Repository: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Creator: Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006 / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="2005">2005</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="2006">2006</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Repository Swarthmore College Peace Collection Creator Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006 Year 2005 to 2006

Extent:: 50.66 linear ft. (105 hollinger boxes; 3 half hollinger boxes; and 5 paige cartons [through acc. 2022-014])
Abstract:: Father John Dear is a Jesuit priest, peace and nonviolence activist, lecturer, and author of books on peace and social justice issues. His papers reflect his focus on nonviolent witness through all aspects of his life.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 12.5 linear ft. (12.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Cora Weiss is a peace and social justice leader and activist. She is a supporter of the United Nations, an early member of Women Strike for Peace, a leader in the anti-Vietnam war movement in the United States. In the 1970s Weiss was the director of the Riverside Church (New York, NY) Disarmament Program. Weiss was also active with SANE, SANE/Freeze, Peace Action, and The Hague Appeal for Peace. Weiss became president of the International Peace Bureau in 2000. She has always been active in women's peace issues, hosting the first women's radio program in New York City in the 1970s, attending women's disarmament summits in the former Soveit Union, the U.N. Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, and many other events. Weiss is the recipient of numerous peace awards from all over the world.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 39 linear ft. (39 linear feet.)
Abstract:: The Peace Action collection is a continuation of the SANE and SANE Education Fund (DG 58) collection, which also resides at the SCPC (the papers of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign are at the University of Missouri at St. Louis). It documents the merger of SANE and the NWFC, as well as the goals and work of the merged organization, through meeting minutes, correspondence, program files, press clippings and other publicity, statements and communications with Congress and other leaders, as well as publications and resources in other formats. Includes correspondence, annual reports, administrative files, financial records, flyers and handbills, memorabilia, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, periodicals, publicity materials, reference files, audiocassettes, slides, reel-to-reel tapes, videocassettes, computer diskettes, photographs, and posters. Correspondents include: Nick Carter, Gordon Clark, David Cortright, Carolyn Cottom, and Monica Green.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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