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Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Lola Maverick Lloyd Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Lloyd, Lola Maverick
Abstract

Collection includes printed correspondence, flyers, notices, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, conference notes, and newspaper reprints. Includes information about Rosika Schwimmer and the Ford Peace Expedition.

Dates: 1915-1944
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Lola Maverick Lloyd Collected Papers

Scott Nearing Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-124
Overview

Scott Nearing was a lecturer, writer, and free-lance teacher who lived and taught pacifist and environmentalist principles.

Dates: 1909-1994; Majority of material found within 1915-1975
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Scott Nearing Papers

Peace Action Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-151
Abstract The Peace Action collection is a continuation of the SANE and SANE Education Fund (DG 58) collection, which also resides at the SCPC (the papers of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign are at the University of Missouri at St. Louis). It documents the merger of SANE and the NWFC, as well as the goals and work of the merged organization, through meeting minutes, correspondence, program files, press clippings and other publicity, statements and communications with Congress and other leaders, as...
Dates: 1986-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Peace Action Records

Promoting Enduring Peace Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-141
Overview 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 / Promoting Enduring Peace Records

Universal Peace Union Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-038
Overview

The most colorful and important peace organization to rise from the the Civil War was the Universal Peace Union (UPU). This militant band grew out of reaction against compromising tactics which the American Peace Society adopted during the Civil War.

Dates: 1846-1938; Majority of material found within 1867-1923; Majority of material found within 1938
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Universal Peace Union Records

Van Hoy, Judy, 1960-

 Person

Charles C. Walker Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Walker, Charles C.
Abstract

Collection consists of biographical material about Charles Walker, correspondence (1975) "from somewhere in India" newsletters, pamphlets, and reports.

Dates: 1957-1983
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Charles C. Walker Collected Papers

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 International League for Peace and Freedom

Dorothea E. Woods Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-213
Overview

Dorothea Eleanor Woods was a Quaker who joined the World YWCA in 1957 and worked for ten years in development of youth and adult education programs. In the 1970s she was a pioneer researcher and writer about child soldiers.

Dates: 1951-2001
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Dorothea E. Woods Papers
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections