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American Friends Service Committee Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Friends Service Committee
Abstract
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was set up in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States.
Dates:
1917-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Friends Service Committee, Committee on Rights of Conscience Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-006
Overview
Contains the records of American Friends Service Committee, Committee on Rights of Conscience, 1955-1962, including minutes and other supporting documents. Persons represented include Faith Bissell, Miriam E. Brailey, Harrop Freeman, Frederick Fuges, Alan Howe, Mary Knowles, Patrick M. Malin, Roland Pennock, Sara Pickus, Harry B. Sprogell, Frederick B. Tolles, and John T. Watkins.
Dates:
1955-1962
American Interracial Peace Committee Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Interracial Peace Committee
Scope and Contents
Contains pamphlets and leaflets. Five items.
Dates:
1928-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Ladies Pocket Book
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-053
Scope and Content note
This collection is comprised of the single volume, anonymous "American Ladies Pocket Book" for 1799. The small printed volume includes an almanac, lyrics to popular songs, dance steps, rules concerning dress and conversation, and short stories about various moral topics. Many of the entries in the blank pages of the pocket book record amounts paid for various dry goods, and are dated from 1815-1817.
Dates:
1799, 1815-1817
American League for Peace and Democracy Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American League for Peace and Democracy
Overview
The American League against War and Fascism changed its name in 1937 to American League for Peace and Democracy (ALPD). It was a coalition of liberal and left-wing organizations united to oppose war and the fascist governments in Europe. It disbanded in 1940.
Dates:
1933-1939
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American League to Limit Armaments Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American League to Limit Armaments
Dates:
December 18, 1914-circa 1915
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Neutral Conference Committee Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Neutral Conference Committee
Dates:
1916-1917
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Peace and Arbitration League Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Peace and Arbitration League
Dates:
1909-1914
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-003
Overview
In the 1820s William Ladd of the Maine Peace Society suggested that the regional US peace societies become associated in a national organization. As a result, the peace societies of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) merged in May 1828 to form the American Peace Society [APS]. The stated purpose of the American Peace Society was to "promote permanent international peace through justice; and to advance in every proper way the general use of...
Dates:
1828-1947
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Peace Terms Committee Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Peace Terms Committee
Dates:
1944-1953
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Swarthmore College Peace Collection 628
- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 210
- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 200
- Bryn Mawr College 25
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 5
- Subject
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 144
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 114
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 80
- Quakers -- History 76
- diaries 70
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 67
- Quakers 62
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 62
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 58
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 54
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 54
- Quakers -- Diaries 54
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 54
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 48
- Quaker women -- United States 42
- Women and peace -- History -- Sources 42
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 32
- correspondence 32
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 31
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 30
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 28
- Quakers -- United States 28
- Neutrality -- United States -- History -- Sources 27
- Peace movements -- United States 26
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Sources 25
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Sources 25
- Antislavery movements -- United States 24
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 24
- Peace movements -- History -- Sources 24
- manuscripts (documents) 23
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 22
- Quaker women 22
- Antinuclear movement -- United States 21
- Pacifists -- United States 21
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Sources 21
- Student movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 20
- Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 19
- War tax resistance -- United States -- History -- Sources 18
- Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 18
- letters (correspondence) 18
- Amnesty -- United States -- History -- Sources 17
- Slavery -- United States 17
- Disarmament -- History -- Sources 16
- Education -- United States 16
- Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 16
- Nuclear disarmament -- History -- Sources 16
- Quakers -- Family relationships 16
- Quakers -- New York (State) 16
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 16
- Conscientious objectors -- United States 15
- Quakers -- Education 15
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 14
- Society of Friends -- Education 14
- Society of Friends -- United States 14
- United States 14
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 14
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Sources 14
- Youth and peace -- History -- Sources 14
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 13
- Nuclear disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 13
- Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 13
- Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources 13
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 13
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 13
- Education 12
- Quakers -- Virginia 12
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- United States -- Sources 12
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 12
- genealogies (histories) 12
- Abolitionists 11
- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century 11
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 11
- Haverford (Pa.) 11
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 11
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 11
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 11
- Suffragists -- United States -- History -- Sources 11
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union 11
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States 11
- Militarism -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
- Motherhood -- United States -- History 10
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 10
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 10
- Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 10
- Peace walks and marches -- History -- Sources 10
- Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources 10
- Quaker abolitionists 10
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States 10
- Women -- Education 10
- Women and peace 10
- Women and religion 10
- Women clergy -- United States -- Diaries 10
- clippings (information artifacts) 10
- Quakers -- Genealogy 9
- Socialists -- United States -- History -- Sources 9
- Women in education 9
- World War, 1939-1945 9
- financial records 9
- Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979- -- Sources 8
- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- Sources 8 ∧ less
- Language
- English 1063
- German 2
- Undetermined 2
- Multiple languages 1
- Names
- American Friends Service Committee 47
- Civilian Public Service 36
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 32
- Swarthmore College 27
- Haverford College 25
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 25
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 22
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 20
- War Resisters League 20
- Bryn Mawr College 19
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 15
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 15
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 15
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 14
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 14
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 14
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 14
- Lyttle, Bradford 13
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 13
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 13
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 12
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 12
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 12
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 12
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 12
- Kaufman, Abraham 11
- Newton, Ray 10
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 10
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 10
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 9
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 9
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 9
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 9
- McReynolds, David 9
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 9
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 9
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 9
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 8
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 8
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 8
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 7
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 7
- Gara, Larry 7
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 7
- Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 7
- Sharpless family 7
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 7
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 7
- Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 7
- A Quaker Action Group 6
- Baer, Gertrude 6
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- 6
- Bromley, Ernest 6
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 6
- Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006 6
- Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 6
- DiGia, Ralph 6
- Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 6
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 6
- Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988 6
- Golden Rule (Ketch) 6
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 6
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 6
- Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 6
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 6
- Pickus, Robert 6
- Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973 6
- Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard) 6
- Reynolds, Earle L. 6
- Roodenko, Igal 6
- Tatum, Arlo D. 6
- Westtown Boarding School 6
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 5
- American Civil Liberties Union 5
- American Peace Society 5
- Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 5
- Berrigan, Daniel 5
- Blake, Katherine Devereux, 1858-1950 5
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 5
- Bromley, Marion, -1996 5
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 5
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 5
- Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 5
- Cary, Stephen G. 5
- Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980 5
- Dewey, John, 1859-1952 5
- Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 5
- Emergency Peace Campaign (U.S.) 5
- Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 5
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 5
- Furnas, Paul J. 5
- Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 5
- Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) 5
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 5
- Houser, George M. 5
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 5
- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 5
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 5
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 5
- National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) 5 ∧ less
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