Philadelphia Peace Council Collected Records
Abstract
Includes scattered minutes (1924-1932), scattered correspondence (1924-1928), form letters, statements, membership lists, bulletins (1925-1928) and materials relating to several conferences on the teaching of history, and other records, of the first Philadelphia Peace Council (1922-ca. 1932), earlier known as Philadelphia Council for World Peace. Correspondents include J. Howard Branson, Sophia H. Dulles, Harold Evans, Agnes M. Irwin, Frederick J. Libby, Allen S. Olmsted, and Richard R. Wood.
Dates
- 1924-1931
Creator
- Branson, J. Howard (Correspondent, Person)
Biographical / Historical
Philadelphia Peace Council (1922-1932); founded as the Philadelphia Council for World Peace in 1922; formed to serve as a clearinghouse and coordinating agency for existing groups in the Philadelphia area actively working for peace; reorganized and the name changed to Philadelphia Peace Council in 1925. By 1926 it was composed of 34 organizations; disbanded around 1932. A second Philadelphia Peace Council was organized in 1937 and was active until around 1943. (See separate record for this organization).
Extent
1 Linear Feet (ca. 2 in.)
Language
English
Bibliographic References
- Evans, Harold, 1928-
- Peace -- Societies, etc.
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources
- Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources
- Philadelphia Council for World Peace
- Philadelphia Council for World Peace
- Philadelphia Peace Council (1925-approximately 1932)
- Philadelphia Peace Council (1925-approximately 1932)
- Philadelphia Peace Council (1925-approximately 1932)
Creator
- Branson, J. Howard (Correspondent, Person)
- Dulles, Sophia H. (Correspondent, Person)
- Irwin, Agnes M. (Correspondent, Person)
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 (Correspondent, Person)
- Olmsted, Allen S. (Allen Seymour), 1888-1977 (Correspondent, Person)
- Wood, Richard R. (Richard Reeve), 1897-1982 (Correspondent, Person)
- Description rules
- Archives, Personal Papers, And Manuscripts (Appm)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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