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Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Youth Congress
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World's Court League
Abstract
A short-lived organization that wished to develop a world's court of arbitration directly after World War I.
Dates:
1915-1917
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-11-019
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a playbill, magazines, and flyers from the Brussels World’s Fair in 1958. Much of the content is in reference to the American Pavilion, a part of which still stands today in Belgium. There is also information regarding the controversial “Unfinished Work” exhibition, focusing on race in America at the time.
Dates:
1958 - 1967
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World's Peace Jubilee
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Worldwide Peace Day Foundation
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1224
Abstract
Jay Wesley Worrall Jr. (1916-2010) was born in Pennsylvania and graduated from Haverford College in 1937. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. In 1942, he married Carolyn Randal. After the war, he worked as a marketing manager and joined the Religious Society of Friends as a member of the Reading Meeting. He served again in the military during the Korean War. He was an active participant in the civil rights movement and worked to assist prisoners in reentering...
Dates:
1990-1994 (these dates are only based on the publication date of The Friendly Virginians, and are not factual, as there are no available dates)
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-193
Abstract
Emma Worrell (1834-1930) was a Quaker teacher from Wilmington, Delaware, active in Wilmington women's club activities. The collection contains some genealogical correspondence about the Worrell, Lamborn and Bringhurst families of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, and family memorabilia and scrapbooks. Also included is an imaginary diary of a trip to California, 1869, by Emma Worrell for the Friends Lyceum and a testimonial book presented to her by the New Century Club,...
Dates:
1869-1929
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-285
Abstract
Col. Ann Wright served in the U.S. military an as an ambassador before resigning her post in 2003 in protest over the war on Iraq. She since has traveled extensively, written a book and many articles, and had many speaking engagements as a peace activist.
Dates:
2003-2020
Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-120
Abstract
This collection contains one letter written by Austin Wright, Jr. to his mother.
Dates:
1922 February 11
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-010
Abstract
Harrison M. Wright taught history at Swarthmore College from 1957 to 1979 and from 1984 until his retirement in 1993. He was college provost from 1979 to 1984 and served as acting president during the 1980-81 academic year. This collection contains papers from the committees on which Wright served, as well as from faculty meetings and bulletins. Topics include renovations of college buildings, revisions of college rules, increasing radicalism/student activism on campus, disciplinary issues,...
Dates:
1960-1992