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Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-237
Abstract
Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active...
Dates:
1920, 1938-1951
Elliston P. Morris Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Morris, Elliston P.
Abstract
Elliston P. Morris was a Quaker conscientious objector during WWII.
Dates:
1918, 1942-1968
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Allen S. Olmsted II Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-095
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Allen S. Olmsted papers is correspondence (1898-1977). Most of these are carbon copies of letters dictated by Olmsted and filed in subject transfer files at his law offices in Philadelphia and Media (Pennsylvania) [note: there are also many letters from Allen Olmsted in the papers of his wife, Mildred Scott Olmsted (DG 082)]. Correspondents include Brent Dow Allinson, Gertrude Baer, Emily Greene Balch, Roger Nash Baldwin, Witter Brynner, Joseph S. Clark, Sophia H. Dulles,...
Dates:
1898-1986
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
William Macy Stanton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-242
Abstract
Contains the papers of William Macy and Lois V. Stanton, compiled by Lois V. Stanton. The Stantons were active Quakers, and William Macy Stanton, Jr., was a conscientious objector in WWII. Both Stantons served in the American Friends Service Committee reconstruction efforts in Europe after the war as well as other Quaker activities and organizations. William Stanton worked for Swarthmore College for over twenty-five years, serving as director of physical plant. Of particular interest are the...
Dates:
1937-1995
Taylor family papers addition
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1339
Abstract
The Taylor Family Papers Addition primarily contains correspondence, other printed materials, and photographs related to William Nicholson Taylor who was born June 22, 1882 to Frank Hendrickson Taylor (1855-1943) and Rebecca "Bessie" Nicholson Taylor (1857-1944) and his family. The collection includes materials belonging to his wife, Gertrude Christine Duret de Brie (1897-1983), their three children, Constance Alix (1921), Benjamin de Brie “Brie” (1923), and Marie-Celine “Mimi” (1925), and...
Dates:
1870 - 2013
John Wood, Jr. and Jean Brown Wood Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Wood, John
Abstract
John Wood served in Civilian Public Service (CPS) at the Big Flats CPS Camp (#46) in Big Flats, New York, during 1942-1943, and for a short time in 1943 at Guilford College (unit #101).
Dates:
1934-1943
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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