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Peace History Society Records, 1963- (inclusive)

Extent:
11 linear ft. (11 linear ft.)
Abstract:
The records of the Peace History Society contain minutes, mailings, annual brochures, general correspondence, papers presented at its conferences, documents about PHS projects and its monthly journal Peace and Change, and audiotapes. Correspondents include Charles Barker, Berenice A. Carroll, John. W. Chambers, Charles Chatfield, Hilary Conroy, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Sandi E. Cooper, Charles DeBenedetti, Michael A. Lutzker, William L. Neumann, Arthur I. Waskow, Ralph Edward Weber, and Lawrence S. Wittner.

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Bradford Lyttle Papers, 1954- (inclusive)

Extent:
49.75 linear ft. (49.75 linear ft.)
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Bradford [Brad] Lyttle is a long time leading peace activist involved in the promotion of nonviolence for social change and the elimination of war and nuclear weapons. Lyttle was the organizer of the San Francisco to Moscow walk in the 1960-1961, to highlight the message of disarmament and nonviolent resistance and bringing together U.S. and Soviet citizens together during the height of the Cold War. He went on to organize and participate in other marches and protests, including the Quebec - Washington - Guantanamo Walk for Peace, during which he and twenty other marchers were jailed by police in Albany, Georgia. During the Vietnam war Lyttle coordinated many organizations and demonstrations against the war. In 1983 he founded the United States Pacifist Party and ran for president in the 1984 elections. Lyttle continues to work for peace around the world. He has been a war tax resister, worked with peace projects and refugees in Bosnia and Croatia, and has been arrested many...(see more)

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Daniel Ellsberg Collected Papers, 1972- (bulk)

Extent:
0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Abstract:
The collection consists of one folder of printed material and pamphlets, including a research proprosal (1986): "U.S. First Use Threats and the Construction of Instability", and a transcript of a talk: "Daniel Ellsberg: The Construction of Instability" (1986).

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Irwin Abrams Collected Papers, 1948- (bulk)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (1/2 box)
Abstract:
Includes biographical and bibliographical information and photocopies of a small portion of Abrams published writings, including material about the Nobel Peace Prize, women Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Quaker peace testimony and the Nobel Peace Prize, Henri La Fontaine, and Carl von Ossietzky.

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Granny Peace Brigade Collected Papers, 2006- (bulk)

Extent:
2.5 linear ft. (30 linear inches.)
Abstract:
Collection consists primarily of printed copies of emails sent by the Granny Peace Brigade to its email group list, 2006-; also includes some meeting minutes, proposed mission statements, publicity and handout materials, and media coverage; collection includes GPB t-shirts.

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Peace Action Records, 1986- (inclusive)

Extent:
39 linear ft. (39 linear feet.)
Abstract:
The Peace Action collection is a continuation of the SANE and SANE Education Fund (DG 58) collection, which also resides at the SCPC (the papers of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign are at the University of Missouri at St. Louis). It documents the merger of SANE and the NWFC, as well as the goals and work of the merged organization, through meeting minutes, correspondence, program files, press clippings and other publicity, statements and communications with Congress and other leaders, as well as publications and resources in other formats. Includes correspondence, annual reports, administrative files, financial records, flyers and handbills, memorabilia, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, periodicals, publicity materials, reference files, audiocassettes, slides, reel-to-reel tapes, videocassettes, computer diskettes, photographs, and posters. Correspondents include: Nick Carter, Gordon Clark, David Cortright, Carolyn Cottom, and Monica Green.

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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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Lucy Haessler Collected Papers, 1986- (bulk)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:
Collection consists of one folder of biographical information about Lucy Haessler; the remainder is a typewritten transcription of taped interviews, 1986-1987, by Anthony von der Muhll (Haessler's grandson) for his thesis, Fighting Her Way : an Oral History of Lucy Haessler (B.A. thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1987); in later years she lived in Santa Cruz, California, where she died.

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Collected Document Group: Category B, 1817- (inclusive)

Extent:
123 linear ft. (294 boxes)
Abstract:
Collected Document Groups (CDGs) are collections for which the Swarthmore College Peace Collection has only some material from the organizations and individuals, collected by various entities through the years. In a small number of cases, the SCPC is the official repository for a CDG, but it was not given Document Group (DG) status because of the limited amount of material, or because it does not reflect the donor's full activities. Collected Document Group: Category B (CDG-B) consists of organizations or individuals based outside of the United States.

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John Dear Papers, 1979- (inclusive)

Extent:
50.66 linear ft. (105 hollinger boxes; 3 half hollinger boxes; and 5 paige cartons [through acc. 2022-014])
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Father John Dear is a Jesuit priest, peace and nonviolence activist, lecturer, and author of books on peace and social justice issues. His papers reflect his focus on nonviolent witness through all aspects of his life.

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Records, 1915- (inclusive)

Extent:
392 linear ft.
Abstract:
Includes minutes, resolutions and general historical records; anniversary celebrations, committee minutes, literature and releases; office files from the legislative office, the finance and the executive director; includes miscellaneous records from branches, including New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, among others; a large correspondence file includes general office correspondence as well as that of the National Organizational Secretary, the Washington Legislative Secretary, and others; also contains approximately 2150 photographs and/or negatives, periodicals, posters, banners, scrapbooks, postcards, graphics, audiovisual material, campaign buttons, lapel ribbons and pins, bumperstickers and other stickers, and other memorabilia.

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Collected Document Group: Category C, 2007- ; undated (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear ft. (1.5 boxes)
Abstract:
Collected Document Groups (CDGs) are collections for which the Swarthmore College Peace Collection has only some material from the organizations and individuals, collected by various entities through the years. In a small number of cases, the SCPC is the official repository for a CDG, but it was not given Document Group (DG) status because of the limited amount of material, or because it does not reflect the donor's full activities. CDG-C was established in June 2001 to include groups that seem to have no set office location, but change their address with every new leader, or because of other circumstances do not have a clear designation as a CDG-A or CDG-B.

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Latin America Working Group Records, 1989- (inclusive)

Extent:
20.45 linear ft.
Abstract:
Latin America Working Group was founded in 1983 as Central America Lobby Group, a project of the Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy. It became a separate entity in 1988, under the name Central America Working Group, and changed its name in 1995 to Latin America Working Group to reflect its expanded mandate.

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National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee Records, 1982-2022 (bulk)

Extent:
11 linear ft. (22 boxes + 3 unprocessed boxes (acc. 2023-025))
Abstract:
The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee was formed in September 1982 at a National Action Conference of the War Resisters League and the Center on Law and Pacifism. Its supporters promote war tax resistance on the national level. The NWTRC is not to be confused with the organization War Tax Resistance, begun in New York, New York in 1969.

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Ann Wright Papers, 2003-2020 (inclusive)

Extent:
20.8 linear ft. (50 boxes, after processing was completed)
Abstract:
Col. Ann Wright served in the U.S. military an as an ambassador before resigning her post in 2003 in protest over the war on Iraq. She since has traveled extensively, written a book and many articles, and had many speaking engagements as a peace activist.

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Craig Simpson Papers, circa 1961-2019 (inclusive)

Extent:
6.25 linear ft.
Abstract:
Papers of a peace activist who was involved in the War Resisters League and the War Resisters' International, among other organizations and causes, from the 1970s on.

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