American Peace Society
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
American Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-003
Abstract
In the 1820s William Ladd of the Maine Peace Society suggested that the regional US peace societies become associated in a national organization. As a result, the peace societies of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) merged in May 1828 to form the American Peace Society [APS]. The stated purpose of the American Peace Society was to "promote permanent international peace through justice; and to advance in every proper way the general use of...
Dates:
1828-1947
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Elihu Burritt Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-096
Abstract
Elihu Burritt was born on December 10, 1810, in New Britain, Connecticut, into a working class family. He attended school briefly, but was largely self-educated. Burritt became a blacksmith to support himself, but he continued to study languages at night. Word of his erudition spread; he became known as the "Learned Blacksmith", and was offered opportunities to speak in public. While writing a lecture on "The Anatomy of the Earth", he was so impressed by the interdependency of its parts that...
Dates:
1840-1965; Majority of material found within 1841-1878
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Christian Arbitration and Peace Society Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Christian Arbitration and Peace Society
Dates:
1886-1895
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Commission on the Coordination of Efforts for Peace Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Commission on the Coordination of Efforts...
Dates:
1933
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
William I. Hull Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-069
Abstract
William I. Hull, a Quaker pacifist, taught history at Swarthmore College from 1892 until his death in 1939. He was the Librarian of Friends Historical Library and also authored numerous books and articles, particularly on the subjects of Quakers in Holland, William Penn, peace, and international relations. The Papers contain correspondence (1900-1939), diaries (1892-1939), published and unpublished writings, papers relating to conferences and committees in which he participated, reference...
Dates:
1843-1939 (bulk 1900-1939)
William Ladd Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Ladd, William
Dates:
1814-1954; Majority of material found within 1814-1841
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Martha Schofield Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-134
Abstract
Martha Schofield (1839-1916) was a Hicksite Quaker teacher from Pennsylvania who founded the Schofield Normal and Industrial School in Aiken, S. C., in 1868 to provide education for formerly enslaved people. The School gradually evolved into a boarding school for training young blacks in industrial trades or to become teachers. It was absorbed into the public school system in 1952. Martha Fell Schofield was born Feb. 1, 1839, near Newtown, Bucks County, PA. She was the daughter of Oliver W....
Dates:
1853-1944 (bulk 1856-1916)
Wisconsin Peace Society Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Wisconsin Peace Society
Dates:
1912-1937; Majority of material found within 1917-1920
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Johns Island (S.C.) -- History -- 19th century 1
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