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North American Seminar on Training and Organizing for Nonviolent Action Collected Records, 1977 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Abstract:: Collection includes, leaflets, fact sheets, printed correspondence; correspondents include Lynne Shivers; includes information on the International Seminars on Training for Nonviolent Action (Waltham, Mass.).

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Wilma L. Mosholder Collected Papers, 1945, 1963-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Abstract:: Correspondence, newspaper clippings regarding Wilma Mosholder's career in librarianship and archives, primarily her time in Puerto Rico.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Stanley Murphy Collected Papers, 1947 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 items (1 item.)
Abstract:: This collection consists of one item, a magazine article undated but published around 1947, titled "Why Murphy Wouldn't Fight." There is no identification as to the name or publisher of the magazine, or the author.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Joseph Moray Collected Papers, 1935-1948, 1951-1952 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Abstract:: Correspondence of Joseph Moskovitz/ Joseph Moray with his cousin, Shirley Moskovitz, and with Camille Weare.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

C. Douglas Hostetter Papers, 1959- (bulk)

Extent:: 12.7 linear ft. (12.7 linear feet.)
Abstract:: C. Douglas Hostetter (1944 - ), has been an peace activist since the 1960s. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war and performed alternative service for the Mennonite Central Committee in rural Vietnam.Following his work in Vietnam Hostetter worked for the United Methodist Church at the United Nations on international affairs. From the mid 1980s through the end of the decade Hostetter served as the executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee in their New England regional office. He served as the Executive Secretary of the Fellowship of Reconcilation from 1987-1993. During the 1990s Hostetter was the international/interfaith secretary of the FOR and directed the Bosnian Student Project for the organization. In 2003 he was ordained as Peace Pastor at the Evanston, Illinois Mennonite Church. Since 2006 Hostetter has been the director of the Mennonite Central Committee at the United Nations. Throughout his life Hostetter has been heavily involved in...(see more)

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Lynne Shivers Papers, 1941-2015 (bulk)

Extent:: 8 linear ft. (8 linear feet.)
Abstract:: Enid Lynne Shivers was a peace activist and prominent member of Movement for a New Society, for which she organized and wrote informational materials. This collection of her personal materials is primarily composed of journals dating from the 1960s until 2014 and materials from time she spent doing peace work in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Juanita Morrow Nelson and Wallace F. Nelson Papers, 1923-2015 (bulk)

Extent:: 8.3 linear ft. (20 boxes)
Abstract:: Juanita and Wally Nelson were civil rights activists, tax resisters, simple living proponents, farmers, and writers/speakers for peace.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

National Committee on Atomic Information Collected Records, 1945-1948 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.13 linear ft. (1.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:: Collection includes correspondence, flyers, newsletters, brochures.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Nonviolent Peaceforce Records, 1994- (bulk)

Extent:: 20 linear ft. (48 boxes)
Abstract:: Co-founded by peace activisits David Hartsough and Mel Duncan in 2002, the Nonviolent Peaceforce is an unarmed civilian peace force that works internationally by protecting civilians in conflicts and helping to resolve conflicts peacefully through dialogue. Records include the early development and planning of the organization, funding and financing, media and publicity attention the organization received, committee minutes, international trip reports, and training of the civilian peacekeepers. There are also papers dealing with activities of the co-founders prior to the Nonviolent Peaceforce from the 1990s, with a focus on Bosnia and Yugoslavia.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Norman Thomas Fund Collected Records, 1968-1975 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.13 linear ft. (1.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:: Collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial reports, leaflets.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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