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American Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-003
Overview
In the 1820s William Ladd of the Maine Peace Society suggested that the regional US peace societies become associated in a national organization. As a result, the peace societies of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) merged in May 1828 to form the American Peace Society [APS]. The stated purpose of the American Peace Society was to "promote permanent international peace through justice; and to advance in every proper way the general use of...
Dates:
1828-1947
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edmondo Marcucci Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Italy-Marcucci, Edmondo
Abstract
Edmondo Marcucci was a professor, writer and pacifist.
Dates:
1940-1959
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Bertha von Suttner Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Austria-Suttner, Bertha von
Overview
Bertha von Suttner was an Austrian peace activist and intellectual, and the author of one of the first international bestselling novels focused on peace ("Lay Down Your Arms") published in 1891. In her life-long correspondence on peace matters with Alfred Nobel she urged him to establish a prize for peace. Von Suttner was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905, the first woman to be thus recognized.
Dates:
1881-1917, 1993-1995
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
World Peace Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-055
Overview
In 1902, Edwin Ginn began publication of an International Library to promote knowledge about peace. In July 1910, he established the International School of Peace which, in December, became the World Peace Foundation. Its purpose was to promote better international relations and world order by preparing and distributing specialized literature, mostly to college and university libraries, and by holding conferences. It was closely allied with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and...
Dates:
1910-1960
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Eckstein, Anna B., 1868-1947 2
- Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 2
- Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937 2
- Alexander, Joseph G. (Joseph Gundry), 1848- 1
- American Peace Society 1
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- Aydelotte, Frank, 1880-1956 1
- Bailey, Hannah J. (Hannah Johnston), 1839-1923 1
- Beals, Charles Edward, 1869-1931 1
- Blakeslee, George Hubbard, 1871-1954 1
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- Duggan, Stephen, 1870-1950 1
- Dutton, Samuel Train, 1849-1919 1
- Estournelles de Constant, Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet, baron d', 1852-1924 1
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- Goodrich, Leland M. (Leland Matthew), 1899-1990 1
- Hall, James Jabez, 1849-1921 1
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- Hudson, Manley O. (Manley Ottmer), 1886-1960 1
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- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 1
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- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 1
- Nasmyth, George William, 1882-1920 1
- Peckover, Priscilla Hannah, 1833-1931 1
- Permanent Court of International Justice 1
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- Richard, Ernst D., 1859-1914 1
- Root, Robert Cromwell, 1858- 1
- Trueblood, Benjamin Franklin, 1847-1916 1
- Trueblood, Sarah H. 1
- Tryon, James L. (James Libby), 1864-1958 1
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