Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081 U.S.A.

Ann Morrissett Davidon
and
William C. Davidon
Papers, 1949-

Document Group: DG 144

Provenance:
 
Donor/Depositor: Ann Morrissett Davidon

Received: 1985-1987, 1994-1995, 2001-2003

Size: 13 linear feet, 1.5 inches (4 meters)

Restrictions: None

Microfilm: None

Finding Aids: Checklist prepared by Barbara Addison, October, 1994, additions by Sarah Kelly, July, 2003

This checklist is the property of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection


Historical Introduction

Ann Morrissett Davidon was born in 1925 in Dayton, Ohio. She attended Denison University (Granville, Ohio) from 1942 to 1944, then moved to Chicago to study with the Committee on Human Development at the University of Chicago from 1945 to 1947. While in Chicago she took part in projects organized by the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE), including bi-racial sit-ins. Her education continued with graduate work at the New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.) in 1954, and with study leading to the Master of Arts degree in education from the Putney (Vt.) Graduate School (afterward Antioch-Putney) in 1956. Before her marriage she wrote and traveled abroad: from 1949 to 1951 in Paris, from 1960 to 1961 in Sweden, and from 1961 to 1962 in Israel. In Paris she worked with the American Friends Service Committee; later she free-lanced for news organizations such as the Swedish-American News Exchange and the Jerusalem Post.

Ann Davidon's volunteer service included work on task forces and committees of the American Friends Service Committee, the War Resisters League, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and other groups and coalitions. She served on the Executive Council of War Resisters' International from 1972 to 1978, on the advisory committee of the International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace in the 1970s, and on the Board of Directors of the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute. She also took part in early Haverford-Bryn Mawr women's groups, which led to the founding of the Women's Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Honors received by Ann Davidon include the Philadelphia SANE Peace Award (with William Davidon, 1973) and a writing fellowship at the MacDowell Colony (1978).

During the 1980s she taught English at various Philadelphia-area universities. In 1985 she moved to New Haven, Connecticut where she continued writing, editing, and teaching. In 1988-1989 she edited the newsletter of the Institute for Community Economics in Greenfield, Massachusetts. After returning to Philadelphia she joined the Peace Corps in 1990, and was assigned to teach at Charles University in Prague. While in Czechoslovakia she was involved with the Helsinki Citizens Assembly and other peace and environmental groups. In 1992 she returned to the United States to live in Philadelphia, where she served on the Board of Philadelphia SANE/Freeze (later Peace Action.)

Ann Davidon has written for many publications, including Fellowship, the Friends Journal, the Nation, the Progressive, WIN, and leading national and international newspapers. She is the author of several plays.

William Cooper Davidon was born in Florida in 1927. He attended Purdue University from 1943 to 1944, and received his B.S., M.S., and Ph. D. (1957) from the University of Chicago. He was research director of the Nuclear Instrument and Chemical Corporation (Chicago, Ill.) from 1948 to 1954, then became a research associate at the Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago from 1954 to 1956. The Chicago Junior Chamber of Commerce named him one of Ten Outstanding Young Men of Chicago in 1960. He was an associate physicist at Argonne National Laboratory from 1956 to 1961. Haverford College (Haverford, Pennsylvania) invited him to become associate professor of physics in 1961 and, in 1969, professor of physics. He later switched to the mathematics department at Haverford, becoming Professor of Mathematics in 1981.

Bill Davidon participated in meetings held by the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs; he was a member of the national steering committee of the organization Resist; a member of the national board of the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy; and an officer of both the Society for Social Responsibility in Science and the Federation of American Scientists. Throughout, he has been active with the American Civil Liberties Union.

Ann Morrissett and William Davidon were married in 1963; they have two daughters: Ruth, born in 1964 and Sarah, born in 1967.

After their marriage, the Davidons became more deeply involved in local, national, and international peace and social justice movements, especially during the Vietnam War (1961-1975.) In 1966, the Committee for Nonviolent Action sponsored a visit by Bill Davidon, A.J. Muste, and four others to South Vietnam. As private citizens, they held extensive discussions with various groups about ways to end the war. A press conference was held to explain their mission, but it was violently broken up, probably by operatives of the South Vietnamese government. Mass media in the United States focused on that one expression of hostility, and ignored the many positive aspects of their trip and their fruitful contacts with the underground Buddhist peace movement.

Awarded a Fulbright scholarship for the years 1966 to 1967, Bill Davidon took a year's study leave in Denmark with his family. The trip was nearly canceled because of his refusal to pay $125 in what he considered to be "war taxes." The government seized the money from his paycheck.

In 1971, Bill Davidon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" along with Philip Berrigan and others, in a plot to bomb heating ducts in federal buildings in Washington D.C. and to kidnap Presidential Advisor Henry Kissinger. This group of "conspirators" was known earlier as the Harrisburg Eight and the Harrisburg 13, and finally as the Harrisburg Seven. It was widely believed that all those charged had been targeted because of their antiwar activities, including destruction of draft-board files. In 1972, a jury failed to convict the defendants on charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and bombing.

Ann and Bill Davidon were united in their belief that conflict must be solved nonviolently. They worked closely with Quaker and Catholic activist organizations, although neither holds any religious affiliation. Convinced of the necessity of withholding taxes from a government using public funds for what they considered to be illegal and immoral purposes, they advocated and practiced war-tax resistance. In an effort to involve their "Main Line" (suburban Philadelphia) neighbors and local college students in their anti-war and social justice activities, they helped found the Main Line Peace Center in 1970.

William Davidon was highly visible in local and national peace movements from the 1950s through the end of the Vietnamese Conflict in 1975. During this time he maintained a full program of research and teaching. After 1975, he discontinued much of his activist role, and concentrated on professional activities. The Davidons divorced in 1978. Ann Davidon continues her work as a writer, editor, educator, and peace activist. William Davidon retired from Haverford College in 1991; he has continued his involvement with the American Civil Liberties Union.


Arrangement

The Papers of Ann Davidon and William Davidon arrived in generally good order; however, they were received in 13 different accessions. Consequently, similar materials were often divided among two or more accessions. Ann Davidon's arrangement was retained wherever possible. Where a large amount of undifferentiated material was received, such as files pertaining to the Vietnamese Conflict, the War Resisters League and the War Resisters' International, the archivist divided it into more easily accessible sub-groups.

This document group is organized so that correspondence and related papers are kept together under the name of a person or corporate body (Series B) or subject (Series C). Miscellaneous correspondence is located at the end of Series B. Two major activities of the Davidons, resistance to the Vietnamese Conflict and war tax resistance, each received separate series (Series D and E, respectively).

Ann Davidon was (and is) a very prolific writer. As originally deposited, her writings are scattered throughout the papers in Series C, D, or E, depending on the organization or subject about which she was writing. Her miscellaneous writings are located in Series F.

A note about correspondence: Ann Davidon corresponded with many well-known people. She retained most of the original letters, and has deposited photocopies in their place. Following the standard practice of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, any remaining original correspondence from prominent people has been photocopied and the originals placed in a restricted area.


Photographs were removed to the Peace Collection photograph storage area.


Scope and Contents

The Ann Davidon and William Davidon Papers consist of correspondence, administrative files, minutes of meetings, biographical material, newspaper clippings, brochures, flyers, leaflets, periodicals, reference material, and 8 photographs. The Papers reflect their involvement in international, national and Philadelphia-area peace, pacifist, and war resistance movements. Almost all of the Davidon correspondence was written by Ann Davidon.

Documents from the early 1960s through the mid to late 1970s reflect the very extensive involvement of both Davidons in anti-Vietnam War movements and war-tax resistance. After the mid 1970s, most of the material illustrates Ann Davidon's involvement in issues relating to peace, social justice, disarmament, and women's concerns.

There is no information about William Davidon's scientific work, other than a few journal reviews.

Correspondents include: Joan Baez, Philip Berrigan, Claude Bourdet, Lucy Carner, Barbara Deming, Albert Einstein (one letter), Erich Fromm, Lorraine Hansberry, Milton Mayer, Elizabeth McAlister, David McReynolds, Constance Muste, Tracy Mygatt, Thich Nhat Hanh, Anäis Nin, Olof Palme, Devi Prasad, William Shirer, Gore Vidal, and Frances Witherspoon.


Checklist
Series A. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Box 1 off-site
Davidon, Ann Morrissett
Davidon, William C.


Series B. CORRESPONDENCE AND GENERAL INFORMATION:
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUP

Box 2 off-site
A Quaker Action Group (1968-1970, n.d.)
A Quaker Action Group. Culebra Project (1970-1971, 1975, n.d.)
A.J. Muste Memorial Institute (4 folders) (1970, 1974-1985, n.d.)
Adams, Edith (1950, 1957, 1972-1975)

Box 3 off-site
Agape Foundation (1974-1976, n.d.)
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (1975-1977)
American Committee on Africa (1959-1962, n.d.)
American Friends Service Committee (1955, 1961, 1964-1966, 1970-1973, 1977-1980, 1983-1985, 1989-1990, 1996) (2 folders)
American Friends Service Committee. Peace Education Division (1972-1973)
AFSC Booklet: The Economic Functions of the U.S Prison System (1989)
Another Mother for Peace (1971-1975)
Arnoni, M.S. (1960)
Artists Call Against U.S. Intervention in Central America (1983-1984)
Baez, Joan (1971, 1983)
Balkans (1993, 1999)
Bantam Books (1977)
Berrigan, Philip and Elizabeth McAlister (1974-1981, 1984-1985, 1987-1990, 1993-2003 n.d.) see also Jonah House
Bloomstein, Charles (1988, 1990, 1994-1998)

Box 4 off-site
Bourdet, Claude (1954-1955, 1959, 1969, 1971, 1974-1996, n.d.)
Bowden, Mark (2003)
Bowen, Jerilyn (1987-1988, 1991-1992, 1995-1996)
Boyle, Kay (1987)
Branderherst, Henk (1988)
Brandywine Peace Community and Alternative Fund (1979-1984, n.d.)
Braun, Joan & Henry (1987, 1989, 1996- 2000)
Briscoe, Virginia (1989-1992, 1997)
Bryn Mawr Repertory Theatre (1965)
Bucks County (Pa.) World Peace Fair, 9th, 1966 (1966)
Bulletin (Philadelphia newspaper) (1969-1982, n.d.)
Caldicott, Helen (1978-1981, 1986, n.d.)
Carner, Lucy (1970-1972, 1975)
Center on Law and Pacifism (1981-1982, n.d.)
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (1965, 1968, 1972, 1978-1982, 1988, 1990, 1994, n.d.)
Civil Rights Movement (1956, 1963, 1965, n.d.)
Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam (1969-1970, n.d.)
Coalition for a Non-Nuclear World (1979-1980)
Coalition to Stop the MX (1983)
Committee for International Nonviolence see Prasad, Devi
Committee for Nonviolent Action (1965-1971, 1980, n.d.)

Box 5 off-site
Committee of Conscience on Vietnam (1966)
Community Center Store (1969)
Community for Creative Non-Violence (1983-1987, 1992)
Conference of Quaker Writers (1969-1971)
Conlon, Daniel (1983-1984)
Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice (1975-1976)
Crown Publishers (1975-1976, 1983)
Curtis Brown, Inc. (1951)
Daily Death Toll Project (1971-1972, n.d.)
Davis, Gary (1949-1950, n.d.)
Dellinger, David (1965)
Deming, Barbara (1963, 1971, 1972)
Dolci, Danilo (1969, 1970, 1974-1977, 1981, 1983, n.d.)
Doubleday & Co. (1975, 1978, 1983, 1989, n.d.)
Duff, Peggy see International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace
E.P. Dutton & Co. (1975)
Educators for Social Responsibility (1983-1987, n.d.)
Einstein, Albert (1952)
English, Maurice (1977-1985, n.d.)
Environment (1970-1971, 1974, 1976, 1987, n.d.)
Fahey, Sarah (1978-1982)
Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux (1974-1976)
Fellowship of Reconciliation (2 folders) (1953, 1956, 1963, 1965, 1967-1976.)

Box 6 off-site
Fellowship of Reconciliation (1976-1988, n.d.)
Feminist Press (1973-1977, n.d.)
Fonda, Jane (1979, 1981)
Fornes, Irene (1967, 1975, 1982-1983)
Freda, Pat (1979-1985, n.d.)
Friends Committee on National Legislation (1957, 1962-1963, 1965-1966)
Friends Peace Committee (1970-1977)
Friendshipment (1975-1977, n.d.)
Fromm, Erich (1966, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1980)
Fussner, Barbara and Howard (1965, 1968, 1973-1983)
George Brazilier, Inc. (1976)
Gilmore, Mertz (1964)
Gottlieb. Sanford, and Gladys (2002)
Government Officials (3 folders) (1949-1987)

Box 7 off-site
Government Officials (2 folders) (1988-2003)
Gray Panthers (1972, 1983, n.d.)
Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. (1980)
Grossman Publishers (1973-1976)
Grove Press (1958-1960, 1974-1975, 1988-1989, n.d.)
Hansberry, Lorraine and Bob Nemiroff (1962, 1967-1968)
Harpers Magazine Press (1951-1953, 1959, 1975)
Harrisburg Seven (also called the Harrisburg Eight and the Harrisburg 13) (2 folders) (1970-1972, n.d.)
Harrisburg Seven Defense Committee (2 folders) (1970-1972, 1977, n.d.)

Box 8 off-site
Harrisburg Seven, letters of support and criticism (1970-1971, n.d.)
Harrison, Barbara (1964, 1973-1981)
Hawkins, Tom H. (1976-1981)
Hertzberg, Hendrick (2002)
Herzog, Arthur (1964)
Hind, Ingrid (1967-1980)
Indians for Democracy (1975-1976)
Institute for Community Economics (1985-1993, n.d.)
Intentional Communities (1979-2000, n.d.)
International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace (2 folders) (1967, 1977, 1980-1981, n.d.)
International Fellowship of Reconciliation (1977-1980, 1983, n.d.)
International Seminars on Training for Nonviolent Action (1978, 1981)

Box 9 off-site
Iraq War (2002-2003)
Israeli Government and Embassy (1988, 1996-1997, 2002)
Jackson, Jesse- Presidential Campaign (1987-1988)
Japan Council Against A & H Bombs (Gensuikyo) (1974-1977, 1980, n.d.)
Jobs with Peace Campaign (1983-1986, n.d.)
Jonah House (1981, 1984) see also Berrigan, Philip
Keystone Alliance (1978-1982, n.d.)
Lerner, Abba P. (1950-1953, 1956, 1961)
Leverton, Denise (1964)
MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. (1974)
MADRE Mother Courage II Peace Tour (1993)
Main Line Peace Center (1970-1974, n.d.)
Mayer, Milton (1949-1986)
Mazursky, Betsy (2002)
McAlister, Elizabeth see Berrigan, Philip and Elizabeth McAlister
McDonnell, Bruce and Tom Mahany (1970) see also Fasting
McReynolds, David (1980-1982) see also War Resisters League
Miner, Ruth (1999)

Box 10 off-site
Mobilization for Survival (2 folders) (1977-1981, n.d.)
Morrison, Norman (1965)
Morrissett, Elizabeth (1967-1979, 2002)
Movement for a New Society (1971, 1982, n.d.)
Muste, Constance (1950-1952)
Mygatt, Tracy and Frances Witherspoon (1971-1974, 1981, n.d.)
Naegle, Walter (1987-1988, 1994)
Nathan, Otto (1970-1977, 1981-1987)
National Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution (1980-1981, 1984
National Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy
(3 folders) (1958, 1962-1985, n.d.)
National Organization for Women (1974-1976, 1981, n.d.)
Nelson, Juanita (1956, 1988-1999, 2002)

Box 11 off-site
New Age Magazine (1983)
New Amsterdam Books (1989-1990)
New Mobiliztion Committee to End the War in Vietnam (1969)
New Republic (1960, 1970-1994)
New Society Publishers (1980-1989, n.d.)
New Yorker (1951-1960, n.d.)
Nhat Hanh, Thich (1966-1973, n.d.)
Nielson, Else (1988-1990, 1993-1995)
Nin, Anäis (1974, 1976)
Notable American Women (Book), entries for Hughan, Mygatt and Witherspoon (1918, 1932, 1941-1942, 1955, 1973-1983, n.d.)
Omega Institute (1988)
Operation Freedom (1961-1963, n.d.)
Palme, Olof (1962, 1969-1981, n.d.)
Panzra, Thomas (1979-1984)
Parman, Edie Morrissett (1968-1985, 2002)
Parrilla-Bonilla, Antulio, S.J. (1969-1972, n.d.)
Partito Radicale (n.d.)
Patriotic Majority (1987)
Peace Action (1997-1998, n.d.)
Peace Brigades International (1983-1989, n.d.)
Peace Corps (1990)
Peace Justice Environment Network (1996-1998)

Box 12 off-site
People for Human Rights (1968-1969, n.d.)
People for Racial Justice (1969)
Peoples Bicentennial Commission (1974-1976)
People's Fund (1973)
People's Peace Treaty ([1970-1971?])
Philadelphia Anti-Nuclear Coalition (1979-1981)
Philadelphia Electric Company (1974-1985)
Philadelphia Life Center (1971-1972, 1982, 1984, n.d.)
Philadelphia Resistance (1969-1974, n.d.)
Philadelphia Women's Salon (1983-1989)
Physicians for Social Responsibility (1978, 1980, 1987- 1989, n.d.)
Pinna, Birgitta (1974-1983, n.d.)
Plowshares groups (Plowshares 8, Griffiss Plowshares, Pershing Plowshares, Trident II Plowshares) (1980-1987, 1997, n.d.)
Polner, Murray (1994)
Poor People's Campaign (1968, n.d.)
Porter, Martha (1980-1984)
Power of the People (Book) (1975-1978)
Prasad, Devi (includes Committee for International Nonviolence) (2 folders)(1967-1976, 1980, n.d.)
Prisoner Visitation and Support (1988-1989)
The Progressive (Jack McGrath and Morris Rubin) (1949-1960, n.d.)

Box 13 off-site
Publishers, Miscellaneous (1950-1989, n.d.)
Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs (1971)
Ramparts (Magazine) (1968, 1971, 1973-1975)
Randall, Margaret (1989-1990)
Randle, Michael (1983, 1988-1993)
Random House (1976)
Resist (1968-1972, n.d.)
Ring Around the Congress, June 22, 1972 (1972)
Rosner, Jean (1964)
Rustin, Bayard (1956-1957, 1983-1988, n.d.)
Sattler, Connie and Bill (1968, 1971, 1978-1981, n.d.)
Servas (1971-1981, n.d.)
Shawn, Wallace (1985-1986, 1995)
Shirer, William (1980-1981, 1986, 1994)
Simon & Schuster (1970-1971, 1976)
Society for Social Responsibility in Science (1962, 1964-1976, n.d.)
Society of Friends Oct. 6th (1983) Witness (1983-1984, n.d.)
Society of Separationists (1966, n.d.)
Solomon, Barbara Miller (1987)
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander (1976-1978)
South End Press (1988)
Sumner, Sarah (1978-1982, n.d.)
Swann, Marjorie (1989)
Too Hot to Handle News (1977-1978?)
Traprock Peace Center (1987-1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, n.d.)

Box 14 off-site
Turn Toward Peace (1963, 1965, n.d.)
Union of Concerned Scientists (1979-1980, 1983, 1987, n.d.)
United Farm Workers (1966-1977, n.d.)
United Nations 2nd Special Session on Disarmament, rally in support of (1982, n.d.)
Veterans Fast for Life (1986)
Vidal, Gore (1973-1978, 1980-1985, 1990-1999)
Viking Press (1977)
Walk for Peace Committee (1958, n.d.)

Box 15 off-site
War Resisters' International (6 folders) (1970-1986, 1992, n.d.)

Box 16 off-site
War Resisters' International, 13th Triennial, 1969 (Gandhi Conference) (2 folders) (1969)
War Resisters' International, 14th Triennial, 1972 (2 folders) (1971-1973, n.d.)
War Resisters' International, 16th Triennial, 1979 (1978-1979)
War Resisters' International, 17th Triennial, 1982 (1979-1982)

Box 17 off-site
War Resisters League (3 folders) (1955-1957, 1959, 1964-
1999, 2002, n.d.) see also McReynolds, David
War Resisters League calendar (3 folders) (1971-1982, n.d.)
War Resisters League national conferences (1974-1976, n.d.)
War Resisters League A Day without the Pentagon (1997-1998)
War Resisters League 75th Anniversary (1998)
War Resisters League/Southeast (1977-1980, n.d.)
War Resisters League/West (1974-1983, n.d.)

Box 18 off-site
War Resisters League Peace Calendars (1955-1980)

Box 19 off-site
War Resisters League Peace Calendars (1981-2000)

Box 20 off-site
Weekly Action Project (1969-1970, n.d.)
Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1989)
Weiss, Cora (1955-1956, 1993-1994)
William Morrow & Co. Publishers (1976)
WIN Magazine (1968-1983, n.d.)
Witness for Peace (2 folders) (1983-1989, n.d.)
Witness of the Berrigans (Book) (1971-1972)
Women Act for Disarmament (1974)
Women Strike for Peace (3 folders) 1962-1985, 1989, n.d.)

Box 21 off-site
Women Volunteers to Vietnam (1972-1973, n.d.)
Women's Agenda (1985)
Women's Center (1974, 1976, n.d.)
Women's Emergency Coalition (1968)
Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice (1983-1984)
Women's Groups (1972, 1974-1976, 1981-1983, 2003, n.d.)


Box 22 off-site
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (3 folders) (1959, 1965-2002, n.d.)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 21st Triennial Congress, 1980 (1980-1981)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Main Line Branch (1969-1976, n.d.)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,
New Haven Branch (1985-1988, n.d.)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,
75th Anniversary Celebration, 1990 (1989-1990)
Women's Pentagon Action (1980-1981, n.d.)
World Congress for Disarmament and Peace, Moscow, 196? (n.d.)
World Peace Tax Fund (1974-1975, 1983, n.d.)
World Peace Brigade (1961-1963, n.d.)
Zero Nuclear Weapons (1977-1979, n.d.)

Box 23 off-site
Correspondence, miscell. (5 folders) (1949-1994, n.d.)


Series C. CORRESPONDENCE AND GENERAL INFORMATION: SUBJECT ARRANGEMENT
(see separate series for Vietnamese Conflict and War Tax Resistance)

Box 24 off-site
Ardmore Police Station demonstration, July 2, 1968 (1968)
B-1 Bomber (1973-1977, n.d.)
Catholic activism (1972-1983, 1987, n.d.)
Chemical and biological warfare (1965-1966, n.d.)
Civil defense protests (1958, 1960)
Conscientious objection, Australia (1963, 1968-1969, n.d.)
Conscientious objection, Spain (1974-1978, n.d.)
Consumer boycott (1970-1972, n.d.)
Consumer boycott, ITT (2 folders) (1971-1972, n.d.)
Critical and "crank" letters
Draft and anti-draft material (1979-1980)
Fasting (1965-1972, 1986, n.d.)

Box 25 off-site
FBI Media (Pa.) break-in, 1971 (1971)
Feminism and nonviolence (1971-1985, n.d.)
Liberation movements (1978, n.d.)
Middle East (2 folders) (1970-1980, 1986, n.d.)
Native Americans at Wounded Knee (1973, 1975, n.d.)
Nonviolent social change (2 folders) (1968-1974, 1977, 1981-1983, n.d.)
Nuclear disarmament (2 folders) (1957-1960, 1974,1977-1978, n.d.)

Box 26 off-site
Nuclear weapons freeze campaigns (1980-1988, 1994, 1996, 1998, n.d.)
Peace education (1967-1980, n.d.)
Peace movement, general (2 folders) (1961-1964, 1977, 1984- 1985, n.d.)
Phillipines (1974-1980, n.d.)
Political and governmental officials (1964-1986, n.d.)
Post 9/11 Activism (2001-2002)
"Right-Wing" literature (1968-1977, n.d.)
School of the Americas Watch (2000-2002)
U.S. government surveillance of Davidons (1954-1981, n.d.)
U.S. government surveillance of peace movement (1971-1984, n.d.)
Women and peace (1975-1982, n.d.)

Box 27 off-site
Women's Liberation Movement (1969-1981, 1995)
Miscellaneous Documents (2 folders) (1951-1956, 1964-2002, n.d.)


Series D. CORRESPONDENCE AND GENERAL INFORMATION: VIETNAMESE CONFLICT
(see also Series B and C)

 Box 28 off-site
Bombing of civilian targets (1972, n.d.)
Draft and anti-draft information (1966-1973)
Draft board file destruction (1968-1972, n.d.)
Draft repeal and amnesty (1968-1977, n.d.)
March on Washington, Nov. 27, 1965 (1965)
Political prisoners and prisoners of war (2 folders) (1968-1973, n.d.)
Protests, rallies and forums (2 folders) (1965-1966, 1969-1972, n.d.)

Box 29 off-site
Students and the draft (1967-1967, n.d.)
Saigon trip of W. Davidon, A.J. Muste, et al. (1966-1967) see also Committee for Nonviolent Action
Vietnam Veterans Against the War (1971-1972)
Vietnam Veterans of America (1982)
Vietnamese Buddhists (2 folders) (1966-1978, n.d.)

Box 30 off-site
Miscell. printed material (4 folders) (1964-1977, n.d.)


Series E. CORRESPONDENCE AND GENERAL INFORMATION: WAR TAX RESISTANCE

 Box 31 off-site
Philadelphia War Tax Resistance (2 folders) (1966, 1968- 1997, n.d.)
Philadelphia War Tax Resistance Alternative Fund
(2 folders) (1970-1998, n.d.)
Philadelphia War Tax Resistance Steering Committee (1975-2000, n.d.)
Tax refusal of Davidons (1965-1966, n.d.)
War Tax Resistance (national office) (1969-1975, n.d.)
War tax resistance groups (arranged alphabetically) (1970-1984, n.d.)
War tax resistance, miscell. printed material (1966-1985, 1989, 1999, n.d.)


Series F. WRITINGS OF ANN DAVIDON

 Box 32 off-site
The Battle of Anghiari (Screenplay) (n.d.)
Chitterling Heights (Play) (n.d.)
Dissembling (Novel) (1977)
The Hard Peace Core (Essay) (1961)
How Fares the Honor Code? (Essay) (n.d.)
Innocent Encounter (Play) (n.d.)
Innocent Encounters (Memoirs) (n.d.)
Journals of Ann Davidon (1988-1989, 1996-1988)
The Judgement (Beginning-Chapter 9) (n.d.)

Box 33 off-site
The Judgement (Chapter 10-End) (n.d.)
Letters to the editor (1950, 1965-1978, 1994-1995, n.d.)
Miscellaneous writings (1965-1985, n.d.)
No More Mass Rallies (Essay) (1972)
Stories of Victoria (Novel) (1957)
Two Writers, Two Revolutions (Essay) (1946)
Up and Over: An Allegorical Farce (n.d.)
Warheads into Plowshares (Essay) (1981)
Who Was Karen Silkwood and Why are People Still Talking About Her? (Essay) (1979)
A Woman of Her Age (Novel) (1978)
A Woman of Her Age (Screenplay) (n.d.)

Box 34 off-site
Miscellaneous Essays on Sweden (1960-1961)
Miscellaneous Essays (3 folders) (1960-2002, n.d.)


Series G. PHOTOGRAPHS [removed to Photograph Collection]
 



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