Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
William Charles Allen Collected Papers
William C. Allen was born in 1857 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Society of Friends. Allen was deeply opposed to war and wrote often about the problems of propaganda, censorship, conscription, imperialism, and the munitions industry. He traveled widely and wrote many articles about his experiences abroad.
American Friends' Peace Conference Collected Records
Includes minute book and a printed report of the proceedings.
Mary Bye Collected Papers
Helen M. Carroll Papers
Helen Carroll's files related to her peace and social concerns, including some material on Swarthmore borough (inc Swarthmore U. N Committee), the PYM U. N.committee, and other Quaker-related papers.
Committee for a Quaker Peace Witness Collected Records
Committee for a Quaker Peace Witness; organized the November 1960 Washington Pilgrimage and two-day vigil at the Pentagon; chaired by Henry J. Cadbury; also called the Quaker Peace Witness Committee; work was continued by the Friends Witness for World Order
Committee on Peace and Service of the Bucks Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Collected Records
Includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, statements and reports, press releases, and news clippings. Correspondents include Conveners Mary Bye and Edward G. Ramberg, a noted physicist.
Carol Cummings and Frank Cummings Papers
Carol and Frank Cummings were a married couple who were involved in the sanctuary movement for Central American refugees in the 1980s.
Edward W. Evans Papers
Edward Wyatt Evans (1882-1976) was a lifelong member of the Germantown (Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting and was active in the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Evans was instrumental in the founding of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Fellowship of Reconcilation), and was the executive secretary from 1916-1919. During the 1920s, he was also active in educational and peace programs of the Society of Friends.
