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C. C. Morris Cricket Library Association records, 1968 - 2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.2 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
The collection primarily contains the Cricket Library newsletters from the years 1970 - 2010. Included also are correspondence regarding the library's activities, such as invitations to annual meetings and brochures which describe the history of the affiliated cricket team.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Conrad Wilson collection, 1943-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:
This collection is primarily correspondence to and from Conrad Wilson during his time as a conscientious objector during World War II. His mom encouraged him to save his letters from her, and she saved all the letters he sent. Included in the letters from his mother are photostat letters from Conrad.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Bert Hansen collection of Sigerist Circle material, 1991-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.2 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:
The Sigerist Circle, organized in 1990, is a group of health-left medical historians, as well as scholars and other supporters interested in the history of health care and the biomedical sciences; with special interest in the issues of class, race, and gender. This collection contains correspondence, minutes and agendas, and publications of the Sigerist Circle, dating from 1991 to 2003.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Richard Bartlett Gregg papers, 1930-1938 (inclusive) 1930-1933 (bulk)

Extent:
0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
The Richard Bartlett Gregg papers consist of letters and news reports related to the Indian independence movement collected by the American social philosopher and nonviolence theorist Richard Bartlett Gregg (1885-1974) between 1930 and 1938. Fascinated and inspired by Gandhi, Gregg lived in India from 1925 to 1929. Upon his return to the United States he promoted the nonviolence and simple living exemplified by Gandhi as tools for transforming Western civilization, and kept track of events in India by way of correspondence with Indian leaders and their Western sympathizers and subscriptions to publications supportive of Indian independence. The collection includes handwritten letters to Gregg from prominent Indian guiding lights, including Gandhi, Mahadev Desai, Jivraj Mehta, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Mirabehn (Madeleine Slade).

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Collection of Philadelphia peace material, 1961-1977 (inclusive)

Extent:
.2 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:
Grassroots activism for peace and disarmament in the 1960s and 1970s was powerful and widespread. The Collection of Philadelphia peace materials offers an assortment of newsletters, informational and event flyers, donation requests, and correspondence from 1961 to 1977. Activist organizations included are from in and around Philadelphia--the Brandywine Alternative Fund, SANE Nuclear Policy, Philadelphia's chapter of the Student Peace Union (SPU), the N.Y.C. People's Life Fund, and miscellaneous letters on the peace movement and donations. All organizations advocate against war and military spending, and instead promote resistance and peaceful action.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Helen Oakes papers, 1958-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:
37.0 linear feet (38 containers)
Abstract:
Helen Oakes was a nationally recognized activist for public education from the 1960s to the 1980s. Oakes was chairman of the West Philadelphia Schools Committee from 1965 to 1970, chairman of the Education Committee of the League of Women Voters in 1965, and in 1968, she wrote The School District of Philadelphia: A Critical Analysis. From 1971 to 1980, she was a member of the board of the Citizens Committee on Public Education in Philadelphia. She was a member of the Philadelphia Board of Education from 1982 to 1989. From 1989 to 1998 she served as liaison in the educational partnership between ARCO Chemical Company and James Rhoads Elementary School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She also wrote, published and distributed the “Oakes Newsletter,” from 1970 to 1989, which addressed issues affecting the Philadelphia School District. The Helen Oakes papers date from 1958 to 2002, and include correspondence, printed materials, such as newsletters and pamphlets, newspaper...(see more)

Held at: Temple University Libraries Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

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