National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Evansville Peace Council Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Evansville Peace Council
Dates:
1940-1943
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Georgia Peace Society Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Georgia Peace Society
Dates:
1931-1937
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Frederick J. and Faith Ward Libby Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-087
Abstract
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
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edwin D. Mead and Lucia Ames Mead Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-021
Abstract
Edwin D. Mead (1849-1937), and Lucia Ames Mead (1856-1936), were both leading pacifists, writers, and social reformers of the U.S. and international peace movement. Edwin Mead directed the work of the World Peace Foundation and participated in many international peace congresses. He was an American delegate to the International Peace Bureau. Mead helped found the School Peace League and was a prominent member of the American Peace League. Lucia Ames Mead was a leading member of many feminist...
Dates:
1876-1938
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
A.J. Muste Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Abstract
A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates:
1920-1967
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
National Council for Prevention of War Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-023
Abstract
The National Council for Prevention of War (NCPW) was directed by J. Frederick Libby for many years; it lobbied Congress and created educational peace material, among other activities and campaigns.
Dates:
1921-1975
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 3
- Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Sources 2
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Neutrality -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- Georgia -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- Indiana -- Evansville -- History -- Sources 1
- Polaris (Missile) 1
- Quaker women -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
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