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Bent Andresen Collected Papers
Bent Andresen registered as a conscientious objector (CO) during World War Two and was sent to a Civilian Public Service in 1944. Andresen participated in a guinea pig project in which he and several other COs lived in a refrigerated room for three months to test the impact of a high-protein diet on cold-weather conditions. He went AWOL in 1945 and was sentenced to two years in prison. Andreson was involved in various peace and justice groups throughout his lifetime.
Bennett W. Andrews and Florence N. Andrews Papers
Bennett Andrews was an absolutist conscientious objector during World War II. He served a five year sentence Danbury Prison, a federal penitentiary, in Connecticut. There he worked in a number of positions in the prison. Bennett Andrews was released from prison on July 11, 1946 and received amnesty from President Truman in 1947. Florence Andrews (born in 1913) married Bennett on July 22, 1938. She was also a strong pacifist, who fully supported her husband's C.O. stance.
Fannie Fern Andrews Collected Papers
Fannie Fern Phillips Andrews founded the American School Peace League (which changed its name to the American School Citizenship League in 1919). She was also a founding member of the Woman's Peace Party, and was one of the delegates to the International Committee of the International Congress of Women at The Hague in 1915. She was appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as a delegate to international conferences on education in 1934 and 1936.
Anna Garlin Spencer Papers
Another Mother for Peace Records
Another Mother for Peace was a women's peace group born from the antipathy to the war in Vietnam, based in Los Angeles, California. The stated purpose of this non-partison, non-profit organization was "to educate women to take an active role in eliminating war as a means of solving disputes between nations, people and ideologies." AMP closed its offices in January 1986.
"The Contribution of the Quakers to the Reconstruction of the Southern States"
Anti-Enlistment League Collected Records
Anti-Imperialist League Collected Records
Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick Collected Records
Collection includes brochures and flyers, printed correspondence, and pamphlets about the Appeal and Vigil; also includes two short unpublished histories of Fort Detrick, and news clippings about Fort Detrick's conversion in 1969 from offensive biological warfare to cancer research.
Constance Applebee papers
Constance Applebee introduced the sport of field hockey to the US and was for many years the director of physical education at Bryn Mawr College. Her papers occupy ten boxes and contain miscellaneous correspondence, memorabilia, sports programs, and publications that probably belonged to her
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- Swarthmore College Peace Collection 628
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- 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
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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