Universal Peace Union

Ellen Starr Brinton Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-051

Abstract

Ellen Starr Brinton (1886-1954), Quaker, feminist and internationalist, served as the first curator of the Jane Addams Peace Collection (later the Swarthmore College Peace Collection) from 1935 until her retirement in 1951.

Dates: 1895-1980; Majority of material found within 1933-1954

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Delaware Peace Society Collected Records

Collection — Othertype CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Delaware Peace Society

Dates: 1895-1917

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Belva Ann Lockwood Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-098

Abstract Belva Ann McNall Lockwood (1830-1917), was the first woman attorney to practice before the Supreme Court. She personally lobbied members of Congress to pass a special act admitting women to the bar of the Court, and first practiced before the Court in 1879. Lockwood ran for the U.S. presidency in 1884 and 1888, being the first woman to have a complete, national campaign for that office. From the 1870s onward Lockwood was active with the radical peace group, the Universal Peace Union,...

Dates: 1878-1917, 1984, 1986, 1992

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Pennsylvania Peace Society Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-031

Abstract

Organizations with the name Pennsylvania Peace Society existed as early as 1822. The records in this collection date from the late 19th century and into the first years of the 20th century. Material about earlier versions of the PPS maybe found in the records of the American Peace Society (DG 003); and in the records of the Universal Peace Union (DG 038).

Dates: 1866-1928; Majority of material found within 1893-1928

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection