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Reginald Reynolds Collected Papers, 1925-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:
.28 linear ft. (1 box)
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A British Quaker, author, journalist, field secretary for the Friends Service Committee, associate of Mohandas K. Gandhi, and conscientious objector during World War II.

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Anna B. Eckstein Collected Papers, 1886-1944 (bulk)

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0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
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Born in Coburg, Germany, Anna B. Eckstein eventually became a naturalized American citizen and joined the Boston [Massachusetts] Peace Society. She became an ardent champion of world peace and gave numerous lectures and wrote many articles on peace problems of the United States and of Europe. Eckstein was a vice-president of the American Peace Society (1905-1911), and an honorary member of the Liberal Christian League in London and of many other social and education societies. She collected signatures for "The World Petition to Prevent War Between Nations" for The Hague Conventions. Eckstein had begun to prepare another petition for the 3rd Hague Conference for which she had some 6 million signatures when her efforts were ended by the advent of World War I. Her manuscript "The Will to Power Harmonized" was refused publication by Nazi authorities.

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Papers of Kirby Page from the Honnold Library (Claremont College, California), ca. 1920-1957 (bulk)

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1 reels (1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.)
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Includes documents about Kirby Page, Reinhold Niebuhr, Sherwood Eddy, the Fellowship for a Christian Social Order, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Christian Way, Keep America Out of War, the Emergency Peace Campaign, conscientious objection, the World Court, socialism, and pacifism.

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James W. and Shelley Douglass Collected Papers, 1990- (bulk)

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0.17 linear ft. (2 linear inches.)
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Collection is primarily printed materials, including pamphlets, reprints, photocopies of interviews with and letters to various correspondents, including Ramsey Clark, Glenda Grabow, Pope John Paul II, and Cardinal Roger Etchegaray.

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Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft Collected Records, 1897-1991 (bulk)

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0.625 linear ft. (7.5 linear inches.)
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The Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft (German Peace Society) was founded in 1892 and still exists today as the Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft - Vereinigte Kriegsdienstgegnerinnen or DFG-VK.

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Institute of Politics (Williamstown) Collected Records, 1922-1931 (bulk)

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0.83 linear ft. (10 linear inches.)
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Collection consists of printed materials: Reports of the Round Tables nos. 6-10 (1926-1930) and information related to them and the Institute in general: correspondence, pamphlets, publicity materials and newspaper clippings.

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Left Wing Pacifist-Socialists Collected Records, 1945 (bulk)

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0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
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This file includes correspondence and memoranda dated 1945, pertaining to the proposed organization of a new movement for radical nonviolent pacifists. Includes a letter of April 27, 1945, of which signers include Rex Corfman, Henry Dyer, Roy Finch, Lewis Hill, Morris Horowitz, Byron Johnson, Igal Roodenko, and Stanley Rappeport; a list of the addressees is included on the same page as the signers. Collection also includes a "Memorandum on Effective Pacifist Organization for Action" by George M. Houser; "Statement" by Evan W. Thomas"Memorandum on Proposed Organization of Left Wing Pacifist-Socialists: A Proposal for an Organizational Conference" signed by David Dellinger, William Kuenning, and Elizabeth Peterson, and "The February Conference on Non-Violent Revolutionary Socialism.".

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Arthur E. Morgan Collected Papers, 1939-1962 (bulk)

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0.08 linear ft. (1 folder)
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Correspondence, pamphlets, articles by and about Arthur E. Morgan relating to Morgan's interest in progressive politics, education, and peace movements.

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Joseph W. Reilly Collected Papers, 1945-1950 (bulk)

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0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
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The collection includes information about the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Council, the Friendship Cooperative House, the conference of the National Youth Assembly Against Universal Military Training, Washington D.C. February 15-16, 1948, the Philadelphia Resist Conscription Committee, the Philadelphia Youth Council to Oppose Conscription, the Philadelphia Town Meeting of Youth and Vets, and the Veterans Commission on Court-Martial Cases.

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Joseph C. Osborn Collected Papers, 1936-1986 (bulk)

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0.29 linear ft. (3.5 linear inches.)
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Collection includes biographical information, correspondence, information about Osborn's academic work at Purdue University, 1936-1942, and about his draft orders and conscientious objection status; and information about Osborn's time in Civilian Public Service and CPS reunions in 1983 and 1986.

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Pendle Hill School Collected Records, 1934- (bulk)

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0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
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This collection consists of some information about the history and organization of Pendle Hill, but is primarily composed of programs about Pendle Hill activities, 1960-.

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Peace Pledge Union Collected Records, 1934- (bulk)

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1.25 linear ft. (15 linear inches.)
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This collection includes minutes of meetings, reports, group letters, newsletters, news releases, publication lists, pamphlets, leaflets and flyers.

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American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace Collected Records, 1917-1919 (inclusive)

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0.417 linear ft. (1 box)
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The People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace grew out of the First American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace, held in New York, May 1917. It was organized to work for an early and liberal peace at the end of the World War. It favored world organizations and disapproved of conscription.

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Raymond Binford and Helen Binford Collected Papers, 1941-1946 (inclusive)

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0.42 linear ft. (1 box)
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Raymond Binford served as President of Guilford College, High Point, North Carolina, for 16 years before taking a leave of absence to become the director of Civilian Public Service Camp #19 (Buck Creek Camp, Marion, North Carolina) during World War II.

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T. Corder Catchpool Collected Papers, 1914-1952 (inclusive)

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0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
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T. Corder Catchpool refused any service when the Compulsory Military Service Act was passed in 1916 in Great Britain. He was in prison slightly more than two years, after which he published On Two Fronts: Letters of a Conscientious Objector, a memoir about his experiences during the war and in prison. After World War I, Catchpool became a relief worker, secretary for the Friends International Centre in Berlin, and peace worker. He performed reconciliation work with the Friends War Victims Relief Committee in Berlin and eventually became secretary of the Quaker Centre there. After his arrest by the Gestapo because of his assistance to those adversely affected by Hitler's regime, Catchpool returned to England and made frequent trips to the continent to work as an interpreter for English peace efforts and as a relief worker for Germans in Czechoslovakia and Lithuania. During the Second World War he supported conscientious objectors and volunteered for hospital duty. In 1941 Catchpool...(see more)

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Bertram Pickard and Irene Pickard Collected Papers, 1918-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (15 linear in.)
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Bertram Pickard was an internationalist; peace leader; Quaker; official for Society of Friends and United Nations organizations, including the Friends Peace Committee of the London Yearly Meeting, the Friends' Service Council, the Friends Geneva Centre, and the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations; and founder of the Quaker Press Service, later called the World Outlook Press Service.

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Helena M. Swanwick Collected Papers, 1907-1938 (inclusive)

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0.67 linear ft. (8 linear in.)
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Helena Maria Sickert was born in Germany and moved to England early on. She was an author, journalist, and lecturer involved in peace activism, feminism, and social justice. She became chair of the British Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and was a British delegate to the League of Nations. Her dream was that women, if they used their power, could make an end to war.

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Muriel Lester Collected Papers, 1926-1968 (inclusive)

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0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
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Muriel Lester and her sister Doris created Kingsley Hall, in 1914 as a community center for the area residents. For 20 years, Muriel made Kingsley Hall the center of her work. In 1934 she became Ambassador-At-Large and later Traveling Secretary for the International Fellowship of Reconciliation [IFOR].

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Elkinton Family Doukhobor Papers, 1884- (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (15 linear in.)
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The Doukhobors are a pacifist sect. They originated in Russia but were forced to emigrate to Canada in 1898 due to their refusal to bear arms for the Tsar. In the late 1930s their leader, Peter P. Verigin, created an organization known as the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ, also known as the Orthodox Doukhobors, which has maintained the tradition of Doukhobor cultural activities. The Elkinton Family, a prominent Philadelphia (Pa.) Quaker family, and other members of the Society of Friends in Canada and the United States have offered moral and material assistance to the Doukhobors because of the connection of their beliefs in pacifism and simplicity.

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