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Dorothy North Haskins papers, 1905-1958, 1905-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
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Dorothy North Haskins (1886-1962), BMC 1909, was a relief worker in France, Austria, and Chicago during and after WWI, acting as part of the American Friends Service Committee. The Papers include many letters written during this time, official reports and documents on relief work, diaries, and photographs.

Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

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American Friends Service Committee Reference Files, 1916-1944 (inclusive)

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7.5 linear ft. (15 boxes)
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Contains the reference files collected and assembled by American Friends Service Committee over many years to keep it informed of parallel service work by British and Irish Friends. Includes minutes, reports, and related papers of Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee, Friends' Council for International Service, Friends Service Council, and other Quaker relief agencies, mostly under the direction of London and Dublin Yearly Meetings.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Kite-Bassett Family Papers, 1837-1930 (inclusive)

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3 linear ft. (6 boxes)
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The Kite and Bassett families were Orthodox Quakers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Lynn, Massachusetts, respectively. James Kite was born in 1808, the son of Benjamin and Rebecca Kite of Philadelphia. In 1837 he was granted a certificate to Salem Monthly Meeting in Massachusetts to marry Lydia B. Rodman, widow of Caleb Rodman and daughter of Isaac and Ruth Bassett of Lynn. James and Lydia had eight children, viz. Ruth, James Rodman, Eliza B., Rebecca, Isaac C. Bassett, Hannah B., Lydia and Abby; Eliza and Isaac died young. James died in 1856 at the age of 48. Lydia B., a minister in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Northern District, died in 1872 at the age of 60 years. Ruth Kite married Jacob Smedley Jr. in 1865. The collection contains correspondence and other papers of the Kite and Bassett families, mainly describing family life but also relating to Quaker activities, especially events at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) and the New England Yearly Meeting and...(see more)

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers, 1920, 1938-1951 (inclusive)

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7 linear ft. (14 boxes and 1 volume)
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Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active during the Second World War.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Darlington Family Papers, 1831-2012 (inclusive)

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28 linear ft. (57 boxes (and photographs))
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This collection contains the papers of the Darlington family of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Woodstown, New Jersey. Quakers with strong ties to Swarthmore College, the family was involved in education, social and peace concerns, and businesses in the Philadelphia area. Charles J. Darlington (1894-1966) served as Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends during the reunification of the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings. The collection includes family correspondence relating to the Darlington, Shortlidge, Gause, and Palmer families as well as genealogical research and 20th century Quaker activities.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Swarthmore College Civilian Foreign Service Training Program records, 1942-1946 (inclusive)

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0.4 linear ft.
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During World War II, Swarthmore College offered relief and reconstruction training programs, initially at the graduate level for men in the Civilian Public Service (CPS), and later as an undergraduate major. This collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, syllabi, reports, and other documents relating to Civilian Foreign Service (CFS) training programs at colleges and universities, particularly the CFS program at Swarthmore. The collection was compiled by J. Roland Pennock, a professor in the Political Science Department who oversaw both the CPS and CFS programs.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Wilmer J. and Mildred Binns Young Papers, 1909-2014 (inclusive)

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2 linear ft. (3 boxes)
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Wilmer J. Young (1887-1983), a Quaker teacher and peace activist born in Iowa, was involved in post World War I reconstruction in France and Poland. He married Mildred Binns in 1922, and together they worked with AFSC work camps and cooperative farms until he began to teach at Pendle Hill in 1955. The collection contains primarily journals and correspondence from his time in France.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Lucy S. Clark papers, 1946-1949 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
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Primarily thank-you letters from recipients of parcels of food and clothing in Germany, England, Finland, and Norway, with descriptions of post-War conditions. Also includes lists of what was sent and explanatory correspondence.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Scattergood Hostel and Scattergood Friends School photographs, 1915-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:
.3 cubic ft. (1 box; stored with pa161, pa162, and pa164.)
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Scattergood Friends School opened in Iowa in 1890. The school closed during the Great Depression, and was repurposed during World War II as Scattergood Hostel to acclimate refugees from Europe. In 1944, it reopened as a school and remains open today. The bulk of this collection is photographs of Scattergood Refugee Hostel, but there are also photographs of pre-war and post-war Scattergood Friends School.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Elizabeth Watson albums: "Around the World in Ninety Days", 1988-08-06-1988-11-04 (inclusive)

Extent:
.2 cubic ft. (1 box)
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Elizabeth Grill Watson was a Quaker minister, feminist theologian, Bible scholar, and writer. George H. Watson was a Quaker educator and President Emeritus of Friends World College. This collection consists of two albums documenting Elizabeth and George Watson on pilgrimage to Asia.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Wilmer J. and Mildred Binns Young photographs, 1918-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:
.45 cubic ft. (2 boxes; pa177 stored with box 2)
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Wilmer J. Young (1887-1983), a Quaker teacher and peace activist born in Iowa, was involved in post World War I reconstruction in France and Poland. He married Mildred Binns in 1922, and together they worked with AFSC work camps and cooperative farms until he began to teach at Pendle Hill in 1955. This collection of photographs documents their work and personal life.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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American Friends Service Committee photographs, circa 1918-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:
.2 linear ft. (1 box)
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This collection consists of miscellaneous photographs, collected over time from various sources, documenting the American Friends Service Committee and its projects. Post-World War I and post-World War II and Vietnam War relief work are well documented, and there are also photographs of AFSC work in the United States, Africa, other parts of Asia, and the Middle East.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Hunn-Karsner Photograph Collection., 1870-1970 (inclusive)

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3 linear ft.
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The collection contains photographs of the family of Quakers Ezekiel Hunn and Lydia Jones Sharpless Hunn and their granddaughter, Katherine Hunn Karsner, who married Joseph Reed Karsner in 1930. Compiled Katherine Hunn Karsner, it includes 19th century family albums, early twentieth century photographs, and also focuses on Katherine's daughter, Mary Ann Karsner Kegler (1932-1983) who moved to Alaska as a college student and was one of the founders of Chena Ridge Monthly Meeting.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Ann Morrissett Davidon and William C. Davidon Papers, 1949- (inclusive)

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9 linear ft. (9 linear ft.)
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Ann Morrissett Davidon (1925-2004), was a writer, editor, educator, pacifist and peace activist through her entire life. William Cooper Davidon(1927- 2013), was a professor of physics at Haverford College and (retired 1994), pacifist, peace activist. The two were married in 1963 and both continued to be very active in peace, pacifist, anti-Vietnam War, and social justice organizations. They advocated and practiced war-tax resistance. In 1971, William Davidon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" in a plot to kidnap Henry Kissenger. Ann Davidon remained active in peace issues for her entire life.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Bradford Lyttle Papers, 1954- (inclusive)

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49.75 linear ft. (49.75 linear ft.)
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Bradford [Brad] Lyttle is a long time leading peace activist involved in the promotion of nonviolence for social change and the elimination of war and nuclear weapons. Lyttle was the organizer of the San Francisco to Moscow walk in the 1960-1961, to highlight the message of disarmament and nonviolent resistance and bringing together U.S. and Soviet citizens together during the height of the Cold War. He went on to organize and participate in other marches and protests, including the Quebec - Washington - Guantanamo Walk for Peace, during which he and twenty other marchers were jailed by police in Albany, Georgia. During the Vietnam war Lyttle coordinated many organizations and demonstrations against the war. In 1983 he founded the United States Pacifist Party and ran for president in the 1984 elections. Lyttle continues to work for peace around the world. He has been a war tax resister, worked with peace projects and refugees in Bosnia and Croatia, and has been arrested many...(see more)

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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A.J. Muste Papers, 1920-1967 (inclusive)

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26 linear ft. (64 boxes)
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A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in Katonah, New York, remaining there until 1931. He then served as national chairman of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) from 1926 to 1929. Muste was director of the Presbyterian Labor Temple from 1937-1940. In 1940 he became executive director of the FOR, a position he held until his retirement in 1953, when he was made director emeritus. From 1948-1953, he served as secretary of the Ohio Peacemakers, a radical pacifist group. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the War Resisters...(see more)

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Henry Joel Cadbury Papers, 1917-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (1.25 linear ft.)
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Henry J. Cadbury (1883-1974) was a distinguished Biblical scholar, teacher, and a member of the Society of Friends. Cadbury was one of the founders of the American Friends Service Committee. He served as its chairman from both 1928 to 1934 and again from 1944 to 1960. Cadbury supervised famine relief both in the United States and in Europe.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Anna S. Cox Brinton family papers, 1825-1960 (inclusive)

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9 linear ft. (36 boxes)
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The papers of the family of Anna S. Cox Brinton, a notable Quaker educator, activist and minister. Her family includes Joel and Hannah E. Shipley Bean, the founders of the Beanite branch of Quakerism, as well as Catharine M. Cox Miles, who was active with the American Friends Service Committee in Germany after World War I. Other family members are also included.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Addition to Henry J. Cadbury papers, 1866-1987 (inclusive)

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5 linear ft. (10 boxes)
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Henry Joel Cadbury (1883-1974) was one of the foremost American Quaker scholars of the 20th century. He published in the fields of Quaker and biblical history, and served as a teacher and philanthropist. This addition to the papers of Henry Cadbury includes biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, writings, such as his The Book of Acts in History and photographs of Cadbury and his family.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Elizabeth Marsh Jensen papers, 1912-1989 (inclusive)

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5.5 linear ft. (11 boxes)
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Papers of Quaker Elizabeth Marsh Jensen, who worked for the American Friends Service Committee in several capacities, notably in Mexico to assist Spanish Civil War refugees from 1940 to 1941. She was also a businesswoman who successfully ran a ranch in Colorado.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Vaux Family papers, 1708-1995 (inclusive) 1912-1932 (bulk)

Extent:
12.5 linear ft. (24 boxes and 2 rolled documents in 1 tube)
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The Vaux family was deeply involved with Quaker and Native American affairs throughout much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. George Vaux, Sr. was involved in Quaker activity through the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other Quaker meetings throughout the world (including Antigua and London). Both George Vaux, Jr. and Mary Morris Vaux Walcott, his sister, served as commissioners for the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners. This organization was established by the United States Congress in 1869 to watch over federal policies regarding Native Americans and to make certain that treaty obligations were fulfilled, especially in reference to supply deliveries. George Vaux, III also worked as the treasurer of the Indian Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Within the collection are letters, reports, photographs, land surveys, and administrative records. This collection may be of special interest to researchers who are studying both the history and recent state of affairs of...(see more)

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Douglas V. and Dorothy M. Steere papers, 1896-2003 (inclusive)

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128.75 linear ft. (257 boxes, 2 packages, 1 tube with 2 rolled items) and 257 containers and loose materials
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Douglas and Dorothy Steere were prominent figures of the Quaker movement in the twentieth century, and deeply committed to the causes of peace and spiritual enrichment. This commitment is evident in their involvement with Quaker-led relief work after World War II, Quaker spiritual retreats, international diplomacy, and Dorothy's work with the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Douglas taught philosophy at several institutions including Haverford College, and published extensively on topics in Quaker philosophy and history. This collection contains considerable material related to Douglas's work as a writer, professor, and diplomat. Given his role as a distinguished figure within 20th century Quakerism, this material is also relevant to researchers interested in recent Quaker history as a whole. There is also some fascinating material produced and collected by Dorothy related to the Civil Rights movement, including a letter from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Alice Herz and Helga Herz Collected Papers, 1941-2002 (bulk)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear inches.)
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Papers of a German mother and daughter who emigrated to the United States and were peace activists in the Detroit area; mother was the first American to immolate herself in protest of the Vietnam War.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Valda Sauter letter, 1955

Extent:
0.005 linear ft. (1 folder)
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This collection contains a letter written by Valda Sauter to John Cary.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Thomas C. Potts correspondence, 1920

Extent:
.01 linear ft. (1 folder)
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This collection is comprised of the personal correspondence of Thomas C. Potts. Many of the letters are written from Potts to Ethel, his wife, while he was traveling with the American Friends Service Committee in 1920.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Theodore Brinton Hetzel papers and graphics, 1866-1987 (inclusive) 1930-1987 (bulk)

Extent:
13 linear ft. (26 boxes)
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Theodore Hetzel (1906-1990) was a Quaker professor of engineering at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, whose interests led him to involvement with Native American and Quaker issues. An avid photographer, the materials in this collection are primarily photographic, as well as correspondence and documents.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Taylor-Frysinger papers, 1860-1960 (inclusive)

Extent:
6.5 linear ft. (13 boxes)
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This collection contains the personal letters, diaries, and miscellany of members of the Taylor and Frysinger families over three generations.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Friends Medical Society records, 1950-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 linear ft. (14 boxes)
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The Friends Medical Society, a Quaker organization that was founded in 1950. The collection includes information about their programs around the world along with information on its members, predominantly medical doctors.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Reed Smith papers, 1940-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
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This collection contains the letters of Reed Smith during his time in Civilian Public Serice camps as a Conscientious Objector during World War II and during his relief work in France, Germany, and Poland after the war with the American Friends Service Committee.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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James A. Babbitt photograph album, Undated.

Extent:
0.16 linear ft. (1 volume)
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This collection includes photographs from World War I Europe. Photographs include those taken on a ship to Europe, at a hospital in France, and at a number of battlefields throughout Europe. This volume includes graphic images of war casualties.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Crauder family papers, 1829-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.13 linear ft. (8 boxes)
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This collection contains materials from the Crauder family, mostly from Bob Crauder, a prominent Quaker who worked all over the globe.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Carmella Gonnella Scrapbooks, 1936-1941 (inclusive)

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2 cubic feet
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Carmella Angelina Gonnella attended Philadelphia High School for Girls from 1936 to 1939, followed by the School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania where she received a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1943 and a Master of Science in Education in 1944. While at Penn, Carmella participated in many activities.The two scrapbooks document Carmella Gonnella's educational experience from 1936 - 1944, including her time at the University of Pennsylvania.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

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Ross Flanagan Papers, 1962-1993 (inclusive) 1964-1978 (bulk)

Extent:
1.5 linear ft. (1.5 linear ft.)
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Ross Flanagan (1934- ), is Quaker pacifist and activist, has been involved in many Quaker-sponsored projects, peace, and civil rights activities. In the 1950s he served on the staff of the American Friends Service Committee. He was an early protestor against the Vietnam war and worked with A Quaker Action Group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1970s Flanagan was involved in neighborhood revitalization projects in West Philadelphia.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Emergency Peace Campaign Records, 1936-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:
88.75 linear ft. (88.75 linear ft.)
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Initiated in late 1935 by the American Friends Service Committee and other pacifists; originally planned as a two-year campaign to rally peace, religious, labor, African-American and student groups; aim was to organize a national campaign to promote peace principles in the face of preparation for war in Europe, and to keep the United States out of war; may have been preceded by the Emergency Peace Committee (1931-1933), though this has not been documented. The first EPC office opened in February 1, 1936. Ray Newton served as Executive Director; other staff members were Baruch Braunstein, Harold Chance, and Kirby Page. The EPC disbanded at the end of 1937, its work continued by the National Peace Conference.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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J. Stuart Innerst Papers, 1920-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:
6.25 linear ft. (6.25 linear ft.)
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J. Stuart Innerst was a United Brethren in Christ missionary to China in the 1920s. Innerst and his wife Marion Reachard Innerst left China in 1927 with great concerns about the influence of western imperialism in that country. J. Stuart Innerst served as pastor of several churches and joined the Society of Friends in 1943. In addition to his pastoral work, Innerst also served as the Director of the Quaker Friends in Washington Program (1960-1961, lobbied members of Congress regarding China, disarmament and peace, and other issues. His other involvements included participation in various Friends boards and committees, such as the Executive Committee of the Friends Committee on Legislation, the La Jolla Meeting Peace Committee, and the Friend in the Orient Committee of the Pacific Yearly Meeting. Innerst wrote Bible study helps and devotionals, articles and leaflets, and edited the Understanding China Newsletter, published by the American Friends Service Committee. He co-authored the...(see more)

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Devere Allen Papers, 1809-1978 (inclusive) 1910-1955 (bulk)

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138 linear ft. (138 linear ft.)
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Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Rockland County Peace Association Records, 1930-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.75 linear ft. (1.75 linear ft.)
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The Rockland County Peace Association was a small local peace group begun in 1930 to stimulate popular education and public opinion with a view to the prevention of war. It carried on relief work during World War II through the American Friends Service Committee.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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George Willoughby and Lillian Willoughby Papers, 1931-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.1 linear ft. (25.25 linear in.)
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George Willoughby (December 9, 1914 - January 5, 2010) and Lillian Willoughby (c. 1916 - January 15, 2009) were Quaker activists who took part in nonviolent protests against war, conducted nonviolence trainings in India and other countries, and advocated for preservation of land in New Jersey and elsewhere.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Sky Island Papers, 1945-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (1 box)
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Sky Island was a refugee vacation hostel run by the American Friends Service Committee in copperation with the American Christian Committee for Refugees from about 1938 until at least 1947. Flora E. Pottenger was a teacher from Warsaw, Indiana, who worked at Sky Island during the summer of 1946. Her Sky Island papers, all photocopies, include correspondence, reports, and photographs.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Holmes-Webb Family Papers, 1839-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)
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William B. Webb was a druggist and member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite). He married Rebecca Turner in 1853. Their youngest daughter, Rebecca St. Claire Webb, married Jessie Herman Holmes in 1892. Holmes was a prominent Quaker, taught philosophy and religion at Swarthmore College, and was active in AFSC relief in Europe after World War I. He also served as President of the National Federation of Religious Liberals and was an active member of the Socialist Party. The collection includes correspondence of the Webb and Holmes families, journals of Jesse Herman and Rebecca W. Holmes, and other miscellaneous materials. Of particular interest is the correspondence between the Holmes during his trip overseas and several letters from S. R. Sharma concerning the early Indian self-determination movement and the work of Mahatma Gandhi from 1930 to 1934.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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S. Francis Nicholson Family Papers, 1900-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:
11 linear ft. (22 boxes)
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S. Francis Nicholson was a prominent Quaker investment banker, longtime officer of Provident National Bank, Philadelphia, and active in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, A.F.S.C., and Friends Fiduciary Corporation. The collection contains correspondence, financial records, memorabilia, and other papers reflecting his career and life with his wife, Evelyn Haworth Nicholson.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Kaltenbach Family Correspondence, 1933-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
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The collection consists primarily of letters written by John E. Kaltenbach to his parents, Edward C. and Ethel Kaltenbach, from Wesleyan University, Yale Divinity School, and while working as the acting director for the Scattergood Hostel for European Refugees in Iowa. Also a small number of letters from his sister, Linda Kaltenbach, while a student at Swarthmore College.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Rhoads family papers, 1908-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
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This collection includes letters written by J. Edgar Rhoads to his family while he was in Germany administering war relief after WWI. Also included are the diaries of his grandfather, Jonathan E. Rhoads, from 1908-1910. These provide a record of daily appointments and expenses.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Rebecca Timbres Clark photographs, 1853-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 cubic ft. (3 boxes plus 2 oversized photographs)
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Rebecca Timbres Clark (1896-2000) was a Quaker nurse and social worker. She and her first husband, Harry Garland Timbres (1899-1937), performed relief work under the auspices of the AFSC in Eastern Europe in 1921-22 and worked with Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal, India, in 1931-34. In 1936-1937, the couple worked in the malaria unit in Soviet Russia. After Harry Timbres' death, Rebecca returned to the U.S. She married Edgar Sydenham Clark (1885-1961) on July 2, 1943, and the couple moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1947, where Rebecca worked as a medical social worker. This collection includes photographs of family and friends as well as snapshots of Russia and Poland.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Allan Solomonow papers, 1944-2016 (inclusive) 1960-2009 (bulk)

Extent:
35 linear feet (37 boxes)
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Allan Wayne Solomonow (1937-2020) was a Jewish peace activist who was active in New York City and the San Francisco Bay area from the 1970s through the 2010s. His particular concern was Middle East peace, especially the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This collection documents Solomonow's life's work and primarily comprise his professional papers related to the Jewish peace community as well as collected secondary material that informed his thinking.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Nancy J. Babb Collected Papers, 1921-1949 (bulk)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (1 box)
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Nancy Babb (1884-1948) was a member of the Society of Friends who served as a field representative for the Red Cross and then as a relief worker in Russia from 1917 to the mid 1920s. On her return to the United States in 1928 Babb lectured about her work in Russia. Babb also volunteered for a number of various women's organizations, including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Babb established the National Circulating Library of Student's Peace Posters, an organization that sponsored annual contests for children and young adults to create posters against war and on peace topics. The NCLSPP offered prizes and art school scholarships to winning posters.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Norman J. Whitney Papers, 1938-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:
7.5 linear feet (7.5 linear ft.)
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Norman Jehiel Whitney (1891-1967) was a Quaker teacher, writer and devoted peace worker. From 1919-1957 he helped establish, and directed for many years, the Syracuse Peace Council. He left Syracuse in 1957 to work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in peace education. Whitney's major peace work was in the area of counseling conscientious objectors to war (COs), particularly those in Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. In 1941 he helped establish the New York State Board for Civilian Public Service, which attempted to counsel and assist Conscientious Objectors in New York state.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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The collection of Beulah Hurley Waring and Alston Waring, New Hope, PA, 1917-1954

Extent:
1.75 linear ft. (7 boxes)
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The collection, primarily of correspondence of Quaker Beulah Hurley (1886-) relating principally to her relief work after World War I in Europe and Russia under the auspices of several Friends' groups and the photographs of Quaker P. Alston Waring (1895-1978) taken in Europe, East Asia, California, Central America and mainly in India between 1915 and 1954.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Bacon Family papers, 1800-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:
8 linear ft. (16 boxes and 1 volume)
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Correspondence, diaries and photographs relating to the 20th- century Quakers Edith Farquhar Bacon and Francis Rogers Bacon, their families, forbears, friends and colleagues.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles Family papers, 1890-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:
12 linear ft. (22 boxes and 1 photograph in tube)
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The papers document the lives of service of Quakers Gilbert Bowles (1869-1960) and Minnie Picket Bowles (1868-1958), Quaker missionaries and ministers in Asia and Hawaii for over 60 years, from 1896-1960.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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William Huntington papers, 1932-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 linear ft. (13 boxes)
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The collection relates primarily to William Huntington, (1907-1990), a 20th century Quaker peace activist and the ship The Golden Rule which Huntington and others used to protest atomic testing in the South Pacific. Included are correspondence, photographs, conference papers, newspaper articles, memoranda, and minutes.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Gilbert MacMaster papers, 1901-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear ft. (4 boxes )
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Gilbert MacMaster (1869-1967), a Quaker, was involved in charitable work in post-World War II Europe. The papers include his letters, photographs, and diary, which covers his and Margarethe Lachmund's (his wife) 30 years of service (1920-1950) with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) child feeding mission in Germany, after World War I, as head of the Friends Center in Hamburg, during Hitler's rise to power, and as American Friends' representative in Basel, Switzerland, during World War II and later.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Gilbert White AFSC papers, 1927-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear ft. (3 document boxes)
Abstract:
Some papers of Gilbert F. White (1911-2006), a geographer and president of Haverford College, relating to some of his experiences serving the American Friends Service Committee during World War II and letters received while president of the college.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Jones-Cadbury Family papers, ca. 1770-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:
72 linear ft. (141 boxes and 8 packages, 6 tubes)
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The Quaker families of Jones and Cadbury were interrelated with many other Quaker families in the United States and England. This collection provides a rich source of genealogical and historical information, not only on the Jones and Cadbury families, and especially Mary Hoxie Jones (1904-2003) and Emma Cadbury Jr. (1875-1965), but also, significantly, on the Warder family, as well as the Bartram, Brown, Carter, Foulke, Kaighn, Lowry, Mennell, Pearsall, Shinn, and Shipley families.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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William Morris Maier papers, 1935-1980 (inclusive)

Extent:
11.67 linear ft. (28 boxes)
Abstract:
William Morris Maier (1909-1982), a Haverford College graduate, was active in a wide variety of charitable organizations, especially those related to the Society of Friends. These papers consist of materials from his phlianthropic work with many organizations, including the Ludwick Institute, the Friends' Freedmen's Association, and the Emlen Institution.

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Josiah P. Marvel scrapbook, 1940-1941 (inclusive)

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0.13 linear ft. (1 volume)
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The scrapbook of Josiah P. Marvel includes Nazi documents, such as certificates and letters, from Marvel's time in occupied France during the summer of 1940, while travelling to and from Paris in service to the American Friends Service Committee. Documents include permissions from Nazi commanders in France, as well as The Hague and Brussels. Also included is a map of the location of prison camps, clothing lists, and a printed booklet on the National Work for Infants.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Elizabeth Mossell Anderson Papers, 1905-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:
8 cubic feet
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Elizabeth Mossell Anderson was Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander's elder sister. The Elizabeth Anderson Papers document aspects of her personal and professional life.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

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Bonnie Tinker Papers, 1963-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 linear ft. (8 boxes)
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Bonnie Tinker (1948-2009) was a Quaker social activist who campaigned for peace and gay and lesbian right. This collection contains drafts and correspondences concerning the movie "Love Makes a Family" (1992) produced by Bonnie Tinker. The collection also contains personal papers, fundraising for the project, and reference material on non-traditional forms of family.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Friends Meeting for Sufferings of Vietnamese Children Records, 1966-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.3 linear ft. (3.3 linear ft.)
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The Friends Meeting for Sufferings of Vietnamese Children was founded in 1966, to bring injured and orphaned Vietnamese and Amerasian children to the United States for medical treatment. Some children were placed in foster homes or were permanent adopted. The organizers worked in cooperation with Welcome House in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and with other organizations. The group disbanded in October 1969.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Dorothy Detzer Papers, 1913-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 linear ft. (3 linear feet.)
Abstract:
Dorothy Detzer was a peace activist, writer, and lobbyist. She served as the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924-1946.. Detzer influenced a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, 1934-1936, and later wrote the book Appointment on the Hill, 1948, describing her two decades in Washington, D.C.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Records, 1941-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.75 linear ft. (3.75 linear ft.)
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The Federal Council of Churches organized its Committee on the Conscientious Objector under its Department of International Justice and Goodwill in 1941. The Committee was interested in all aspects of conscientious objection, especially religious life in Civilian Public Service camps. Among the Committee's projects was the organizing of a program of visitation to CPS camps.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Robert Levering Papers, 1967-1972 (inclusive)

Extent:
.83 linear ft. (.83 linear feet)
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Robert E. Levering is a pacifist and Quaker. He has been the co-author of Fortune magazine's annual list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For," and a speaker on workplace trends and management strategies aimed at improving workplace productivity. Levering is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Martin Luther King Jr. School of Social Change.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Charles C. Walker Papers, 1940-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:
25.67 linear ft. (21 record cartons and 1 flat box)
Abstract:
Minutes, reports, writings, notes, photographs, and printed material from Walker's work as an activist and nonviolent resistance trainer. Materials have been place in series based on how the subjects were identified in their original boxes.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Elizabeth A.W. Furnas Papers, 1928-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:
Elizabeth A.W. (Betty) Furnas was an active member of the Society of Friends who served as a member of the Board of Pendle Hill and was a member of the Women's Problems Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and its sucessor, Philadelphia Quaker Women. The collection includes minutes and correspondence, particularly of the latter, as well as published and unpublished writings and other material.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendell Clepper, 1936-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
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This collection includes letters from Mildred Binns Young to W. Wendall Clepper. These letters relate to personal and family news, as well as news of the progress and concerns of the Delta Cooperative Farm, on which she was working at the time.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Harold Chance journals, reports, and evaluation of Friends Peace Service work, 1949-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (3 folders.))
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Journals, reports, and surveys written by Harold Chance documenting his visits to and continuing relationships as an AFSC staff member with Evangelical Friends meetings, mostly in the western United States. The collection includes nine journals, 1949-1956, Friends Peace Service evaluation surveys, 1956 & n.d., and a number of miscellaneous reports to Friends Peace Service Council. Among the former is a report on the Second American Conference of Evangelical Friends (1950) and one on the Student Conference on Peace and International Relations (1955).

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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American Friends Service Committee lantern slides of World War I relief work, 1914-1922 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.4 cubic ft. (29 lantern slide boxes (2 boxes of pa 193 - france set d; and 3 boxes of each other pa))
Abstract:
English and American Quakers were involved in relief efforts in Europe during and after WWI. These efforts were begun by English Quakers of London Yearly Meeting, and later joined by the American Friends Service Committee. They expanded the scope of their aid from France to also include Russia, Serbia, Poland, Austria, and Germany. The lantern slides in this collection were taken during these relief efforts and, along with lecture notes, sent back home to Friends groups who would use the slides in presentations, usually for fundraising purposes.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Horace Champney Papers, 1958-1990 (inclusive) 1958-1979 (bulk)

Extent:
8.25 linear ft. (8.25 lin. ft.)
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Horace Champney was a pacifist active in various causes from the late 1940s through the 1980s. He was a founder of The Peacemakers Movement in the 1950s and interested in civil rights, war tax refusal, and other social justice causes. Champney was a member A Quaker Action Group and a crew member of the ship the Phoenix, which sailed to North Vietnam with medical supplies, during the Vietnam war.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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National Action/Research on the Military-Industrial Complex Records, 1969-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:
12 linear ft. (12 linear ft.)
Abstract:
Began in 1969 as a project of the American Friends Service Committee. NARMIC served as a resource for journalists, educators and students, the religious community, peace organizations, and concerned citizens from the U.S., Canada, and overseas by providing information about the role of the military-industrial complex in American society.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Robert Wallace Gilmore Papers, 1960-1982 (bulk)

Extent:
11.25 linear ft. (11.25 linear ft.)
Abstract:
Robert W. Gilmore was a Quaker pacifist who was involved in a number of peace groups, either as a staffperson or as a Board member. His papers reflect these involvements through correspondence and other materials.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Center for Economic Conversion Records, 1975-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
7.5 linear ft. (7.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:
The Center for Economic Conversion was a nonprofit organization which promoted the conversion of the military-based U.S. economy to a civilian-based, peace-oriented, and environmentally sustainable one. It was founded in 1975 as a project of the American Friends Service Committee. CEC was a leading advocate for using military base conversion as a tool to foster sustainable development.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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American Friends Service Committee Collected Records, 1917- (inclusive)

Extent:
1.6 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was set up 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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Edward F. Snyder Papers, 1950- (bulk)

Extent:
3 linear ft. (3 linear feet.)
Abstract:
Edward Furnas Snyder is a Quaker lobbyist for peace, civil rights, and economic justice. He joined staff of Friends Committee on National Legislation in 1955 and retired in 1990 as Executive Secretary of the FCNL Snyder argued against legislation for a U.S. military draft and excessive military spending; worked for cultural and scientific exchanges between Soviet and U.S. citizens to lessen tensions of the Cold War. Edward and Dorothy Snyder have long been tax resisters arguing that the government was using taxpayers' money illegally to fund war in Vietnam, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Daniel A. Seeger Collected Papers, 1958-2008 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.9 linear ft. (35 linear in.; 7 boxes)
Abstract:
Seeger is best known for the 1965 Supreme Court court case regarding his conscientious objector claim without belief in a Supreme Being as grounds for C.O. status.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Lynne Shivers Papers, 1941-2015 (bulk)

Extent:
8 linear ft. (8 linear feet.)
Abstract:
Enid Lynne Shivers was a peace activist and prominent member of Movement for a New Society, for which she organized and wrote informational materials. This collection of her personal materials is primarily composed of journals dating from the 1960s until 2014 and materials from time she spent doing peace work in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Nuclear Weapons Facilities Task Force Collected Records, 1977-1984 (bulk)

Extent:
0.17 linear ft. (2 linear inches.)
Abstract:
Collection includes printed correspondence, flyers, newsletters, memos, booklets. Correspondents include Sam Day, Mike Jendrzejczyk and Pam Solo. This collection includes material about the Rocky Flats/Nuclear Weapons Facilities Project and other Rocky Flats related material.

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American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service / Prison Service Committee Records, 1940-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:
284 linear ft.
Abstract:
Organized to provide alternative service for conscientious objectors, who were assigned "work of national importance under civilian direction; the historic peace churches (Church of the Brethren, Religious Society of Friends and the Mennonite Church) band ed together to form the National Service Board for Religious Objectors (NISBRO) which coordinated the civilian public service (CPS) program; the American Friends Service Committee administered seventeen CPS camps and over thirty special service units which provided an alternative service program for 3400 men between 1941 and 1946.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Bacon family papers, 1725-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 linear ft.
Abstract:
Included are letters to the Bacons from family and friends; biographical and genealogical materials; travel letters; Margaret Hope Bacon's diaries of her trip to China under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee, 1972; to Australia, 1989 and Galapagos, 1992; to Costa Rica and Friends World Committee for Consultation, 1988; and Egypt, 1990; Margaret Hope Bacon's letters; Allen Bacon's letters; stories by Norman Borchardt (M.H. Bacon's father); Francis Bacon in Germany.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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L. Hollingsworth Wood papers, 1903-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:
21.5 linear ft. (44 boxes, 1 volume)
Abstract:
Primarily correspondence related to Wood's activities in areas of peace, civil rights, African American education, and Quaker education. Wood was founding member of American Civil Liberties Union, American Friends Service Committee, and National Urban League. He was president of the Urban League for 26 years; elected in 1917 to Fisk University Board of Trustees; and a member of Haverford College Board of Managers. Correspondents include Jane Addams, Roger N. Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Rufus M. Jones, Thomas Elsa Jones, Oswald Garrison Villard, Booker T. Washington and many others.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Committee on Race Relations and its predecessors (1919-1970), 1921-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
6 linear ft. (12 boxes)
Abstract:
Records, 1921-1969, of the Race Relations Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and its predecessors, the Anti-Lynching Committee (1919-1921), Committee on the Interests of the Colored Race (1921-1929) Committee on Race Relations (1921-1929), and the Joint Committee on Race Relations(1929-1955).

Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Bowles family correspondence, 1922-1960 (inclusive)

Extent:
.75 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Abstract:
The Bowles family was deeply involved with Quaker missionary and relief work during the 20th century. In 1900, the Bowles moved to Japan under the auspices of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and managed the Friends School and established the Tokyo Friends Center. During World War II, the Bowles family moved to Hawaii and worked with war refugees. The Bowles family correspondence consists of correspondence from Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles to their son Gordon Townsend Bowles from 1922 to 1932 and to Gordon Townsend and Jane T. Bowles from 1932 to 1960. This correspondence is essentially family correspondence, but also includes information regarding the Bowles' Quaker relief work, their views on Quakerism and their day-to-day activities.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Harold J. Chance papers, 1938-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.25 linear ft. (13 boxes)
Abstract:
Harold J. Chance (1898-1975) worked for peace education through the American Friends Service Committee, the Peace Caravans, the Youth Section of the Emergency Peace Campaign, the Institute of International Relations, and the Friends Peace Service from 1934-1964. Included in the Harold Chance papers are correspondence, journals, writings, mailings, reports, and materials on the Friends Peace Service. Also included are Harold Haines Brinton's (1884-1973) lectures and course notes on topics such as history and religion, mysticism in various religions, religion and social change, and the philosophy of pacifism. Researchers will find this collection is especially rich in Quaker history, specifically relating to the discussion of the use of the Quaker voice by individual Friends' groups, in the mid 1950's.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Civilian Public Service publications, 1941-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear feet (6 boxes)
Abstract:
This collection consists primarily of the publications of conscientious objectors (COs) working at Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps in the United States during World War II, performing "work of national importance" in lieu of combat. Camps were established for various purposes, from firefighting in the rural West to caring for mental patients and the elderly. The publications cover areas across the United States, although are focused in the Northeast, Upper Midwest, and California. Two publications appear to be from outside the United States. Publications range from the basic to the elaborate and cover all aspects of the lives of COs-- the mundane as well as the profound. Many publications intermittently published tables of all men who were in that specific camp at the time, or of all men who had passed through the camp. Publication frequency ranged from weekly to quarterly. A few other publications are also included, which were not directly published by COs but which share...(see more)

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton papers, 1859-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:
26 linear ft. (57 boxes and 2 rolled objects)
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Howard Haines Brinton and Anna Shipley Cox Brinton were 20th-century Quaker educators and prolific authors whose areas of expertise included the physical sciences and the Classics. Notably, they also worked for the American Friends Service Committee in Europe, for Friends Center in Tokyo, Japan, and as directors of Pendle Hill, an adult study center in Wallingford, PA. They were both recorded ministers in the Religious Society of Friends. This collection also contains materials of other Brinton, Bean, Cox and Shipley Family members.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Stephen G. Cary papers, 1930-2002 (inclusive)

Extent:
8.25 linear ft. (33 boxes)
Abstract:
Stephen G. Cary graduated from Germantown Friends School in 1933 and from Haverford College in 1937. He earned a master's degree in international administration from Columbia University in 1943. Between 1946 and 1969, Cary worked for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), and was the chairman of the AFSC from 1979 to 1991. Cary was a member of the Haverford College Board of Managers from 1955 to 1969. In 1969, he joined the staff as vice president of development. He was acting president of Haverford from 1977 to 1978, and served as senior vice president of the College from 1979 to 1981. This is a collection of his professional and personal papers. Materials include documents related to the American Friends Service Committee, Haverford College, and the Clarence and Lilly Pickett Endowment for Quaker Leadership. Also included is his personal correspondence, as well as subject files on such topics as civil rights, the Germantown Friends School, and the Friends Association for...(see more)

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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