Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources

A Quaker Action Group Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-074

Scope and Contents A Quaker Action Group (AQAG) records in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection include minutes, correspondence (1966-1971), memoranda, financial records, subject files (organizations), research files (topics), project files, newsletters, press releases, statements of Quaker yearly meetings in various cities, clippings, photographs and sound recordings. The files were first processed in 1974, and then again in 1980. In 2004, archival intern, Joe Clark, sorted the papers into the present...

Dates: 1965-1973

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Abraham Egnal Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-136

Abstract

Abraham Egnal was a former teacher of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was very active in the Philadelphia area peace movement. He received his B.S. and M.A. degrees in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Egnal organized many peace rallies and marches. He was the chairman of the West Philadelphia-Main Line Committee of the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, the Greater Philadelphia Council, and the Philadelphia Mobilization Committee in 1967.

Dates: 1949-1968; Majority of material found within 1960-1968

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Joseph Miller Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-193

Abstract

Joseph Miller was a mortgage banker; founder and president of Barco, Inc. He was an activist for peace and social justice causes such as welfare rights, including the Philadelphia Urban Finance Corporation and the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy.

Dates: 1960-1980

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

New Society Publishers Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-189

Abstract

New Society Publishers was a cooperative business based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded by members of Movement for a New Society in the late 1980s. New Society Publishers produced books on peace, social justice, and ecological topics. The Philadelphia office closed in December 1996 and a smaller for of the New Society Publishers business moved to British Columbia, Canada.

Dates: 1990-1996

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Peace Council of Northeast Philadelphia Collected Records

Collection — Othertype CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peace Council of Northeast Philadelphia

Dates: 1935-1944

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Philadelphia Peace Council Collected Records

Collection — Othertype CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Philadelphia Peace Council-(1925-ca. 1932)

Abstract Includes scattered minutes (1924-1932), scattered correspondence (1924-1928), form letters, statements, membership lists, bulletins (1925-1928) and materials relating to several conferences on the teaching of history, and other records, of the first Philadelphia Peace Council (1922-ca. 1932), earlier known as Philadelphia Council for World Peace. Correspondents include J. Howard Branson, Sophia H. Dulles, Harold Evans, Agnes M. Irwin, Frederick J. Libby, Allen S. Olmsted, and Richard R....

Dates: 1924-1931

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Philadelphia Peace Council Collected Records

Collection — Othertype CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Philadelphia Peace Council-(1937-ca. 1943)

Abstract

Includes constitution (1938), minutes (1937-1943), correspondence (1937-1943), form letters, financial records, leaflets, speeches, releases, membership lists, bulletins (1938-1941), clippings, and other records. Correspondents include Maria Biasone, Orton S. Clark, Frederick J. Libby, Allen S. Olmsted, Daniel A. Poling, and Richard R. Wood.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1937-1943

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

United Peace Chest of Philadelphia Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-194

Abstract

The United Peace Chest of Philadelphia coordinated and integrated Philadelphia organizations interested in promoting international peace. The name was often shortened to "United Peace Chest." The UPC was founded in 1938, though it was conceptualized in 1936 at a meeting of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Dates: 1935-1955

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection