Wilson, Alexander Cowan, 1866-1955
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander Wilson and Edith J. Wilson Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Alexander Wilson and Edith J. Wilson
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of correspondence from imprisoned British conscientious objectors (1916-1919); also includes leaflets, pamphlets and typescript material about conscientious objection and efforts to free the imprisoned objectors; one folder of examples of British World War I propaganda collected by Alexander Wilson Collection includes one folder of printed material of writings by Edith J. Wilson.
Dates:
1916-1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Stephen Shipley Wilson collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1126
Abstract
Correspondence primarily between Liberal members or activists in the British government and Henry Joseph Wilson or Alexander Cowan Wilson; mostly the period when Gladstone and Disraeli led the Whig and Tory parties (1860s to 1890s).
Dates:
1850-1918; Majority of material found within 1860s-1890s
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
- Great Britain -- Politics and government 1
- India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 1
- Pacifists -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends -- History -- Sources 1
- Political prisoners -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
- Quaker conscientious objectors 1
- Quakers -- England -- Manchester -- History -- Sources 1
- War resistance movements -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, British -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Propaganda 1 + ∧ less
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