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Biddle family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-177
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Philadelphia Quaker Owen Biddle (1737-1799), his son, Clement Biddle (1778-1856), and numerous descendants. Owen Biddle, a scientist and merchant, was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799). Owen Biddle's papers, 1772-1793, (Series 1) include correspondence, and journals, some of which relate to his Revolutionary War activities. Three of his letterbooks, 1778-1779, have been microfilmed. The...
Dates:
1793-1951
Broomell-Cleghorn-Fisher Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-278
Abstract
This collection contains material collected by Anna Pettit Broomell and primarily consists of the writings and correspondence of Broomell, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Sarah Cleghorn.
Dates:
1876-1967
Kay Camp Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-169
Abstract
Katherine Lindsley Camp was born in 1918 [1919?], Mt. Kisco New York. She was a graduate of Swarthmore College (Class of 1940). Camp was elected president of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1967, and served as international president, 1974-1980. In addition Camp was founder of the Citizens Bi-Racial Study Group; former president of the Pennsylvania Women's Political Caucus; made unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1972 on the Democratic ticket in...
Dates:
1955-2006
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Helen M. Carroll Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-305
Content Description
Helen Carroll's files related to her peace and social concerns, including some material on Swarthmore borough (inc Swarthmore U. N Committee), the PYM U. N.committee, and other Quaker-related papers.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1955-1992
Francoise W. Douwes Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Douwes, Francoise Wilhelmina
Scope and Contents
This collection of papers is primarily about Douwes' activism with WILPF and other organizations.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985-2005
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Fellowship of Peace Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Fellowship of Peace
Dates:
1931-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
From the Women of Philadelphia U.S.A. in Answer to the Friendly Address of the Women of Exeter, England, on the Subject of Peace
Item — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-From the women of Philadelphia U.S.A.
Abstract
Handwritten draft of a reply to an address from women of Exeter, England, in response to their plea urging their American sisters to help prevent war between England and the United States. This draft, of which the final version no longer exists, warns that a mother could sow the seed of blood-thirsty ambition in her son "when in his childish hours she gave him tiny weapons, and taught him how to mimic war's murderous game." Signed by Lucretia Mott. The reply, which was sent to England and is...
Dates:
1846
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Violet Oakley Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Oakley, Violet
Dates:
1933-1979; Majority of material found within 1933-1942
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Philadelphia Women for Peace Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Philadelphia Women for Peace
Dates:
1951-1954
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Friends Peace Committee and its predecessors (1891-2015)
Collection — othertype: SW/Phy/770
Identifier: QM-Phy-770
Abstract
The Friends Peace Committee (FPC) of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was formed in 1933 by the merger of similar committees that had been established in 1892 by the Race Street Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) and in 1916 by the Arch Street Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in Philadelphia. Since 1933, the committee has undergone a series of structural changes, perhaps most strikingly under the direction of Executive Secretary George Hardin from 1949-1973. There are a number of different subcommittees under...
Dates:
1891-2007
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