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World Peace Broadcasting Foundation Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Peace Broadcasting Foundation
Dates:
1960-1974
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 Peace Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-055
Abstract
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
World Peace Union Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Peace Union
Dates:
1927-1948; Majority of material found within 1946-1948
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
World Peacemakers, Inc. Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Peacemakers, Inc.
Dates:
1978-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
World Peaceways, Inc. Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Peaceways
Abstract
World Peaceways was incorporated in 1931 as World Peace Posters, Inc. The organization changed its name to World Peaceways, Inc. in 1932 to reflect the expansion of its media campaign beyond posters and billboards to include modern advertising techniques. These included magazine advertising and radio programming to counteract the "artificial glories of war."
Dates:
1931-1946
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
World Republic Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Republic
Dates:
1946-1947
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 Veterans Federation Collected Records
Collection — othertype: CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Veterans Federation
Dates:
1952-1954
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
World War I Reconstruction and Conscientious Objectors files
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1249
Abstract
Card files on Conscientious Objectors in World War I (of all faiths) and on workers and applicants to the Reconstruction Unit program overseen by the Society of Friends in Europe after World War I.
Dates:
1918-1923