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Lee Stern Papers, 1936-1992 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 linear ft. (2 linear feet.)
Abstract:: Lee Stern (1915-1992), was a Quaker pacifist, conscientious objector to war, involved in peace groups and organizations, and a teacher of nonviolence.

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Norman R. Morrison Memorial Fund Records, 1965-1968 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Includes correspondence (1965-1966), financial records, reports, newspaper clippings, Friends World College files about the award, and five folders (1965) (primarily receipts for contributions) concerning the Morrison Family Fund.

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Charles Schumacher Collected Papers, 1930-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.88 linear ft. (22.5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Charles Schumacher was a chemist, chemical engineer and conscientious objector to World War II. He entered Civilian Public Service in 1944 and served in three CPS camps.

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Roland F. Smith Collected Papers, 1939-1946, 1981,1987-1990 (inclusive) 1981 1992

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft.
Abstract:: Papers of Roland F. Smith documenting his service in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector during WWII, as well as family papers.

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American Friends Service Committee Collected Records, 1917- (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.6 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:: The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was set up in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States.

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Mennonite Central Committee Collected Records, 1940- (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) was formed when representatives of various Mennonite conferences met July 27-28, 1920, in Elkhart (Indiana), and pledged to aid hungry people, including Mennonites, in Russia and Ukraine.Since then thousands have served with MCC worldwide on relief, peace and development projects.

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Steve Trimm Papers, 1963-2008 (bulk)

Extent:: 3.5 linear ft. (9 boxes)
Abstract:: In 1968 Steven Wayne Trimm was convicted for refusing induction into the armed services and served four years prison. Trimm fled to Canada in 1969 where he lived underground until 1974. Two years later he received clemency from the U.S. government under the Earned Re-entry Program and was pardoned. Steve Trimm is the author of Walking Wounded: Men's Lives During and Since the Vietnam War (1993) and other publications. Since the 1970s Steve Trimm has also been active with various peace and anti-war organizations, including Witness for Peace.

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Dorothy Marder Collection, 1971-1999 (bulk)

Extent:: 12.75 linear ft. (12.75 linear feet.)
Abstract:: Dorothy Marder was a photographer and photojournalist, peace activist, Lesbian and Gay community member, counselor, and disabilities advocate. Her most extensive photographic work concerned women's peace activism (especially Women Strike for Peace), in the New York, New York area between the late 1960s through the 1980s Many of her photographs appeared in peace movement and alternative press publications. Marder photographed well-known peace activists, feminists, and political figures of the last quarter of the twentieth century including: Bella Abzug, Joan Baez, David Dellinger, Ron Dellums, Barbara Jordan, Coretta Scott King, Grace Paley, and Gloria Steinem.

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Elihu Burritt Papers, 1840-1965 (inclusive) 1841-1878 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (1 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Elihu Burritt was born on December 10, 1810, in New Britain, Connecticut, into a working class family. He attended school briefly, but was largely self-educated. Burritt became a blacksmith to support himself, but he continued to study languages at night. Word of his erudition spread; he became known as the "Learned Blacksmith", and was offered opportunities to speak in public. While writing a lecture on "The Anatomy of the Earth", he was so impressed by the interdependency of its parts that he ended with a plea for international peace. This became his lifelong passion. He became acquainted with other social reformers and began his career as a prophet for peace.

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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.

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