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Devere Allen Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-053
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.
Dates:
1809-1978; Majority of material found within 1910-1955
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bent Andresen Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Andreson, Bent
Abstract
Bent Andresen registered as a conscientious objector during WWII, and was sent to a Civilian Public Service in 1944. Andresen participated in a "guinea pig project" in which he and several other C.O.s lived in a refrigerated room for three months to test the impact of a high-protein diet on cold-weather conditions. He went AWOL in 1945 and was sentenced to two years in prison. Andreson was involved in various peace/justice groups throughout his lifetime.
Dates:
1928-1991
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Harold Barton Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Barton, Harold
Abstract
In the early 1940s National Mental Health Foundation originated in 1944-1945 when Harold Barton and three associates, serving at Byberry State Hospital in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), announced plans for a national campaign to improve the conditions in mental hospitals. The exposure of these conditions through the efforts of men serving in CPS, and their efforts to be a nonviolent presence in mental institutions, began a new movement in mental health care in the U.S. The National Mental...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1944-1949
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bowles family correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1212
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...
Dates:
1922-1960
Wilmer Brandt Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Brandt, Wilmer
Overview
Brandt was a conscientious objector to war, a Quaker, and interested in peace throughout his life.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1952-2007
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Erica Brooks commonplace books
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-055
Overview
The commonplace books of Erica May Brooks include poems about nature, history, family, friendship, and World War II, as well as both copied poems and originals written by Brooks.
Dates:
1925-1951
William Warder Cadbury papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1160
Overview
The papers of William Warder Cadbury, who was a Quaker medical missionary in China during the first half of the 20th century.
Dates:
1877-1959
Samuel Cooper papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-008
Scope and Content note
This collection is comprised of five folders of materials related to Samuel Cooper's conscientious objection to WWII. The collection includes Cooper's correspondence with political leaders, court officials, organizations for religious objection, and his family members in the months leading to the war, during the period of his arrest and imprisonment, and for the remainder of the war.
Dates:
1939-1948
Julien D. Cornell Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-010
Abstract
Julien Cornell (1910-1994) practiced law in New York City, with a special interest in civil liberties. During World War II, he handled many cases for conscientious objectors, as well as advising many other COs about their various problems with the legal system. He was considered an expert on legal issues regarding conscientious objection and Civilian Public Service, and was consulted by many lawyers throughout the country for his opinions.
Dates:
1940-1947
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-237
Overview
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...
Dates:
1938-1951
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- Baer, Gertrude 2
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- Civilian Public Service. Camp (Big Flats, NY) 2
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- Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 2
- Friends Ambulance Unit 2
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.) 2
- Friends Girls School (Tokyo, Japan) 2
- Furnas, Paul J. 2
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984 2
- Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 2
- Kaufman, Abraham 2
- Metropolitan Board for Conscientious Objectors 2
- Monthly Meeting of New York (Society of Friends : Orthodox : New York, N.Y.). Peace and Service Committee 2
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967 2
- New York Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1957 : New York, N.Y.). Peace and Service Committee 2
- Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 2
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955) 2
- Quaker Emergency Service Readjustment Center (New York, N.Y.) 2
- Reynolds, Reginald, 1905-1958 2
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 2
- Society of Friends 2
- Spears Mobile Clinics 2
- Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 2
- Swomley, John M., 1915-2010 2
- Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 2
- Willoughby, George, pacifist 2
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 2
- A Quaker Action Group 1
- Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 1
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- Ahimsa Farm 1
- Akihito, Emperor of Japan 1
- Albert, Alfred, 1908- 1
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 1
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- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
- Alternatives to Violence Project 1
- American Civil Liberties Union 1
- American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky 1
- American Friends Service Committee. China Program 1
- American Friends Service Committee. Civilian Public Service 1
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- American League against War and Fascism 1
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- Amoroso, Peter F. 1
- Andresen, Bent, 1908-1991 1
- Angell, Ernest, 1889-1973 1
- Angell, Stephen Ward, 1952- 1
- Axford, Roger W. 1
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 1
- Barton, Harold E. L., 1916-2005 1
- Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin), 1874-1948 1
- Benoit, Emile 1
- Berg, Russel O. 1
- Blickenstaff, Harold 1
- Bliss, George I. 1
- Bolling, Landrum Rymer 1
- Bowles, Gilbert, 1869-1960 1
- Bowles, Gordon Townsend 1
- Bowles, Jane T. 1
- Bowles, Minnie, 1868-1958 1
- Brainerd, Heloise, 1881-1969 1
- Brandt, Wilmer, 1920- 1
- Brethren Service Committee 1
- Brinton family 1
- Brinton, David, 1864-1945 1
- Brinton, Eleanor Fisher, 1868-1958 1
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 1
- Brinton, Joseph, 1828-1917 1
- Brinton, Mary H. (Mary Howland), 1833-1870 1
- Brinton, William Fisher, 1909-2008 1
- Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970 1
- Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 1
- Brooks, Erica May 1
- Broun, Heywood, 1888-1939 1
- Brown, H. Tatnall, Jr., 1900-1983 1
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879 1
- Butcher, Agnes Young, 1921-2005 1
- Cadbury, Catharine Balderston 1
- Cadbury, William Warder 1
- Canton Christian College 1
- Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China) 1
- Cary, Stephen G. 1
- Catchpool, Corder, 1883-1952 1
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 1
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors 1
- Ceresole, Pierre, 1879-1945 1
- Chase, E. Dixwell 1
- Children's Creative Response to Conflict Program 1
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