Document Group: CDGA
Provenance: Unknown
Size: 4 linear inches
Restrictions: None
Microfilm: None
Finding Aid: Checklist prepared by Anne Yoder, April 1998
This checklist is the property of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Historical Introduction
It is unclear from the records in this collection exactly when the Friends Coordinating Committee on Peace was organized. By 1951, it was agreed that the FCCP would be strictly a consultative and coordinating group for the peace efforts of Yearly Meetings and such Quaker entities as the American Friends Service Committee, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, the Friends World Committee for Consultation, the Peace and Social Order Committee of the Friends General Conference, and the Friends Peace Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. The annual meeting of the FCCP gave Quakers an opportunity to spend a day together sharing experiences and making proposals for cooperative projects. The FCCP only got involved in actions that had a groundswell of support from the Friends Yearly Meetings: it held conferences on topics of interest to Friends, and helped the thousand Yearly Meetings in the U.S. to re-examine the Quaker stance on peace during the Vietnam conflict, among others. It had no paid staff, but relied on volunteers such as George Hardin, Lyle Tatum, Bob Rumsey and Bob Oldham. In 1986 it was decided that the role of the FCCP was no longer viable and was being taken over by other agencies, so that it was disbanded.
Contents of Collection
Box 1 |
History and goals |
Meeting minutes, June 1951, May 1952, Sept. 1953, May 1957, Sept. 1957 |
Meeting minutes, 1965-1971, 1979-1987 |
Financial records, 1966-1969, 1981-1987 |
Correspondence, 1951-1971, 1980-1987 |
Program efforts, 1952-1960, 1965-1974, 1979-1987, n.d. |
Booklets: 1/ "The Peace Testimony of Friends in the 20th Century" (1967), and 2/ "Quakers and the Draft: What Friends Are Saying About Selective Service" (1988) |
Self-Immolation of Norman Morrison [1933-1965] |
Pendle Hill conference on disarmament, Wallingford, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1953 |
Friends National Conference on World Order, Richmond, Indiana, Oct. 23-25, 1961 |
Conference and vigil re: Vietnam, Washington, D.C., Feb. 11-14, 1966 |
Friends National Conference on the Draft and Conscription, Richmond, Indiana, Oct. 11-13, 1968 |
First National Quaker Conference on Investments, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 02, 1972 |
Stimulating and Nurturning Peacemaking Conference, Chelsea, Michigan, Sept. 04-11, 1985 [cancelled] |
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
For more information, contact Wendy Chmielewski, Curator, at
wchmiel1@ swarthmore.edu or call 610-328-8557.
For other resources, see the college's online library catalog (Tripod).