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Robert Wayland-Smith Papers
An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 4 Feb 2010
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 4 Feb 2010
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Wayland-Smith, Robert. |
| Title: | Robert Wayland-Smith Papers |
| Dates: | 1944-1961 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Personal correspondence, memorabilia of the American peace activist. Much of the material relates to Wayland-Smith's activities as chairman of the Upstate New York Witness for Peace Committee. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Robert Wayland-Smith (1904-1961) was vice president and treasurer of Oneida Ltd. Silversmiths in Oneida, New York, director of the Oneida Valley National Bank, and a member of several amateur ornithology associations. A Quaker convert, he was active in the peace movement in Central New York, serving as Chairman of the Upstate New York Witness for Peace Committee and helping to organize vigils and other demonstrations for peace.
Wayland-Smith's wife Prudence (1908-1995) was also a social activist for over 50 years, focusing much of her energies on migrant and prison reform.
The Robert Wayland-Smith Papers consists of correspondence and printed material, most relating to Wayland-Smith's activities as chairman of the Upstate New York Witness for Peace Committee. One folder contains a scrapbook of clippings relating to the Witness for Peace vigil at Griffiss Air Force Base in 1961, protesting the installation there of Titan ICBMs. Other activities mentioned are vigils at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and at Newport, a pilgrimage to Washington, and the Tricentenary of the American Society of Friends. Personal correspondence deals largely with Wayland-Smith's book purchases.
Folders are alphabetical and within that chronological.
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See also the Prudence Wayland-Smith Papers.
Persons
Wayland-Smith, Robert.
Corporate Bodies
Witness for Peace (Organization)
Subjects
Pacifism -- History.
Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- History.
Peace movements -- New York (State)
Quakers -- New York (State)
Quakers -- United States -- Political activity.
Society of Friends.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Fliers (printed matter)
Minutes (administrative records)
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Robert Wayland-Smith Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Correspondence-subject files
| Correspondence-subject files | |||||||||||
| Peace activities | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | General 1950-1961, undated (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Witness for Peace, Griffiss Air Force Base 31 Mar - 2 Apr 1961 - scrapbook of clippings | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Personal 1944-1962, undated (3 folders) | ||||||||||