Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard)
Variant namesBarbara Reynolds was a Quaker and pacifist who founded the World Friendship Center in Hiroshima, Japan. She was highly regarded in the Japanese peace movement; after her return to the U.S. she helped establish the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Collection in the Wilmington College Peace Resource Center, Wilmington, Ohio. In 1958, she sailed with Earle Reynolds on the yacht Phoenix into a nuclear bomb testing area of the Pacific. In 1962 she conducted the Hiroshima Peace Pilgrimage, a year-long world tour with two victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
From the description of Collection, 1948-1970. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 29332985
Epithet: widow of Surgeon M Reynolds
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000005
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| referencedIn | Vol. LI (ff. 306). 6 Oct.-9 Nov. 1813.includes:f. 1 William Clark: Letters to Sir R. Peel: 1813.ff. 3, 136 Robert Stewart, Earl and (1816) 1st Marquess of Londonderry: Letters to Sir R. Peel: 1813-1817.ff. 5, 7 Margaret MeCoy, alias McKay; wido... | British Library | |
| creatorOf | Champney, Horace. Horace Champney papers, 1906-1990, bulk 1958-1979. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
| creatorOf | Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard). Collection, 1948-1970. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
| referencedIn | Rebecca Shelley Papers, 1890-1984 | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives |
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| associatedWith | Champney, Horace. | person |
| associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Shelley, Rebecca, 1887-1984 | person |
| associatedWith | Swarthmore College. Peace Collection. | corporateBody |
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| Dublin, Ireland |
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Person
Birth 1915-06-12
Death 1990-02-11
