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Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-239
Abstract

This collection includes correspondence (1981-1985), administrative files, financial records, minutes of Board of Directors' meetings (1990-2008), and publicity materials. Much of the correspondence is to, or from, Ed Pearson, a founder and National Coordinator of CMTC. The collection includes information about international war tax resistance efforts, nonviolent direct action campaigns, and grants made from interest on the escrow account.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1981-2008
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Nuclear Resister Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-261
Abstract In 1980, Jack and Felice Cohen-Joppa became co-coordinators of the National No-Nukes Prison Support Collective, which educated about peace issues and advocate for imprisoned anti-nuclear activists. The Cohen-Joppas also published The Nuclear Resister newsletter as an essential element of this work. In 1988 the organization changed its name to The Nuclear Resister. The function of the Nuclear Resister was to provide comprehensive reporting on arrests for anti-nuclear civil resistance in the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1980-
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

Igal Roodenko Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-161
Abstract

Igal Roodenko was a pacifist, peace and civil rights activist, and advocate of nonviolence. He was a member of the War Resisters League Executive Committee, served on boards of A.J. Muste Memorial Institute and Consortium on Peace Research and Development (COPRED), and was active in Men of All Colors Together.

Dates: 1935-1991
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Benjamin Spock Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Spock, Benjamin
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of photocopied material released under the Freedom of Information Act for the years 1964-1972, with the bulk of the material from 1968. Includes informants' reports, transcripts of personal conversations, writings by and about Spock, and transcripts of Spock's media appearances.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1964-1972
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Lee Stern Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-170
Abstract

Lee Stern (1915-1992), was a Quaker pacifist, conscientious objector to war, involved in peace groups and organizations, and a teacher of nonviolence.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1936-1992
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Steve Trimm Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-232
Abstract In 1968 Steven Wayne Trimm was convicted for refusing induction into the armed services and served four years prison. Trimm fled to Canada in 1969 where he lived underground until 1974. Two years later he received clemency from the U.S. government under the Earned Re-entry Program and was pardoned. Steve Trimm is the author of Walking Wounded: Men's Lives During and Since the Vietnam War (1993) and other publications. Since the 1970s Steve Trimm has also been active with various peace and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1963-2008
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Marjorie Swann and Robert Swann Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-264
Abstract

The Swanns were Quaker peace activitists who were particularly well known for their part in nonviolent direct action against nuclear weapons testing and deployment in the 1950s-1960s.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1949-1972
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Vietnam Veterans Against the War Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Scope and Contents

Collection includes material from the national VVAW, the VVAW/Winter Soldier Organization, and branch material from Kansas City, Philadelphia, Chicago, New England, New York, and Milwaukee.

Dates: 1967-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

George Willoughby and Lillian Willoughby Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-236
Abstract

George Willoughby (December 9, 1914 - January 5, 2010) and Lillian Willoughby (c. 1916 - January 15, 2009) were Quaker activists who took part in nonviolent protests against war, conducted nonviolence trainings in India and other countries, and advocated for preservation of land in New Jersey and elsewhere.

Dates: 1931-2010
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections