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American Union Against Militarism Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-004
Abstract
In 1915 a group of New York pacifists and near-pacifists organized the "Anti-militarism Committee" to combat the war spirit of the time. Activities included lobbying, publishing, a lecture campaign, and the establishment of a Civil Liberties Bureau. The most notable achievements were the work in the successful effort to avert war with Mexico in 1916 and the encouragement of opposition to peacetime conscription following World War I. The office was raided by the government and American Union...
Dates:
1915 - 1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Massachusetts Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-020
Abstract
The Massachusetts Peace Society was first formed in 1815, and a new organization reformed in 1911. The records of both groups have been combined here to form one archival collection. The Massachusetts Peace Society (MPS)was the second [third?] such society to form in America on December 28, 1815, organized primarily by Noah Worcester (1758-1837), a Unitarian minister. By 1819 the MPS had over 850 members, with branches established throughout the state and beyond. The MPS...
Dates:
1816-1917; Majority of material found within 1911-1917
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Edwin D. Mead and Lucia Ames Mead Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-021
Abstract
Edwin D. Mead (1849-1937), and Lucia Ames Mead (1856-1936), were both leading pacifists, writers, and social reformers of the U.S. and international peace movement. Edwin Mead directed the work of the World Peace Foundation and participated in many international peace congresses. He was an American delegate to the International Peace Bureau. Mead helped found the School Peace League and was a prominent member of the American Peace League. Lucia Ames Mead was a leading member of many feminist...
Dates:
1876-1938
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
New York Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-026
Abstract
The New York Peace Society was the first peace society in the United States beginning in 1815, and lasting in various incarnations until 1940.
Dates:
1818-1940; Majority of material found within 1906-1940
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
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- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 4
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 3
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 3
- Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937 3
- Andrews, Fannie Fern, 1867-1950 2
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 2
- Eastman, Crystal, 1881-1928 2
- Gale, Zona, 1874-1938 2
- Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 2
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 2
- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 2
- Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 2
- Shelley, Rebecca, 1887-1984 2
- Short, William H. (William Harrison), 1868-1935 2
- Abercrombie, Daniel Webster, 1853-1932 1
- Alexander, Magnus W. (Magnus Washington), 1870-1932 1
- American Peace League 1
- American Union Against Militarism 1
- American Union Against Militarism. Civil Liberties Bureau 1
- Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 1
- Art for World Friendship (Organization) 1
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 1
- Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950 1
- Blakeslee, George Hubbard, 1871-1954 1
- Call, Arthur Deerin, 1869-1941 1
- Camp, Kay 1
- Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 1
- Chalmers, Ruth 1
- Committee for World Development and World Disarmament 1
- Dodge, David Low, 1774-1852 1
- Fowler, Eleanor 1
- Frank, Libby 1
- Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924 1
- Gordon, Lindley V. 1
- Hallinan, Charles T. 1
- Haskins, Henry S. 1
- Hinton, Carma 1
- Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 1
- Hudson, Jay William, 1874- 1
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 1
- International Peace Bureau 1
- Ivey, Anne 1
- Jane Addams Peace Association 1
- Levermore, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1856-1927 1
- Lynch, Frederick, 1867-1934 1
- MacDonald, James Ramsay, 1866-1937 1
- Massachusetts Peace Society 1
- Midgley, Jane 1
- Moore, Carol V. 1
- Mueller, Melva 1
- Mussey, Henry Raymond, 1875-1940 1
- Nasmyth, George William, 1882-1920 1
- National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) 1
- National Council of Women of the United States 1
- Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983 1
- New York Peace Society (1815-1828) 1
- New York Peace Society (1837-1844) 1
- New York Peace Society (1844-18??) 1
- New York Peace Society (1906-1940) 1
- Paine, Robert Treat, 1900-1965 1
- Peace Society of the City of New York 1
- Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954 1
- Phillips, Harry Clinton, 1880- 1
- Post, Alice Thacher, 1853-1947 1
- Rankin, Belle 1
- Samuel, Pat 1
- School Peace League 1
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 1
- Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920 1
- Steffens, Dorothy R. 1
- Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926 1
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 1
- Trueblood, Benjamin Franklin, 1847-1916 1
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 1
- Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940 1
- Wales, Julia Grace, 1881- 1
- Warbasse, Agnes D. (Agnes Dyer), 1877-1945 1
- Warbasse, James Peter, 1866-1957 1
- Weston, Stephen Francis, 1855-1935 1
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 1
- Winslow, Erving, 1839-1922 1
- Woman's Peace Party 1
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. International Office 1
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. U.S. Section 1
- Worcester, Noah, 1758-1837 1
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