Earle and Akie Reynolds archive, 1930-1997.

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Earle and Akie Reynolds archive, 1930-1997.

Includes correspondence, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, realia, and audio/audio-visual materials related to the evolution of Reynolds as a peace activist; from his early career as an anthropologist documenting the effects of the atomic bomb on the children of Hiroshima, through the voyages of the Phoenix into the Bikini test zone and his subsequent life as a Quaker and a messenger for peace. Included is a small amount of information on Akie Reynold's passion, "Careers in peace making."

59 boxes.11 map folders.

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Online Archive of California

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A Quaker Action Group

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Founded 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 ...

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, ...

Reynolds, Akie N.

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