Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949

Devere Allen Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-053

Abstract

Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.

Dates: 1809-1978; Majority of material found within 1910-1955

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

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

Katherine Devereux Blake Collected Papers

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Blake, Katherine Devereux

Abstract

Katherine Devereux Blake was a suffragist and peace activist through the first half of the twentieth century. She was a member of the Ford Peace Expedition in 1915-1916, served on the national board of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and its international executive board, and was the chief speaker for the Disarmament Caravan, which toured 9,000 miles in 1931.

Dates: 1911-1950

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

Committee to End Slave Labor in America Collected Records

Collection — Othertype CDG-A

Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Committee to End Slave Labor in America

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, flyers, reports.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1946

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

National Council for Prevention of War Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-023

Abstract

The National Council for Prevention of War (NCPW) was directed by J. Frederick Libby for many years; it lobbied Congress and created educational peace material, among other activities and campaigns.

Dates: 1921-1975

Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament Records

Collection

Identifier: SCPC-DG-030

Abstract The Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament was active from 1930 to 1936, chiefly in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Through public opinion and personal contacts, PCTD supporters pressured Congress to support total disarmament, including passage of the Frazier Amendment outlawing war. Other objectives of the Committee included a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, opposition to all preparations and training for war (including ROTC), and support for...

Dates: 1930-1938

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

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Devere Allen Papers

American Union Against Militarism Records

Katherine Devereux Blake Collected Papers

Committee on Militarism in Education Records

Committee to End Slave Labor in America Collected Records

National Council for Prevention of War Records

Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament Records

Peoples Mandate Committee Records

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