New History Society Collected Records
Dates
- Creation: 1930-1942
Biographical / Historical
The New History Society was organized in New York City in 1929 as a western-hemisphere center of Bahaism by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab (at one time a secretary to Abdul Baha), and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler. The New History Society was ecumenical, international, interracial and pacifist. The Green International movement was its pacifist-environmentalist subsidiary. "Caravans" were established in the 1930s, divided into junior and senior sections.
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (5 linear in.)
Language
English
General Note
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of this organization.
Subject
- Sohrab, Mirza Ahmad, 1891- (Person)
- Chanler, Lewis S. (Lewis Stuyvesant), 1869-1942 (Person)
- New History Society (Organization)
- New History Society (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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