Peacemaker Movement collection, 1948-1980.

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Peacemaker Movement collection, 1948-1980.

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Much of the material in this collection is in printed form, assembled from mailings or other archival collections; includes correspondence, publicity material, leaflets, primarily on the subject of tax refusal and training in nonviolent direct action. Correspondents include: Ernest Bromley, Marion Bromley, A.J. Muste, Juanita Nelson, Wallace F. (Wally) Nelson, Lawrence (Larry) Scott, and Marjorie Swann.

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Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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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...

Swann, Marjorie (Marjorie E.)

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Bromley, Marion, -1996

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Marion Coddington Bromley: 1912 or 1913-Jan. 21, 1996; Ernest Bromley: Mar. 14, 1912-Dec. 17, 1997; absolute pacifists, war-tax resisters, Quakers; worked for racial integration in the United States; founders of Peacemakers. From the description of Papers of Marion Bromley and Ernest Bromley, 1945-1995. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 51926190 ...

Nelson, Juanita

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Nelson, Wallace F.

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Wallace Floyd (Wally) Nelson, b. 1909, was an African American conscientious objector and World War II absolute pacifist who illegally walked out of the Civilian Public Service Camp, No. 23 near Coshocton, Ohio. He was imprisoned for his walkout in a segregated federal prison in Danbury, Conn. He had a long history of activism, participating in 1934 in the student strike on the campus of the University of Chicago. In 1946 he participated in the Journey of Reconciliation--the first freedom ride b...

Peacemaker Movement

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The Peacemaker Movement, often simply called "Peacemakers," emerged from a call for a conference in Chicago following Mahatma Gandhi's death. In 1959 they described themselves as a "grass roots group which emphasizes fundamental radical action to undermine the war system. We advocate non-registration to the draft, war tax refusal, economic sharing, community living, personal revolution." The founders of Peacemakers were pacifists seeking to rally others to the ideals of nonviolence, based on a s...

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 ...

Bromley, Ernest

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