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Ann Morrissett Davidon and William C. Davidon Papers

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Ann Morrissett Davidon was born in 1925 in Dayton, Ohio. She attended Denison University (Granville, Ohio), from 1942 to 1944, then moved to Chicago to study with the Committee on Human Development at the University of Chicago from 1945 to 1947. While in Chicago she took part in projects organized by the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE), including bi-racial sit-ins. Her education continued with graduate work at the New School for Social Research (New York, New York), in 1954, and with study leading to the Master of Arts degree in education from the Putney (Vt.) Graduate School (afterward Antioch-Putney) in 1956. Before her marriage she wrote and traveled abroad: from 1949 to 1951 in Paris, from 1960 to 1961 in Sweden, and from 1961 to 1962 in Israel. In Paris she worked with the American Friends Service Committee; later she free-lanced for news organizations such as the Swedish-American News Exchange and the Jerusalem Post.

Ann Davidon's volunteer service included work on task forces and committees of the American Friends Service Committee, the War Resisters League, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and other groups and coalitions. She served on the Executive Council of War Resisters' International from 1972 to 1978, on the advisory committee of the International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace in the 1970s, and on the Board of Directors of the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute. She also took part in early Haverford-Bryn Mawr women's groups, which led to the founding of the Women's Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Honors received by Ann Davidon include the Philadelphia SANE Peace Award (with William Davidon, 1973) and a writing fellowship at the MacDowell Colony (1978).

During the 1980s she taught English at various Philadelphia-area universities. In 1985 she moved to New Haven, Connecticut where she continued writing, editing, and teaching. In 1988-1989 she edited the newsletter of the Institute for Community Economics in Greenfield, Massachusetts. After returning to Philadelphia she joined the Peace Corps in 1990, and was assigned to teach at Charles University in Prague. While in Czechoslovakia she was involved with the Helsinki Citizens Assembly and other peace and environmental groups. In 1992 she returned to the United States to live in Philadelphia, where she served on the Board of Philadelphia SANE/Freeze (later Peace Action.)

Ann Davidon has written for many publications, including Fellowship, the Friends Journal, the Nation, the Progressive, WIN, and leading national and international newspapers. She is the author of several plays.

William Cooper Davidon was born in Florida in 1927. He attended Purdue University from 1943 to 1944, and received his B.S., M.S., and Ph. D. (1957) from the University of Chicago. He was research director of the Nuclear Instrument and Chemical Corporation (Chicago, Ill.) from 1948 to 1954, then became a research associate at the Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago from 1954 to 1956. The Chicago Junior Chamber of Commerce named him one of Ten Outstanding Young Men of Chicago in 1960. He was an associate physicist at Argonne National Laboratory from 1956 to 1961. Haverford College (Haverford, Pennsylvania) invited him to become associate professor of physics in 1961 and, in 1969, professor of physics. He later switched to the mathematics department at Haverford, becoming Professor of Mathematics in 1981.

Bill Davidon participated in meetings held by the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs; he was a member of the national steering committee of the organization Resist; a member of the national board of the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy; and an officer of both the Society for Social Responsibility in Science and the Federation of American Scientists. Throughout, he has been active with the American Civil Liberties Union.

Ann Morrissett and William Davidon were married in 1963; they have two daughters: Ruth, born in 1964 and Sarah, born in 1967.

After their marriage, the Davidons became more deeply involved in local, national, and international peace and social justice movements, especially during the Vietnam War (1961-1975.) In 1966, the Committee for Nonviolent Action sponsored a visit by Bill Davidon, A.J. Muste, and four others to South Vietnam. As private citizens, they held extensive discussions with various groups about ways to end the war. A press conference was held to explain their mission, but it was violently broken up, probably by operatives of the South Vietnamese government. Mass media in the United States focused on that one expression of hostility, and ignored the many positive aspects of their trip and their fruitful contacts with the underground Buddhist peace movement.

Awarded a Fulbright scholarship for the years 1966 to 1967, Bill Davidon took a year's study leave in Denmark with his family. The trip was nearly canceled because of his refusal to pay $125 in what he considered to be "war taxes." The government seized the money from his paycheck.

In 1971, Bill Davidon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" along with Philip Berrigan and others, in a plot to bomb heating ducts in federal buildings in Washington D.C. and to kidnap Presidential Advisor Henry Kissinger. This group of "conspirators" was known earlier as the Harrisburg Eight and the Harrisburg 13, and finally as the Harrisburg Seven. It was widely believed that all those charged had been targeted because of their antiwar activities, including destruction of draft-board files. In 1972, a jury failed to convict the defendants on charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and bombing.

Ann and Bill Davidon were united in their belief that conflict must be solved nonviolently. They worked closely with Quaker and Catholic activist organizations, although neither holds any religious affiliation. Convinced of the necessity of withholding taxes from a government using public funds for what they considered to be illegal and immoral purposes, they advocated and practiced war-tax resistance. In an effort to involve their "Main Line" (suburban Philadelphia) neighbors and local college students in their anti-war and social justice activities, they helped found the Main Line Peace Center in 1970.

William Davidon was highly visible in local and national peace movements from the 1950s through the end of the Vietnamese Conflict in 1975. During this time he maintained a full program of research and teaching. After 1975, he discontinued much of his activist role, and concentrated on professional activities. The Davidons divorced in 1978. Ann Davidon continues her work as a writer, editor, educator, and peace activist. William Davidon retired from Haverford College in 1991; he has continued his involvement with the American Civil Liberties Union.

Ann Morrissett Davidon died in 2004. William C. Davidon died in November 2013.

The Ann Davidon and William Davidon Papers consist of correspondence, administrative files, minutes of meetings, biographical material, newspaper clippings, brochures, flyers, leaflets, periodicals, reference material, and 8 photographs. The Papers reflect their involvement in international, national and Philadelphia-area peace, pacifist, and war resistance movements. Almost all of the Davidon correspondence was written by Ann Davidon.

Documents from the early 1960s through the mid to late 1970s reflect the very extensive involvement of both Davidons in anti-Vietnam War movements and war-tax resistance. After the mid 1970s, most of the material illustrates Ann Davidon's involvement in issues relating to peace, social justice, disarmament, and women's concerns.

There is no information about William Davidon's scientific work, other than a few journal reviews.

Correspondents include: Joan Baez, Philip Berrigan, Claude Bourdet, Lucy Carner, Barbara Deming, Albert Einstein (one letter), Erich Fromm, Lorraine Hansberry, Milton Mayer, Elizabeth McAlister, David McReynolds, Constance Muste, Tracy Mygatt, Thich Nhat Hanh, Anäis Nin, Olof Palme, Devi Prasad, William Shirer, Gore Vidal, and Frances Witherspoon.

The Papers of Ann Davidon and William Davidon arrived in generally good order; however, they were received in 13 different accessions. Consequently, similar materials were often divided among two or more accessions. Ann Davidon's arrangement was retained wherever possible. Where a large amount of undifferentiated material was received, such as files pertaining to the Vietnamese Conflict, the War Resisters League and the War Resisters' International, the archivist divided it into more easily accessible sub-groups.

This document group is organized so that correspondence and related papers are kept together under the name of a person or corporate body (Series B) or subject (Series C). Miscellaneous correspondence is located at the end of Series B. Two major activities of the Davidons, resistance to the Vietnamese Conflict and war tax resistance, each received separate series (Series D and E, respectively).

Ann Davidon was (and is) a very prolific writer. As originally deposited, her writings are scattered throughout the papers in Series C, D, or E, depending on the organization or subject about which she was writing. Her miscellaneous writings are located in Series F.

A note about correspondence: Ann Davidon corresponded with many well-known people. She retained most of the original letters, and has deposited photocopies in their place. Following the standard practice of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, any remaining original correspondence from prominent people has been photocopied and the originals placed in a restricted area.

Refile Box miscellaneous material acquired after the collection was processed.

Gift of Ann Morrissett Davidon, 1985-1987, 1994-1995, 2001-2003.

For the catalog record for this collection and to find materials on similar topics, search the library catalog.

Processed by Barbara Addison, October 1994; additions by Sarah Kelly, July 2003; revised by Eleanor A. Fulvio, July 2009; updated by Wendy Chmielewsk, December 2013.

Photographs

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Collection Inventory

Davidon, Ann Morrissett.
Box 1 [SCPC-2363]
Davidon, William C.
Box 1 [SCPC-2363]

A Quaker Action Group, 1968-1970; undated.
Box 2 [SCPC-2364]
A Quaker Action Group. Culebra Project, 1970-1971; 1975; undated.
Box 2 [SCPC-2364]
A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, 1970; 1974-1985; undated.
Box 2 [SCPC-2364]
Scope and Contents

(4 folders)

Adams, Edith, 1950; 1957; 1972-1975.
Box 2 [SCPC-2364]
Agape Foundation, 1974-1976; undated.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1975-1977.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
American Committee on Africa, 1959-1962; undated.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
American Friends Service Committee, 1955; 1961; 1964-1966; 1970-1973; 1977-1980; 1983-1985; 1989-1990; 1996.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

American Friends Service Committee. Peace Education Division, 1972-1973.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
AFSC Booklet: The Economic Functions of the U.S Prison System, 1989.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
Another Mother for Peace, 1971-1975.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
Arnoni, M.S., 1960.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
Artists Call Against U.S. Intervention in Central America, 1983-1984.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
Baez, Joan, 1971; 1983.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
Balkans, 1993; 1999.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
Bantam Books, 1977.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
Berrigan, Philip and Elizabeth McAlister, 1974-1981; 1984-1985; 1987-1990; 1993-2003; undated.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
Scope and Contents

[see also Jonah House]

Bloomstein, Charles, 1988; 1990; 1994-1998.
Box 3 [SCPC-2365]
Bourdet, Claude, 1954-1955; 1959; 1969; 1971; 1974-1996; undated.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Bowden, Mark, 2003.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Bowen, Jerilyn, 1987-1988; 1991-1992; 1995-1996.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Boyle, Kay, 1987.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Branderherst, Henk, 1988.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Brandywine Peace Community and Alternative Fund, 1979-1984; undated.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Braun, Joan and Henry, 1987; 1989; 1996- 2000.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Briscoe, Virginia, 1989-1992; 1997.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Bryn Mawr Repertory Theatre, 1965.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Bucks County (Pa.) World Peace Fair, 1966.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Bulletin (Philadelphia newspaper), 1969-1982; undated.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Caldicott, Helen, 1978-1981; 1986; undated.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Carner, Lucy, 1970-1972; 1975.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Center on Law and Pacifism, 1981-1982; undated.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, 1965; 1968; 1972; 1978-1982; 1988; 1990; 1994; undated.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Civil Rights Movement, 1956; 1963; 1965; undated.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, 1969-1970; undated.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Coalition for a Non-Nuclear World, 1979-1980.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Coalition to Stop the MX, 1983.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Committee for International Nonviolence see Prasad, Devi.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Committee for Nonviolent Action, 1965-1971; 1980; undated.
Box 4 [SCPC-2366]
Committee of Conscience on Vietnam, 1966.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Community Center Store, 1969.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Community for Creative Non-Violence, 1983-1987; 1992.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Conference of Quaker Writers, 1969-1971.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Conlon, Daniel, 1983-1984.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice, 1975-1976.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Crown Publishers, 1975-1976; 1983.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Curtis Brown, Inc., 1951.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Daily Death Toll Project, 1971-1972; undated.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Davis, Garry, 1949-1950; undated.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Dellinger, David, 1965.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Deming, Barbara, 1963; 1971; 1972.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Dolci, Danilo, 1969; 1970; 1974-1977; 1981; 1983; undated.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Doubleday and Co., 1975; 1978; 1983; 1989; undated.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Duff, Peggy see International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
E.P. Dutton and Co., 1975.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Educators for Social Responsibility, 1983-1987; undated.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Einstein, Albert, 1952.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
English, Maurice, 1977-1985; undated.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Environment, 1970-1971; 1974; 1976; 1987; undated.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Fahey, Sarah, 1978-1982.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 1974-1976.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1953; 1956; 1963; 1965; 1967-1976.
Box 5 [SCPC-2367]
Scope and Contents

[2 folders]

Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1976-1988; undated.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Feminist Press, 1973-1977; undated.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Fonda, Jane, 1979; 1981.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Fornes, Irene, 1967; 1975; 1982-1983.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Freda, Pat, 1979-1985; undated.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Friends Committee on National Legislation, 1957; 1962-1963; 1965-1966.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Friends Peace Committee, 1970-1977.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Friendshipment, 1975-1977; undated.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Fromm, Erich, 1966; 1968; 1971; 1974; 1976; 1980.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Fussner, Barbara and Howard, 1965; 1968; 1973-1983.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
George Brazilier, Inc., 1976.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Gilmore, Mertz, 1964.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Gottlieb. Sanford, and Gladys, 2002.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Government Officials, 1949-1987.
Box 6 [SCPC-2368]
Scope and Contents

(3 folders)

Government Officials, 1988-2003.
Box 7 [SCPC-2369]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Gray Panthers, 1972; 1983; undated.
Box 7 [SCPC-2369]
Grosset and Dunlap, Inc., 1980.
Box 7 [SCPC-2369]
Grossman Publishers, 1973-1976.
Box 7 [SCPC-2369]
Grove Press, 1958-1960; 1974-1975; 1988-1989; undated.
Box 7 [SCPC-2369]
Hansberry, Lorraine and Bob Nemiroff, 1962; 1967-1968.
Box 7 [SCPC-2369]
Harpers Magazine Press, 1951-1953; 1959; 1975.
Box 7 [SCPC-2369]
Harrisburg Seven (also called the Harrisburg Eight and the Harrisburg 13), 1970-1972; undated.
Box 7 [SCPC-2369]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Harrisburg Seven Defense Committee, 1970-1972; 1977; undated.
Box 7 [SCPC-2369]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Harrisburg Seven, letters of support and criticism, 1970-1971; undated.
Box 8 [SCPC-2370]
Harrison, Barbara, 1964; 1973-1981.
Box 8 [SCPC-2370]
Hawkins, Tom H., 1976-1981.
Box 8 [SCPC-2370]
Hertzberg, Hendrick, 2002.
Box 8 [SCPC-2370]
Herzog, Arthur, 1964.
Box 8 [SCPC-2370]
Hind, Ingrid, 1967-1980.
Box 8 [SCPC-2370]
Indians for Democracy, 1975-1976.
Box 8 [SCPC-2370]
Institute for Community Economics, 1985-1993; undated.
Box 8 [SCPC-2370]
Intentional Communities, 1979-2000; undated.
Box 8 [SCPC-2370]
International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace, 1967; 1977; 1980-1981; undated.
Box 8 [SCPC-2370]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

International Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1977-1980; 1983; undated.
Box 8 [SCPC-2370]
International Seminars on Training for Nonviolent Action, 1978; 1981.
Box 8 [SCPC-2370]
Iraq War, 2002-2003.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Israeli Government and Embassy, 1988; 1996-1997; 2002.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Jackson, Jesse- Presidential Campaign, 1987-1988.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Japan Council Against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo), 1974-1977; 1980; undated.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Jobs with Peace Campaign, 1983-1986; undated.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Jonah House, 1981; 1984.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Scope and Contents

[see also Berrigan, Philip]

Keystone Alliance, 1978-1982; undated.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Lerner, Abba P., 1950-1953; 1956; 1961.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Leverton, Denise, 1964.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1974.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
MADRE Mother Courage II Peace Tour, 1993.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Main Line Peace Center, 1970-1974; undated.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Mayer, Milton, 1949-1986.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Mazursky, Betsy, 2002.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
McAlister, Elizabeth see Berrigan, Philip and Elizabeth McAlister.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
McDonnell, Bruce and Tom Mahany, 1970.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Scope and Contents

[see also Fasting]

McReynolds, David, 1980-1982.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Scope and Contents

[see also War Resisters League]

Miner, Ruth, 1999.
Box 9 [SCPC-2371]
Mobilization for Survival, 1977-1981; undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
Scope and Contents

[2 folders]

Morrison, Norman, 1965.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
Morrissett, Elizabeth, 1967-1979; 2002.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
Movement for a New Society, 1971; 1982; undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
Muste, Constance, 1950-1952.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
Mygatt, Tracy and Frances Witherspoon, 1971-1974; 1981; undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
Naegle, Walter, 1987-1988; 1994.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
Nathan, Otto, 1970-1977; 1981-1987.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
National Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution, 1980-1981; 1984.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
National Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
untitled, 1958; 1962-1985; undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
Scope and Contents

(3 folders)

National Organization for Women, 1974-1976; 1981; undated.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
Nelson, Juanita, 1956; 1988-1999; 2002.
Box 10 [SCPC-2372]
New Age Magazine, 1983.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
New Amsterdam Books, 1989-1990.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
New Mobiliztion Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1969.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
New Republic, 1960; 1970-1994.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
New Society Publishers, 1980-1989; undated.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
New Yorker, 1951-1960; undated.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Nhat Hanh, Thich, 1966-1973; undated.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Nielson, Else, 1988-1990; 1993-1995.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Nin, Anäis, 1974; 1976.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Notable American Women (Book), entries for Hughan, Mygatt and Witherspoon, 1918; 1932; 1941-1942; 1955; 1973-1983; undated.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Omega Institute, 1988.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Operation Freedom, 1961-1963; undated.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Palme, Olof, 1962; 1969-1981; undated.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Panzra, Thomas, 1979-1984.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Parman, Edie Morrissett, 1968-1985; 2002.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Parrilla-Bonilla, Antulio, S.J., 1969-1972; undated.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Partito Radicale, undated.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Patriotic Majority, 1987.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Peace Action, 1997-1998; undated.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Peace Brigades International, 1983-1989; undated.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Peace Corps, 1990.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
Peace Justice Environment Network, 1996-1998.
Box 11 [SCPC-2373]
People for Human Rights, 1968-1969; undated.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
People for Racial Justice, 1969.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Peoples Bicentennial Commission, 1974-1976.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
People's Fund, 1973.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
People's Peace Treaty, circa 1970-1971.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Philadelphia Anti-Nuclear Coalition, 1979-1981.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Philadelphia Electric Company, 1974-1985.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Philadelphia Life Center, 1971-1972; 1982; 1984; undated.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Philadelphia Resistance, 1969-1974; undated.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Philadelphia Women's Salon, 1983-1989.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Physicians for Social Responsibility, 1978; 1980; 1987- 1989; undated.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Pinna, Birgitta, 1974-1983; undated.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Plowshares groups (Plowshares 8, Griffiss Plowshares, Pershing Plowshares, Trident II Plowshares), 1980-1987; 1997; undated.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Polner, Murray, 1994.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Poor People's Campaign, 1968; undated.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Porter, Martha, 1980-1984.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Power of the People (Book), 1975-1978.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Prasad, Devi (includes Committee for International Nonviolence), 1967-1976; 1980; undated.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
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(2 folders)

Prisoner Visitation and Support, 1988-1989.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
The Progressive (Jack McGrath and Morris Rubin), 1949-1960; undated.
Box 12 [SCPC-2374]
Publishers, Miscellaneous, 1950-1989; undated.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, 1971.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Ramparts (Magazine), 1968; 1971; 1973-1975.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Randall, Margaret, 1989-1990.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Randle, Michael, 1983; 1988-1993.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Random House, 1976.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Resist, 1968-1972; undated.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Ring Around the Congress, June 22, 1972.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Rosner, Jean, 1964.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Rustin, Bayard, 1956-1957; 1983-1988; undated.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Sattler, Connie and Bill, 1968; 1971; 1978-1981; undated.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Servas, 1971-1981; undated.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Shawn, Wallace, 1985-1986; 1995.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Shirer, William, 1980-1981; 1986; 1994.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Simon and Schuster, 1970-1971; 1976.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Society for Social Responsibility in Science, 1962; 1964-1976; undated.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Society of Friends, Witness, Oct. 6th 1983; 1983-1984; undated.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Society of Separationists, 1966; undated.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Solomon, Barbara Miller, 1987.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander, 1976-1978.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
South End Press, 1988.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Sumner, Sarah, 1978-1982; undated.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Swann, Marjorie, 1989.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Too Hot to Handle News, circa 1977-1978.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Traprock Peace Center, 1987-1988; 1990; 1992; 1997; undated.
Box 13 [SCPC-2375]
Turn Toward Peace, 1963; 1965; undated.
Box 14 [SCPC-2376]
Union of Concerned Scientists, 1979-1980; 1983; 1987; undated.
Box 14 [SCPC-2376]
United Farm Workers, 1966-1977; undated.
Box 14 [SCPC-2376]
United Nations 2nd Special Session on Disarmament, rally in support of, 1982; undated.
Box 14 [SCPC-2376]
Veterans Fast for Life, 1986.
Box 14 [SCPC-2376]
Vidal, Gore, 1973-1978; 1980-1985; 1990-1999.
Box 14 [SCPC-2376]
Viking Press, 1977.
Box 14 [SCPC-2376]
Walk for Peace Committee, 1958; undated.
Box 14 [SCPC-2376]
War Resisters' International, 1970-1986; 1992; undated.
Box 15 [SCPC-2377]
Scope and Contents

(6 folders)

War Resisters' International, 13th Triennial (Gandhi Conference), 1969.
Box 16 [SCPC-2378]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

War Resisters' International, 14th Triennial, 1971-1973; undated.
Box 16 [SCPC-2378]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

War Resisters' International, 16th Triennial, 1978-1979.
Box 16 [SCPC-2378]
War Resisters' International, 17th Triennial, 1979-1982.
Box 16 [SCPC-2378]
War Resisters League, 1955-1957; 1959; 1964-1999; 2002; undated.
Box 17 [SCPC-2379]
Scope and Contents

(3 folders), [see also McReynolds, David]

War Resisters League calendar, 1971-1982; undated.
Box 17 [SCPC-2379]
Scope and Contents

(3 folders)

War Resisters League national conferences, 1974-1976; undated.
Box 17 [SCPC-2379]
War Resisters League A Day without the Pentagon, 1997-1998.
Box 17 [SCPC-2379]
War Resisters League 75th Anniversary, 1998.
Box 17 [SCPC-2379]
War Resisters League/Southeast, 1977-1980; undated.
Box 17 [SCPC-2379]
War Resisters League/West, 1974-1983; undated.
Box 17 [SCPC-2379]
War Resisters League Peace Calendars, 1955-1980.
Box 18 [SCPC-2380]
War Resisters League Peace Calendars, 1981-2000.
Box 19 [SCPC-2381]
Weekly Action Project, 1969-1970; undated.
Box 20 [SCPC-2382]
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1989.
Box 20 [SCPC-2382]
Weiss, Cora, 1955-1956; 1993-1994.
Box 20 [SCPC-2382]
William Morrow and Co. Publishers, 1976.
Box 20 [SCPC-2382]
WIN Magazine, 1968-1983; undated.
Box 20 [SCPC-2382]
Witness for Peace, 1983-1989; undated.
Box 20 [SCPC-2382]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Witness of the Berrigans (Book), 1971-1972.
Box 20 [SCPC-2382]
Women Act for Disarmament, 1974.
Box 20 [SCPC-2382]
Women Strike for Peace, 1962-1985; 1989; undated.
Box 20 [SCPC-2382]
Scope and Contents

(3 folders)

Women Volunteers to Vietnam, 1972-1973; undated.
Box 21 [SCPC-2383]
Women's Agenda, 1985.
Box 21 [SCPC-2383]
Women's Center, 1974; 1976; undated.
Box 21 [SCPC-2383]
Women's Emergency Coalition, 1968.
Box 21 [SCPC-2383]
Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice, 1983-1984.
Box 21 [SCPC-2383]
Women's Groups, 1972; 1974-1976; 1981-1983; 2003; undated.
Box 21 [SCPC-2383]
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1959; 1965-2002; undated.
Box 22 [SCPC-2384]
Scope and Contents

(3 folders)

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 21st Triennial Congress, 1980-1981.
Box 22 [SCPC-2384]
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Main Line Branch, 1969-1976; undated.
Box 22 [SCPC-2384]
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, New Haven Branch, 1985-1988; undated.
Box 22 [SCPC-2384]
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 75th Anniversary Celebration, 1989-1990.
Box 22 [SCPC-2384]
Women's Pentagon Action, 1980-1981; undated.
Box 22 [SCPC-2384]
World Congress for Disarmament and Peace, Moscow, circa 1960s; undated.
Box 22 [SCPC-2384]
World Peace Tax Fund, 1974-1975; 1983; undated.
Box 22 [SCPC-2384]
World Peace Brigade, 1961-1963; undated.
Box 22 [SCPC-2384]
Zero Nuclear Weapons, 1977-1979; undated.
Box 22 [SCPC-2384]
Correspondence, misc., 1949-1994; undated.
Box 23 [SCPC-2385]
Scope and Contents

(5 folders)

Ardmore Police Station demonstration, July 2, 1968.
Box 24 [SCPC-2386]
B-1 Bomber, 1973-1977; undated.
Box 24 [SCPC-2386]
Catholic activism, 1972-1983, 1987, undated.
Box 24 [SCPC-2386]
Chemical and biological warfare, 1965-1966; undated.
Box 24 [SCPC-2386]
Civil defense protests, 1958; 1960.
Box 24 [SCPC-2386]
Conscientious objection, Australia, 1963; 1968-1969; undated.
Box 24 [SCPC-2386]
Conscientious objection, Spain, 1974-1978; undated.
Box 24 [SCPC-2386]
Consumer boycott, 1970-1972; undated.
Box 24 [SCPC-2386]
Consumer boycott, ITT, 1971-1972; undated.
Box 24 [SCPC-2386]
Scope and Contents

[2 folders]

Critical and "crank" letters.
Box 24 [SCPC-2386]
Draft and anti-draft material, 1979-1980.
Box 24 [SCPC-2386]
Fasting, 1965-1972; 1986; undated.
Box 24 [SCPC-2386]
FBI Media (Pa.) break-in, 1971.
Box 25 [SCPC-2387]
Feminism and nonviolence, 1971-1985; undated.
Box 25 [SCPC-2387]
Liberation movements, 1978; undated.
Box 25 [SCPC-2387]
Middle East, 1970-1980; 1986; undated.
Box 25 [SCPC-2387]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Native Americans at Wounded Knee, 1973; 1975; undated.
Box 25 [SCPC-2387]
Nonviolent social change, 1968-1974; 1977; 1981-1983; undated.
Box 25 [SCPC-2387]
Scope and Contents

[2 folders]

Nuclear disarmament, 1957-1960; 1974; 1977-1978; undated.
Box 25 [SCPC-2387]
Scope and Contents

[2 folders]

Nuclear weapons freeze campaigns, 1980-1988; 1994; 1996; 1998; undated.
Box 26 [SCPC-2388]
Peace education, 1967-1980; undated.
Box 26 [SCPC-2388]
Peace movement, general, 1961-1964; 1977; 1984-1985; undated.
Box 26 [SCPC-2388]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Phillipines, 1974-1980; undated.
Box 26 [SCPC-2388]
Political and governmental officials, 1964-1986; undated.
Box 26 [SCPC-2388]
Post 9/11 Activism, 2001-2002.
Box 26 [SCPC-2388]
Right-Wing literature, 1968-1977; undated.
Box 26 [SCPC-2388]
School of the Americas Watch, 2000-2002.
Box 26 [SCPC-2388]
U.S. government surveillance of Davidons, 1954-1981; undated.
Box 26 [SCPC-2388]
U.S. government surveillance of peace movement, 1971-1984; undated.
Box 26 [SCPC-2388]
Women and peace, 1975-1982; undated.
Box 26 [SCPC-2388]
Women's Liberation Movement, 1969-1981; 1995.
Box 27 [SCPC-2389]
Miscellaneous Documents, 1951-1956; 1964-2002; undated.
Box 27 [SCPC-2389]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Bombing of civilian targets, 1972; undated.
Box 28 [SCPC-2390]
Draft and anti-draft information, 1966-1973.
Box 28 [SCPC-2390]
Draft board file destruction, 1968-1972; undated.
Box 28 [SCPC-2390]
Draft repeal and amnesty, 1968-1977; undated.
Box 28 [SCPC-2390]
March on Washington, November 27, 1965.
Box 28 [SCPC-2390]
Political prisoners and prisoners of war, 1968-1973; undated.
Box 28 [SCPC-2390]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Protests, rallies and forums, 1965-1966; 1969-1972; undated.
Box 28 [SCPC-2390]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Students and the draft, 1967; undated.
Box 29 [SCPC-2391]
Saigon trip of W. Davidon, A.J. Muste, et al., 1966-1967.
Box 29 [SCPC-2391]
Scope and Contents

[see also Committee for Nonviolent Action]

Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 1971-1972.
Box 29 [SCPC-2391]
Vietnam Veterans of America, 1982.
Box 29 [SCPC-2391]
Vietnamese Buddhists, 1966-1978; undated.
Box 29 [SCPC-2391]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Miscell. printed material, 1964-1977; undated.
Box 30 [SCPC-2392]
Scope and Contents

(4 folders)

Philadelphia War Tax Resistance, 1966; 1968-1997; undated.
Box 31 [SCPC-2393]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Philadelphia War Tax Resistance Alternative Fund, 1970-1998; undated.
Box 31 [SCPC-2393]
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Philadelphia War Tax Resistance Steering Committee, 1975-2000; undated.
Box 31 [SCPC-2393]
Tax refusal of Davidons, 1965-1966; undated.
Box 31 [SCPC-2393]
War Tax Resistance (national office), 1969-1975; undated.
Box 31 [SCPC-2393]
War tax resistance groups, 1970-1984; undated.
Box 31 [SCPC-2393]
Scope and Contents

(arranged alphabetically)

War tax resistance, miscell. printed material, 1966-1985; 1989; 1999; undated.
Box 31 [SCPC-2393]

The Battle of Anghiari (Screenplay), undated.
Box 32 [SCPC-2394]
Chitterling Heights (Play), undated.
Box 32 [SCPC-2394]
Dissembling (Novel), 1977.
Box 32 [SCPC-2394]
The Hard Peace Core (Essay), 1961.
Box 32 [SCPC-2394]
How Fares the Honor Code? (Essay), undated.
Box 32 [SCPC-2394]
Innocent Encounter (Play), undated.
Box 32 [SCPC-2394]
Innocent Encounters (Memoirs), undated.
Box 32 [SCPC-2394]
Journals of Ann Davidon, 1988-1989; 1996-1988.
Box 32 [SCPC-2394]
The Judgement (Beginning-Chapter 9), undated.
Box 32 [SCPC-2394]
The Judgement (Chapter 10-End), undated.
Box 33 [SCPC-2395]
Letters to the editor, 1950; 1965-1978; 1994-1995; undated.
Box 33 [SCPC-2395]
Miscellaneous writings, 1965-1985; undated.
Box 33 [SCPC-2395]
No More Mass Rallies (Essay), 1972.
Box 33 [SCPC-2395]
Stories of Victoria (Novel), 1957.
Box 33 [SCPC-2395]
Two Writers, Two Revolutions (Essay), 1946.
Box 33 [SCPC-2395]
Up and Over: An Allegorical Farce, undated.
Box 33 [SCPC-2395]
Warheads into Plowshares (Essay), 1981.
Box 33 [SCPC-2395]
Who Was Karen Silkwood and Why are People Still Talking About Her? (Essay), 1979.
Box 33 [SCPC-2395]
A Woman of Her Age (Novel), 1978.
Box 33 [SCPC-2395]
A Woman of Her Age (Screenplay), undated.
Box 33 [SCPC-2395]
Miscellaneous Essays on Sweden, 1960-1961.
Box 34 [SCPC-2396]
Miscellaneous Essays, 1960-2002; undated.
Box 34 [SCPC-2396]
Scope and Contents

(3 folders)

William C. Davidon, Obituary, 2013.
Box Re-File

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