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Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984

 Person

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

American Peace Terms Committee Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Peace Terms Committee

Friends Committee on National Legislation Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-047
Abstract

A Quaker lobbying group established in 1943 to bring conscience and spiritual values to the political process in Washington; it grew out of the work of the Friends War Problems Committee in 1940.

Dates: 1943-

Friends Witness for World Order Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Friends Witness for World Order
Overview

These records contain meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, releases/literature, statistics, publicity and press coverage, address by Dorothy Hutchinson, delegation visits to President Kennedy and to ambassadors during Washington, D.C., and photographs.

Dates: 1962

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

Allen S. Olmsted II Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-095
Scope and Contents The bulk of the Allen S. Olmsted papers is correspondence (1898-1977). Most of these are carbon copies of letters dictated by Olmsted and filed in subject transfer files at his law offices in Philadelphia and Media (Pennsylvania) [note: there are also many letters from Allen Olmsted in the papers of his wife, Mildred Scott Olmsted (DG 082)]. Correspondents include Brent Dow Allinson, Gertrude Baer, Emily Greene Balch, Roger Nash Baldwin, Witter Brynner, Joseph S. Clark, Sophia H. Dulles,...
Dates: 1898-1986

Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-082
Abstract Mildred Scott Olmsted, peace activist and suffragist, was born in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1890. In 1922, Olmsted became Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). From 1934 onward she assumed national positions with the organization. In 1946, Olmsted became National Administrative Secretary and held that position (until her retirement in 1966. She remained active as Executive Director Emerita of WILPF and also served...
Dates: 1881-1990; Majority of material found within 1907-1990

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

Mercedes M. Randall Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-110
Overview

Mercedes M. Randall was an early, and lifelong, member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She held many positions of responsibility in the organization, including chairmanship of the National Education Committee, and presidency of the Manhattan Branch. Randall was the first biographer of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Emily Greene Balch.

Dates: 1914-1977

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Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Illinois -- Politics and government 1
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International cooperation -- History -- Sources 1
Internationalism -- History -- Sources 1
Jewish refugees -- History -- Sources 1
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Judges -- United States 1
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National service -- United States 1
Nonviolence -- United States 1
Nuclear disarmament -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- United States 1
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
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Peace walks and marches 1
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Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
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Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
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Society of Friends -- Societies, etc. 1
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
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