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Wisconsin Peace Society Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Wisconsin Peace Society
Dates:
1912-1937; Majority of material found within 1917-1920
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Women Strike for Peace Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-115
Abstract
Women Strike for Peace came into existence on November 1, 1961, as a protest against atmospheric nuclear tests by the U.S. and the Soviet Union. By the late 1980s the national WSP office in Philadelphia closed, but the WSP legislative office and various WSP branches around the U.S. remained active through the 1990s.
Dates:
1961-1996
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
World Conference on Religion and Peace, USA Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-059
Abstract
In the early 1960s religious leaders, Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath and Dana McLean Greeley (Unitarian-Universalist) independently saw the need for national confernce on religion and peace. The organized the National Inter-religious Conference on Peace held March 15-17, 1966, in Washington, D.C., which brought together clergymen and laymen from all peace oriented viewpoints to discuss the relation of religion to peace. Minister and peace activist Homer A. Jack was also involved in organizing the...
Dates:
1962-1989
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
World Fellowship, Inc. Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Fellowship
Dates:
1924, 1939-1989
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
World Peace Association Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Peace Association
Dates:
1915-1964; Majority of material found within 1941-1960
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
World Peace Brigade Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Peace Brigade
Dates:
1960-1963
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
World Peace Council Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Finland-World Peace Council
Abstract
The World Peace Council (WPC) is an international organization representing over 100 countries. Currently, its headquarters are in Greece. The organization was founded in 1948 and Frederic Joliot-Curie was its first president. According to the WPC website, it is described as an "anti-imperialist, democratic, independent and non-aligned international movement of mass action. It is an integral part of the world peace movement and acts in cooperation with other international and national...
Dates:
1949-1996
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
World University Roundtable Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World University Roundtable
Dates:
1948-1960
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
World Without War Council Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Without War Council
Abstract
Turn Toward Peace attempted to coordinate the efforts of peace organizations for more effective action in the 1960s. World Without War Council was chosen as the group's new name in 1967 to help clarify that it was a council made up of iany organizations set up to work for long-term change.
Dates:
1966-1983
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection