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Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980 (inclusive) 1933-1954 (bulk)

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1.45 linear ft. (1,45 linear feet)
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Ellen Starr Brinton (1886-1954), Quaker, feminist and internationalist, served as the first curator of the Jane Addams Peace Collection (later the Swarthmore College Peace Collection) from 1935 until her retirement in 1951.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers, 1914-1950 (inclusive)

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0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana was a writer and pacifist who taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1912 until 1917. Dana lost his teaching post as an opponent of American participation in World War I. Dana continued to advocate civil liberties and the rights of conscientious objectors.

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Peace Pilgrim Papers, 1908-1986 (inclusive)

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3.75 linear ft. (9 boxes)
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Peace Pilgrim was born Mildred Lisette Norman in 1908. Between 1953 and l964, she had walked 25,000 miles across the U.S. for peace. Peace Pilgrim eventually made seven pilgrimages, crossing North America. She was killed in an automobile accident on July 7, 1981, at the age of 71.

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Committee for Nonviolent Action Records, 1958-1968 (inclusive)

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18.75 linear ft. (18.75 linear ft.)
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CNVA was one of the first American peace groups to focus on nonviolentdirect action including civil disobedience. Its purpose of organizing imaginative and dramatic protest demonstrations on both land and sea attracted radical pacifists and called the attention of the American public to the atrocities of nuclear warfare. CNVA's first protest action was a vigil held outside the atomic weapons test grounds in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1957. In the second half of its existence CNVA efforts began to focus on Vietnam. The organization allied its resources with other American peace groups. As other American peace groups adopted CNVA's methods of dramatic and nonviolent demonstrations, its own numbers and support waned. In the fall of 1967, CNVA voted to merge with the War Resisters League, which became reality in January 1968.

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Ross Flanagan Papers, 1962-1993 (inclusive) 1964-1978 (bulk)

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1.5 linear ft. (1.5 linear ft.)
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Ross Flanagan (1934- ), is Quaker pacifist and activist, has been involved in many Quaker-sponsored projects, peace, and civil rights activities. In the 1950s he served on the staff of the American Friends Service Committee. He was an early protestor against the Vietnam war and worked with A Quaker Action Group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1970s Flanagan was involved in neighborhood revitalization projects in West Philadelphia.

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Josephine Wertheim Pomerance Papers, 1952-1980 (inclusive)

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10.34 linear ft. (22 boxes)
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Josephine W. Pomerance was a peace worker best known in the areas of disarmament and United Nations reform. She was an observer at the United Nations, and she wrote, lectured, and consulted on disarmament and arms control subjects. Pomerance also worked with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

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National Peace Conference (U.S.) Records, 1933-1951 (inclusive)

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6.25 linear ft. (17 boxes)
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The National Peace Conference was formed in 1933 to unify and coordinate the efforts of various organizations interested in world justice and peace. The organization was active until 1951.

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Armistice Records, 1977-1984 (inclusive)

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4.25 linear ft. (4.25 linear ft.)
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Group established in Seattle (Washington) to nonviolently protest against the Bangor Naval Base Trident nuclear submarine / missile system.

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Bent Andresen Collected Papers, 1928-1991 (inclusive)

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0.04 linear ft. (.5 linear in.)
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Bent Andresen registered as a conscientious objector (CO) during World War Two and was sent to a Civilian Public Service in 1944. Andresen participated in a guinea pig project in which he and several other COs lived in a refrigerated room for three months to test the impact of a high-protein diet on cold-weather conditions. He went AWOL in 1945 and was sentenced to two years in prison. Andreson was involved in various peace and justice groups throughout his lifetime.

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Catholic Worker Movement Collected Records, 1936- (inclusive)

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0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
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Primarily printed materials; includes form letters from Dorothy Day; leaflets, serials, and pamphlets; one folder each about the Catholic Worker Movement in Des Moines, IA and Philadelphia PA.

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Church of the Brethren Collected Records, 1915-1980 (inclusive) 1935-1980 (bulk)

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0.67 linear ft. (8 linear in.)
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Scattered items relating to peacemaking efforts and social justice projects of the Church of the Brethren. Includes some items about Civilian Public Service camps administered by the Church of the Brethren, and about the Brethren Service Committee, later called the Brethren Service Commission.

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Fair Lawn Committee for Peace in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Collected Records, 1967-1973 (inclusive)

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0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
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The Fair Lawn community in New Jersey founded the Committee for Peace in Vietnam on March 1, 1967. The organization began building local support for alternative solutions to the conflict in Vietnam. The organization's membership grew to 200+ families in the six years that followed. On October 26, 1973, the group announced its plans to disband.

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Friendshipment-Bach Mai Hospital Relief Fund Records, 1975-1978 (bulk)

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9 linear ft. (9 linear ft.)
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Following the end of the Vietnam Conflict in 1975, this group of Americans organized to help rebuild Vietnam through "people-to-people aid to Vietnam." The coalition involved approximately 36 religious, political, and community organizations.

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Helen Kusman Collected Papers, 1972-1982 (inclusive)

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0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
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Helen Kusman was active in the peace movement from the 1950s through the 1980s, and worked on many issues. She served as the chairman of the New York Metropolitan Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), from 1970 to 1974. From 1973 to 1979 she served as Vice-President of the National Executive Board, representing the Northeast Region of the WILPF.

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Hornell Hart Collected Papers, 1948-1950 (inclusive)

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0.17 linear ft. (2 linear in.)
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Material includes correspondence, and Hart's study made with Duke University students"Towards Consensus for World Law and Order." Also includes copies of various drafts of his "Manhattan Project for Social Science" along with a summary of it by him, the latter received the Edward L. Bernays Atomic Energy Award so judged by a committee from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues in 1948.

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Laura Puffer Morgan Collected Papers, 1926-1962 (inclusive)

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0.25 linear ft. (3 linear in.)
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Laura Puffer Morgan, throughout her lifetime, worked for organizations and movements that promoted peace, disarmament, world order and international understanding. She was an important analyst and writer on these issues for many periodicals.

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J. Stuart Innerst Papers, 1920-1975 (inclusive)

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6.25 linear ft. (6.25 linear ft.)
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J. Stuart Innerst was a United Brethren in Christ missionary to China in the 1920s. Innerst and his wife Marion Reachard Innerst left China in 1927 with great concerns about the influence of western imperialism in that country. J. Stuart Innerst served as pastor of several churches and joined the Society of Friends in 1943. In addition to his pastoral work, Innerst also served as the Director of the Quaker Friends in Washington Program (1960-1961, lobbied members of Congress regarding China, disarmament and peace, and other issues. His other involvements included participation in various Friends boards and committees, such as the Executive Committee of the Friends Committee on Legislation, the La Jolla Meeting Peace Committee, and the Friend in the Orient Committee of the Pacific Yearly Meeting. Innerst wrote Bible study helps and devotionals, articles and leaflets, and edited the Understanding China Newsletter, published by the American Friends Service Committee. He co-authored the...(see more)

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Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors Records, 1940-1980 (inclusive)

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7.5 linear ft. (7.5 linear ft.)
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The Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors was a non-sectarian, free advisory service for conscientious objectors to war and military service. The MBCO was set up to provide counseling and legal aid in metropolitan New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and established by the United Pacifist Committee in 1940. The group disbanded in 1980.

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Albert Bigelow Papers, 1956-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.83 linear ft. (10 inches)
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Albert S. Bigelow (1906-1993) was an artist, architect, former Navy commander, and Quaker. He served as captain of Golden Rule, a thirty foot ketch which he and colleagues attempted to sail into the Eniwetok Proving Grounds, the U.S. nuclear test site in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific in February 1958. The action was sponsored by the Committee for Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons.

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