Champney, Horace

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B. Cleveland, Ohio, 1905; graduated from Antioch College in 1932; Ph. D. from Ohio State University; joined the Antioch Press as a printer and editor; a founder of The Peacemakers, a movement of revolutionary pacifists begun in Chicago in 1948; sailed to North Vietnam with other Quakers on the yacht Phoenix; established a personal vigil and fast at the gates of the White House, protesting the war; advocate of war-tax resistance; member of A Quaker Action Group, the American Friends Service Committee, the Committee for Nonviolent Action, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation; d. August 31, 1990, Yellow Springs, Ohio.

From the description of Horace Champney papers, 1906-1990, bulk 1958-1979. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 29546228

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creatorOf A Quaker Action Group. A Quaker Action Group records, 1965-1973. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
creatorOf Champney, Horace. Horace Champney papers, 1906-1990, bulk 1958-1979. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Schulder, Fred. Letter, 1949 Jun. 3, Dayton, Ohio, to Mary Bindler [n.p.]. University of Michigan
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Relation Name
associatedWith American Friends Service Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Anh, Le Thi, person
associatedWith A Quaker Action Group. corporateBody
associatedWith Ashley, Bruce. person
associatedWith Boardman, Elizabeth Jelinek, 1917- person
associatedWith Bromley, Ernest, person
associatedWith Canadian Friends Service Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Champney, Beulah, person
associatedWith Champney, Ken, person
associatedWith Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Flanagan, Ross, 1934- person
associatedWith Morrison, Norman R., 1933-1965. person
associatedWith Peacemaker Movement. corporateBody
associatedWith Phoenix (Yacht) corporateBody
associatedWith Reynolds, Barbara (Barbara Leonard), person
associatedWith Reynolds, Earle L., person
associatedWith Schulder, Fred. person
associatedWith Squire, DeCourcy. person
associatedWith Stern, Lee, 1915-1992, person
associatedWith Swann, Marjorie. person
associatedWith Swarthmore College. Peace Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Wise, Christine, person
associatedWith Zietlow, Carl P., person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Ohio--Yellow Springs
United States
Subject
Government, Resistance to
Nonviolence
Pacifists
Psychologists
Quakers
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
War tax resistance
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Active 1990

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