Subject: Quaker conscientious objectors - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: .28 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: A British Quaker, author, journalist, field secretary for the Friends Service Committee, associate of Mohandas K. Gandhi, and conscientious objector during World War II.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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

Extent:: 15 linear ft. (30 boxes)
Abstract:: Charles Eugene Fager is a Quaker writer, publisher, educator, and activist. Born in 1942, "Chuck" Fager graduated from Colorado State University and attended Harvard Divinity School. After working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Selma, Alabama, he performed Vietnam CO alternative service at Friends World College in 1966. He left FWC the following year, devoting his time to writing and freelance work. In the mid 1980s Fager started Kimo Press, a small publishing operation and began to edit "A Friendly Letter," an independent Quaker periodical. "A Friendly Letter" was discontinued in early 1993 after 134 issues. In 1994, Chuck Fager joined the staff of Pendle Hill, a Quaker center for study and contemplation near Philadelphia, as coordinator of the Pendle Hill Issues Program.. He presently teaches at Penn State University. The collection includes the personal papers of Charles E. Fager, as well as the records of Kimo Press and "A Friendly Letter." The author has...(see more)

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

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (5 folders.))
Abstract:: Collection contains letters written by Lawrence Williamson to his family while at Camp Zachary Taylor in Lexington, Kentucky, and other related papers including the transcript of his court martial in 1918.

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

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