Repository: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1945">1945</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1949">1949</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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

Extent:: 1.45 linear ft. (1,45 linear feet)
Abstract:: 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)

Extent:: 0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:: 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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Peace Pilgrim Papers, 1908-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.75 linear ft. (9 boxes)
Abstract:: 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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Center on Conscience and War Records, 1940-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 670 linear ft. (papers only)
Abstract:: Organization still in existence that was formed to aid conscientious objectors in World War II.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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

Extent:: 6.25 linear ft. (17 boxes)
Abstract:: 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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Scott Nearing Papers, 1909-1994 (inclusive) 1915-1975 (bulk)

Extent:: 12.9 linear ft. (31 boxes)
Abstract:: Scott Nearing was a lecturer, writer, and free-lance teacher who lived and taught pacifist and environmentalist principles.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

American Christian Committee for Refugees Collected Records, 1936-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (.5 linear in.)
Abstract:

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American Coalition Collected Records, 1939-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (.5 linear in.)
Abstract:

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American Association for the United Nations Collected Records, 1945-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.63 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:

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Bent Andresen Collected Papers, 1928-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.04 linear ft. (.5 linear in.)
Abstract:: 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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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