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Episcopal Peace Fellowship Records
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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399
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.
Overview and metadata sections
The Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF), was founded November 1939 as the Episcopal Pacifist Fellowship, an association of pacifist members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The organization sought to discover and unite pacifists within the church and to influence its membership regarding Christianity and peace. The basis for affiliation was gradually broadened to include "those working for reconciliation" who were not necessarily absolute pacifists; thus the name was changed in 1966 to Episcopal Peace Fellowship. The organization has sponsored educational projects (publications, lectures, workshops, conferences), provided counseling and financial support for conscientious objectors, and has contributed to pacifist projects in other countries. The EPF has been affiliated with the Fellowship of Reconciliation since 1939. John Nevin Sayre was one of the founding members of the organization.
This collection consists of administrative records, correspondence, and program reports from the 1940s through the 1970s. This part of the collection has been processed.
Records from the first 30-35 years of the EPF have been processed. Administrative records are contained in boxes 1-4. Correspondence is contained in boxes 4-7; literature and EPF publications are in boxes 7-9; program material and files are in boxes 10-12; box 10 also contains files on other Episcopal social justice organizations; box 13 contains files of the EPF publication, The Witness. Later accessions are unprocessed and significant holdings are listed here in accession number order.
Gift of 1975, John Nevin Sayre, [Acc. 75A-106]; 1978, Dana S. Grubb, [Acc. 78A-023]; 1980, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, [Acc. 80A-082]; 1983, Paul L. Ward, [Acc. 83A-092, Acc. 83A-171] John M. Gessell [Acc. 83A-100], 1985, Dana S. Grubb, [Acc. 85A-070], [Acc. 85A-076]; 1986, Patricia K. Scharf [Acc. 86A-113]; 1987, William Davidson, [Acc. 87A-090]; Bruce M. Brown, [Acc. 87A-115]; 1988 Paul L. Ward, [Acc. 88A-098]; 1989, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, [Acc. 89A-147]; 1990, Paul L. Ward, [Acc. 90A-003]; 1994, Thomas Lee Hayes [Acc. 94A-062]; 1997, Thomas Lee Hayes [Acc. 97A-048], 2010, Episcopal Peace Fellowship [Acc. 10A-030]; 2012, Sara Filipiak [Acc. 2012-063]
This collection was processed by SCPC staff. This version of the finding aid was created by Wendy E. Chmielewski in October, 2009. This finding aid was updated by Wendy E. Chmielewski in January 2019.
Photographs; Issues of The Witness and other periodicals; Memorabilia
Organization
Subject
- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Pacifism -- History -- Sources
- Peace -- Congresses -- History -- Sources
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Episcopal Church -- History -- Sources
- Conscientious Objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources
- War -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources
- Publisher
- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research use.
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All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes.
- Copyright to the Episcopal Peace Fellowship 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.
- Use Restrictions
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None.
Collection Inventory
typescript
(articles by and about)
(see Witherspoon, Frances)
(includes Sayre - Lawrence correspondence)
(includes Sayre correspondence)
(includes Sayre correspondence)
[8 folders]
[2 folders]
[1 folder]
[5 folders]
[2 folders]
[4 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
(old - not used)
[4 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
(not regular chapter)
in Spanish
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
(originals)
[2 folders]
[3 folders]
(back side)
[2 folders]
[2 folders]
[3 folders]
purchase orders and invoices
restricted [folder not restricted by SCPC]
[2 folders]
[Newsletters removed]
[2 folders]
Original