Records, 1957-[ongoing] 1957-1968 (bulk).

Willoughby, George, pacifist

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George W. Willoughby: born in 1914 in Wyoming; Quaker peace activist; World War II conscientious objector; worked for eight years with the Iowa regional section of the American Friends Service Committee, and served as an official with the Fellowship of Reconciliation. In 1958, he took part in the voyages of the Phoenix and Golden Rule, yachts which disrupted atomic testing in the Pacific Ocean. He and his wife, Lillian, travelled to India in peace action projects, and to the former Soviet Union,...

Muste, A. J. (Abraham John), 1885-1967

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Clergyman, pacifist. From the description of Reminiscences of Abraham John Muste : oral history, 1954. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309741542 From the description of Reminiscences of Abraham John Muste : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122681124 A.J. Muste (1885-1967). Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919. When he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrenc...

Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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Swann, Marjorie (Marjorie E.)

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Committee for Nonviolent Action

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The Committee for Nonviolent Action was organized in 1957 by Lawrence Scott to protest nuclear tests in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was one of the first United States peace groups to promote nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience. Leaders included A.J. Muste, Brad Lyttle, George Willoughby, and Neil Haworth. CNVA helped sponsor the voyages of the Phoenix and the Golden Rule (1958), Omaha Action (1959), Polaris Action (1961), the San Francisco to Moscow Walk for Peace (1961), the voyage...

Davidov, Marv

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Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986

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Construction engineer, Baptist clergyman, and Quaker activist; worked against testing of nuclear weapons and biological weapons research; supervised Friends Mississippi Project; project director of the Appeal and Vigil at Fort Detrick in Maryland; executive secretary of the Peace Action Center; a founder of A Quaker Action Group. From the description of Papers, 1955-1965. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 20438839 ...

San Francisco to Moscow Walk for Peace

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Golden Rule (Ketch)

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Everyman (Ship)

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Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara S.)

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Willoughby, George A. (George Alonzo), 1894-

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Lyttle, Bradford

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Reynolds, Earle L.

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Biography Earle Reynolds began his career as a physical anthropologist. In 1951 his life was forever changed after he went to Hiroshima to study the effects of the atomic bomb. When he embarked with his family on a world voyage aboard their yacht, The Phoenix of Hiroshima, fate set him on a path that would lead him to his life's work--the struggle for peace. The Earle Reynolds Archive is located in the Special Collections of McHenry Library, ...

Québec-Washington-Guantánamo Walk for Peace.

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Swann, Roberta Metz

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Phoenix (Yacht)

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Haworth, Neil D.

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