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Friends Committee on National Legislation Records, 1943- (inclusive)

Extent:

200 linear ft. (200 linear feet.)

Abstract:

A Quaker lobbying group established in 1943 to bring conscience and spiritual values to the political process in Washington; it grew out of the work of the Friends War Problems Committee in 1940.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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

Extent:

138 linear ft. (138 linear ft.)

Abstract:

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:

1.25 linear ft. ((3 containers))

Abstract:

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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Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration Records, 1895-1937 (inclusive) 1895-1918 (bulk)

Extent:

101.5 linear ft. (101.5 linear ft.)

Abstract:

This collection documents the annual conference (1895-1916) held at Mohonk Mountain House, Ulster County, New York; conference for 1917 was planned but not held; at their height, the conferences attracted 300 leaders of government, business, religion, the press, and education; the purpose of the conferences was to create and direct public sentiment in favor of international arbitration, arbitration treaties, and an international court.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Women Strike for Peace Records, 1961-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:

45 linear ft. (45 linear ft.)

Abstract:

Women Strike for Peace came into existence on November 1, 1961, as a protest against atmospheric nuclear tests by the U.S. and the Soviet Union. By the late 1980s the national WSP office in Philadelphia closed, but the WSP legislative office and various WSP branches around the U.S. remained active through the 1990s.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Macedonia Cooperative Community Records, 1937-1958 (inclusive)

Extent:

2.08 linear ft. (2.08 linear ft.)

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The Macedonia Cooperative Community was formed in 1937 northern Georgia by Morris Randolph Mitchell (1895-1976), an educator who later served as the first president of Friends World College. The Macedonia Cooperative Community, which took its name from a nearby Baptist Church, was comprised of families who worked collectively on dairy, agricultural, forestry, and woodworking projects that provided the economic underpinnings of the community. Originally established as an economic cooperative, Macedonia later passed through two distinctive phases before it folded in 1958.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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War Resisters League Records, 1923-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:

35.4 linear ft. (series a = 37 boxes and 15.22 linear feet; series b = 49 boxes and 20.22 linear feet)

Abstract:

The War Resisters League is a pacifist organization whose members are against all war. Witnessing the establishment of the War Resisters' International in Europe in 1921, and sensing a need for a similar organization in the United States, Dr. Jessie Wallace Hughan established the War Resisters League as an independent organization. The War Resisters League membership pledge, which has remained essentially unchanged since its inception, reads: "The War Resisters League affirms that war is a crime against humanity. We therefore are determined not to support any kind of war, international or civil, and to strive non-violently for the removal of all causes of war." The League seeks to end war and social injustice through pacifist and nonviolent tactics.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Interorganization Council on Disarmament Collected Records, 1931-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:

0.33 linear ft. (4 linear in.)

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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International Peace Forum Collected Records, 1912-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 items (2 pieces)

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International Seminars on Training for Nonviolent Action Collected Records, 1976-1984 (inclusive)

Extent:

0.17 linear ft. (2 linear in.)

Abstract:

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]