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Emergency Peace Campaign Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-012
Abstract
Initiated in late 1935 by the American Friends Service Committee and other pacifists; originally planned as a two-year campaign to rally peace, religious, labor, African-American and student groups; aim was to organize a national campaign to promote peace principles in the face of preparation for war in Europe, and to keep the United States out of war; may have been preceded by the Emergency Peace Committee (1931-1933), though this has not been documented. The first EPC office opened in...
Dates:
1936-1937
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Emergency Peace Committee Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Emergency Peace Committee
Dates:
1931-1933
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Emergency Peace Federation Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Emergency Peace Federation
Abstract
The Emergency Peace Federation was organized to oppose U.S. drift into the the first world war. In July 1917 the Federation merged with the People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace.
Dates:
1914-1917
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
Evansville Peace Council Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Evansville Peace Council
Dates:
1940-1943
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Fair Lawn Committee for Peace in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Fair Lawn Committee for Peace-Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
Abstract
The Fair Lawn community in New Jersey founded the Committee for Peace in Vietnam on March 1, 1967. The organization began building local support for alternative solutions to the conflict in Vietnam. The organization's membership grew to 200+ families in the six years that followed. On October 26, 1973, the group announced its plans to disband.
Dates:
1967-1973
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Federation Against War Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Federation Against War
Dates:
1921
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-013
Abstract
The Fellowship of Reconciliation in the U.S. was founded in 1915 by Christian pacifists. The organization, whose members are now drawn from many religious groups, seeks to apply principles of peace and social justice and non-violent social change to issues such as disarmament, conscription, race relations, economic justice, and civil liberties.
Dates:
1915-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Flushing Peace Society Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Flushing Peace Society
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, minutes (1923-1926), memorial tributes to Grace Keese Hubbard (d. 1933), and newspapers clippings. Correspondents include Frederick J. Libby and Grace Keese Hubbard.
Dates:
1923-1944; Majority of material found within 1923-1933
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Swarthmore College Peace Collection 217
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- Subject
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 144
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- 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
- Peace movements -- History -- Sources 24
- Antinuclear movement -- United States 13
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 12
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 12
- Women and peace -- History -- Sources 12
- Neutrality -- United States -- History -- Sources 11
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
- 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 walks and marches -- History -- Sources 8
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 7
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 7
- Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979- -- Sources 6
- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
- Disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
- Nuclear arms control -- United States 6
- Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 6
- Nuclear disarmament -- United States 6
- Nuclear nonproliferation -- United States 6
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 6
- Peace movements 6
- Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 6
- Youth and peace -- History -- Sources 6
- Peace -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 5
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 5
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Sources 5
- Direct action -- History -- Sources 4
- Nuclear facilities -- Environmental aspects -- United States 4
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- Sources 4
- Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 4
- Peace movements -- Massachusetts -- History -- Sources 4
- Political activists -- United States -- History -- Sources 4
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 4
- Society of Friends -- Peace testimony 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
- Antinuclear movement -- History -- Sources 3
- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 3
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Disarmament -- 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
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources 3
- Pacifists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 3
- Pacifists -- United States 3
- Peace movements -- Europe -- History -- Sources 3
- Peace movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources 3
- Peace walks and marches 3
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 3
- Socialism -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 3
- Women and peace 3
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 3
- Anti-fascist movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Arms control -- History -- Sources 2
- Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States 2
- Civil rights -- United States 2
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- College students -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Conscientious objection -- United States 2
- Conscientious objectors -- United States 2
- Disarmament 2
- Disarmament -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Economic conversion -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Human rights -- Latin America -- History -- Sources 2
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Protest movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 2
- Labor -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Lawyers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 2
- Lobbying -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Mennonites -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Militarism -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- Nonviolence -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
- Nuclear disarmament 2
- Pacifism -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 2
- Peace -- Religious aspects 2
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History -- Sources 2 + ∧ less
- Language
- German 4
- French 2
- Spanish; Castilian 2
- Esperanto 1
- Italian 1
- Names
- American Friends Service Committee 17
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 17
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 15
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 13
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 12
- Lyttle, Bradford 12
- War Resisters League 12
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 9
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 9
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 9
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 8
- 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
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 7
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 7
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 6
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 6
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 6
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 6
- Kaufman, Abraham 6
- McReynolds, David 6
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 6
- Newton, Ray 6
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 6
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 6
- American Peace Society 5
- Omaha Action (Project) 5
- Pickus, Robert 5
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 5
- Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006 4
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 4
- DiGia, Ralph 4
- Emergency Peace Campaign (U.S.) 4
- Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 4
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 4
- Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988 4
- Golden Rule (Ketch) 4
- Hassler, Alfred, 1910- 4
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 4
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 4
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 4
- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 4
- Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 4
- Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937 4
- National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) 4
- Reynolds, Earle L. 4
- Shivers, Lynne 4
- Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998 4
- Turn Toward Peace (Organization) 4
- Walker, Charles C. 4
- Weiss, Cora, 1934- 4
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 4
- A Quaker Action Group 3
- American League against War and Fascism 3
- Berrigan, Daniel 3
- Bigelow, Albert, 1906- 3
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 3
- Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 3
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 3
- Camp, Kay 3
- Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 3
- Cousins, Norman 3
- Davidov, Marv 3
- Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 3
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 3
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 3
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 3
- Forest, Jim (James H.) 3
- Gara, Larry 3
- Gottlieb, Edward P. 3
- Gottlieb, Sanford 3
- Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 3
- Hassler, Alfred, 1910-1991 3
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 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
- New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam 3
- Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 3
- Peck, Sidney M. (Sidney Morris), 1926- 3
- People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace 3
- Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 3
- Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973 3
- Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard) 3
- Roodenko, Igal 3
- San Francisco to Moscow Walk for Peace 3
- Socialist Party (U.S.) 3
- Swann, Marjorie 3
- Trueblood, Benjamin Franklin, 1847-1916 3
- Vietnam Summer (Organization) 3 + ∧ less
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