Search

Main content

Pacifist Research Bureau Collected Records, 1941-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:
The Pacifist Research Bureau was formed in March 1942 by a representative group of religious pacifists from churches and leading pacifist organizations. It studied current problems and reported its findings in pamphlet form.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Mary N. Chase Collected Papers, 1916-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (1 half hollinger box)
Abstract:
This collection consists of a small amount of the correspondence and reports generated during a letter exchange project, directed by Mary N. Chase from 1915 through the 1930s. As Secretary for the Society for the Promotion of International Amity at Proctor Academy in Andover, New Hampshire, Chase encouraged the exchange of letters between U.S. students and their counterparts in other lands. Chase also served as Secretary of the New Hampshire Peace Society, and President of the New Hampshire Woman's Suffrage Association.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

United Peace Chest of Philadelphia Records, 1935-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.92 linear ft. (23 linear in.)
Abstract:
The United Peace Chest of Philadelphia coordinated and integrated Philadelphia organizations interested in promoting international peace. The name was often shortened to "United Peace Chest." The UPC was founded in 1938, though it was conceptualized in 1936 at a meeting of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

The Haverford Free Thinker, 1927

Extent:
.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:
A 1927 publication on education issued at Haverford College.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Main content

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

Extent:
7.5 linear ft. (7.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:
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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Philadelphia Area Alliance for Central America Records, 1984-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:
10.2 linear ft. (10.2 linear ft.)
Abstract:
The Philadelphia Area Alliance for Central America was formed in 1991 by the merger of two Philadelphia Area Central America activist organizations: the Central America Organizing Project (CAOP) and the Philadelphia chapter of Pledge of Resistance. All of these groups were involved with issues concerning U.S. intervention in Central America.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Rolla Foley Papers, 1941-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:
This collection contains photographs, letters, documents, and pamphlets regarding Rolla Foley's musical career in the Near East between 1939-1945. He had various roles throughout music performances and festivals, most often compiling and editting the music, but also conducting on occasion. These festivals include the 1941 Palestine Children's Music Festival, the 1943 Children's Music Festival, the 1943 Syrian Students' Music Festival, the 1944-1945 Near East Music Festival, and the 1945 Folk Music Festival that took place in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and the former Tranjordan. This collection also contains 1979 letters regarding Foley's career and works during his lifetime.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Main content

To the Women of the City of Philadelphia, and of the United States Generally, the Friendly Address of the Undersigned Women Inhabitants of the City of Exeter in England, 1846

Extent:
1 items (1 scroll ; 28 1/2 ft. x 13 in.)
Abstract:
Handwritten address; a plea, dated 28th of April 1846, signed by 1623 English women, invoking a common ancestry and urging their American sisters to unite with them "in using the influence we possess, which is not powerless though exerted chiefly around the domestic hearth." The exchange was prompted due to tensions between England and the United States known as the "Oregon Question" a boundary dispute resulting from competing claims to the Pacific Northwest territory. Friendly Addresses were inspired by Joseph Crosfield, an English Quaker, and Elihu Burritt, an American, to promote friendship between the United States and Great Britain on a person-to-person level. (C.f. Merle Curti, The American Peace Crusade, p. 114-116).

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace Collected Records, 1917-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.417 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
The People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace grew out of the First American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace, held in New York, May 1917. It was organized to work for an early and liberal peace at the end of the World War. It favored world organizations and disapproved of conscription.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Raymond Binford and Helen Binford Collected Papers, 1941-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
Raymond Binford served as President of Guilford College, High Point, North Carolina, for 16 years before taking a leave of absence to become the director of Civilian Public Service Camp #19 (Buck Creek Camp, Marion, North Carolina) during World War II.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Albert Einstein Institution Records, 1974 - (bulk)

Extent:
125 linear ft. (125 linear ft.)
Abstract:
The Albert Einstein Institution was founded in 1983 and is dedicated to advancing the study and use of strategic nonviolent action in conflicts throughout the world. It is committed to the defense of freedom, democracy, and the reduction of political violence through the use of nonviolent action. The principle founder of the Albert Einstein Institution is Dr. Gene Sharp. To further its mission, the Institution has supported research projects, actively consulted with resistance and pro-democracy groups, and worked to publicize the power and potential of nonviolent struggle around the world through educational materials, analyses, translations, workshops, and media visibility. The Albert Einstein Institution was named after the scientist, Albert Einstein and continues his struggle to resolve the continuing problems of political violence.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

T. Corder Catchpool Collected Papers, 1914-1952 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:
T. Corder Catchpool refused any service when the Compulsory Military Service Act was passed in 1916 in Great Britain. He was in prison slightly more than two years, after which he published On Two Fronts: Letters of a Conscientious Objector, a memoir about his experiences during the war and in prison. After World War I, Catchpool became a relief worker, secretary for the Friends International Centre in Berlin, and peace worker. He performed reconciliation work with the Friends War Victims Relief Committee in Berlin and eventually became secretary of the Quaker Centre there. After his arrest by the Gestapo because of his assistance to those adversely affected by Hitler's regime, Catchpool returned to England and made frequent trips to the continent to work as an interpreter for English peace efforts and as a relief worker for Germans in Czechoslovakia and Lithuania. During the Second World War he supported conscientious objectors and volunteered for hospital duty. In 1941 Catchpool...(see more)

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

David McReynolds Papers, 1943- (inclusive)

Extent:
30.5 linear ft. (30.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:
David McReynolds (1929-2018), was an activist with the War Resisters League, the Socialist Party USA and the Democratic Socialists of America. He was an editor of Liberation magazine in the 1950s and a leader of the WRL from the 1950s until his retirement in 1999. McReynolds ran for Congress twice and for President of the U.S. twice, including a run in 2000. McReynolds has attempted to integrate anti-war and pacifist philosophy with Socialist economics. David McReynolds was openly gay and had written about this topic as well.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Bertram Pickard and Irene Pickard Collected Papers, 1918-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (15 linear in.)
Abstract:
Bertram Pickard was an internationalist; peace leader; Quaker; official for Society of Friends and United Nations organizations, including the Friends Peace Committee of the London Yearly Meeting, the Friends' Service Council, the Friends Geneva Centre, and the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations; and founder of the Quaker Press Service, later called the World Outlook Press Service.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Helena M. Swanwick Collected Papers, 1907-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.67 linear ft. (8 linear in.)
Abstract:
Helena Maria Sickert was born in Germany and moved to England early on. She was an author, journalist, and lecturer involved in peace activism, feminism, and social justice. She became chair of the British Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and was a British delegate to the League of Nations. Her dream was that women, if they used their power, could make an end to war.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Freeze Campaigns (State and Local) Collected Records, 1980-1989 (bulk)

Extent:
0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:
These are collected records of state and local nuclear freeze campaigns. Freeze was a grassroots movements which called for a bilateral freeze on the nuclear weapons buildup by the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Harrisburg Defense Committee Collected Records, 1970-1973 (bulk)

Extent:
.8 linear ft. (2 boxes (10 linear in. total))
Abstract:
On January 12, 1971, Dr. Eqbal Ahmad, Father Philip Berrigan, Sister Elizabeth McAlister, Father Neil McLaughlin, Anthony Scoblick (a married priest), and Father Joseph Wenderoth were indicted on federal charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and blow up the heating systems of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. The government also cited as co-conspirators Father Daniel Berrigan, Sister Beverly Bell, Marjorie Shuman, Paul Mayer (a married priest), Sister Jogues Egan, Thomas Davidson and William Davidon. The six defendants were arraigned on February 8, 1971 and each pled 'not guilty.' A second indictment was handed down on April 30, 1971 in which John Theodore (Ted) Glick was added to those charged (the defendants were thereafter known as the Harrisburg 8), and the charges were expanded to include destroying files and property of the federal government, and conspiracy to possess illegal explosives. Finally, on April 5, 1972 the jury returned its verdict: Philip Berrigan...(see more)

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

International Peace Society Collected Records, 1817-1948 (bulk)

Extent:
1.88 linear ft. (22.5 linear in.)
Abstract:
The Society for the Promotion of Universal and Permanent Peace, also known as the London Peace Society, was founded June 14, 1816. Members were primarily Protestant, especially Quaker. Although its official platform was based on an absolutist pacifist stance, its members included peace workers who did not accept the full pacifist position. By 1930 it had taken the name of International Peace Society, having become incorporated with the International Christian Peace Fellowship.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Indochina Resource Center Records, 1960-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:
10 linear ft. (10 linear ft.)
Abstract:
The Indochina Resource Center was founded in 1971 to inform the American people, legislators, and the media about the war in Indochina. The IRC also disseminated information about the countries of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam where U.S. military personnel were fighting or bombing. The IRC changed its name to the Southeast Asia Resource Center in 1976. In 1982 the organization was absorbed by Asia Research Center.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Alice Slater Papers, 1993-2005 (bulk)

Extent:
15.5 linear ft. (15.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:
Alice Slater is a nuclear policy expert involved in nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, and elimination of weapons issues. She has served as a founder or officer of several major organizations, including Global Resource Action Center for the Environment, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction, Abolition 2000, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, and Stand for Truth About Radiation. Slater is internationally known for her expertise and work on disarmament issues.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Muriel Lester Collected Papers, 1926-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:
Muriel Lester and her sister Doris created Kingsley Hall, in 1914 as a community center for the area residents. For 20 years, Muriel made Kingsley Hall the center of her work. In 1934 she became Ambassador-At-Large and later Traveling Secretary for the International Fellowship of Reconciliation [IFOR].

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Elkinton Family Doukhobor Papers, 1884- (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (15 linear in.)
Abstract:
The Doukhobors are a pacifist sect. They originated in Russia but were forced to emigrate to Canada in 1898 due to their refusal to bear arms for the Tsar. In the late 1930s their leader, Peter P. Verigin, created an organization known as the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ, also known as the Orthodox Doukhobors, which has maintained the tradition of Doukhobor cultural activities. The Elkinton Family, a prominent Philadelphia (Pa.) Quaker family, and other members of the Society of Friends in Canada and the United States have offered moral and material assistance to the Doukhobors because of the connection of their beliefs in pacifism and simplicity.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Ailanthus Collected Records, 1979-1992 (bulk)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:
The collection consists primarily of printed material; includes flyers, notes from meetings, newspaper clippings, photographs, banners, legal briefs, publicity materials, and reference files. Also includes a memoir by Robert W. Hillegass about the making of the play "Handy Dandy" by William Gibson which draws heavily on Ailanthus courtroom experience and spirituality.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Diana Brown Sheridan Collected Papers, 1984-1987 (bulk)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear in. (excluding audiocassettes))
Abstract:
This collection is comprised of materials gathered for Diana Brown Sheridan's oral history project on peacemaking women of Norway as well as her interviews with those women.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Bertha von Suttner Collected Papers, 1881-1917, 1993-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (15 linear in.)
Abstract:
Bertha von Suttner was an Austrian peace activist and intellectual, and the author of one of the first international bestselling novels focused on peace ("Lay Down Your Arms") published in 1891. In her life-long correspondence on peace matters with Alfred Nobel she urged him to establish a prize for peace. Von Suttner was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905, the first woman to be thus recognized.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Universal Peace Union Records, 1846-1938 (inclusive) 1867-1923 (bulk) 1938 (bulk)

Extent:
12.5 linear ft. (12.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:
The most colorful and important peace organization to rise from the the Civil War was the Universal Peace Union (UPU). This militant band grew out of reaction against compromising tactics which the American Peace Society adopted during the Civil War.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Harold Barton Collected Papers, 1944-1949 (bulk)

Extent:
1.2 linear ft. (15 linear inches)
Abstract:
In the early 1940s National Mental Health Foundation originated in 1944-1945 when Harold Barton and three associates, serving at Byberry State Hospital in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), announced plans for a national campaign to improve the conditions in mental hospitals. The exposure of these conditions through the efforts of men serving in CPS, and their efforts to be a nonviolent presence in mental institutions, began a new movement in mental health care in the U.S. The National Mental Health Foundation still exists today as the National Mental Health Association.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Robin Harper Collected Papers, (inclusive)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (1 box. (5 linear in.))
Abstract:
Robin Harper is active in the peace movement. During the 1950s and 1960s he protested nuclear weapons and missile defense systems. The papers in this collection reflect that involvement.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

SOA Watch Records, 1986- (bulk)

Extent:
4.5 linear ft. (4.5 linear feet (papers only))
Abstract:
The SOA Watch was founded in 1990 by Catholic peace activist, Father Roy Bourgeois. The organization tracks and monitors the work of the School of the Americas (SOA), renamed the "Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation," (WHISC), in 2001. The WHISC is a combat training school for Latin American military personnel, located at Fort Benning, Georgia. The SOA Watch is a direct action protest organization.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Ken Giles Collected Papers, 1973-1990 (bulk)

Extent:
0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:
This collection reflects the involvement of Ken Giles in various Jewish groups/organizations that worked for peace in the Middle East.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Nancy J. Babb Collected Papers, 1921-1949 (bulk)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
Nancy Babb (1884-1948) was a member of the Society of Friends who served as a field representative for the Red Cross and then as a relief worker in Russia from 1917 to the mid 1920s. On her return to the United States in 1928 Babb lectured about her work in Russia. Babb also volunteered for a number of various women's organizations, including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Babb established the National Circulating Library of Student's Peace Posters, an organization that sponsored annual contests for children and young adults to create posters against war and on peace topics. The NCLSPP offered prizes and art school scholarships to winning posters.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section / U.S. Peace Section Collected Records, 1942- (inclusive)

Extent:
2.71 linear ft. (32.5 linear in.)
Abstract:
The Peace Section of the Mennonite Central Committee was established in January 1942, as successor to the Mennonite Central Peace Committee organized in 1939. It served as an agency for counseling on problems related to conscription and the draft, a representation to government, a center for study, research, and writing regarding the peace position, and a central agency for peace education.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Peter Weiss Collected Papers, 1949-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (15 linear in.)
Abstract:
Peter Weiss was born in Austria and moved to the U.S. in 1941. He worked has as a lawyer from 1955 to 2006 and is interested in nuclear policy and other human rights and peace issues. He is married to activist Cora Weiss.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Peace Links Collected Records, ca. 1985-1988 (bulk)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:
Collection consists primarily of folders of printed materials titled: Celebrate Peace kit; Global Awareness kit; How to Talk to Your Children About Nuclear War; Library Project kit; Understanding the Soviets; Women in the Soviet Union study guide; Reach for Peace high school kit.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Peace and Disarmament Committee of the Women's International Organisations Collected Records, 1931-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:
The Peace and Disarmament Committee of the Women's International Organisations was founded in 1931 (informally called the Women's Disarmament Committee). The PDCWIO was formed to promote the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments and called itself the "greatest concerted action for peace ever undertaken by women".

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Denny Wilcher Collected Papers, 1941-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.29 linear ft. (15.5 linear in.)
Abstract:
This collection documents the experiences of Wilcher (and his friends), while in Civilian Public Service, and after he left CPS and was imprisoned at McNeil Island Federal Prison Camp.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Neil Wollman Papers, ca. 1984- (bulk)

Extent:
5.4 linear ft. (13 boxes)
Abstract:
Neil Wollman (1950 - ) is a peace activist and psychologist. Beginning ca. 1984, Wollman began to pressure Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) to engage in socially responsible investing, including divesting from companies that did business in South Africa or built nuclear weapons. Wollman helped to form the Make TIAA-CREF Ethical Coalition. He is the the author of the Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility (www.graduationpledge.org), and iscurrently involved with Kids Can make A Difference "to inspire students to realize that it is within their power to help eliminate hunger and poverty in their communities, country and world."

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

George Willoughby and Lillian Willoughby Papers, 1931-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.1 linear ft. (25.25 linear in.)
Abstract:
George Willoughby (December 9, 1914 - January 5, 2010) and Lillian Willoughby (c. 1916 - January 15, 2009) were Quaker activists who took part in nonviolent protests against war, conducted nonviolence trainings in India and other countries, and advocated for preservation of land in New Jersey and elsewhere.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Turn Toward Peace Collected Records, 1961-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.7 linear ft. (2.7 linear ft.)
Abstract:
Turn Toward Peace was founded in 1961 as a cooperative national effort of about 60 peace and liberal internationalist organizations; Norman Thomas was Chairman of TTP, and Robert Gilmore was the Executive Director. There eventually were offices in several large cities and 38 national organizations were affiliated with the organization. But by 1963, serious discord divided TTP and several years later a group split off to became the World Without War Council; some regional offices retained the name of "Turn Toward Peace."

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Washington Peace Center Records, 1960-2013 (bulk)

Extent:
8.75 linear ft. (8.75 linear feet.)
Abstract:
The Washington Peace Center was formed in 1963 upon the dissolution of the Peace Action Center of Washington, D.C. The organization seeks to educate the public on peace issues through youth programs, conscientious objector/draft counseling, film screenings, speakers, workshops on peace topics, discussions, and the publication of a newsletter. Its mission statement as of 2013 includes : "The Washington Peace Center is an anti-racist, grassroots, multi-issue organization working for peace, justice, and nonviolent social change in the metropolitan Washington DC area."

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

John McConnell Papers, 1950-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:
34.1 linear ft. (34.1 linear ft.)
Abstract:
John McConnell was born in 1915, in Davis City, Iowa. He has been an minister, author, editor, advocate for the environment, and businessman. He organized Meals for Millions in 1962 in San Francisco to feed displaced Hong Kong refugees and organized the Minute for Peace radio broadcast in 1964. In 1968 McConnell designed the Earth Flag, depicting the planet as seen from space. McConnell proposed the idea of Earth Day in 1969 to celebrate a peaceful planet. He also proposed Sea Citizens in 1974, and Earth Trustees in 1995. John McConnell died in 2012.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Consider the Alternatives Records, 1978-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:
10.8 linear ft.
Abstract:
Consider the Alternatives Productions was established in 1972 by the Philadelphia chapter of SANE, to conduct educational and non- partisan political activities and to receive tax deductible contributions. It was first called the SANE Education Fund of Pennsylvania. One project supported by the SANE Education Fund was a weekly half-hour radio broadcast called "SANE Views the World." In March 1978, the title of the series was changed to "Consider the Alternatives." By 1990 the organization funded only two projects: the Consider the Alternatives radio program and the SANE Education Fund Peace Award. In August of that year the name of the organization was officially changed to Consider the Alternatives Productions.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Peace and Justice Studies Association Records, 2002-2018 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.3135 linear ft. ((2 containers - one dedicated box and contents in one collected box))
Abstract:
The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) is a non-profit organization formed in 2001 as a result of a merger of the Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development (COPRED) and the Peace Studies Association (PSA). The PJSA is dedicated to bringing together academics, K-12 teachers and grassroots activists to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for peacebuilding, social justice, and social change. The group also serves as a professional association for scholars in the field of peace and conflict resolution studies, and is a North American affiliate of the International Peace Research Association.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

American Union Against Militarism Records, 1915-1922 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.75 linear ft.
Abstract:
In 1915 a group of New York pacifists and near-pacifists organized the "Anti-militarism Committee" to combat the war spirit of the time. Activities included lobbying, publishing, a lecture campaign, and the establishment of a Civil Liberties Bureau. The most notable achievements were the work in the successful effort to avert war with Mexico in 1916 and the encouragement of opposition to peacetime conscription following World War I. The office was raided by the government and American Union Against Militarism publications were sometimes stopped by the postal authorities but the organization continued unintimidated.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Concepción Picciotto Papers, 1936-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.75 linear ft. (9 boxes)
Abstract:
Concepcion Picciotto maintained an anti-nuclear protest in Lafayette Park, across from the White House in Washington (D.C.) from 1981 until her death in 2016 -- which was the longest such vigil in U.S. history.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Agape Foundation Records, 1970-2010 (bulk)

Extent:
43.3 linear ft. (43.3 linear feet.)
Abstract:
The Agape Foundation was a non-profit public foundation, which raised and distributed funds to groups working for nonviolent social change. From its formation in 1969 by a group of pacifists and anti-war activists in Palo Alto, California, the Agape Foundation provided millions of dollars to nonviolent, grassroots organizations throughout the western United States. It was headquartered in San Francisco. In 2010 the Agape Foundation merged with the Peace Development Fund.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Harold Taylor Collected Papers, 1959-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.83 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:
Dr. Harold A. Taylor (1914–1993) was the president of Sarah Lawrence College, known for his writing on education and philosophy, his involvement in peace organizations in the 1960s, and his stand against McCarthyism's interference with American education.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Robert Hood Papers, 1936-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:
*{number} linear ft. (*{number of} boxes)
Abstract:
Robert Davis Hood (November 11, 1916 - July 24, 1994) was a Methodist pacifist and conscientious objector.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Reginald Reynolds Collected Papers, 1925-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:
.28 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
A British Quaker, author, journalist, field secretary for the Friends Service Committee, associate of Mohandas K. Gandhi, and conscientious objector during World War II.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Anna B. Eckstein Collected Papers, 1886-1944 (bulk)

Extent:
0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:
Born in Coburg, Germany, Anna B. Eckstein eventually became a naturalized American citizen and joined the Boston [Massachusetts] Peace Society. She became an ardent champion of world peace and gave numerous lectures and wrote many articles on peace problems of the United States and of Europe. Eckstein was a vice-president of the American Peace Society (1905-1911), and an honorary member of the Liberal Christian League in London and of many other social and education societies. She collected signatures for "The World Petition to Prevent War Between Nations" for The Hague Conventions. Eckstein had begun to prepare another petition for the 3rd Hague Conference for which she had some 6 million signatures when her efforts were ended by the advent of World War I. Her manuscript "The Will to Power Harmonized" was refused publication by Nazi authorities.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

October 6 Witness Collected Records, 1983-1984 (bulk)

Extent:
0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:
Includes correspondence (1983-1984), minutes of meetings, financial records, mailing lists, planning reports, publicity, press coverage, newspaper clippings, and follow-up notes. Correspondents include Bruce Birchard, Samuel D. Caldwell, and Morton Frank.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Norman J. Whitney Papers, 1938-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:
7.5 linear feet (7.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:
Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for Civilian Public Service, which attempted to counsel and assist Conscientious Objectors in New York state.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Main content

Veterans for Peace, Inc. Records, 1985- (bulk)

Extent:
11.13 linear ft. (11.13 linear feet.)
Abstract:
Veterans For Peace, Inc. (VFP) is an educational and humanitarian organization dedicated to the abolishment of war. VFP iss comprised primarily of veterans of the United States military, but non-veterans may also join as associate members. VFP's statement of purpose (as of 2010) states that their mission is: "To increase public awareness of the costs of war; to restrain the U.S. government from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations; to end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons; to seek justice for veterans and victims of war; to abolish war as an instrument of national policy". VFP members pledge to use nonviolent, democratic means to achieve these aims.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Limit your search

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »