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John Dear Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-201
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1979-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Abraham Kaufman Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Kaufman, Abraham
Overview
In October 1928, Kaufman became the first paid employee of the War Resisters League, eventually becoming its Executive Secretary through 1947. He co-founded the Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942-1997
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
David McReynolds Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-134
Abstract
David McReynolds (1929-2018), was an activist with the War Resisters League, the Socialist Party USA and the Democratic Socialists of America. He was an editor of Liberation magazine in the 1950s and a leader of the WRL from the 1950s until his retirement in 1999. McReynolds ran for Congress twice and for President of the U.S. twice, including a run in 2000. McReynolds has attempted to integrate anti-war and pacifist philosophy with Socialist economics. David McReynolds was openly gay and...
Dates:
1943-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
War Resisters League Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-040
Overview
The War Resisters League is a pacifist organization whose members are against all war. Witnessing the establishment of the War Resisters' International in Europe in 1921, and sensing a need for a similar organization in the United States, Dr. Jessie Wallace Hughan established the War Resisters League as an independent organization. The War Resisters League membership pledge, which has remained essentially unchanged since its inception, reads: "The War Resisters League affirms that war is a...
Dates:
1923-2013
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
George Willoughby and Lillian Willoughby Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-236
Overview
George Willoughby (December 9, 1914 - January 5, 2010) and Lillian Willoughby (c. 1916 - January 15, 2009) were Quaker activists who took part in nonviolent protests against war, conducted nonviolence trainings in India and other countries, and advocated for preservation of land in New Jersey and elsewhere.
Dates:
1931-2010
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
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- Church and social problems -- Catholic Church -- History -- Sources 1
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- McReynolds, David 3
- War Resisters League 3
- DiGia, Ralph 2
- Forest, Jim (James H.) 2
- Gottlieb, Edward P. 2
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 2
- Kaufman, Abraham 2
- Lazarus, Frieda Langer 2
- Lyttle, Bradford 2
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 2
- Roodenko, Igal 2
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 2
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 2
- Witherspoon, Frances, 1886-1973 2
- A Quaker Action Group 1
- Aberman, Sidney 1
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 1
- Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 1
- Altbach, Philip G. 1
- American Friends Service Committee 1
- Anderson, Jervis 1
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 1
- Barr, Allen H. 1
- Bennett, Scott H. 1
- Berrigan, Carol 1
- Berrigan, Daniel 1
- Berrigan, Jerome 1
- Berrigan, Philip 1
- Bohn, Lewis Christian 1
- Brooks, R. Boland 1
- Brown, H. Runham (Herbert Runham), 1879-1949 1
- Charlotte Citizens for Peace (Port Charlotte, Fla.) 1
- Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 1
- Chisholm, Janet 1
- Chittister, Joan 1
- Chomsky, Noam 1
- Civilian Public Service 1
- Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006 1
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 1
- Corfman, Rex 1
- Câmara, Hélder, 1909-1999 1
- Dear, John, 1959- 1
- Deats, Richard L., 1932- 1
- Delaware Valley Land Trust 1
- Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984 1
- Donovan, Pat 1
- Donovan, Ray 1
- Douglass, James W. 1
- Duff, Peggy 1
- Dunbar, Olivia Howard, 1873-1953 1
- Early, Frances H. 1
- Egan, Eileen 1
- Eichel, Julius, 1896- 1
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
- Finch, Henry Le Roy 1
- Fredriksson, Lynn 1
- Gara, Larry 1
- Gilmore, Robert, 1941- 1
- Golden Rule (Ketch) 1
- Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972 1
- Gottlieb, Sanford 1
- Gumbleton, Thomas J. 1
- Harrington, Michael, 1928-1989 1
- Hart, Patrick 1
- Hartmann, George W. (George Wilfried), 1904-1955 1
- Hassler, Alfred, 1910-1991 1
- Hedemann, Ed 1
- Hedemann, Grace 1
- Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970 1
- Hentoff, Nat 1
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 1
- Jesuits 1
- Jewish Peace Fellowship (U.S.) 1
- Kelly, Steve (Priest) 1
- Kepler, Roy C. 1
- Keys, Donald 1
- Kownacki, Mary Lou 1
- Lakey, George 1
- Leland, Wilma Smith, 1903- 1
- Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 1
- Maguire, Mairead Corrigan 1
- McAlister, Elizabeth 1
- McCarthy, Colman 1
- McNichols, William Hart 1
- McSorley, Richard T., 1914- 1
- Meacham, Stewart 1
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Mikulski, Barbara 1
- Movement for a New Society 1
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 1
- Nhất Hạnh, Thích 1
- Nouwen, Henri J. M. 1
- Olmstead, Frank 1
- Peace Brigades International 1
- Peck, James 1
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 1
- Pickus, Robert 1
- Prasad, Devi 1
- Prejean, Helen 1
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