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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
Archival Resource Key. History; archival collection at AFSC Archives.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. General, 1917-1929.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. "Mission Anglo-Americaine de la Societe des Amis: List of Members and Addresses", 1920.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "Information for Friends of Conscription Age: Based Upon Selective Service Regulations Issued by the War Department", 1918.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. General, 1930-1939.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "Economic Foundations of World Peace: An Outline" by Herbert F. Fraser, 1935.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Joshua L. Bailey.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Mary D. Brite.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Allan Knight Chalmers.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Dorothy Day.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Arthur Dunham [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Paul J. Furnas.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Alice Hanson.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Gerald Heard.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Allan A. Hunter.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. J. Robert James [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Rufus Jones.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Muriel Lester.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Patrick Murphy Malin.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Frank Olmsted.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Mildred Scott Olmsted.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Presbyterian Church: Synod of California and Nevada.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Edward Richards [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. W. Glenn Richards.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Floyd Schmoe [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Guy W. Solt [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Douglas Steere.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Evan W. Thomas [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Ernest Fremont Tittle.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. James F. Walker.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. E. Raymond Wilson.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Richard Wood.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Edward N. Wright [WWI Conscientious Objector].
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. D. Robert Yarnell.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. General, 1940.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "Why America Should Not Adopt Conscription", 1940.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. 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
Archival Resource Key. Material re: evolution of the Conscientious Objector provision in the Conscription Bill, 1940.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. General, 1941.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Annual Report, 1941.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. General, 1942.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "Why They Cannot Go To War", 1942.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "A Summary of Activities 1942" by Clarence E. Pickett, Executive Secretary, 1942.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Annual Report, 1942.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. General, 1943.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Leaflet "Civilian Training Units for Women", 1943.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Annual Report, 1943.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. General, 1944.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "A Volunteer Community Service", 1944.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "In Service of the Forgotten", 1944.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "Under the Red and Black Star", 1944.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Annual Report, 1944.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. General, 1945.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "Quaker Relief", 1945.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "Under the Red and Black Star", 1945.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Statement re: conscription, 1945.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. General, 1946-1949.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "No! to Peacetime Conscription", 1946.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet/booklet "The United State and the Soviet Union: Some Quaker Proposals for Peace", 1949.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous, 1946-1949.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "Under the Red and Black Star", 1949.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Board of Directors: meeting minutes, 1942 (April) - 1943 (May).
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. General Meetings: Minutes:, 1942-1945.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Peace Section: Meeting minutes:, 1942-1945.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Conscientious Objector Committee: Meeting minutes:, 1940 (September) - 1941 (May).
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Miscellaneous committees: Meeting minutes, 1940s.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Chicago Regional Office, 1955.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Pacific Coast Branch: Monthly Meeting minutes [incomplete set], 1942.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Southern California Branch: Monthly Meeting minutes [incomplete set], 1942 (October) - 1944 (March).
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. West Coast branches: Miscellaneous material:, 1940s.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. General, 1950-1952.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet Series "Proposals For Peace" (planned in cooperation with the AFSC), 1950.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. 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
Archival Resource Key. 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
Archival Resource Key. 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
Archival Resource Key. 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
Archival Resource Key. 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
Archival Resource Key. Subcommittee on Conscientious Objectors: Meeting minutes:, 1951 (March) - 1952 (April).
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. General, 1953.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. General, 1954-1959.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. General, 1960-1965.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet/booklet "Labor's Stake in Peace: Full Text of Address by Email Mazey", 1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet/booklet "Disarm to Parley: A Case for Unilateral Disarmament" by W.H. Ferry, 1961.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet/booklet"Games, Strategies and Peace" by Irving Louis Horowitz, 1963.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet/booklet"Alternatives to Military Service", 1966.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet/booklet"Something's Happening Here to the Draft", 1960-1965.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet/booklet "Choices: A Pamphlet About Conscription, the Counselor, and the Conscientious Objector", 1960-1965.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. General, 1966.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. General, 1967-1969.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Release "Draft Counsellor's Manual", 1968 (March).
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet/booklet "Why Draft Repeal? Answers to Questions About Military Conscription" by Mark Morris, ca. 1969.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. General, 1970-1979.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "Aunt Sue Wants You", 1970-1979.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet "The Draft", 1970-1979.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet/booklet "Political Prisoners in South Vietnam", 1970-1979.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet/booklet "Who Shall Eat? Report on an Inquiry Into U.S. Food Policy Options", 1977.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Miami Peace Education Office: Peace contests:, 1975-1976.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. General, 1980-1989.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Pamphlet/booklet "Profiles in Peace", 1990-1991.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. General, 2000-2009.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Booklet "Talking Sense on Colombia", 2002.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Counter-recruitment training manual, (Youth and Militarism Program):, 2006.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Booklet "Alternatives to the Military: Guide for Youth" [print-out], 2007.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. General, 2010-.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. 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.
Archival Resource Key. General, undated.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Rights of Conscience Program: General.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Rights of Conscience Program: Programmatic efforts, 1955.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Rights of Conscience Program: Programmatic efforts, 1956 (January-May).
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Rights of Conscience Program: Programmatic efforts, 1956 (June-December).
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Rights of Conscience Program: Programmatic efforts, 1957.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Rights of Conscience Program: Programmatic efforts, 1958.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Rights of Conscience Program: Legal cases.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Rights of Conscience Program: Legal case: New Hampshire vs. Willard Uphaus, approximately 1954-1956.
Box 4
Archival Resource Key. Rights of Conscience Program: Legal case: Army Board of Review vs. Harold Bernhardt, 1955.
Box 4