Committee on Militarism in Education Records
Abstract
Includes minutes of the executive committee, annual reports, correspondence (1925-1940), financial records, form letters, articles and manuscripts, pamphlets, CME periodicals and other publications, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Subject files provide state-by-state coverage of the U.S. Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), Citizens Military Training Corps (CMTC) and Civilian Conservation Corps, and congressional anti-conscription campaigns. Correspondents include Devere Allen, Eunice B. Armstrong, Henry A. Atkinson, Roger N. Baldwin, Charles F. Boss, Jr., Ellen Starr Brinton, Dorothy Dunbar Bromley, Carrie Chapman Catt, George A. Coe, Dorothy Detzer, Rose Dabney Forbes, Edwin C. Johnson, William Heard Kirkpatrick, Winthrop D. Lane, Frederick J. Libby, Alfred D. Moore, Laura Puffer Morgan, Ray Newton, Mildred Scott Olmsted, Kirby Page, Florence M. Pharo, Jeannette Rankin, Norman Thomas, Wellington H. Tinker, Walter W. Van Kirk, Oswald Garrison Villard, Kenneth E. Walser, E. Raymond Wilson, Theresa L. Wilson, Andrew S. Wing, and Robert Wohlforth.
Dates
- Creation: 1925-1940
Creator
- Barnes, Roswell P. (Roswell Parkhurst), 1901-1949 (Correspondent, Person)
- Allen, Devere, 1891-1955 (Correspondent, Person)
- Armstrong, Eunice B. (Correspondent, Person)
- Atkinson, Henry A. (Correspondent, Person)
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 (Correspondent, Person)
- Boss, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1888- (Correspondent, Person)
- Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954 (Correspondent, Person)
- Bromley, Dorothy Dunbar, 1896-1986 (Correspondent, Person)
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 (Correspondent, Person)
- Coe, George Albert, 1862-1951 (Correspondent, Person)
- Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981 (Correspondent, Person)
- Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 (Correspondent, Person)
- Johnson, Edwin C. (Edwin Carl), 1884-1970 (Correspondent, Person)
- Kirkpatrick, William, 1757-1812 (Correspondent, Person)
- Lane, Winthrop D. (Winthrop David), 1887-1962 (Correspondent, Person)
- Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 (Correspondent, Person)
- Moore, Alfred S. (Correspondent, Person)
- Morgan, Laura Puffer, 1874-1962 (Correspondent, Person)
- Newton, Ray (Correspondent, Person)
- Page, Kirby, 1890-1957 (Correspondent, Person)
- Pharo, Florence M. (Correspondent, Person)
- Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973 (Correspondent, Person)
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 (Correspondent, Person)
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 (Correspondent, Person)
- Tinker, Wellington H. (Correspondent, Person)
- Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956 (Correspondent, Person)
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 (Correspondent, Person)
- Walser, Kenneth E. (Correspondent, Person)
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 (Correspondent, Person)
- Wilson, Theresa L. (Correspondent, Person)
- Wing, Andrew S. (Correspondent, Person)
- Wohlforth, Robert (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Physical Access Note
All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes.
Historical Note
Founded in 1925 by John Nevin Sayre, Norman Thomas and E. Raymond Wilson to abolish compulsory military training in colleges and universities, and all military training in public high schools. Other executive members were Roswell P. Barnes, Tucker P. Smith, Edwin C. Johnson, and George A. Coe. Ceased operation in 1940.
Extent
48.25 linear ft. (48.25 linear ft.)
Existence and Location of Copies
All of this collection, excluding newspaper clippings, is available on microfilm (reels 70.1-70.67). Microfilm is available on-site by appointment and through interlibrary loan from the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Bibliographic References
Subject
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 (Person)
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 (Person)
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 (Person)
- Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977 (Person)
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 (Person)
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 (Person)
- Committee on Militarism in Education (U.S.) (Organization)
- Committee on Militarism in Education (U.S.) (Organization)
- United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Organization)
- Committee on Militarism in Education (U.S.) (Organization)
- United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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