About the Project
In the early 1930s, Jane Addams donated her books and papers about peace and social justice to Swarthmore College. That donation led to the establishment of The Swarthmore College Peace Collection, which documents non-governmental efforts for nonviolent social change, disarmament, and conflict resolution.
The Peace Collection is the nation’s most extensive research library and archive collection solely dedicated to movements for peace around the world. The collection includes primary resource materials such as manuscripts, photographs, posters, audiovisual items, stamps, bumper stickers, political buttons, flags, and ephemera, along with books, periodicals, and academic journals that record community-based efforts toward social change and peace.
As part of the celebration of the Peace Collection’s 100th anniversary in the second week of October 2025, this site has been created to spotlight the collection’s “Greatest Hits.” These artifacts are the most popular of the collection, each representative of remarkable events and actions that contributed to the enduring peace movement that dates back to 1815. These items have been digitized into 2D and 3D formats in the interest of greater longevity, sustainability, and accessibility by allowing virtual visitors to interact with them.
Project Staff
Amanda Licastro, PhD
Head of Digital Scholarship Strategies, Project Lead
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Personal WebsiteRoberto Vargas, MA
Head of Research and Instructional Services, Tech Lead
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Personal WebsiteLaura Melbourne, MA
Public Services Archivist, Site Curator
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Personal WebsiteRiya Rao, Swat '26
CollectionBuilder Development, LibLab Docs Development, 3D Scanning Lead
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Do Young Ryu, Swat '27
CollectionBuilder Development, LibLab Docs Development, 3D Processing Lead
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Eve Umutoni, Swat '28
CollectionBuilder Development, 2D Scanning Lead, Islandora Team Member
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Acknowledgements
This project would not have been possible without the support of many people, from both Swarthmore College and external institutions. These include Laura Melbourne and her team at the Peace Collection, Annette Newman, Emily Kopin, James Truitt, Jeremy Polk, Josh Jordan, Ahmad Fayyaz, Opeyemi Ogundele and our colleagues at the Swarthmore Libraries Special Collections and the Tri-Co Libraries Digital Collections.
We also want to thank Mohamed Abdlaziz, PhD and Bernard Frischer, PhD from Flyover Zone for sharing their invaluable expertise in 3D preservation and photogrammetry.
We also want to give a shout out to Tolga Bozkurt, and wish the best of luck on his efforts to digitize specimens at the Biology department.
Questions?
Contact the Swarthmore Digital Scholarship team at digitalscholarship@swarthmore.edu if you have any questions about the collection.