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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
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-011
Abstract
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana was a writer and pacifist who taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1912 until 1917. Dana lost his teaching post as an opponent of American participation in World War I. Dana continued to advocate civil liberties and the rights of conscientious objectors.
Dates:
1914-1950
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Emergency Peace Federation Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Emergency Peace Federation
Overview
The Emergency Peace Federation was organized to oppose U.S. drift into the the first world war. In July 1917 the Federation merged with the People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace.
Dates:
1914-1917
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Lella Secor Florence Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-126
Abstract
Lella Secor Florence became a pacifist while serving as a journalist on the Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) and then participated in several peace organizations focused on keeping the United States out of World War I. She was active in the British section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and in the birth control movement there and wrote Birth Control on Trial.
Dates:
1915-1936
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Henry Ford Peace Expedition Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-018
Overview
On December 4, 1915, Henry Ford and over one hundred delegates and reporters left Hoboken, New Jersey, aboard the steamship Oscar II bound for Norway, and an itinerary of peace meetings in nonbelligerant Europe. The purpose of the Henry Ford Peace Expedition was the establishment of a conference of neutral nations which would seek to implement peace proposals through continuous mediation. Although Ford left the expedition at Christiana (Oslo) for health reasons, the delegation visited...
Dates:
1915-1916
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
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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- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 3
- Florence, Lella Secor, 1887-1966 3
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 3
- Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 3
- Eastman, Crystal, 1881-1928 2
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- Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920 2
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- Wales, Julia Grace, 1881- 2
- Alexander, Joseph G. (Joseph Gundry), 1848- 1
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
- American Neutral Conference Committee 1
- American Peace Society 1
- American Union Against Militarism 1
- Art for World Friendship (Organization) 1
- Bailey, Hannah J. (Hannah Johnston), 1839-1923 1
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 1
- Beals, Charles Edward, 1869-1931 1
- Blake, Katherine Devereux, 1858-1950 1
- Bridges, Harry, 1901- 1
- Browning, Hilda 1
- Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 1
- Call, Arthur Deerin, 1869-1941 1
- Camp, Kay 1
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 1
- Chalmers, Ruth 1
- Christian Arbitration and Peace Society 1
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- Civil Rights Congress (U.S.) 1
- Committee for World Development and World Disarmament 1
- Dana, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1881-1950 1
- Dunn, Robert W. (Robert Williams), 1895- 1
- Dutton, Samuel Train, 1849-1919 1
- Eckstein, Anna B., 1868-1947 1
- Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 1
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
- Fowler, Eleanor 1
- Frank, Libby 1
- Gale, Zona, 1874-1938 1
- Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940 1
- Hall, James Jabez, 1849-1921 1
- Hinton, Carma 1
- Hostetler, Theodore A. (Theodore Allen), 1864-1948 1
- Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964 1
- Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958 1
- Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 1
- Ikemoto, Seichi 1
- International Federation of Students 1
- Ivey, Anne 1
- Jane Addams Peace Association 1
- Jones, J. E. (John Ennis), 1872- 1
- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 1
- Kraft, Barbara S. 1
- League for Democratic Control (U.S.) 1
- Leckie, Katherine, d. 1930 1
- Lloyd, Lola Maverick, 1875-1944 1
- Maverick, Lewis A. (Lewis Adams), 1891- 1
- Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937 1
- Midgley, Jane 1
- Moore, Carol V. 1
- Mueller, Melva 1
- Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983 1
- Oscar II (Ship) 1
- Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938 1
- Peckover, Priscilla Hannah, 1833-1931 1
- Pogany, Frances 1
- Post, Alice Thacher, 1853-1947 1
- Richard, Ernst D., 1859-1914 1
- Root, Robert Cromwell, 1858- 1
- Samuel, Pat 1
- Smith, Rennie, b. 1888 1
- Steffens, Dorothy R. 1
- Suttner, Bertha von, 1843-1914 1
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 1
- Trueblood, Benjamin Franklin, 1847-1916 1
- Trueblood, Sarah H. 1
- Tryon, James L. (James Libby), 1864-1958 1
- Villard, Fanny Garrison, 1844-1928 1
- Warbasse, Agnes D. (Agnes Dyer), 1877-1945 1
- Weatherly, Arthur L. 1
- White, Frederick 1
- Wolkins, Lyra Trueblood 1
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