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Horace Champney Papers, 1958-1990 (inclusive) 1958-1979 (bulk)

Extent:

8.25 linear ft. (8.25 lin. ft.)

Abstract:

Horace Champney was a pacifist active in various causes from the late 1940s through the 1980s. He was a founder of The Peacemakers Movement in the 1950s and interested in civil rights, war tax refusal, and other social justice causes. Champney was a member A Quaker Action Group and a crew member of the ship the Phoenix, which sailed to North Vietnam with medical supplies, during the Vietnam war.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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A Quaker Action Group Records, 1965-1973 (inclusive)

Extent:

19.75 linear ft. ((49 boxes))

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Peace Action Center Records, 1959-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:

6.25 linear ft. (20 boxes)

Abstract:

The Peace Action Center began in 1961 as a continuation of the vigil at Fort Detrick, Md. Peace activists had sponsored a continuous vigil as early as 1959 seeking the abandonment of biological weapons and appealed for the conversion of the fort into a world health center. The Peace Action Center included cooperative living quarters for the staff of religious pacifists, mostly Quakers. PAC staff including Lawrence Scott, director, and Jack L. Bagley, Sarah Bishop, Florence Y. Carpenter, Bertha Faust, William R. Martin, Gelston McNeil, and Patricia Parkman. The PAC disbanded in the fall 1963.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]