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Phoenix Defense Fund Records

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Call Number:
DG.072
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
2 linear ft. (2 linear ft.)
Language Note:
Materials are in English.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], in the Phoenix Defense Fund Records in DG 072, Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Date:
1957-1961 (inclusive) and 1958-1959 (bulk)
Creator:
Phoenix Defense Fund, Bigelow, Albert, 1906-, Cassyd, Syd, Charlton, Peter F., Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982, Huntington, William R., Jackson, Charles T., Lasker, Gabriel Ward, Lofton, John D., Jr., 1941-2014, Peck, James, Sherwood, Orion W., Willoughby, George, pacifist, and Yamada, George Kiyoshi
Abstract:
The Phoenix Defense Fund was established through the efforts of Norman Cousins and other supporters of Barbara and Earle Reynolds. The Reynolds sailed the yacht Phoenix into a nuclear test site, Eniwetok Proving Grounds, as a protest against nuclear war. They were arrested, tried, and acquitted (1958-1960). The organization was also known as Reynolds Defense Fund.

The Phoenix Defense Fund was established through the efforts of Norman Cousins and other supporters of Barbara and Earle Reynolds. The Reynolds sailed the yacht Phoenix into a nuclear test site, Eniwetok Proving Grounds, as a protest against nuclear war. They were arrested, tried, and acquitted (1958-1960). The organization was also known as Reynolds Defense Fund.

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers/records.

Gift of Earle L. Reynolds and Barbara Leonard Reynolds.

Processed by SCPC staff one July 18, 2013.

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Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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None.

Copyright to the Phoenix Defense Fund Records created by the organization has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Copyright to all other materials is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Collection Inventory

Phoenix Defense Fund -Checklist.
Box DG 072: 1
Phoenix Earle vs. Reynolds Personal Statements.
Box DG 072: 1
Clippings - Background.
Box DG 072: 1
Clippings - Golden Rule.
Box DG 072: 1
Correspondence - A.
Box DG 072: 1
Correspondence - B-Big.
Box DG 072: 1
Correspondence - Bis-By.
Box DG 072: 1
Correspondence - C.
Box DG 072: 1
Correspondence - D.
Box DG 072: 1
Correspondence - E.
Box DG 072: 2
Correspondence - F.
Box DG 072: 2
Correspondence - G.
Box DG 072: 2
Correspondence - Ha-He.
Box DG 072: 2
Correspondence - Hi-Hy.
Box DG 072: 2
Correspondence - I-J.
Box DG 072: 3
Correspondence - K.
Box DG 072: 3
Correspondence - L.
Box DG 072: 3
Correspondence - M-Me.
Box DG 072: 3
Correspondence - Mi-My.
Box DG 072: 3
Correspondence - N.
Box DG 072: 3
Correspondence - O.
Box DG 072: 4
Correspondence - P-Pe.
Box DG 072: 4
Correspondence - Ph-Py.
Box DG 072: 4
Correspondence - Q, R.
Box DG 072: 4
Correspondence - S-Se.
Box DG 072: 4
Correspondence - Sh-Sm.
Box DG 072: 4
Correspondence - Sn-Sy.
Box DG 072: 5
Correspondence - T.
Box DG 072: 5
Correspondence - U-V.
Box DG 072: 5
Correspondence - W-We.
Box DG 072: 5
Correspondence - Wh-Wy.
Box DG 072: 5
Correspondence - X,Y, and Z.
Box DG 072: 5
Material from Refill Box. Refilled October, 1991.
Box DG 072: 5

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