Allen S. Olmsted papers, 1898-1978.

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Allen S. Olmsted papers, 1898-1978.

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Scattered correspondence (1898-1977), Olmsted's writings on treaties, peace, and related legal topics, memoranda and briefs, handbooks on conscientious objection, and board minutes of the many organizations with which he was involved. Includes minutes and memos of Rights of Conscience Committee of the American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia Peace Council, Joint Peace Committee of Providence and Chester Monthly Meetings, American Civil Liberties Union, and Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors; correspondence with German emigrés and American consular officials (1939-1942); and transcripts of Olmsted's dismissal hearing by the American Legion and correspondence with post officers (1922-1927); includes Olmsted's diary kept while serving with the 14th Engineers (1918-1919). Subjects include freedom of speech, loyalty oaths, universal military training, conscientious objectors, and racial integration. Correspondents include Brent D. Allinson, Gertrude Baer, Roger N. Baldwin, Edward W. Evans, Francis Heisler, Dorothy H. Hutchinson, Esther Everett Lape, Walter C. Longstreth, Arlo D. Tatum, Lyle Tatum, George Willoughby, and C.H. (Mike) Yarrow.

6.25 linear ft.

Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7259119

Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981

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Roger Nash Baldwin (January 21, 1884 – August 26, 1981) was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He served as executive director of the ACLU until 1950. Many of the ACLU's original landmark cases took place under his direction, including the Scopes Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti murder trial, and its challenge to the ban on James Joyce's Ulysses. Baldwin was a well-known pacifist and author. Baldwin was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts, the son of Lucy Cushing (...

Baer, Gertrude

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American Civil Liberties Union

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Longstreth, Walter C.

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American legion

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Tatum, Lyle

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Lape, Esther Everett, 1881-1981

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Teacher. Lape was a friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, a peace activist, and a promoter of international cooperation. From the description of Papers, 1920-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155523660 ...

Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow)

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Brent Dow Allinson; conscientious objector, pacifist, author, poet; court martialed in 1918 from the US Army in World War I; served two years of hard labor and released in 1920. From the description of Brent Dow Allinson collected papers, 1918-1920. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 771930632 ...

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...

Philadelphia Peace Council (1925-ca. 1932)

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Olmsted, Allen S. (Allen Seymour), 1888-1977

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Lawyer, judge, pacifist, and advocate of civil liberties. From the description of Allen S. Olmsted papers, 1898-1978. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28413814 Lawyer, judge, and advocate of civil liberties. From the description of Papers, 1898-1977. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 154691375 ...

Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984

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Dorothy Hutchinson (1905-1984) was a Quaker devoted to peace causes, as well as a civil rights activist, internationalist, writer, and lecturer. She was a founding member of the Peace Now Movement during World War II, president of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1961 to 1965, and international president of WILPF from 1965 to 1968. From the description of Papers, 1942-1980. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 2165...

Yarrow, C.H.Mike

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Willoughby, George, pacifist

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Tatum, Arlo

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Heisler, Francis, 1895-

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