Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1879 - 1958
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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
Broomell-Cleghorn-Fisher Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-278
Abstract
This collection contains material collected by Anna Pettit Broomell and primarily consists of the writings and correspondence of Broomell, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Sarah Cleghorn.
Dates:
1876-1967
Children's Crusade for Children Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Children's Crusade for Children
Dates:
1940
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
William Bacon Evans papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1020
Abstract
The papers of Quaker William Bacon Evans (1875-1964), a traveler to the Middle East, including Palestine, Syria and Lebanon and to Europe. His letters and journals are complemented by letters to him from a number of prominent people.
Dates:
1787-1963
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
Irvin C. Poley signature album
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-05-008
Abstract
The signature albums of Irvin C. Poley include autographs of famous people, particularly authors, actors, and those in government or diplomacy, primarily sent to Poley, though there are other recipients as well. Many of the instances are signatures. Some of the more well-known authors who wrote letters, rather than just signatures, often relate to speaking at an event or a fund solicitation or response to comment or request for signature from Poley.
Dates:
1903-1937
Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall Refugee Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-256
Abstract
Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall and her husband, D. Robert Yarnall, were Quakers, active in the American Friends Service Committee relief efforts. They worked with the Quaker center in Vienna, Austria, during the summer of 1938 to help in the emigration of German and Austrian Jews. The collection contains correspondence concerning their work with refugees and letters from refugees asking for assistance, especially the musician and composers Karl Weigl and his wife, Vally, who emigrated in October...
Dates:
1938-1945
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- Middle East -- Description and travel 1
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