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Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968

 Person

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-013
Abstract

The Fellowship of Reconciliation in the U.S. was founded in 1915 by Christian pacifists. The organization, whose members are now drawn from many religious groups, seeks to apply principles of peace and social justice and non-violent social change to issues such as disarmament, conscription, race relations, economic justice, and civil liberties.

Dates: 1915-

Keep America Out of War Congress Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Keep America Out of War
Overview The Keep America Out of War Congress was founded in 1938 (as the Keep America Out of War Comittee), by several leading peace organizations. The Congress was to pursue a joint, minimum six-point peace program. The aims of this program included the removal of U.S. ships and nationals from belligerent zones, a war referendum, the abandonment of plans for conscription and industrial mobilization, and greater economic and social justice at home and abroad. The Keep America Out of War Congress was...
Dates: 1938-1942

A.J. Muste Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Overview A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates: 1920-1967

Peoples Mandate Committee Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-109
Overview 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

Post-War World Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-062
Overview

Founded in 1942 to continue the efforts begun by Keep America Out of War Congress; December 1941 KAOWC dissolved and reorganized as Provisional Committee Toward a Democratic Peace; February 1942 a more permanent group organized; ceased activities December 1967.

Dates: 1942-1967

Turn Toward Peace Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Turn Toward Peace
Overview Turn Toward Peace was founded in 1961 as a cooperative national effort of about 60 peace and liberal internationalist organizations; Norman Thomas was Chairman of TTP, and Robert Gilmore was the Executive Director. There eventually were offices in several large cities and 38 national organizations were affiliated with the organization. But by 1963, serious discord divided TTP and several years later a group split off to became the World Without War Council; some regional offices retained the...
Dates: 1961-1970

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Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 5
Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 5
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources 1
Antinuclear movement -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Ballistic missiles -- United States 1
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objection -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- History -- Sources 1
Disarmament -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Labor leaders -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Neutrality -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 1
Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Religious aspects -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Peace -- Societies, etc. 1
Polaris (Missile) 1
Quakers -- Political activity -- 20th century 1
Quakers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Race relations -- History -- Sources 1
Sharecroppers -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Socialism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Tax protests and appeals -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources 1
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Sources 1
War victims -- Services for -- History -- Sources 1
Women and peace -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements -- Sources 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Youth -- Societies and clubs -- History -- Sources 1
Youth and peace -- History -- Sources 1
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