Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1971">1971</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Gaillard T. Hunt Papers, 1969-1972 (bulk)

Extent:: 3.5 linear ft. (3.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Includes correspondence and draft counseling legal files, 1969 to 1972.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Annalee Stewart Collected Papers, 1945-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Annalee Stewart was a Methodist minister who served with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and other organizations in the 1950s-1960s.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Waldo Williams Collected Papers, 1942-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear inches -- papers only)
Abstract:: Williams was a Welsh poet, war resister,war-tax resister, and conscientious objector in World War II. He became a Quaker in 1953.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

World Peace Council Collected Records, 1949-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear ft. (1.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: The World Peace Council (WPC) is an international organization representing over 100 countries. Currently, its headquarters are in Greece. The organization was founded in 1948 and Frederic Joliot-Curie was its first president. According to the WPC website, it is described as an "anti-imperialist, democratic, independent and non-aligned international movement of mass action. It is an integral part of the world peace movement and acts in cooperation with other international and national movements" (2011).

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Roberta Dickinson Collected Papers, 1969-1974 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.627 linear ft. (1 half hollinger box and 2 photo boxes 2.5" wide)
Abstract:: Collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, documents relating to Dickinson's arrests, information about resistance to the Vietnam War and the Harrisburg Eight, war tax resistance, Dickinson's letters to congress and to editors, specifications for her "My Lai" sculpture; collection also includes photographs.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Grace Contrino Abrams and Fran Contrino Schmidt Collected Papers, 1942-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.63 linear ft. (2 boxes; 7.5 linear inches)
Abstract:: This small collection of papers details especially the life of Grace Contrino Abrams and her strong interests in teaching and in working against injustice in whatever form. The clippings from newspapers of media coverage, as well as the many Letters to the Editor, show some of her public life, while letters, and reminiscences of sister Fran Contrino Schmidt, fill out her private life. It should be noted that though there were five siblings, Grace and Fran spent much of their time together in private and public life, and this is reflected in the collection. Grace and Fran taught in Florida public schools and were pioneers in peace education curriculum.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice Collected Records, 1966- (bulk)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Abstract:: Collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, flyers, publicity materials.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

International Peace Academy Collected Records, 1971-2008 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:: Collection includes pamphlets, flyers, newsletters, publicity materials; also includes information about the International Peace Academy Committee.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Jerome Balter and Ruth Balter Papers, 1959-1974 (bulk)

Extent:: 3.3 linear ft. (3.3 linear feet.)
Abstract:: Jerome Balter (1921-2016), and Ruth Balter (born 1922), have been peace and social justice activists for many years. They were both active in efforts to desegregate housing and public schools in Rochester, New York from the late 1950s onward. Jerome Balter campaigned several time for local and state political offices as a way to achieve these goals. Both Balters were also active in efforts to oppose the Vietnam War. Ruth Balter was connected with Women Strike for Peace in Rochester. They both currently live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where Ruth is active with the Granny Peace Brigade, working on issues of social justice and against the war in Afghanistan.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Deborah Jacoby Collected Papers, 1962-1996 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:: Collection includes information about New Jersey peace movments and antinuclear movements; the Coalition for Peace Action / New Jersey Peace Action; Monmouth County Pax Christi and New Jersey Pax Christi; PeaceWorks; also includes reference files on peace, social justice, nuclear disarmament, Bosnia (1995) and the Soviet Union.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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