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American Peace Terms Committee Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Peace Terms Committee
Dates:
1944-1953
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Citizens Peace Petition Committee Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Citizens Peace Petition Committee
Dates:
1941-1942
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
Friends Committee on National Legislation Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-047
Abstract
A Quaker lobbying group established in 1943 to bring conscience and spiritual values to the political process in Washington; it grew out of the work of the Friends War Problems Committee in 1940.
Dates:
1943-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Keep America Out of War Congress Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Keep America Out of War
Abstract
The Keep America Out of War Congress was founded in 1938 (as the Keep America Out of War Comittee), by several leading peace organizations. The Congress was to pursue a joint, minimum six-point peace program. The aims of this program included the removal of U.S. ships and nationals from belligerent zones, a war referendum, the abandonment of plans for conscription and industrial mobilization, and greater economic and social justice at home and abroad. The Keep America Out of War Congress was...
Dates:
1938-1942
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
National Peace Conference (U.S.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-049
Abstract
The National Peace Conference was formed in 1933 to unify and coordinate the efforts of various organizations interested in world justice and peace. The organization was active until 1951.
Dates:
1933-1951
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
Mercedes M. Randall Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-110
Abstract
Mercedes M. Randall was an early, and lifelong, member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She held many positions of responsibility in the organization, including chairmanship of the National Education Committee, and presidency of the Manhattan Branch. Randall was the first biographer of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Emily Greene Balch.
Dates:
1914-1977
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Rockland County Peace Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-121
Abstract
The Rockland County Peace Association was a small local peace group begun in 1930 to stimulate popular education and public opinion with a view to the prevention of war. It carried on relief work during World War II through the American Friends Service Committee.
Dates:
1930-1950
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Norman J. Whitney Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-061
Abstract
Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for...
Dates:
1938-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 4
- French, Paul Comly, 1903-1960 3
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 2
- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 2
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 2
- Furnas, Paul J. 2
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- Willoughby, George, pacifist 2
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
- American Civil Liberties Union 1
- American Friends Service Committee. Committee on Rights of Conscience 1
- American Legion 1
- American Peace Terms Committee 1
- Angell, Stephen Ward, 1952- 1
- Baer, Gertrude 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 1
- Bennett, Fay 1
- Benoit, Emile 1
- Bliss, George I. 1
- Bussey, Gertrude Carman, 1888-1961 1
- Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983 1
- Cary, Stephen G. 1
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Citizens Peace Petition Committee 1
- Civilian Public Service 1
- Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 1
- Conference of All Friends (1920) (London, England) 1
- Cooper, Wilmer A. (Wilmer Albert) 1
- Darlington, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1894-1966 1
- Dodge, Alice L. 1
- Dyer, Henry W. 1
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
- Five Years Meeting (Society of Friends: U.S.) 1
- Foulke, Thomas Albert, 1893-1962 1
- Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993 1
- Friends Committee on Legislation of Northern California 1
- Friends Committee on Legislation. Southern California Section 1
- Gamble, Ralph A. (Ralph Abernathy), 1885-1959 1
- Hadley, Jeanette 1
- Hamilton, Albert W. 1
- Harker, Charles H. 1
- Heisler, Francis, 1895- 1
- Hester, Hugh B. (Hugh Bryan), 1895-1983 1
- Hillyer, Mary W. 1
- Hollister, Alvaine 1
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955 1
- Illinois-Wisconsin Friends Committee on Legislation 1
- Innerst, J. Stuart, 1894-1975 1
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 1
- Jacob, Philip E. 1
- Johnson, Emily Cooper 1
- Joint Peace Committee of Providence and Chester Monthly Meetings (Society of Friends : Media, Pa.) 1
- Jouve, Andrée, 1884-1972 1
- Keep America Out of War Committee 1
- Keep America Out of War Congress 1
- Labor Anti-War Council 1
- Lape, Esther Everett, 1881-1981 1
- Leiper, McCarrell H. 1
- Levering, Samuel R. 1
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 1
- Littell, Franklin H. (Franklin Hamlin), 1917-2009 1
- Longstreth, Emily C. P. 1
- Longstreth, Walter C. 1
- MacKellar, Walter 1
- Marston, Helen, 1892-1982 1
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 1
- Neely, Frances E. 1
- New York State Board for Civilian Public Service 1
- Niles, Mary Cushing Howard 1
- Noel-Baker, Philip, 1889-1982 1
- O'Day, Caroline, 1875-1943 1
- Olmsted, Allen S. (Allen Seymour), 1888-1977 1
- Pacifist Research Bureau 1
- Paschkis, V. (Victor) 1
- Peace Now Movement (Organization) 1
- Philadelphia Peace Council (1925-approximately 1932) 1
- Philadelphia Peace Council (1937-ca. 1943) 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Civilian Public Service Fund Committee 1
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 1
- Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 1
- Ragaz, Clara 1
- Randall, Mercedes M. (Mercedes Moritz), 1895-1977 1
- Rockland County Peace Association (Rockland County, N.Y.) 1
- Sayre, Kathleen Whitaker 1
- Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986 1
- Smith, Lyn 1
- Snyder, Edward F. 1
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- Syracuse Peace Council 1
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- Tatum, Lyle 1
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 1
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 1
- Vogel, Robert S. 1
- White, Ella, active 1961 1
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