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American Peace Society Records, 1828-1947 (inclusive)

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10.43 linear ft. (25 document boxes, 1 box of memorabilia)

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Another Mother for Peace Records, 1964-1978 (inclusive)

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6.42 linear ft. ((15 containers))

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Another Mother for Peace was a women's peace group born from the antipathy to the war in Vietnam, based in Los Angeles, California. The stated purpose of this non-partison, non-profit organization was "to educate women to take an active role in eliminating war as a means of solving disputes between nations, people and ideologies." AMP closed its offices in January 1986.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Henry Joel Cadbury Papers, 1917-1974 (inclusive)

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1.04 linear ft. (2 document boxes, 1 half document box)

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Henry J. Cadbury (1883-1974) was a distinguished Biblical scholar, teacher, and a member of the Society of Friends. Cadbury was one of the founders of the American Friends Service Committee. He served as its chairman from both 1928 to 1934 and again from 1944 to 1960. Cadbury supervised famine relief both in the United States and in Europe.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Student Peace Union Records, 1959-1967 (inclusive)

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5 linear ft.

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The Student Peace Union was founded at the University of Chicago in 1959. It was an intercollegiate student group whose members believed that neither war nor the threat of war could any longer be successfully used to settle international disputes.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Dispatch News Service International Records, 1968-1973 (inclusive)

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13.34 linear ft. (32 document boxes)

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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SANE, Inc. Records, 1957-1987 (inclusive)

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199 linear ft. (199 linear ft.)

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Lawrence Scott Papers, 1955-1965 (inclusive)

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7.5 linear ft.

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Lawrence Scott was a construction engineer, Baptist clergyman, and Quaker activist. He worked as an activist against the testing of nuclear weapons and biological weapons research. He was the supervisor for the Friends Mississippi Project, project director of the Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick in Maryland, executive secretary of the Peace Action Center and a founder of A Quaker Action Group.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Peoples Mandate Committee Records, 1935-1975 (inclusive) 1935-1956 (bulk)

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18.56 linear ft. (45 document boxes)

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Peoples Mandate to Governments to End War was an international campaign begun on September 6, 1935, by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to express such overwhelming opposition to war that governments would not dare resort to it as a means of solving disputes between nations. By the end of the decade the Peoples Mandate became an independent organization, headed by Mabel Vernon, and focused on peace and connections between women and women's organizations in the Americas.

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Young Friends of North America Committee on Conscription Records, 1968-1971 (inclusive)

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1.04 linear ft. (2 document boxes, 1 half document box)

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The Young Friends of North America, an open fellowship of Friends between the ages of 18 and 30, established a Committee on Conscription in the fall of 1968 to facilitate communication among Friends who were involved with draft resistance. The Committee, chaired by C.O. Peter Blood, collected information from members of the Religious Society of Friends who had refused to cooperate with conscription since the 1940s, as well as Friends who were currently imprisoned for draft resistance. Besides Peter Blood, David Morrison and Gary Stewart also seemed to have been involved in keeping the Committee active.

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A. Ruth Fry Papers, 1905-1957 (inclusive)

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1.04 linear ft. (2 document boxes, 1 half document box)

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[Anna] Ruth Fry was an activist and a writer born into a prominent Quaker family in England. From 1914-1924, she served as general secretary of the Friends Relief Commission, which provided help for refugees and others ravaged by World War I. Fry wrote about her experiences in A Quaker Adventure (1926). She was also the first chairman of the Russian Famine Relief Fund in 1921. Fry went on to write numerous books, pamphlets and tracts, on a variety of Quaker and peace topics. She died on April 26, 1962.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]