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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
Emily Greene Balch Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-006
Abstract
Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961) was the second U.S. woman to have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Balch embarked on her academic career in the economics and sociology department at Wellesley College. Balch's extracurricular work with the Women's Trade Union League and opposition to World War I resulted in dismissal from Wellesley, and thereafter she helped lead the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Called a "Citizen of the World," Balch worked for peace throughout her...
Dates:
1842-1961; Majority of material found within 1875 - 1961
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
New York Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-026
Overview
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
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:
1915-2019
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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- Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924 1
- Goodrich, Leland M. (Leland Matthew), 1899-1990 1
- Gordon, Lindley V. 1
- Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964 1
- Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 1
- Hall, James Jabez, 1849-1921 1
- Hero, Alfred O. (Alfred Olivier), 1924- 1
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- Hostetler, Theodore A. (Theodore Allen), 1864-1948 1
- Hudson, Manley O. (Manley Ottmer), 1886-1960 1
- Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964 1
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