Citizens Peace Petition Committee Collected Records
Dates
- Creation: 1941-1942
Biographical / Historical
The Citizens Peace Petition Committee was organized in 1941. The Committee, aimed at pressuring President Franklin Roosevelt to urge the cessation of hostilities abroad, was sponsored by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Keep America Out of War Congress, National Council for Prevention of War, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. John Haynes Holmes, Abraham Cronbach, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Helen Alfred, Rufus Jones, and Albert W. Palmer were officers. The Committee was dissolved on December 22, 1941.
Extent
0.08 Linear Feet (1 linear in.)
Language
English
General Note
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of this organization.
Subject
- Citizens Peace Petition Committee (Organization)
- Citizens Peace Petition Committee (Organization)
- Description rules
- Archives, Personal Papers, And Manuscripts (Appm)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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