Repository: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1940">1940</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1944">1944</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Includes correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, publications, and newspaper clippings, primarily about Hámori's work with the United Nations.

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Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (15 linear in.)
Abstract:: The Union of Democratic Control was founded in 1914 in London, England by an alliance of radical Liberal Party and Independent Labour Party members to protest Britain's decision to enter World War I. It became a well-respected and internationally known research organization, publishing many pamphlets about British national and colonial affairs. It was disbanded in 1966.

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Extent:: 284 linear ft.
Abstract:: Organized to provide alternative service for conscientious objectors, who were assigned "work of national importance under civilian direction; the historic peace churches (Church of the Brethren, Religious Society of Friends and the Mennonite Church) band ed together to form the National Service Board for Religious Objectors (NISBRO) which coordinated the civilian public service (CPS) program; the American Friends Service Committee administered seventeen CPS camps and over thirty special service units which provided an alternative service program for 3400 men between 1941 and 1946.

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Extent:: 14.25 linear ft. (36 boxes)
Abstract:: Duncan Murphy Jr. was greatly concerned for Native American rights, and was an activist against the U.S. war in Central America and the U.S. build-up of a nuclear weapons arsenal.

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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