Fellowship of Reconciliation Collected Records

Drinan, Robert Frederick, 1920-2007

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Robert Frederick Drinan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 15, 1920, to James John and Ann Mary (Flanagan) Drinan. He graduated from Hyde Park High School in 1938 and entered Boston College the same year. He earned his B.A. from Boston College in 1942, later that year entering the Society of Jesus, though he was not ordained until 1953. In the intervening years, Drinan pursued a legal education and earned a M.A. from Boston College in 1947 as well as two law degrees from Georgetown U...

Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987

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Bayard Rustin (b. March 17, 1912, West Chester, Pennsylvania–d. August 24, 1987, Manhattan, New York) was an African-American Quaker who was concerned with nonviolence, socialism, civil rights, race relations, and international relations. He was connected with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, American Friends Service Committee, War Resisters League, Congress of Racial Equality, and Committee for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience against Military Segregation. He was imprisoned during World War II fo...

Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.)

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The Fellowship of Reconciliation was established in December of 1914, during a meeting at Cambridge, England. Its members believed that Christians were forbidden to wage war, and that instead they should work positively to establish a new world order of peace and justice. The F.O.R. had its office in London. It produced and distributed literature, including its monthly magazine Reconciliation; worked with youth; fostered groups of members throughout the country; and supported the work of the Int...

Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966

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1894, June 28 Born, Hopkinsville, Kentucky 1915 B.A., Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky 1915 1921 Methodist Missionary to Java 1917 Marrie...

Nhât Hạnh, Thích

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Lens, Sidney

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Sidney Lens, 1912-1986 (his birthname was Sidney Okun). From the description of Sidney Lens papers, 1910-1986. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 717289504 ...

Curry, A. Stauffer (Abram Stauffer), 1913-

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Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977

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Episcopalian minister, pacifist and internationalist; staff member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, American Section, 1924-1967, served as chair, 1935-1940; worked with the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and served as chair, 1935-1955; served as editor of The World Tomorrow (1922-1924) and Fellowship magazine 1940-1945); a founder of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Committee on Militarism in Education. From the description of Papers, 1885-1982 1922-1967 (bu...

Swomley, John M., 1915-2010

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John M. Swomley, Jr.; b. Harrisburg, Pa., in 1915; graduate of Dickinson College; Ph. D. in Political Science from University of Colorado; minister of the Methodist Church; National Secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation; active with the American Friends Service Committee and the American Civil Liberties Union; campaigned against universal military training; served as Director of the National Council Against Conscription, and as editor of Conscription News; author of books on militarism a...

Walker, Charles C.

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International Fellowship of Reconciliation

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McReynolds, David K.

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David McReynolds; b. 1929 in Los Angeles, Calif.; pacifist, and leader of the War Resisters League and the Socialist Party in the United States; has several times been Socialist Party candidate for the U.S. presidency. From the description of David McReynolds papers, 1943-1978. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 21396359 ...

Rocky Flats/Nuclear Weapons Facilities Project.

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International Fellowship of Reconciliation. North American Committee

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Smiley, Glenn E.

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Young, Ronald James, 1942-

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Shelters for the Shelterless (Project)

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Deats, Richard L., 1932-

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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...

Will, Herman, 1915-

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Gregg, Richard Bartlett, 1885-....

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Gregg was a peace activist involved in a wide range of causes, including the rights of tenant farmers, conscientious objectors, civil rights, and nonviolence. He was especially interested in Gandhian methods of nonviolent resistance. From the description of Collection, 1929-1941. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 27995274 ...

Dai Dong (Organization)

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Cornell, Thomas C. (Thomas Charles), 1934-

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia –d. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to M...

Houser, George M.

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Civil Rights Activist. From the description of Reminiscences of George M. Houser : oral history, 2004. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269260753 ...

Becker, Jo,

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Jones, Paul, 1880-1941

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Paul Jones, Episcopal bishop of Utah at the outbreak of World War I, was an active socialist whose opposition to United States participation in the war ultimately cost him his ecclesiastical position in 1918. He died in 1941 after being at least partially vindicated by the Episcopal hierarchy. He was a leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation in its early years. From the description of Collection, 1917-1939, 1917-1918. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 284...

Waskow, Arthur Ocean, 1933-....

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Arthur Ocean Waskow, rabbi, political activist, and teacher was born on October 12, 1933 in Baltimore, Maryland. He received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1954 and an M.A. (1956) and PhD. (1963) in US history from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. From 1959 to 1961, he worked as assistant to Robert Katenmeier, a Congressman from Wisconsin. Together with Richard Barnet and Marcus Raskin, Arthur Waskow helped found the Institute for ...

Allen, Devere, 1891-1955

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Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952

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Beaver began his work for the YMCA in 1890 as the student secretary of the Pennsylvania state committee. He later moved to the student division of the International Committee and then to the New York City association as intercollegiate branch secretary. In 1909 he returned to the staff of the International Committee to work with student associations. He also worked as executive for the Committee on Friendly Relations Among College Students. In addition to his YMCA work, Beaver was active in seve...

Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974

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Berrigan, Daniel.

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Daniel Berrigan is a Catholic priest associated with peace and social justice movements throughout his life. A believer in non-violent civil disobedience, he has been arrested and imprisoned numerous times. He is most noted for his leadership of opposition to the Viet Nam war, but his work did not begin or end there. From the description of Daniel Berrigan scrapbook, 1930-1950. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64692915 The brothers Daniel Berrigan (born 1921...

Page, Kirby, 1890-1957

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Freeman, Harrop A. (Harrop Arthur), 1907-1993

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Attorney, professor of law. Harrop Freeman graduated from Cornell University in 1929, received his LL.B. in 1930, and J.S.D. in 1945, and later taught at Cornell. In 1962 he ran for Congress from the 33rd District of New York, in which he was backed by the Liberal Party and Voters for Peaceful Alternatives. From the description of Harrop Arthur Freeman papers, 1962. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64074964 ...

Yoder, John Howard

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Heidbrink, John

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Hassler, Alfred, 1910-

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Forest, Jim, 1941-2022

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James H. "Jim" Forest was born on November 2, 1941. His parents were both atheist communists, and Forest converted to Catholicism as an adult. He discovered the work of Dorothy Day while serving in the Navy, and it inspired him to leave the Navy in 1961 as a conscientious objector, and become involved with Day's Catholic Worker community, working as managing editor of the Catholic Worker newspaper. It was also during this time that he became acquainted with Thomas Merton. Dorothy Day encouraged ...

Hunter, Barton

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Civilian Public Service (U.S.)

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Thomas Norman Mattoon, 1884-1968

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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968), was a leading American socialist, pacifist, author, and six-time presidential candidate on the Socialist Party of America ticket, between 1928 and 1948. Born in Marion, Ohio, he was a graduate of Princeton University, attended Union Theological Seminary, where he became a socialist, and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1911. Thomas opposed the United States' entry into the First World War, a position that earned him the disapproval of many in his soci...

Zahn, Gordon C. (Gordon Charles), 1918-2007

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Brick, Allan

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Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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Church Peace Mission (U.S.)

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Began in 1950; objective was to challenge peace groups and denominations to "devote their energies to the removal of the social, economic and moral causes of ... war"; the Fellowship of Reconciliation was instrumental in the creation and continuation of the CPM; other affiliated groups included the American Friends Service Committee, the Brethren Service Committee, the Baptist Pacifist Fellowship, the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and the Friends General Conferenc...

Jendrzejczyk, Michael

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Gara, Larry.

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Larry Gara; conscientious objector to World War II, served three-year prison term as a result; professor of history and government at Bluffton College (Ohio) and Wilmington College (Ohio); Quaker; writes on war resistance, history of dissent, and anti-slavery movements. From the description of Collection, 1949-1972. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 52309148 ...

Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004

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Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976

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Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and Philadelphia lawyer active in educational and peace programs of the Society of Friends. He served as General Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) 1938-1946 and on many Quaker committees and organizations including Philadelphia Yearly Meeting committees, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and American Friends Service Committee. From the description of Quaker Concerns Papers, 1938-1951. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat rec...

Hostetter, C. Douglas, 1944-

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Church worker and peace activist. From the description of Papers, 1955-[ongoing]. (Mennonite Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 29309959 ...

Pérez Esquivel, Adolfo

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Pickus, Robert

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