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Catholic Peace Fellowship Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Catholic Peace Fellowship
Abstract
The Catholic Peace Fellowship is a body founded in 1964 and still active today that defined itself as "An Educational Service Conducted by Catholic Members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation."
Dates:
1962-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Church Peace Mission Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-177
Abstract
The Church Peace Mission began as an outgrowth of a conference on the "Church and War," held in Detroit in May 1950, with its purpose being to disseminate the findings of the conference to as many churches and seminaries as possible in the next six months. Its objective was to challenge the various peace groups "to face anew their responsibility to Christ, to his Church, and to mankind," by appealing to Christians not to make or use weapons of war and to "devote their energies to the removal...
Dates:
1950-1967; Majority of material found within 1959-1965
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edward W. Evans Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-122
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1916-1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-013
Abstract
The Fellowship of Reconciliation in the U.S. was founded in 1915 by Christian pacifists. The organization, whose members are now drawn from many religious groups, seeks to apply principles of peace and social justice and non-violent social change to issues such as disarmament, conscription, race relations, economic justice, and civil liberties.
Dates:
1915-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Historic Peace Churches/Fellowship of Reconciliation Consultative Committee Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Historic Peace Churches-FOR Consultative Committee
Abstract
Collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, proposals, leaflets, pamphlets and a list of committee members, 1970-2005.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1951-2005
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
William I. Hull Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-069
Abstract
William I. Hull, a Quaker pacifist, taught history at Swarthmore College from 1892 until his death in 1939. He was the Librarian of Friends Historical Library and also authored numerous books and articles, particularly on the subjects of Quakers in Holland, William Penn, peace, and international relations. The Papers contain correspondence (1900-1939), diaries (1892-1939), published and unpublished writings, papers relating to conferences and committees in which he participated, reference...
Dates:
1843-1939 (bulk 1900-1939)
Jewish Peace Fellowship Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Jewish Peace Fellowship
Dates:
1942-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
A.J. Muste Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Abstract
A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates:
1920-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
John Nevin Sayre Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-117
Abstract
John Nevin Sayre was a pacifist who spent over 40 years at the helm of the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Dates:
1885-1982; Majority of material found within 1922-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 4
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 4
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 4
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation 3
- Smiley, Glenn E. 3
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 3
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 2
- American Friends Service Committee 2
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 2
- Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952 2
- Church Peace Mission (U.S.) 2
- Conference of All Friends (1920) (London, England) 2
- Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885- 2
- Heidbrink, John 2
- Jones, Paul, 1880-1941 2
- Lens, Sidney 2
- Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 2
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 2
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 2
- Thomson, Charles A. (Charles Alexander), 1893-1961 2
- Yoder, John Howard 2
- Acts for Peace (Organization) 1
- American Civil Liberties Union 1
- American Friends Reconstruction Unit 1
- American Peace Society 1
- Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 1
- Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 1
- Arvio, Raymond Paavo 1
- Ayusawa, Iwao, 1894-1972 1
- Bartlett, Percy W. 1
- Becker, Jo 1
- Berg, Lloyd A. 1
- Berrigan, Daniel 1
- Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 1
- Billikopf, Jacob, 1883-1950 1
- Blaxall, Arthur W. 1
- Boehmer, Peter J. 1
- Boynton, Percy Holmes, 1875-1946 1
- Brick, Allan 1
- Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970 1
- Brookwood Labor College (Katonah, N.Y.) 1
- Burton, O. E. (Ormond Edward), 1893-1974 1
- Butler, Thomas S. (Thomas Stalker), 1855-1928 1
- Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1
- Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 1
- Catholic Peace Fellowship 1
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Chandy, K. K., 1908- 1
- Church Peace Union 1
- Civilian Public Service 1
- Clergy and Laity Concerned (U.S.) 1
- Clergymen's Emergency Committee for Vietnam 1
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 1
- Committee on Militarism in Education (U.S.) 1
- Conference of Christian Pacifists 1
- Congress of Racial Equality 1
- Cook, Cara 1
- Cornell, Thomas C. (Thomas Charles), 1934- 1
- Cousins, Norman 1
- Curry, A. Stauffer (Abram Stauffer), 1913- 1
- Curti, Merle (Merle Eugene), 1897-1996 1
- Dai Dong (Organization) 1
- Deats, Richard L., 1932- 1
- Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 1
- Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976 1
- Drinan, Robert F. 1
- Eastman, E. Philip 1
- Elderkin, Noble S. (Noble Strong), 1878-1966 1
- Elkinton, J. Passmore (Joseph Passmore), 1887-1971 1
- Embassies of Reconciliation (Organization) 1
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 1
- Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959 1
- Food for China (Project) 1
- Forest, Jim (James H.) 1
- Frankel, Morton 1
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 1
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 1
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 1
- Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980 1
- Fuller, Walter G. 1
- Furnas, Paul J. 1
- Gara, Larry 1
- Ginn, Edwin, 1838-1914 1
- Goss-Mayr, Hildegard 1
- Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 1
- Hardin, Floyd, 1890-1974 1
- Haskell, Henry S Allen ( Devere), 1891-1955 1
- Hassler, Alfred, 1910-1991 1
- Historic Peace Churches/Fellowship of Reconciliation Consultative Committee 1
- Hodgkin, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1877-1933 1
- Hostetter, C. Douglas, 1944- 1
- Houser, George M. 1
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 1
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 1
- Hunter, Barton 1
- International Committee of Conscience on Vietnam 1
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation. North American Committee 1
- International Peace Conference (2nd : 1907 : Hague, Netherlands) 1 + ∧ less
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