Committee for Peaceful Alternatives Collected Records
Dates
- 1949-1952
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research without restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
The National Committee for Peaceful Alternatives was initiated in 1949 by a group of clergymen, teachers, businessmen and professional men and women who opposed the North Atlantic Military Alliance; frequently called itself the "Committee for Peaceful Alternatives"; In 1950 the Committee planned a Mid-Century Conference for Peace, held in Chicago, out of which came a number of local committees and a policy and plan of action opposed to "peace through force" and also opposed to the Truman administration's Cold War policy. The office of the Committee was located in Chicago, Illinois; peace leaders involved with the Committee included: Emily Greene Balch (honorary chair), Jessie Wallace Hughan, and A.J. Muste.
Extent
0.08 Linear Feet (1 linear in.)
General Note
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of this organization.
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961
- Cold War -- Sources
- Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Protest movements -- United States -- Sources
- Mid-Century Conference for Peace (1950) (Chicago, Ill.)
- Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967
- National Committee for Peaceful Alternatives
- National Committee for Peaceful Alternatives
- Peace -- Congresses -- History -- Sources
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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