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Robert Wallace Gilmore Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-163
Abstract
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Hornell Hart Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Hart, Hornell
Abstract
Material includes correspondence, and Hart's study made with Duke University students"Towards Consensus for World Law and Order." Also includes copies of various drafts of his "Manhattan Project for Social Science" along with a summary of it by him, the latter received the Edward L. Bernays Atomic Energy Award so judged by a committee from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues in 1948.
Dates:
1948-1950
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Robert Horton Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Horton, Robert
Abstract
Collection includes biographical information about Robert Horton; consists primarily of materials gathered for a manuscript titled The Power of the Powerless, a series of biographies and interviews of conscientious objectors to war and those imprisoned for their beliefs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1948-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
J. Stuart Innerst Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-103
Abstract
J. Stuart Innerst was a United Brethren in Christ missionary to China in the 1920s. Innerst and his wife Marion Reachard Innerst left China in 1927 with great concerns about the influence of western imperialism in that country. J. Stuart Innerst served as pastor of several churches and joined the Society of Friends in 1943. In addition to his pastoral work, Innerst also served as the Director of the Quaker Friends in Washington Program (1960-1961, lobbied members of Congress regarding China,...
Dates:
1920-1975
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
William Marx Kantor Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Kantor, William Marx
Abstract
William Kantor was a World War I conscientious objector from Philadelphia.
Dates:
circa 1917-1920
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
George Lakey Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-259
Dates:
1974-1984
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Robert Levering Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-080
Abstract
Robert E. Levering is a pacifist and Quaker. He has been the co-author of Fortune magazine's annual list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For," and a speaker on workplace trends and management strategies aimed at improving workplace productivity. Levering is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Martin Luther King Jr. School of Social Change.
Dates:
1967-1972
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Frederick J. and Faith Ward Libby Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-087
Abstract
Frederick J. Libby (1874-1970) was a pacifist, writer, speaker and fundraiser. He was the founder of the National Council for Prevention of War, 1921-1970. Faith Ward Libby (1902-1984) was also a peace activist and member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. The two married in 1932. This collection contains their personal correspondence.
Dates:
1909-1969; Majority of material found within 1931-1969
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bradford Lyttle Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-079
Abstract
Bradford [Brad] Lyttle is a long time leading peace activist involved in the promotion of nonviolence for social change and the elimination of war and nuclear weapons. Lyttle was the organizer of the San Francisco to Moscow walk in the 1960-1961, to highlight the message of disarmament and nonviolent resistance and bringing together U.S. and Soviet citizens together during the height of the Cold War. He went on to organize and participate in other marches and protests, including the Quebec...
Dates:
1954-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Macedonia Cooperative Community Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-071
Abstract
The Macedonia Cooperative Community was formed in 1937 northern Georgia by Morris Randolph Mitchell (1895-1976), an educator who later served as the first president of Friends World College. The Macedonia Cooperative Community, which took its name from a nearby Baptist Church, was comprised of families who worked collectively on dairy, agricultural, forestry, and woodworking projects that provided the economic underpinnings of the community. Originally established as an economic cooperative,...
Dates:
1937-1958
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 5
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 5
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 5
- Flanagan, Ross, 1934- 4
- Mygatt, Tracy D. (Tracy Dickinson), 1885-1973 4
- Reynolds, Earle L. 4
- Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 4
- Walker, Charles C. 4
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 4
- Bigelow, Albert, 1906- 3
- Boardman, Elizabeth Jelinek, 1917- 3
- Committee for Nonviolent Action 3
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 3
- Golden Rule (Ketch) 3
- Lakey, George 3
- Morrison, Norman R., 1933-1965 3
- Newton, Ray 3
- Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard) 3
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 3
- Stern, Lee, 1915-1992 3
- Whitney, Norman J. (Norman Jehiel), 1891-1967 3
- Young, Wilmer J. 3
- Alexander, Horace Gundry, 1889-1989 2
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 2
- American Friends Service Committee. Peace Section 2
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 2
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- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 2
- Friends Mississippi Project 2
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- Horton, Robert, 1900-1991 2
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- Kaufman, Abraham 2
- Levering, Robert, 1944- 2
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 2
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- Macedonia Cooperative Community 2
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- Parkman, Patricia 2
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- Pfeiffer, Stephen D. 2
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- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 2
- Shivers, Lynne 2
- Snyder, Edward F. 2
- Stewart, Annalee, 1900?- 2
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 2
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 2
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- Zietlow, Carl P. 2
- Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 1
- Adler, Friedrich 1
- Ahimsa Farm 1
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- Allen, Horatio, 1802-1889 1
- Allen, Marie Hollister, 1893-1979 1
- Allen, William Charles, 1857-1938 1
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
- Alternatives to Violence Project 1
- American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky 1
- American League against War and Fascism 1
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1
- Anderson, Ross W. 1
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- Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 1
- Angell, Ernest, 1889-1973 1
- Anh, Le Thi 1
- Anthony, Robert L. 1
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- Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 1
- Ashley, Bruce 1
- Axford, Roger W. 1
- Ayusawa, Iwao, 1894-1972 1
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- Bagley, Jack L. 1
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