Peace Now Movement Collected Records
Dates
- 1941-1949
- Majority of material found within 1943-1945
Biographical / Historical
Peace Now was a pacifist movement begun in Philadelphia, moving later to New York City, and eventually to Cambridge, Mass. Its objective was educational, including a campaign of 20,000 appeals to President Franklin Roosevelt for an immediate declaration of American Peace Aims. Officers were: the Chairman, Dr. George Hartman of Harvard; Executive Secretary Bessie Simon, formerly of the America First Committee; and Dorothy Hutchinson, a Quaker author and public speaker for Peace Now. Their activities apparently ceased with the chairman's adverse reaction to the way the moveement was portrayed in the press, including charges (unfounded) of sedition.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (2.5 linear in.)
Language
English
General Note
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of this organization.
- Hartmann, George W. (George Wilfried), 1904-1955
- Hutchinson, Dorothy H. (Dorothy Hewitt), 1905-1984
- Pacifism -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources
- Peace Now Movement (Organization)
- Peace Now Movement (Organization)
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements -- Sources
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Find It at the Library
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting reproductions from Swarthmore College Peace Collection Library
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore 19081-1399 USA US
610-328-8557
610-328-8544 (Fax)
peacecollection@swarthmore.edu
