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Start Over Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- United States -- Sources Year 1950 to 1999

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May 2nd Movement Collected Records, 1965 (bulk)

Extent:
0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Abstract:
Collection includes printed statements, correspondence, leaflets regarding the Movment's antiwar and anti-draft activities.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Horace Champney Papers, 1958-1990 (inclusive) 1958-1979 (bulk)

Extent:
8.25 linear ft. (8.25 lin. ft.)
Abstract:
Horace Champney was a pacifist active in various causes from the late 1940s through the 1980s. He was a founder of The Peacemakers Movement in the 1950s and interested in civil rights, war tax refusal, and other social justice causes. Champney was a member A Quaker Action Group and a crew member of the ship the Phoenix, which sailed to North Vietnam with medical supplies, during the Vietnam war.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Steve Trimm Papers, 1963-2008 (bulk)

Extent:
3.5 linear ft. (9 boxes)
Abstract:
In 1968 Steven Wayne Trimm was convicted for refusing induction into the armed services and served four years prison. Trimm fled to Canada in 1969 where he lived underground until 1974. Two years later he received clemency from the U.S. government under the Earned Re-entry Program and was pardoned. Steve Trimm is the author of Walking Wounded: Men's Lives During and Since the Vietnam War (1993) and other publications. Since the 1970s Steve Trimm has also been active with various peace and anti-war organizations, including Witness for Peace.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Benjamin Spock Collected Papers, 1964-1972 (bulk)

Extent:
0.83 linear ft. (10 linear inches.)
Abstract:
Collection consists of photocopied material released under the Freedom of Information Act for the years 1964-1972, with the bulk of the material from 1968. Includes informants' reports, transcripts of personal conversations, writings by and about Spock, and transcripts of Spock's media appearances.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Sallie Marx Papers, 1948-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:
5.83 linear ft. (5.83 linear feet)
Abstract:
Sallie Marx (1929 - 2013), was a long time activist in New York City and was a war tax resister for over four decades. Marx was a co-founder of the New York Peoples Life Fund in 1971. The NYPLF redirected funds to social justice and community building efforts in New York.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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