Repository: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1975">1975</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1979">1979</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Michael S. Foley Collected Papers, 1965-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4.5 linear ft. (4.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Michael S. Foley is an author, primarily about the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War.

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International Labour Organisation Collected Records, 1919-1941, 1998 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:: The International Labour Organization was established in Geneva in 1919 at the end of the First World War, during the Peace Conference that convened at Paris and Versailles. Its aim was to promote the welfare of workers.

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Erica Enzer Collected Papers, 1931-1998 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.63 linear ft. (7.5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Erica Enzer (1925-1998) was a peace activist, mathematics teacher, and chemist.

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Resource Center for Nonviolence Records, ca. 1979-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: .25 linear ft.
Abstract:

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Cora Weiss Papers, 1960- (bulk)

Extent:: 12.5 linear ft. (12.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Cora Weiss is a peace and social justice leader and activist. She is a supporter of the United Nations, an early member of Women Strike for Peace, a leader in the anti-Vietnam war movement in the United States. In the 1970s Weiss was the director of the Riverside Church (New York, NY) Disarmament Program. Weiss was also active with SANE, SANE/Freeze, Peace Action, and The Hague Appeal for Peace. Weiss became president of the International Peace Bureau in 2000. She has always been active in women's peace issues, hosting the first women's radio program in New York City in the 1970s, attending women's disarmament summits in the former Soveit Union, the U.N. Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, and many other events. Weiss is the recipient of numerous peace awards from all over the world.

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Ailanthus Collected Records, 1979-1992 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection consists primarily of printed material; includes flyers, notes from meetings, newspaper clippings, photographs, banners, legal briefs, publicity materials, and reference files. Also includes a memoir by Robert W. Hillegass about the making of the play "Handy Dandy" by William Gibson which draws heavily on Ailanthus courtroom experience and spirituality.

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Bertha von Suttner Collected Papers, 1881-1917, 1993-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (15 linear in.)
Abstract:: Bertha von Suttner was an Austrian peace activist and intellectual, and the author of one of the first international bestselling novels focused on peace ("Lay Down Your Arms") published in 1891. In her life-long correspondence on peace matters with Alfred Nobel she urged him to establish a prize for peace. Von Suttner was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905, the first woman to be thus recognized.

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Ken Giles Collected Papers, 1973-1990 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:: This collection reflects the involvement of Ken Giles in various Jewish groups/organizations that worked for peace in the Middle East.

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American Friends of the Middle East Collected Records, 1952-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (1 half hollinger box)
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Public Action Coalition on Toys Collected Records, 1966-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:: This collection documents the efforts of two groups that worked to raise the issue of violence perpetuated by the manufacture and sale of war toys to children.

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