Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:
Allen S. Olmsted II Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-095
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Allen S. Olmsted papers is correspondence (1898-1977). Most of these are carbon copies of letters dictated by Olmsted and filed in subject transfer files at his law offices in Philadelphia and Media (Pennsylvania) [note: there are also many letters from Allen Olmsted in the papers of his wife, Mildred Scott Olmsted (DG 082)]. Correspondents include Brent Dow Allinson, Gertrude Baer, Emily Greene Balch, Roger Nash Baldwin, Witter Brynner, Joseph S. Clark, Sophia H. Dulles,...
Dates:
1898-1986
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-082
Abstract
Mildred Scott Olmsted, peace activist and suffragist, was born in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1890. In 1922, Olmsted became Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). From 1934 onward she assumed national positions with the organization. In 1946, Olmsted became National Administrative Secretary and held that position (until her retirement in 1966. She remained active as Executive Director Emerita of WILPF and also served...
Dates:
1881-1990; Majority of material found within 1907-1990
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Pacifica Center Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Pacifica Center
Dates:
1942-1944
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Frédéric Passy Collection
Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-France-Passy, Frederic
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, and periodicals.
Dates:
1863-1912
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Patriotic Peace League Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Patriotic Peace League
Dates:
1916-1917
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Pax Christi USA Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Pax Christi USA
Scope and Contents
Includes printed correspondence, leaflets and pamphlets.
Dates:
1973-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Action Center Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-093
Abstract
The Peace Action Center began in 1961 as a continuation of the vigil at Fort Detrick, Md. Peace activists had sponsored a continuous vigil as early as 1959 seeking the abandonment of biological weapons and appealed for the conversion of the fort into a world health center. The Peace Action Center included cooperative living quarters for the staff of religious pacifists, mostly Quakers. PAC staff including Lawrence Scott, director, and Jack L. Bagley, Sarah Bishop, Florence Y. Carpenter,...
Dates:
1959-1965
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Action for Franklin County Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peace Action for Franklin County
Dates:
1936-1944
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Action, Inc. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-219
Abstract
Peace Action, Inc. was founded about 1979 as the Disarmament Action Network (DAN). The name of the organization was changed name to Peace Action, Inc. about 1985. The group was begun informally by members of the American Friends Service Committee's Cambridge. Massachusetts office and was affiliated with the Walk for Peace, the Human Race/Runners Around the World, and Give Peace a Dance. Many of the organization's actions concerned the anti-nuclear movement of the period. Peace Action, Inc....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1982-1989
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Action Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-151
Abstract
The Peace Action collection is a continuation of the SANE and SANE Education Fund (DG 58) collection, which also resides at the SCPC (the papers of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign are at the University of Missouri at St. Louis). It documents the merger of SANE and the NWFC, as well as the goals and work of the merged organization, through meeting minutes, correspondence, program files, press clippings and other publicity, statements and communications with Congress and other leaders, as...
Dates:
1986-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
