Robert Wallace Gilmore papers, 1960-1982.

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Robert Wallace Gilmore papers, 1960-1982.

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The papers of Robert W. Gilmore document his involvement with various peace organizations in the 1960s and 1970s. They include correspondence, reports, memoranda, press releases, financial files, newsletters, reference files. Correspondents include Robert Pickus, Stanley Platt, Roy L. Prosterman, Richard Remy, David Riesman, Indar Jit Rikhye, Wilson Riles, John Roche, and Ward Morehouse. Includes information about/correspondence with: Committee of Correspondence (New York, N.Y. : 1960-1962), New York Friends Group, Turn Toward Peace, World Without War Council, Center for War/Peace Studies, Committee on U.S.-U.S.S.R. Peace Leadership Exchange, National Committee on United States-China Relations, Crozer Theological Seminary, (Upland, Chester, Pa.), and the American Friends Service Committee; also includes materials on Gilmore's involvement with several organizations attempting to end the Vietnam War.

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Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7406164

Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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Committee on U.S.-U.S.S.R. Peace Leadership Exchange.

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American friends service committee

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Negotiation Now! (Organization)

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Morehouse, Ward, 1929-....

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Roche, John P. (John Pearson), 1923-

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Rikhye, Indar Jit, 1920-2007

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National Committee on United States-China Relations

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Riles, Wilson C

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Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988

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Pacifist and peace activist; Quaker; active in New York Friends Group, World Without War Council, Negotiation Now!, and many other organizations promoting peace and social change; affiliated with the American Friends Service Committee; married Joyce Mertz Gilmore; their personal convictions led them to be involved with and to grant funds for peace and civil rights initiatives and organizations. From the description of Robert Wallace Gilmore papers, 1960-1982. (Swarthmore College, Pea...