Subject: Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources / Creator: Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 and Newton, Ray - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources Creator Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 Creator Newton, Ray

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (1.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: The Peace Association of Friends in America was organized in 1867 by Orthodox Friends in the New York, Baltimore, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Western and Iowa Yearly Meetings in reaction to the Civil War, with its mission being to convince Friends and others that war was unchristian, inhumane and unnecessary.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 138 linear ft. (138 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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