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American Peace Test Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-197
Abstract
In 1985 six members of the National FREEZE Campaign founded American Peace Test as a direct, non violent action campaign to protest the testing of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site, near Las Vegas, Nevada. The first large scale action took place in 1986, drawing large crowds of protesters. Protests throughout the 1980s continued to draw larger numbers of protesters and the support of some nationally known celebrities and politicians. In the early 1990s American Peace Test regrouped,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985-1994
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American People's Mobilization Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American People's Mobilization
Overview
In 1940, the Committee to Defend America by Keeping Out of War sponsored an Emergency Peace Mobilization conference held in Chicago (Illinois). It was attended by over 20,000 people. Out of this conference came the American Peace Mobilization, a nonprofit organization which aimed to "keep us out of war and . . . preserve and extend our democracy." Over the months of its existence, the APM -- through its literature, lobbying efforts, and conferences -- continued to press for nonintervention...
Dates:
1940-1941
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American School Citizenship League Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American School Citizenship League
Overview
Founded in 1908 by Fannie Fern Andrews, the American School Peace League was intended to promote peace by introducing principles of international justice and fraternity into the curricula of U.S. schools. The League distributed circulars, leaflets and booklets for classroom use, including poetry, endorsements for peace from statesmen and military leaders, accounts of peace activity, information regarding other peoples and cultures, and a series of programs designed to further the message of...
Dates:
1908-1930
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Servicemen's Union Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Servicemen's Union
Dates:
1969-1971
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Union Against Militarism Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-004
Overview
In 1915 a group of New York pacifists and near-pacifists organized the "Anti-militarism Committee" to combat the war spirit of the time. Activities included lobbying, publishing, a lecture campaign, and the establishment of a Civil Liberties Bureau. The most notable achievements were the work in the successful effort to avert war with Mexico in 1916 and the encouragement of opposition to peacetime conscription following World War I. The office was raided by the government and American Union...
Dates:
1915 - 1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts
Scope and Contents
Includes the periodical Toward World Cooperation.
Dates:
1938-1939
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Veterans Committee Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Veterans Committee
Dates:
1947-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
American Women for Peace Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Women for Peace
Scope and Contents
Materials include releases, leaflets, and the periodical Peacemaker.
Dates:
1950-1953
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Americans Committed to World Responsibility Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Americans Committed to World Responsibility
Abstract
Collection is primarily printed material; includes correspondence, training manuals, conference proceedings.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960-1961
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Americans for Peace Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Americans for Peace
Dates:
1942-1951
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- 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
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- Education -- United States 16
- Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- Sources 16
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- Quakers -- Family relationships 16
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- 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
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- Education 12
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- 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
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- Language
- English 1063
- German 2
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- 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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