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Philadelphia Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador Records, 1985-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 linear ft. (10 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Philadelphia CISPES was loosely affiliated with national and other local CISPES groups. It was concerned with issues of human rights and U.S. intervention in Central America in general and El Salvador in particular.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Milton Lowenthal Papers, 1962-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12.5 linear ft. (12.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Milton Lowenthal was an activist involved in peace and antinuclear movements in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, specifically those related to Three Mile Island and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was a sponsor of Japanese antinuclear artist Kazuaki Kita. This collection includes correspondence, financial records, manuscripts, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, reference files, and other memorabilia.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Jewish Women's Committee to End the Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Collected Records, 1988-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (1 linear ft.)
Abstract:: This small collection documents the efforts of the JWCEO to highlight the need for freedom in Palestine from Israeli occupation.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

U. S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East Records, 1982-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear ft. (4 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Founded in 1987, the U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East grew out of three interreligious study tours to the Middle East and exploratory consultations with more than 100 Jewish, Christian, and Muslim leaders between 1985 and 1987.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

United States Comprehensive Test Ban Coalition Records, 1986-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.4 linear ft. (5.4 linear ft.)
Abstract:: This organization was founded in March, 1988 as the U.S. Coalition of the International Comprehensive Test Ban Campaign. It was formed as a coalition of peace groups to raise public awareness of nuclear testing issues, and to call on governments to initiate testing moratoria and to undertake negotiations for a comprehensive test ban. Carolyn Cottom was its first Chair. The group changed name its name in 1989 to the United States Comprehensive Test Ban Coalition.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Robert Wallace Gilmore Papers, 1960-1982 (bulk)

Extent:: 11.25 linear ft. (11.25 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Robert W. Gilmore was a Quaker pacifist who was involved in a number of peace groups, either as a staffperson or as a Board member. His papers reflect these involvements through correspondence and other materials.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Kay Camp Papers, 1955-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17.5 linear ft. (17.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Katherine Lindsley Camp was born in 1918 [1919?], Mt. Kisco New York. She was a graduate of Swarthmore College (Class of 1940). Camp was elected president of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1967, and served as international president, 1974-1980. In addition Camp was founder of the Citizens Bi-Racial Study Group; former president of the Pennsylvania Women's Political Caucus; made unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1972 on the Democratic ticket in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; member of the Society of Friends. Her papers include biographical information, personal correspondence, and involvement with numerous peace groups, as well as political activities.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Sydney Dix Strong Papers, 1890-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (15 linear inches)
Abstract:: Sydney Dix Strong (1860-1938) was an outspoken pacifist and strong supporter of disarmament, war resistance, and organized labor. He was the pastor for churches in Ohio and Illinois and did settlement work in Chicago. For his peace stance made him unpopular during WWI and in Oct. 1917 he was expelled from membership in the Municipal League of Seattle because of a speech he had given before the National Council of Congregational Churches, in which he praised the I.W.W. (International Workers of the World). Strong published many articles and sermon series, as well as his book Rise of American Democracy in 1935, and from 1921-1938 was associate editor of Unity magazine. Other activities included a campaign to collect signatures for a "Peace Letter to the President" in 1926, while he was Secretary of the Seattle Peace League and of the Seattle group of Peacemakers; the development of a "2%" button, based on comments made by Albert Einstein that if 2% of those who were supposed to do...(see more)

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Council for Correspondence Collected Records, 1960-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:: Includes correspondence, memos, printed materials, and serial publications.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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