Online Content: Not Available / Creator: Bigelow, Albert, 1906- and Huntington, William R. - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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Extent:: 2 linear ft. (2 linear ft.)
Abstract:: The Phoenix Defense Fund was established through the efforts of Norman Cousins and other supporters of Barbara and Earle Reynolds. The Reynolds sailed the yacht Phoenix into a nuclear test site, Eniwetok Proving Grounds, as a protest against nuclear war. They were arrested, tried, and acquitted (1958-1960). The organization was also known as Reynolds Defense Fund.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.83 linear ft. (10 inches)
Abstract:: Albert S. Bigelow (1906-1993) was an artist, architect, former Navy commander, and Quaker. He served as captain of Golden Rule, a thirty foot ketch which he and colleagues attempted to sail into the Eniwetok Proving Grounds, the U.S. nuclear test site in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific in February 1958. The action was sponsored by the Committee for Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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