Philadelphia Area Archives

Start Over Organization American Friends Service Committee

Bonnie Tinker Papers, 1963-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear ft. (8 boxes)
Abstract:: Bonnie Tinker (1948-2009) was a Quaker social activist who campaigned for peace and gay and lesbian right. This collection contains drafts and correspondences concerning the movie "Love Makes a Family" (1992) produced by Bonnie Tinker. The collection also contains personal papers, fundraising for the project, and reference material on non-traditional forms of family.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Elizabeth A.W. Furnas Papers, 1928-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: Elizabeth A.W. (Betty) Furnas was an active member of the Society of Friends who served as a member of the Board of Pendle Hill and was a member of the Women's Problems Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and its sucessor, Philadelphia Quaker Women. The collection includes minutes and correspondence, particularly of the latter, as well as published and unpublished writings and other material.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendell Clepper, 1936-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
Abstract:: This collection includes letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendall Clepper. These letters relate to personal and family news, as well as news of the progress and concerns of the Delta Cooperative Farm, on which she was working at the time.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Harold Chance journals, reports, and evaluation of Friends Peace Service work, 1949-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
Abstract:: Journals, reports, and surveys written by Harold Chance documenting his visits to and continuing relationships as an AFSC staff member with Evangelical Friends meetings, mostly in the western United States. The collection includes nine journals, 1949-1956, Friends Peace Service evaluation surveys, 1956 & n.d., and a number of miscellaneous reports to Friends Peace Service Council. Among the former is a report on the Second American Conference of Evangelical Friends (1950) and one on the Student Conference on Peace and International Relations (1955).

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Friends Meeting for Sufferings of Vietnamese Children Records, 1966-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.3 linear ft. (3.3 linear ft.)
Abstract:: The Friends Meeting for Sufferings of Vietnamese Children was founded in 1966, to bring injured and orphaned Vietnamese and Amerasian children to the United States for medical treatment. Some children were placed in foster homes or were permanent adopted. The organizers worked in cooperation with Welcome House in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and with other organizations. The group disbanded in October 1969.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Dorothy Detzer Papers, 1913-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 linear ft. (3 linear feet.)
Abstract:: Dorothy Detzer was a peace activist, writer, and lobbyist. She served as the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924-1946.. Detzer influenced a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, 1934-1936, and later wrote the book Appointment on the Hill, 1948, describing her two decades in Washington, D.C.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Records, 1941-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.75 linear ft. (3.75 linear ft.)
Abstract:: The Federal Council of Churches organized its Committee on the Conscientious Objector under its Department of International Justice and Goodwill in 1941. The Committee was interested in all aspects of conscientious objection, especially religious life in Civilian Public Service camps. Among the Committee's projects was the organizing of a program of visitation to CPS camps.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Robert Levering Papers, 1967-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:: .83 linear ft. (.83 linear feet)
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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

National Peace Conversion Campaign Collected Records, 1974-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.17 linear ft. (2 linear in.)
Abstract:

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Charles C. Walker Papers, 1940-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:: 25.67 linear ft. (21 record cartons and 1 flat box)
Abstract:: Minutes, reports, writings, notes, photographs, and printed material from Walker's work as an activist and nonviolent resistance trainer. Materials have been place in series based on how the subjects were identified in their original boxes.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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