Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources

Physicians for Social Responsibility Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-175

Abstract Founded in 1961 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by a group of physicians. PSR is an organization, and association of doctors concerned with the challenge of the nuclear age: "man's scientific knowledge now provides an unprecedented opportunity for medical and social advance; yet thermonuclear war poses a supreme threat to the health and survival of mankind." Since prevention is the only effective remedy, and therapy, these physicians are attempting to explore a new area of preventive medicine:...

Dates: 1970-

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Pledge of Resistance Collected Records

Collection — Othertype CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Pledge of Resistance

Scope and Contents This collection includes: reports of national board meetings, 1985-1992; programs and actions, 1984-1993; information about the national convention, 1986-1991; also includes information about the following POR chapters: Bay Area and Los Angeles, California; Colorado; New Haven, Connecticut; District of Columbia, Washington D.C. area; Mid-Atlantic; Chicago, Illinois; Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; Baltimore, Maryland; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1984 - 1993

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Zena Posever Collected Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Posever, Zena

Abstract

Zena Goldin Posever founded Artists Speak for Peace in South Florida in 1979(?) and organized their exhibitions in Greater Miami. In the mid-1980s, she advocated for the U.S. postal stamp honoring Paul Robeson. Posever has been a life-long member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Dates: 1978-1993, 1998

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Practical Peace League Collected Records

Collection — Othertype CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Practical Peace League

Dates: 1908

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Promoting Enduring Peace Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-141

Abstract Promoting Enduring Peace was founded in 1952, with headquarters in Woodmont, Connecticut. Principles of the organization included: peace with freedom and justice for all, support for the United Nations, and belief in religion as the fundamental force for righteousness. Today PEP's mission is to conduct peace education promoting the advent of a harmonious planetary commonwealth through the convergence of the worldwide movements for disarmament, social justice, and environmental stewardship as...

Dates: 1949-

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Public Action Coalition on Toys Collected Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Public Action Coalition on Toys

Abstract

This collection documents the efforts of two groups that worked to raise the issue of violence perpetuated by the manufacture and sale of war toys to children.

Dates: 1966-1981

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Martha Schofield Papers

Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-134

Abstract Martha Schofield (1839-1916) was a Hicksite Quaker teacher from Pennsylvania who founded the Schofield Normal and Industrial School in Aiken, S. C., in 1868 to provide education for formerly enslaved people. The School gradually evolved into a boarding school for training young blacks in industrial trades or to become teachers. It was absorbed into the public school system in 1952. Martha Fell Schofield was born Feb. 1, 1839, near Newtown, Bucks County, PA. She was the daughter of Oliver W....

Dates: 1853-1944 (bulk 1856-1916)

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Lawrence Scott Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-090

Abstract

Lawrence Scott was a construction engineer, Baptist clergyman, and Quaker activist. He worked as an activist against the testing of nuclear weapons and biological weapons research. He was the supervisor for the Friends Mississippi Project, project director of the Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick in Maryland, executive secretary of the Peace Action Center and a founder of A Quaker Action Group.

Dates: 1955-1965

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection