Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:
Keep America Out of War Congress Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Keep America Out of War
Abstract
The Keep America Out of War Congress was founded in 1938 (as the Keep America Out of War Comittee), by several leading peace organizations. The Congress was to pursue a joint, minimum six-point peace program. The aims of this program included the removal of U.S. ships and nationals from belligerent zones, a war referendum, the abandonment of plans for conscription and industrial mobilization, and greater economic and social justice at home and abroad. The Keep America Out of War Congress was...
Dates:
1938-1942
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
League of Nations Union Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-League of Nations Union
Abstract
The League of Nations Union was formed on October 13, 1918 by the joining of the League of Nations Society with the Free Nations Society. The League of Nations Society began in 1916 with the purpose of examining the forms of international organization that would be possible at the end of WWI. It lobbied for an agreement among countries that would serve as a basis for permanent peace by providing for settlement of disputes, mutual defense, and the observance of international treaties. The...
Dates:
1915-1945
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
League of Nations Union (U.S.) Collection
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-League of Nations Union (U.S.)
Dates:
1919 - 1922
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
League to Enforce Peace Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-League to Enforce Peace
Abstract
The League was formed in 1915 at a conference held at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It worked for a league of nations, a world court, and mandatory international conciliation.
Dates:
1915-1921
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Lobby for Peace Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Lobby for Peace
Dates:
1960-1963
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-098
Abstract
Belva Ann McNall Lockwood (1830-1917), was the first woman attorney to practice before the Supreme Court. She personally lobbied members of Congress to pass a special act admitting women to the bar of the Court, and first practiced before the Court in 1879. Lockwood ran for the U.S. presidency in 1884 and 1888, being the first woman to have a complete, national campaign for that office. From the 1870s onward Lockwood was active with the radical peace group, the Universal Peace Union,...
Dates:
1878-1917, 1984, 1986, 1992
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Madison Peace Center Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Madison Peace Center
Dates:
1954-1965
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Massachusetts Committee of 1000 Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Massachusetts Committee of 1000
Dates:
1944-1945
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Massachusetts League for Peace Action Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Massachusetts League for Peace Action
Dates:
1933-1934
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Massachusetts Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-020
Abstract
The Massachusetts Peace Society was first formed in 1815, and a new organization reformed in 1911. The records of both groups have been combined here to form one archival collection. The Massachusetts Peace Society (MPS)was the second [third?] such society to form in America on December 28, 1815, organized primarily by Noah Worcester (1758-1837), a Unitarian minister. By 1819 the MPS had over 850 members, with branches established throughout the state and beyond. The MPS...
Dates:
1816-1917; Majority of material found within 1911-1917
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
