Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947
Person
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
American Union Against Militarism Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-004
Abstract
In 1915 a group of New York pacifists and near-pacifists organized the "Anti-militarism Committee" to combat the war spirit of the time. Activities included lobbying, publishing, a lecture campaign, and the establishment of a Civil Liberties Bureau. The most notable achievements were the work in the successful effort to avert war with Mexico in 1916 and the encouragement of opposition to peacetime conscription following World War I. The office was raided by the government and American Union...
Dates:
1915 - 1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Committee on Militarism in Education Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-009
Abstract
Includes minutes of the executive committee, annual reports, correspondence (1925-1940), financial records, form letters, articles and manuscripts, pamphlets, CME periodicals and other publications, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Subject files provide state-by-state coverage of the U.S. Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), Citizens Military Training Corps (CMTC) and Civilian Conservation Corps, and congressional anti-conscription campaigns. Correspondents include Devere Allen,...
Dates:
1925-1940
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Rose Dabney Forbes Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-014
Abstract
Rose Dabney Malcolm Forbes' (ca. 1875-1947) main interest was peace and international relations, sbut he also gave her time to the fields of food conservation and child welfare. Forbes was chairman of the Massachusetts Branch of the Woman's Peace Party from 1915 to 1920. Under her leadership the Massachusetts branch helped organize a food conservation program during the First World War. In 1920 Forbes became a member of the Advisory Council Massachusetts branch of the Women's International...
Dates:
1914-1924
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
League for Permanent Peace Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-League for Permanent Peace
Dates:
1918-1920
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Massachusetts Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-020
Abstract
The Massachusetts Peace Society was first formed in 1815, and a new organization reformed in 1911. The records of both groups have been combined here to form one archival collection. The Massachusetts Peace Society (MPS)was the second [third?] such society to form in America on December 28, 1815, organized primarily by Noah Worcester (1758-1837), a Unitarian minister. By 1819 the MPS had over 850 members, with branches established throughout the state and beyond. The MPS...
Dates:
1816-1917; Majority of material found within 1911-1917
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
New York Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-026
Abstract
The New York Peace Society was the first peace society in the United States beginning in 1815, and lasting in various incarnations until 1940.
Dates:
1818-1940; Majority of material found within 1906-1940
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
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