Repository: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1950">1950</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1954">1954</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 34.1 linear ft. (34.1 linear ft.)
Abstract:: John McConnell was born in 1915, in Davis City, Iowa. He has been an minister, author, editor, advocate for the environment, and businessman. He organized Meals for Millions in 1962 in San Francisco to feed displaced Hong Kong refugees and organized the Minute for Peace radio broadcast in 1964. In 1968 McConnell designed the Earth Flag, depicting the planet as seen from space. McConnell proposed the idea of Earth Day in 1969 to celebrate a peaceful planet. He also proposed Sea Citizens in 1974, and Earth Trustees in 1995. John McConnell died in 2012.

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Extent:: 3.75 linear ft. (9 boxes)
Abstract:: Concepcion Picciotto maintained an anti-nuclear protest in Lafayette Park, across from the White House in Washington (D.C.) from 1981 until her death in 2016 -- which was the longest such vigil in U.S. history.

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Extent:: 7.5 linear ft. (20 boxes)
Abstract:: Phyllis B. Taylor and Richard K. Taylor are Philadelphia-based activists who have been involved with numerous social causes.

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Abstract:: Robert Davis Hood (November 11, 1916 - July 24, 1994) was a Methodist pacifist and conscientious objector.

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Extent:: 7.5 linear feet (7.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for Civilian Public Service, which attempted to counsel and assist Conscientious Objectors in New York state.

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Extent:: 2 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection includes materials on establishing an international language system.

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