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Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-082
Abstract
Mildred Scott Olmsted, peace activist and suffragist, was born in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1890. In 1922, Olmsted became Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). From 1934 onward she assumed national positions with the organization. In 1946, Olmsted became National Administrative Secretary and held that position (until her retirement in 1966. She remained active as Executive Director Emerita of WILPF and also served...
Dates:
1881-1990; Majority of material found within 1907-1990
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Alice Locke Park Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Park, Alice Locke
Dates:
1913-1948
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Kathleen Whitaker Sayre Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Sayre, Kathleen W
Dates:
1914-1961
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Rosika Schwimmer Collected Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Schwimmer, Rosika
Abstract
Rosika Schwimmer was a suffragist and feminist leader from Hungary who worked internationally. She founded several Hungarian societies for the advancement of trade unionism, land reform, feminism, female suffrage and pacifism and worked to promote peace during World War I. She helped to form a number of U.S. and international peace groups, including the Emergency Peace Federation, the Henry Ford Peace Expedition, and the Woman's Peace Party. She received the World Peace Prize in 1937.
Dates:
1914-1948
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Rebecca Shelley Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Shelley, Rebecca
Dates:
1914-1981
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
The Reminiscences of Frances Witherspoon and Tracy D. Mygatt
Collection — othertype: DG 89
Identifier: SCPC-DG-089-Series C Box 7
Dates:
1966
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Ada Wardlaw Collected Papers
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Wardlaw, Ada
Dates:
1937-1963
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-043
Abstract
Includes minutes, resolutions and general historical records; anniversary celebrations, committee minutes, literature and releases; office files from the legislative office, the finance and the executive director; includes miscellaneous records from branches, including New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, among others; a large correspondence file includes general office correspondence as well as that of the National Organizational Secretary, the Washington Legislative Secretary, and...
Dates:
1915-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Women's Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-106
Abstract
Women's Peace Society was not interested in using political or economic means to end what it termed "war-madness". Rather, its members chose educational methods such as handing out literature, participating in demonstrations, speaking at public events, and holding school contests. In August 1921, it sponsored a conference at Niagara Falls where it cooperated with Canadian peace women in starting the Women's Peace Union of the Western Hemisphere. The Women's Peace Union chose to work...
Dates:
1914-1933; Majority of material found within 1914-1933
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection