Peace

Under this heading are folders of papers of the following: Joint Committee on Peace of the Two New York Yearly Meetings Friends International Peace Association Joint Peace Committee of the Associated American Yearly Meetings Committee on Peace of the Associated American Yearly Meetings Peace Association of Friends in America.

Wood has all of the papers of the above named committees (and variations on the above) filed together under "PEACE," frequently,there is more than one organization represented in a folder. In order to make the files easier to understand, a chronology of the committees, based on evidence in the papers themselves, follows:

1910 The JOINT COMMITTEE ON PEACE OF THE TWO NEW YORK YEARLY MEETINGS, of which Wood was Secretary, asked the various Yearly Meetings to appoint delegates/committees to come to a Peace Conference of all branches of the Society of Friends to be held July 15­-16, 1910, sponsored by the JOINT COMMITTEE. One of the results of the Peace Conference is the formation of the FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL PEACE ASSOCIATION "representing the 21 Yearly Meetings and Associations of all branches of the Religious Society of Friends" [July 16, 1910]. Wood is Secretary of FIPA.

1911 At the Jan. 6, 1911 meeting of the "Executive Committee of the Friends International Peace Association" it is decided that in future work they will be know as the "Executive Committee of the COMMITTEE ON PEACE OF THE ASSOCIATED YEARLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS" and that further discussion on the name will take place at the 1912 conference.The above named committee is also referred to in letters of 1911 as the "JOINT PEACE COMMITTEE" [context of letter identifies it as either the Joint Committee on Peace of the Associated Yearly Meetings or the Joint Committee on Peace of the two New York Yearly Meetings]. [Oct. 31, 1911] Wood is "Secretary of the Executive Committee on Peace appointed at the Conference of all branches of Friends," held July 1910.

1912 August 9, 1912, name appears as COMMITTEE ON PEACE OF THE ASSOCIATED AMERICAN YEARLY MEETINGS [memo "A meeting of the representatives of the Committee on Peace of the Associated American Yearly Meetings"] Aug. 12, 1912 letter of Wood to members of the Executive Committee "notice of the meeting of the representatives of the JOINT PEACE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATED AMERICAN YEARLY MEETINGS." In Nov. 1912, Wood is elected to the Executive Committee of the PEACE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA, which is the Peace Board of the Five Years Meeting. A letter of Nov. 25, 1912, states that the Peace Association of Friends in America and the Joint Committee on Peace are two separate organizations and how can they best co­operate?

1913 After 1912, most of the papers relate to Wood's involvement with the Peace Association of Friends in America.