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Women's Committee to Oppose Conscription Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-068
Overview
This group was originally named the Committee to Oppose the Conscription of Women [WCOC], and then the National Committee to Oppose the Conscription of Women. It was formed in 1942 to protest the Austin-Wadsworth legislative bills and similar measures, which proposed that American women be drated into a civilian workforce for the duration of World War II. When the immediate threat of drafting women had passed, the group changed its name again, this time to the Women's Committee to Oppose...
Dates:
1942-1948
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Women's Exercise and Athletic Resource collection
Collection
Identifier: HCQ-003-129
Overview
The collection contains leaflet with information about the club's activities.
Dates:
1997
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-043
Abstract
Includes minutes, resolutions and general historical records; anniversary celebrations, committee minutes, literature and releases; office files from the legislative office, the finance and the executive director; includes miscellaneous records from branches, including New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, among others; a large correspondence file includes general office correspondence as well as that of the National Organizational Secretary, the Washington Legislative Secretary, and...
Dates:
1915-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Women's National Indian Association correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-181
Overview
This collection contains correspondence from Quakers and pamphlets regarding the Women's National Indian Association.
Dates:
1899-1900
Women's Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-106
Overview
Women's Peace Society was not interested in using political or economic means to end what it termed "war-madness". Rather, its members chose educational methods such as handing out literature, participating in demonstrations, speaking at public events, and holding school contests. In August 1921, it sponsored a conference at Niagara Falls where it cooperated with Canadian peace women in starting the Women's Peace Union of the Western Hemisphere. The Women's Peace Union chose to work...
Dates:
1914-1933; Majority of material found within 1914-1933
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Women's Peace Union: U.S. Branch Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-044
Overview
The Women's Peace Union was founded in August 1921 to encourage the formation of a peace group to encompass all the women of the western hemisphere, to work for complete disarmament and the abolition of all constitutional and legal sanctions for war. Records in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection are those of the United States branch.
Dates:
1921-1940
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Women's Suffrage Ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M88
Overview
The Women's Suffrage Ephemera collection includes a variety of ephemera related to the fight for women's suffrage dating from c. 1910 until the early 1920s.
Dates:
1890 - 1920
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
Adelaide Hallock Wood family papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-337
Overview
The collection contains materials which descended in the family of Daniel Wood (1729-1773), Quakers of Bristol, Massachusetts, and New York State. It includes family bibles with annotations, an essay book kept by Adelaide Hallock Wood when a student at the Oakwood School, genealogical research on the Wood and Hallock families, transcripts, notes, and a small number of family photographs.
Dates:
1746 - 2017
Anna Wharton Wood collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-958
Overview
The collection of Quaker Anna Wharton Wood includes letters of several 18th century Friends, a petition by English Friends, epistles, testimonies, and other miscellaneous items.
Dates:
1741 - 1853
Carolena M. Wood papers
Collection — othertype: SC-240
Identifier: SFHL-SC-240
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence concerning Quaker organizations, obituary and memorial notices, and papers which reflect Carolena Wood's participation in Quaker organizations. A letter from John Nicholson describes Friends work with the Seneca Indians, 1900.
Dates:
Majority of material found within ca. 1900-1909
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- Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 1887
- Swarthmore College Peace Collection 1149
- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 1104
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 781
- Bryn Mawr College 237
- Subject
- Quakers -- History 586
- Quakers 562
- correspondence 350
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania 245
- manuscripts (documents) 222
- diaries 204
- letters (correspondence) 193
- Quakers -- Social life and customs 178
- Haverford (Pa.) 146
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 144
- Quaker women 141
- Quakers -- Diaries 135
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 125
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 114
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Haverford 112
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 97
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 95
- photographs 91
- Quakers -- Family relationships 90
- commonplace books 86
- financial records 85
- Student publications 84
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 80
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 80
- minutes (administrative records) 80
- Quakers -- Education 77
- Quakers -- New York (State) 74
- Quakers -- Travel 74
- scrapbooks 73
- Women and peace -- History -- Sources 72
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey 71
- Society of Friends -- Education 69
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 67
- Poetry 66
- clippings (information artifacts) 64
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 62
- Society of Friends -- Delaware 61
- Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 61
- genealogies (histories) 59
- Quakers -- New Jersey 58
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 58
- Society of Friends -- Maryland 58
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources 54
- account books 49
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Chester County 48
- Quakers -- Societies, etc. 47
- travel literature 47
- emails 45
- Quaker businesspeople 44
- Quaker women -- United States 42
- Peace movements -- History -- Sources 41
- Society of Friends -- Charities 40
- Quakers -- Great Britain 39
- Church controversies -- Society of Friends 37
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 37
- photograph albums 37
- Education 36
- Swarthmore (Pa.) 36
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- Dutchess County 35
- Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 34
- autograph albums 34
- Indians of North America 33
- Society of Friends -- War relief and reconstruction 33
- World War, 1939-1945 33
- Chester County (Pa.) -- Genealogy 32
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 32
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 31
- Quakers -- Genealogy 31
- Society of Friends -- Indian affairs 31
- Society of Friends -- New Jersey -- Burlington County 31
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) 31
- notebooks 31
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources 30
- Literature 30
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- Westchester County 30
- autobiographies (documents) 30
- newsletters 30
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County 29
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County 29
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 29
- family papers 29
- Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 28
- Quakers -- United States 28
- Society of Friends -- Doctrines 28
- Disarmament -- History -- Sources 27
- Neutrality -- United States -- History -- Sources 27
- lecture notes 27
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 26
- Peace movements -- United States 26
- Reports 26
- Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania 26
- World War, 1914-1918 26
- Bucks County (Pa.) -- Genealogy 25
- International organization -- History -- Sources 25
- Peace -- Study and teaching -- History -- Sources 25
- Quakers -- Maryland 25
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs 25
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- New York 25
- Student Activities 25
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Sources 25 ∧ less
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- English 5087
- French 42
- German 15
- Spanish; Castilian 9
- Latin 6
- Italian 3
- Multiple languages 3
- Undetermined 3
- Chinese 2
- Czech 2
- Russian 2
- Welsh 2
- No linguistic content; Not applicable 2
- Arabic 1
- Dutch; Flemish 1
- English, Middle (1100-1500) 1
- French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) 1
- Germanic languages 1
- German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500) 1
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
- Norwegian 1
- Persian 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Haverford College 296
- Swarthmore College 174
- American Friends Service Committee 125
- Bryn Mawr College 102
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Library 47
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 44
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 43
- Civilian Public Service 41
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 38
- Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 37
- Westtown Boarding School 36
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 32
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 31
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 29
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 28
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 27
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 26
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 25
- Fox, George 25
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 24
- Penn, William, 1644-1718 22
- War Resisters League 21
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 21
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 19
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 19
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 19
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 18
- Friends General Conference (U.S.) 18
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 18
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 17
- League of Nations 17
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 17
- United Nations 17
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 16
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 15
- Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 15
- Haverford College. Office of the President 15
- Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 15
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 15
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 15
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 15
- Woolman, John, 1720-1772 15
- Adelman, Seymour, 1906-1985 14
- Cope family 14
- Jones, Mary Hoxie 14
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 14
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 14
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 14
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 14
- Taylor family 14
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 13
- Lloyd family 13
- Lyttle, Bradford 13
- Pemberton, John, 1727-1795 13
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 12
- Friends World Committee for Consultation 12
- Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 12
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 12
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 12
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 12
- Kaufman, Abraham 12
- Morris family 12
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 12
- Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820 11
- Evans family 11
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 11
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 11
- Pemberton, James, 1723-1809 11
- Sharpless family 11
- Smith family 11
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 11
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 11
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 10
- Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 10
- Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809 10
- Earlham College 10
- Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 10
- George School (Bucks County, Pa.) 10
- Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 10
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1955) 10
- Newton, Ray 10
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 10
- Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920 10
- Smith, Daniel B. 10
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 9
- Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 9
- Brown family 9
- Bryn Mawr College Library 9
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 9
- Cooper family 9
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 9
- Elkinton family 9
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 9
- Fothergill, Samuel 9
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 9
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 9
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 9
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 9
- Jones family 9
- Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 9 ∧ less
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