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American Friends Service Committee Collected Records
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947, the AFSC continues to work to relieve human suffering and to find new approaches to world peace and non-violent social change.
The material in this collection is comprised mostly of printed items, meeting minutes, and print-outs of emails,etc. Of note is the folder of statements (in box 1) collected in 1939-1940 from women and men about their convictions regarding pacifism and/or conscientious objection to war.
Material is arranged primarily by date, except for material from the Rights of Conscience Program which requires a legal size box and is at the end of the collection.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository of these records.
This material was received as mailings, or removed from other archival collections.
For the catalog record for this collection, and to find materials on similar topics, search the library's online catalog.
These records were processed by Anne M. Yoder (Archivist), January 2010.
Organization
- American Friends Service Committee
- American Friends Service Committee. Committee on Rights of Conscience
Subject
- Publisher
- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research without restrictions.
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Use Restrictions
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None
Collection Inventory
History; archival collection at AFSC Archives.
Box 1
General, 1917-1929.
Box 1
"Mission Anglo-Americaine de la Societe des Amis: List of Members and Addresses", 1920.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Information for Friends of Conscription Age: Based Upon Selective Service Regulations Issued by the War Department", 1918.
Box 1
General, 1930-1939.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Economic Foundations of World Peace: An Outline" by Herbert F. Fraser, 1935.
Box 1
Joshua L. Bailey.
Box 1
Mary D. Brite.
Box 1
Allan Knight Chalmers.
Box 1
Dorothy Day.
Box 1
Arthur Dunham [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
Paul J. Furnas.
Box 1
Alice Hanson.
Box 1
Gerald Heard.
Box 1
Allan A. Hunter.
Box 1
J. Robert James [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
Rufus Jones.
Box 1
Muriel Lester.
Box 1
Patrick Murphy Malin.
Box 1
Frank Olmsted.
Box 1
Mildred Scott Olmsted.
Box 1
Presbyterian Church: Synod of California and Nevada.
Box 1
Edward Richards [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
W. Glenn Richards.
Box 1
Floyd Schmoe [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
Guy W. Solt [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
Douglas Steere.
Box 1
Evan W. Thomas [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
Ernest Fremont Tittle.
Box 1
James F. Walker.
Box 1
E. Raymond Wilson.
Box 1
Richard Wood.
Box 1
Edward N. Wright [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
D. Robert Yarnell.
Box 1
General, 1940.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Why America Should Not Adopt Conscription", 1940.
Box 1
Pamphlet "The Wind of Privation or the Sun of Mercy: Radio Address by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, December 24, 1940, Over the National Broadcasting System", 1940.
Box 1
Material re: evolution of the Conscientious Objector provision in the Conscription Bill, 1940.
Box 1
General, 1941.
Box 1
Annual Report, 1941.
Box 1
General, 1942.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Why They Cannot Go To War", 1942.
Box 1
Pamphlet "A Summary of Activities 1942" by Clarence E. Pickett, Executive Secretary, 1942.
Box 1
Annual Report, 1942.
Box 1
General, 1943.
Box 1
Leaflet "Civilian Training Units for Women", 1943.
Box 1
Annual Report, 1943.
Box 1
General, 1944.
Box 1
Pamphlet "A Volunteer Community Service", 1944.
Box 1
Pamphlet "In Service of the Forgotten", 1944.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Under the Red and Black Star", 1944.
Box 1
Annual Report, 1944.
Box 1
General, 1945.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Quaker Relief", 1945.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Under the Red and Black Star", 1945.
Box 1
Statement re: conscription, 1945.
Box 1
General, 1946-1949.
Box 1
Pamphlet "No! to Peacetime Conscription", 1946.
Box 1
Pamphlet/booklet "The United State and the Soviet Union: Some Quaker Proposals for Peace", 1949.
Box 1
Miscellaneous, 1946-1949.
Box 1
Pamphlet "Under the Red and Black Star", 1949.
Box 1
Board of Directors: meeting minutes, 1942 (April) - 1943 (May).
Box 1
General Meetings: Minutes:, 1942-1945.
Box 1
Peace Section: Meeting minutes:, 1942-1945.
Box 1
Conscientious Objector Committee: Meeting minutes:, 1940 (September) - 1941 (May).
Box 1
Miscellaneous committees: Meeting minutes, 1940s.
Box 1
Chicago Regional Office, 1955.
Box 2
Pacific Coast Branch: Monthly Meeting minutes [incomplete set], 1942.
Box 2
Southern California Branch: Monthly Meeting minutes [incomplete set], 1942 (October) - 1944 (March).
Box 2
West Coast branches: Miscellaneous material:, 1940s.
Box 2
General, 1950-1952.
Box 2
Pamphlet Series "Proposals For Peace" (planned in cooperation with the AFSC), 1950.
Box 2
Pamphlet Series "Proposals For Peace" (planned in cooperation with the AFSC): "The University of Chicago Round Table: Views on a Divided World" with Her Excellency Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Charles H. Malik, and Robert M. Hutchins (No. 641), [first in the series], July 9, 1950.
Box 2
Pamphlet Series "Proposals For Peace" (planned in cooperation with the AFSC): "The University of Chicago Round Table: Security and Arms Control -- An NBC Radio Discussion by Philip Jacob, Sir Benegal Rau, and Leo Szilard" (No. 642), [second in the series], July 16, 1950.
Box 2
Pamphlet Series "Proposals For Peace" (planned in cooperation with the AFSC): "The University of Chicago Round Table: Turning World Resources to World Welfare -- An NBC Radio Discussion by V.K.R.V. Rao, Theodore W. Schultz, James P. Warburg, and Barbara Ward" (No. 643), [third in the series], July 23, 1950.
Box 2
Pamphlet Series "Proposals For Peace" (planned in cooperation with the AFSC): "The University of Chicago Round Table: The Problem of Asia -- An NBC Radio Discussion by Hugh Borton, Lewis Hoskins, Toyohiko Kagawa, Maynard Krueger, and Philip Mosely" (No. 644), [fourth in the series], July 30, 1950.
Box 2
Pamphlet Series "Proposals For Peace" (planned in cooperation with the AFSC): "The University of Chicago Round Table: Pattern for Peace -- An NBC Radio Discussion by Mordecai Johnson, Trygve Lie, Clarence Pickett, and Robert Redfield" (No. 645), [fifth in the series], August 6, 1950.
Box 2
Subcommittee on Conscientious Objectors: Meeting minutes:, 1951 (March) - 1952 (April).
Box 2
General, 1953.
Box 2
General, 1954-1959.
Box 2
General, 1960-1965.
Box 2
Pamphlet/booklet "Labor's Stake in Peace: Full Text of Address by Email Mazey", 1960.
Box 2
Pamphlet/booklet "Disarm to Parley: A Case for Unilateral Disarmament" by W.H. Ferry, 1961.
Box 2
Pamphlet/booklet"Games, Strategies and Peace" by Irving Louis Horowitz, 1963.
Box 2
Pamphlet/booklet"Alternatives to Military Service", 1966.
Box 2
Pamphlet/booklet"Something's Happening Here to the Draft", 1960-1965.
Box 2
Pamphlet/booklet "Choices: A Pamphlet About Conscription, the Counselor, and the Conscientious Objector", 1960-1965.
Box 2
General, 1966.
Box 2
General, 1967-1969.
Box 2
Release "Draft Counsellor's Manual", 1968 (March).
Box 2
Pamphlet/booklet "Why Draft Repeal? Answers to Questions About Military Conscription" by Mark Morris, ca. 1969.
Box 2
General, 1970-1979.
Box 3
Pamphlet "Aunt Sue Wants You", 1970-1979.
Box 3
Pamphlet "The Draft", 1970-1979.
Box 3
Pamphlet/booklet "Political Prisoners in South Vietnam", 1970-1979.
Box 3
Pamphlet/booklet "Who Shall Eat? Report on an Inquiry Into U.S. Food Policy Options", 1977.
Box 3
Miami Peace Education Office: Peace contests:, 1975-1976.
Box 3
General, 1980-1989.
Box 3
Pamphlet/booklet "Profiles in Peace", 1990-1991.
Box 3
General, 2000-2009.
Box 3
Booklet "Talking Sense on Colombia", 2002.
Box 3
Counter-recruitment training manual, (Youth and Militarism Program):, 2006.
Box 3
Booklet "Alternatives to the Military: Guide for Youth" [print-out], 2007.
Box 3
General, 2010-.
Box 3
Website pages "Honoring Quakers During WWI: Relieving the Suffering of War" by Wilmington College, circa 201, 2017. .25 linear ft..
Box 3
Physical Description
.25 linear ft.
General, undated.
Box 3
Rights of Conscience Program: General.
Box 4
Rights of Conscience Program: Programmatic efforts, 1955.
Box 4
Rights of Conscience Program: Programmatic efforts, 1956 (January-May).
Box 4
Rights of Conscience Program: Programmatic efforts, 1956 (June-December).
Box 4
Rights of Conscience Program: Programmatic efforts, 1957.
Box 4
Rights of Conscience Program: Programmatic efforts, 1958.
Box 4
Rights of Conscience Program: Legal cases.
Box 4
Rights of Conscience Program: Legal case: New Hampshire vs. Willard Uphaus, approximately 1954-1956.
Box 4
Rights of Conscience Program: Legal case: Army Board of Review vs. Harold Bernhardt, 1955.
Box 4