Addams, Jane, 1860-1935

Jane Addams Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-001

Abstract

A world-famous social reformer; co-founded the first settlement house in America in 1889; championed many causes on behalf of the urban poor, such as protection of immigrants, child labor laws, industrial safety, juvenile courts, and recognition of labor unions; a leading figure in the movement for international peace; awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.

Dates: 1838-; Majority of material found within 1880-1935

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Emily Greene Balch Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-006

Abstract Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961) was the second U.S. woman to have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Balch embarked on her academic career in the economics and sociology department at Wellesley College. Balch's extracurricular work with the Women's Trade Union League and opposition to World War I resulted in dismissal from Wellesley, and thereafter she helped lead the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Called a "Citizen of the World," Balch worked for peace throughout her...

Dates: 1842-1961; Majority of material found within 1875 - 1961

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Biddle family Papers

Collection

Identifier: SFHL-RG5-177

Abstract This collection contains the papers of Philadelphia Quaker Owen Biddle (1737-1799), his son, Clement Biddle (1778-1856), and numerous descendants. Owen Biddle, a scientist and merchant, was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and helped in the establishment of Westtown School (1799). Owen Biddle's papers, 1772-1793, (Series 1) include correspondence, and journals, some of which relate to his Revolutionary War activities. Three of his letterbooks, 1778-1779, have been microfilmed. The...

Dates: 1793-1951

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Dorothy Detzer Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-086

Abstract

Dorothy Detzer was a peace activist, writer, and lobbyist. She served as the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924-1946.. Detzer influenced a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, 1934-1936, and later wrote the book Appointment on the Hill, 1948, describing her two decades in Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1913-1981

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Anna Melissa Graves Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-015

Abstract

Anna Melissa Graves was a writer, teacher, world traveler, and internationalist. From the 1920s to the 1940s Graves traveled through Africa, Central and South America, China, Europe, and the Middle East. She taught school in many of these places and maintained a voluminous correspondence with the teachers, acquaintances, and former students she met on her travels.

Dates: 1919-1953

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Hannah Clothier Hull Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-016

Abstract Hannah Clothier Hull (1872-1958), was one of the founders of the Woman's Peace Party and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She served as a national officer of the WILPF for nearly forty years. Hull was also active in other social reform movements. A member of a well-to-do Quaker family, Hannah Clothier graduated from Swarthmore College in 1891. She first worked at a Philadelphia settlement house and then entered the graduate program in social work at Bryn Mawr College....

Dates: 1889-1958

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

Peoples Mandate Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-109

Abstract Peoples Mandate to Governments to End War was an international campaign begun on September 6, 1935, by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to express such overwhelming opposition to war that governments would not dare resort to it as a means of solving disputes between nations. By the end of the decade the Peoples Mandate became an independent organization, headed by Mabel Vernon, and focused on peace and connections between women and women's organizations in the...

Dates: 1935-1975; Majority of material found within 1935-1956

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-043

Abstract Includes minutes, resolutions and general historical records; anniversary celebrations, committee minutes, literature and releases; office files from the legislative office, the finance and the executive director; includes miscellaneous records from branches, including New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, among others; a large correspondence file includes general office correspondence as well as that of the National Organizational Secretary, the Washington Legislative Secretary, and...

Dates: 1915-

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Jane Addams Papers

Emily Greene Balch Papers

Biddle family Papers

Dorothy Detzer Papers

Anna Melissa Graves Papers

Hannah Clothier Hull Papers

Edwin D. Mead and Lucia Ames Mead Papers

Peoples Mandate Committee Records

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Records

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