Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Edgar R. Norton Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Norton, Edgar R.
Abstract
Includes correspondence, notes and reminiscences, statement of conscience by Edgar Norton; correspondents include Harrop A. Freeman, Norman J. Whitney.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1945-1949; 1945-1949, 1960
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Norman J. Whitney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-061
Overview
Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for...
Dates:
1938-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
E. Raymond Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-070
Overview
E. Raymond Wilson (1896-1987), a Quaker peace lobbyist, helped found the Friends Committee on National Legislation in 1943 and served as its Executive Secretary until 1962. He also helped organize the Committee on Militarism in Education in 1925. From 1931 to 1943, he served as Field and Education Secretary of the Peace Section of the American Friends Service Committee. He was the author of two books.
The papers of E. Raymond Wilson contain personal and professional correspondence,...
Dates:
1914-1987
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection