Repository: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1955">1955</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

A. Ruth Fry Papers, 1905-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (1 linear ft.)
Abstract:: [Anna] Ruth Fry was an activist and a writer born into a prominent Quaker family in England. From 1914-1924, she served as general secretary of the Friends Relief Commission, which provided help for refugees and others ravaged by World War I. Fry wrote about her experiences in A Quaker Adventure (1926). She was also the first chairman of the Russian Famine Relief Fund in 1921. Fry went on to write numerous books, pamphlets and tracts, on a variety of Quaker and peace topics. She died on April 26, 1962.

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National Council of American-Soviet Friendship Collected Records, 1943-1987 (inclusive) 1949-1963 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.25 linear ft. (3 linear in.)
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Violet Oakley Collected Papers, 1933-1979 (inclusive) 1933-1942 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
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Alice Paul Collected Papers, 1907-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Collection consists of photocopied photographs and clippings.

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Peace Research Lab Collected Records, 1950-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.13 linear ft. (1.5 linear in.)
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Jeannette Rankin Collected Papers, 1917-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973), was the first woman to serve in Congress (1917-1919). She was an active suffragist and later worked in peace organizations such as the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the National Council for Prevention of War. Rankin founded the Georgia Peace Society in the 1940s, and led the Jeannette Rankin Brigade, an all-women's protest march against the Vietnam war shortly before her death.

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Society for Social Responsibility in Science Collected Records, 1949-1976 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear in.)
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Peacemaker Movement Collected Records, 1948-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.5 linear ft. (30 linear in.)
Abstract:: A group working on nonviolence from the late 1940s through the 1970s, particularly as it was expressed through tax refusal.

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World University Roundtable Collected Records, 1948-1960 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 linear in.)
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David Thoreau Wieck Collected Papers, 1942-1969 (inclusive) 1943-1950 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Includes prison correspondence, 1943-1946, and post-prison writings.

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