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Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970

 Person

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Devere Allen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-053
Abstract

Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.

Dates: 1809-1978; Majority of material found within 1910-1955

Frederick J. and Faith Ward Libby Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-087
Overview

Frederick J. Libby (1874-1970) was a pacifist, writer, speaker and fundraiser. He was the founder of the National Council for Prevention of War, 1921-1970. Faith Ward Libby (1902-1984) was also a peace activist and member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. The two married in 1932. This collection contains their personal correspondence.

Dates: 1909-1969; Majority of material found within 1931-1969

Ludwig Quidde Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Germany-Quidde, Ludwig
Overview

Ludwig Quidde, editor and historian, was elected president of the German Peace Society in 1914, a position he held for fifteen years. He was the winner of the 1927 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with Ferdinand Buisson of France.

Dates: 1881-1941

Helene Stöcker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-035
Overview

Dr. Helene Stöcker (1869-1943) was one of the first woman students to enter a German University. In the 1920s she helped found Germany's first woman suffrage organization, and later the Bund für Mutterschutz (Protection of Motherhood). Dr. Stöcker immigrated to the United States in 1941 under the sponsorship of friends and colleagues in the peace movement.

Dates: 1897-1994; Majority of material found within 1913-1943

Lydia G. Wentworth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-041
Overview Lydia G. Wentworth, was a writer and ardent peace advocate who lived most of her life in Brookline, Massachusetts. Despite illness which confined her to bed for over thirty years, she carried on a prolific correspondence and contributed hundreds of articles to newspapers and magazines. Wentworth was on the advisory committee of the Women's Peace Society, and was a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Association to Abolish...
Dates: 1902-1947; Majority of material found within 1918-1947

Young People's Peace Conference transcript

 Collection — Othertype SC-222
Identifier: SFHL-SC-222
Abstract

Contains the transcript of the Young People's Peace Conference sponsored by the Joint Peace Committee of New York Quakers in 1933. Chief speakers were Frederick J. Libby, Paul Harris, Jr., Edmund B. Chaffee, Alden G. Alley, Sidney E. Goldstein, and Norman Thomas.

Dates: 1933

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Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
Pacifists -- Germany -- History -- Sources 2
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 -- Sources 1
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Conscientious objection -- History -- Sources 1
Draft resisters -- History -- Sources 1
Feminists 1
Feminists -- Germany -- History -- Sources 1
Feminists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Germany 1
Journalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Lecturers -- United States -- Biography -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists 1
Pacifists -- United States 1
Peace -- Congresses 1
Peace -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Peace movements -- History -- Sources 1
Peace movements -- New York (State) 1
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Periodical editors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Socialist parties -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Socialists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Society of Friends -- United States -- History 1
Suffragists 1
Suffragists -- Germany -- History -- Sources 1
Women -- Political activity 1
Women -- Political activity -- Germany -- History -- Sources 1
Women and peace 1
Women and peace -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Women social reformers 1
Women social reformers -- Germany -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
World tomorrow (Periodical) 1
Young democracy (Periodical) 1
Youth and peace -- History -- Sources 1
Youth and peace -- United States 1
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