Larry Gara Collected Papers
Abstract
Includes two typescripts: Amnesty and Reconciliation, and Peace Testimony: Root and Branch [annotated photocopy]; leaflet and periodical with mention of Gara's conscientious objection; slide show titled Active Nonviolence stored separately as Slide Show 2.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1949-1972
Biographical / Historical
Larry Gara; conscientious objector to World War II, served three-year prison term as a result; professor of history and government at Bluffton College (Ohio) and Wilmington College (Ohio); Quaker; writes on war resistance, history of dissent, and anti-slavery movements.
Extent
0.02 linear ft. (0.25 linear inches)
Language of Materials
English
General Note
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the papers of this individual.
Subject
- Gara, Larry (Person)
- Gara, Larry -- Amnesty and reconciliation (Person)
- Gara, Larry -- Peace testimony, root and branch (Person)
- Gara, Larry -- Active nonviolence (Person)
- Gara, Larry (Person)
Topical
- Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Draft resisters -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources
- Political prisoners -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Society of Friends -- Sources. -- Peace testimony -- History
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- Sources
- Description rules
- Archives, Personal Papers, And Manuscripts (Appm)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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