A Quaker Action Group
Variant namesFounded in Philadelphia in 1966 to apply nonviolent direct action as a witness against the war in Vietnam; not an official body of the Society of Friends; in 1971 transformed into Movement for a New Society.
From the description of A Quaker Action Group records, 1965-1973. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 20402069
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| referencedIn | Stern, Lee, 1915-1992. Lee Stern papers, 1942-1992. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
| referencedIn | Champney, Horace. Horace Champney papers, 1906-1990, bulk 1958-1979. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
| creatorOf | A Quaker Action Group. A Quaker Action Group records, 1965-1973. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
| referencedIn | Earle and Akie Reynolds Archive, 1930-1997 | University of California, Santa Cruz. , University Library Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Reynolds, Earle L. Earle and Akie Reynolds archive, 1930-1997. | University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC | |
| referencedIn | Willoughby, George, pacifist. George Willoughby and Lillian Willoughby papers, 1931-2010. | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
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| associatedWith | Beheiren. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Boardman, Elizabeth Jelinek, 1917- | person |
| associatedWith | Braxton, John Worth, | person |
| associatedWith | Butterworth, Harrison, | person |
| associatedWith | Champney, Horace. | person |
| associatedWith | Coffin, Jerry D., | person |
| associatedWith | Cowley, Christopher, | person |
| associatedWith | Cuba Project. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Drath, Phillip, | person |
| associatedWith | Eaton, Robert Whittington, | person |
| associatedWith | Ede, Roderick, | person |
| associatedWith | Fifth Avenue Peace Parade Committee. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Flanagan, Ross, 1934- | person |
| associatedWith | Geiger, Nicola, | person |
| associatedWith | Geiger, Walton, | person |
| associatedWith | Horton, Robert, 1900- | person |
| associatedWith | Kalish, Donald, | person |
| associatedWith | Lakey, George. | person |
| associatedWith | Lee, Kenneth, 1944- | person |
| associatedWith | Legg, Samuel, | person |
| associatedWith | Levering, Robert, 1944- | person |
| associatedWith | Lyttle, Bradford, | person |
| associatedWith | Massar, Ivan, | person |
| associatedWith | Mimms, William R., | person |
| associatedWith | Moody, Roger, | person |
| associatedWith | Nelson, Beryl, | person |
| associatedWith | Parkman, Patricia, | person |
| associatedWith | Reynolds, Earle L. | person |
| associatedWith | Reynolds, Earle Landry, 1910- | person |
| associatedWith | Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986. | person |
| associatedWith | Shivers, Lynne, | person |
| associatedWith | Smiley, Glenn E., | person |
| associatedWith | Stern, Lee, 1915-1992. | person |
| associatedWith | Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Swarthmore College. Peace Collection. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Vietnam Moratorium Committee (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Walker, Charles C., | person |
| associatedWith | Warren, Emlyn, | person |
| associatedWith | Willoughby, George, pacifist. | person |
| associatedWith | Wood, J. Duncan | person |
| associatedWith | Zietlow, Carl P., | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Pennsylvania--Philadelphia | |||
| United States |
| Subject |
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| Direct action |
| Draft resisters |
| Society of Friends |
| Government, Resistance to |
| Nonviolence |
| Peace |
| Peace movements |
| Poor People's Campaign |
| Quakers |
| Tax protests and appeals |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
| Occupation |
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| Activity |
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Active 1973
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