Collection consists of printed materials: leaflets, pamphlets, reprints, and a postcard reproduction of a wood-carved sculpture by Charles Wells (b. 1935) titled "Dorothy Day.".
Father John Dear is a Jesuit priest, peace and nonviolence activist, lecturer, and author of books on peace and social justice issues. His papers reflect his focus on nonviolent witness through all aspects of his life.
The Eichel Family papers provide a unique glimpse into the lives of conscientious objectors and peace activists from one family over two generations, from 1916 onward. Julius Eichel, David Eichel and Albert Eichel were all C.O.s during WWI. Julius Eichel and his wife Esther Eichel protested WWII. Their son Seymour Eichel also served time in prison for his refusal to serve in the military in the 1950s.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes information about 1) the Tiger Cage Vigil and Fast protesting the Vietnam War, which was held in Washington D.C. in the summer of 1974, and 2) the Rhode Island Freeze Campaign encompassing the 1982 nuclear freeze referendum held in ten states and 38 cities and counties throughout the United States. The Vietnam War material includes correspondence, leaflets and packets of information, newsletters, legal information, lists of project participants, and press releases....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1973-1975, 1982
Abstract
The Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF), was founded November 1939 as an association of pacifist members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The organization sought to discover and unite pacifists within the church and to influence its membership regarding Christianity and peace. The EPF has sponsored educational projects (publications, lectures, workshops, conferences), provided counseling and financial support for conscientious objectors, and contributed to pacifist projects in other...
Dates:
1936-2009; Majority of material found within 1936 - 2009
Collection includes two letters from Felmet; bulk of collection is photocopies regarding Felmet's draft resistance and civil rights work; also includes a photocopy of Felmet's FBI files.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943-1994
Lella Secor Florence became a pacifist while serving as a journalist on the Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) and then participated in several peace organizations focused on keeping the United States out of World War I. She was active in the British section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and in the birth control movement there and wrote Birth Control on Trial.
Abstract
Collection includes biographical information; letters from Frantz to his parents while he was in Civilian Public Service, 1944-1946, and 1947-1950; information about his refusal to register for the peacetime draft (Selective Service Act of 1948), and subsequent federal court proceedings and his 1949 imprisonment; newspaper clippings about draft refusers at Earlham College, 1949; a copy of Frantz's FBI file and correspondence relating to it, 1978-1980; and Frantz's writings about the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1944-1949, 1978-1980
Robert W. Gilmore was a Quaker pacifist who was involved in a number of peace groups, either as a staffperson or as a Board member. His papers reflect these involvements through correspondence and other materials.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960-1982