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Peace Action Records, 1986- (inclusive)

Extent:
39 linear ft. (39 linear feet.)
Abstract:
The Peace Action collection is a continuation of the SANE and SANE Education Fund (DG 58) collection, which also resides at the SCPC (the papers of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign are at the University of Missouri at St. Louis). It documents the merger of SANE and the NWFC, as well as the goals and work of the merged organization, through meeting minutes, correspondence, program files, press clippings and other publicity, statements and communications with Congress and other leaders, as well as publications and resources in other formats. Includes correspondence, annual reports, administrative files, financial records, flyers and handbills, memorabilia, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, periodicals, publicity materials, reference files, audiocassettes, slides, reel-to-reel tapes, videocassettes, computer diskettes, photographs, and posters. Correspondents include: Nick Carter, Gordon Clark, David Cortright, Carolyn Cottom, and Monica Green.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Dorothy Day Collected Papers, 1915- (bulk)

Extent:
0.08 linear ft. (1 linear in.)
Abstract:
Collection consists of printed materials: leaflets, pamphlets, reprints, and a postcard reproduction of a wood-carved sculpture by Charles Wells (b. 1935) titled "Dorothy Day.".

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Lucy Haessler Collected Papers, 1986- (bulk)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:
Collection consists of one folder of biographical information about Lucy Haessler; the remainder is a typewritten transcription of taped interviews, 1986-1987, by Anthony von der Muhll (Haessler's grandson) for his thesis, Fighting Her Way : an Oral History of Lucy Haessler (B.A. thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1987); in later years she lived in Santa Cruz, California, where she died.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Peace History Society Records, 1963- (inclusive)

Extent:
11 linear ft. (11 linear ft.)
Abstract:
The records of the Peace History Society contain minutes, mailings, annual brochures, general correspondence, papers presented at its conferences, documents about PHS projects and its monthly journal Peace and Change, and audiotapes. Correspondents include Charles Barker, Berenice A. Carroll, John. W. Chambers, Charles Chatfield, Hilary Conroy, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Sandi E. Cooper, Charles DeBenedetti, Michael A. Lutzker, William L. Neumann, Arthur I. Waskow, Ralph Edward Weber, and Lawrence S. Wittner.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Bradford Lyttle Papers, 1954- (inclusive)

Extent:
49.75 linear ft. (49.75 linear ft.)
Abstract:
Bradford [Brad] Lyttle is a long time leading peace activist involved in the promotion of nonviolence for social change and the elimination of war and nuclear weapons. Lyttle was the organizer of the San Francisco to Moscow walk in the 1960-1961, to highlight the message of disarmament and nonviolent resistance and bringing together U.S. and Soviet citizens together during the height of the Cold War. He went on to organize and participate in other marches and protests, including the Quebec - Washington - Guantanamo Walk for Peace, during which he and twenty other marchers were jailed by police in Albany, Georgia. During the Vietnam war Lyttle coordinated many organizations and demonstrations against the war. In 1983 he founded the United States Pacifist Party and ran for president in the 1984 elections. Lyttle continues to work for peace around the world. He has been a war tax resister, worked with peace projects and refugees in Bosnia and Croatia, and has been arrested many...(see more)

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Daniel Ellsberg Collected Papers, 1972- (bulk)

Extent:
0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Abstract:
The collection consists of one folder of printed material and pamphlets, including a research proprosal (1986): "U.S. First Use Threats and the Construction of Instability", and a transcript of a talk: "Daniel Ellsberg: The Construction of Instability" (1986).

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Catholic Worker Movement Collected Records, 1936- (inclusive)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:
Primarily printed materials; includes form letters from Dorothy Day; leaflets, serials, and pamphlets; one folder each about the Catholic Worker Movement in Des Moines, IA and Philadelphia PA.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Irwin Abrams Collected Papers, 1948- (bulk)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (1/2 box)
Abstract:
Includes biographical and bibliographical information and photocopies of a small portion of Abrams published writings, including material about the Nobel Peace Prize, women Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Quaker peace testimony and the Nobel Peace Prize, Henri La Fontaine, and Carl von Ossietzky.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Granny Peace Brigade Collected Papers, 2006- (bulk)

Extent:
2.5 linear ft. (30 linear inches.)
Abstract:
Collection consists primarily of printed copies of emails sent by the Granny Peace Brigade to its email group list, 2006-; also includes some meeting minutes, proposed mission statements, publicity and handout materials, and media coverage; collection includes GPB t-shirts.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Peace Pledge Union Collected Records, 1934- (bulk)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (15 linear inches.)
Abstract:
This collection includes minutes of meetings, reports, group letters, newsletters, news releases, publication lists, pamphlets, leaflets and flyers.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Lake Erie Yearly Meeting Records, 1934-2024 (inclusive)

Extent:
15 linear ft. and .3 gb
Abstract:
The Lake Erie Yearly Meeting opened on August 31, 1963, as an outgrowth of the Great Lakes Regional Conference, begun in May, 1939, and called Lake Erie Association of Friends Meetings after 1944. Records include minutes and other records of Lake Erie Association, Lake Erie Yearly Meeting, and its constituent monthly meetings.

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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