Peace Now Movement (Organization)
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
American Peace Terms Committee Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Peace Terms Committee
Dates:
1944-1953
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
George Houser Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Houser, George
Abstract
Collection is primarily correspondence between Houser and others regarding amnesty for war objectors (1945-1947), the Break With Conscription committee (1946-1947), correspondence with conscientious objectors (1942-1946), the Labour Pacifist Fellowship (Britain) (1945), Civilian Public Service strike (1946), the Peace Now Movement (1943-1944), and the Resist Conscription Committee (1948).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Dorothy H. Hutchinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-125
Abstract
Dorothy Hewitt Hutchinson (l905-l984) began to gain influence in the peace movement when her pamphlet A Call to Peace Now was printed by the Friends in l943. That summer, Hutchinson and a small group of people started the Peace Now Movement, using her pamphlet to rally support for the principle of a negotiated settlement rather than unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. This group included George W. Hartmann, a psychology professor at Columbia, and John Collett. Hutchinson also worked...
Dates:
1942-1980
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Now Movement Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peace Now Movement
Dates:
1941-1949; Majority of material found within 1943-1945
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
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