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Marcel Dieudonné Collection, 1946-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (ca. 12 items.)
Abstract:: Unpublished writings dated 1946-1947, and undated.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles Collected Records, 1983-1989 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.04 linear ft. (3 boxes (12.5 linear in.))
Abstract:: Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles was organized in 1983 by a group of women who were part of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in Great Britain. Several activists at Greenham organized Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles, which sought to use the U.S. legal system to challenge the right of the U.S. government to deploy nuclear missiles on foreign soil. Although the suit was unsuccessful, a group of Greenham women traveled around the United States speaking out about the growing objections in the international community to the ongoing escalation of the nuclear arms race.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Philadelphia Peace Council Collected Records, 1937-1943 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 linear ft. (ca. 5 in.)
Abstract:: Includes constitution (1938), minutes (1937-1943), correspondence (1937-1943), form letters, financial records, leaflets, speeches, releases, membership lists, bulletins (1938-1941), clippings, and other records. Correspondents include Maria Biasone, Orton S. Clark, Frederick J. Libby, Allen S. Olmsted, Daniel A. Poling, and Richard R. Wood.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Robert W. Lentz Collected Papers, 1964-2001 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Robert W. Lentz was a civil rights lawyer, originally from West Chester Pennsylvania. He worked with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in Mississippi; for two weeks in the summer of 1964, and served as a lawyer to aid volunteers who were jailed in Mississippi for their civil rights efforts. Lentz returned to Mississippi in November 1966 to help with voter rights in the general election.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Fellowship of Reconciliation Collected Records, 1915- (bulk)

Extent:: 1.25 linear ft. (15 linear in.)
Abstract:: The Fellowship of Reconciliation was established in December of 1914, during a meeting at Cambridge, England. It is still in existence today.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Ludwig Quidde Collected Papers, 1881-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Ludwig Quidde, editor and historian, was elected president of the German Peace Society in 1914, a position he held for fifteen years. He was the winner of the 1927 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with Ferdinand Buisson of France.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Albon Man Collected Papers, 1943-1965 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:: Albon Platt Man Jr.,was called up for the draft during World War II, but failed to register because of his conscientious objection to war, and was sentenced to three years in prison in March 1943. He was later involvemented with the Committee for Amnesty, the CCCO, the War Resisters League, and other peace groups.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Charles Bloomstein Collected Papers, 1938-2002 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.87 linear ft. (1.87 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Charles Bloomstein (1913 - 2002) was involved in a number of organizations that promoted civil rights, as well as peace. He was a conscientious objector during World War II, and served in Civilian Public Service (CPS) for three years.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Ronald E. Gundry Papers, 1919-1939 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Abstract:: Ronald E. Gundry was involved in a number of peace organizations, particularly related to the League of Nations, in the 1920s and 1930s in Great Britain.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Alice Niles Lynd and Staughton Lynd Papers, 1965-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8.33 linear ft. (8.33 linear feet.)
Abstract:: Staughton Lynd and Alice Niles Lynd, Quakers, authors, and activists in the civil rights and peace movements, who worked individually and collaborated on many labor and pacifist projects.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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