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International organization -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

League of Nations Union Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-League of Nations Union
Overview 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

John J. Logue Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Logue, John
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, Logue's resume (1990), flyers, newsletters, commentary by Logue, including "A Plan of Action for the Philadelphia Chapter of United World Federalists" and "A History of the Main Line Petition Campaign" which would have granted police power to the United Nations.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1947, 1986-2004
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Media Area Committee for the United Nations Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Media Area Committee for the United Nations
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, administrative files, flyers, publicity materials, newspaper clippings, photos.

Dates: 1955-1965
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Tracy D. Mygatt and Frances Witherspoon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-089
Overview Tracy Dickinson Mygatt (1885-1973) and Frances May Witherspoon (1886-1973) were prolific writers and absolute pacifists who worked together in movements for women's rights, world peace, civil liberties, and civil rights. Both women authored plays, articles, poems, sermons, and stories, individually and in collaboration. They were founders of the War Resisters League and later served as honorary chairs. Frances Witherspoon was a co-founder and Executive Secretary of the New York Bureau of...
Dates: 1835-1973; Majority of material found within 1911-1974
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

New Commonwealth Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-New Commonwealth
Abstract

American section of the British organization New Commonwealth.

Dates: 1937-1938
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

New Commonwealth Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-New Commonwealth
Abstract

Includes correspondence, annual reports, leaflets, pamphlets.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1932-1940
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Charles C. Price Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Price, Charles C.
Abstract

Includes papers documenting Charles C. Price's work for peace, world federalism, and environmental protection.

Dates: 1960-1997
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

United Nations Association of the United States of America Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-United Nations Association
Dates: 1964-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Peter Weiss Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Weiss, Peter
Overview

Peter Weiss was born in Austria and moved to the U.S. in 1941. He worked has as a lawyer from 1955 to 2006 and is interested in nuclear policy and other human rights and peace issues. He is married to activist Cora Weiss.

Dates: 1949-1967
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

World Constitution and Parliament Association Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Constitution and Parliament Association
Dates: 1947-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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