Quakers -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Horace Gundry Alexander Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-140
Abstract
Horace Alexander was born in England in 1889 and died in the United States in 1989. As a life-long member of the Religious Society of Friends, he was interested in Indian rights and worked with Gandhi and others for many years to lobby for it. He wrote books about Gandhi and other subjects.
Dates:
1915-1989
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
T. Corder Catchpool Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Catchpool, T. Corder
Abstract
T. Corder Catchpool refused any service when the Compulsory Military Service Act was passed in 1916 in Great Britain. He was in prison slightly more than two years, after which he published On Two Fronts: Letters of a Conscientious Objector, a memoir about his experiences during the war and in prison. After World War I, Catchpool became a relief worker, secretary for the Friends International Centre in Berlin, and peace worker. He performed reconciliation work...
Dates:
1914-1952
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
A. Ruth Fry Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-046
Abstract
[Anna] Ruth Fry was an activist and a writer born into a prominent Quaker family in England. From 1914-1924, she served as general secretary of the Friends Relief Commission, which provided help for refugees and others ravaged by World War I. Fry wrote about her experiences in A Quaker Adventure (1926). She was also the first chairman of the Russian Famine Relief Fund in 1921. Fry went on to write numerous books, pamphlets and tracts, on a variety of Quaker and peace topics. She died on...
Dates:
1905-1957
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bertram Pickard and Irene Pickard Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Pickard, Bertram and Irene
Abstract
Bertram Pickard was an internationalist; peace leader; Quaker; official for Society of Friends and United Nations organizations, including the Friends Peace Committee of the London Yearly Meeting, the Friends' Service Council, the Friends Geneva Centre, and the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations; and founder of the Quaker Press Service, later called the World Outlook Press Service.
Dates:
1918-1972
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Hugh Richardson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-032
Abstract
Hugh Richardson was born in England in 1864. He was a science instructor, lecturer, editor and author. During World War I, he visited prisoner-of-war camps in Scotland on behalf of the Emergency Committee of the Society of Friends and sent the prisoners seeds, linoleum, a sheet of rubber for printing, a stereoscope, a kaleidescope, writing tablets, and books. He lobbied for the non-payment of taxes until the end of the war, proposed disarmament by general agreement, and was against...
Dates:
1905-1934
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
