 2
- Gara, Larry 2
- Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament (Organization) 2
- Hamilton, Alice, 1869-1970 2
- Hedemann, Ed 2
- Hillyer, Mary W. 2
- International Federation of Students 2
- Kaufman, Abraham 2
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 2
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 2
- Lens, Sidney 2
- Levering, Robert, 1944- 2
- Lloyd, Lola Maverick, 1875-1944 2
- Meacham, Stewart 2
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 2
- Olmsted, Allen S. (Allen Seymour), 1888-1977 2
- PRO-Peace (Organization) 2
- Parkman, Patricia 2
- Post, Alice Thacher, 1853-1947 2
- Samuel, Pat 2
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 2
- Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920 2
- Smiley, Glenn E. 2
- Steffens, Dorothy R. 2
- Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) 2
- Tatum, Arlo D. 2
- Trueblood, Benjamin Franklin, 1847-1916 2
- Turn Toward Peace (Organization) 2
- Uphaus, Willard E. (Willard Edwin), 1890-1983 2
- Vernon, Mabel 2
- Vietnam Summer (Organization) 2
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 2
- Wales, Julia Grace, 1881- 2
- War Resisters League 2
- Wentworth, Lydia G., 1858- 2
- Will, Herman, 1915- 2
- Winsor, Mary, 1869-1956 2
- Wold, Emma, 1871-1950 2
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 2
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 2
- Woolley, Mary Emma, 1863-1947 2
- Young, Ronald J., 1942- 2 ∧ less
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