Repository: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / 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

Mary Jo and Walter Uphoff Collected Papers, 1934-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (15 linear inches.)
Abstract:: Mary Jo Uphoff was involved with Youth Committee Against War (of the Keep America Out of War Congress). Walter Uphoff was a labor historian and author of Kohler On Strike.

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Roland F. Smith Collected Papers, 1939-1946, 1981,1987-1990 (inclusive) 1981 1992

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft.
Abstract:: Papers of Roland F. Smith documenting his service in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector during WWII, as well as family papers.

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Mennonite Central Committee Collected Records, 1940- (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) was formed when representatives of various Mennonite conferences met July 27-28, 1920, in Elkhart (Indiana), and pledged to aid hungry people, including Mennonites, in Russia and Ukraine.Since then thousands have served with MCC worldwide on relief, peace and development projects.

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Fellowship of Conscientious Objectors Collected Records, 1941-1942 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (.5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Collection contains pamphlets and one periodical, The Tribunal.

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Dorothy Day Collected Papers, 1915- (bulk)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 linear in.)
Abstract:: Collection consists of printed materials: leaflets, pamphlets, reprints, and a postcard reproduction of a wood-carved sculpture by Charles Wells (b. 1935) titled "Dorothy Day.".

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Albert and Frank Dietrich Collected Papers, 1939-1946, 1988-1998 (inclusive) 1939-1946 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.04 linear ft. (12.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:: Collection consists of correspondence between the two brothers and their letters to their parents and to Frank's wife, Christine; topics include war, peace, patriotism, daily life in the army and Civilian Public Service, and arguments about the use of military force and pacifist nonviolence in the face of Nazi Germany and expansionist Japan; Frank's letters from the Philippines offer descriptions of life there, and the challenges of wartime marriages and parenthood.

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Pacifist Service Units Collected Records, 1941-1949 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.17 linear ft. (2 linear in.)
Abstract:: Newsletters, reports, and pamphlets.

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Consultative Peace Council Collected Records, 1930-1969 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:: Includes correspondence, reports, financial records, administrative files, minutes of meetings, publicity materials, brochures, newspaper clippings. Correspondents include: Devere Allen, Dorothy Detzer, Alfred Hassler, Jessie Wallace Hughan, Abe Kaufman, Frederick J. Libby, A.J. Muste, Ray Newton, Mildred Scott Olmsted, John Swomley, E. Raymond Wilson, and M.R. Zigler.

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Joseph Felmet Collected Papers, 1943-1994 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:: Collection includes two letters from Felmet; bulk of collection is photocopies regarding Felmet's draft resistance and civil rights work; also includes a photocopy of Felmet's FBI files.

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Harlem Ashram Collected Papers, 1942-1946 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Abstract:: Collection consists of one printed letter from Jay Holmes Smith"A Call to a World Brotherhood Mobilization" by Smith, one issue of Play Coop News, and an undated letter from Agnes Ryan to David R. Clark about her plans to open a School of Non-Violence.

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