World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Ford Peace Expedition Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-018
Abstract
On December 4, 1915, Henry Ford and over one hundred delegates and reporters left Hoboken, New Jersey, aboard the steamship Oscar II bound for Norway, and an itinerary of peace meetings in nonbelligerant Europe. The purpose of the Henry Ford Peace Expedition was the establishment of a conference of neutral nations which would seek to implement peace proposals through continuous mediation. Although Ford left the expedition at Christiana (Oslo) for health reasons, the delegation visited...
Dates:
1915-1916
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
Mary Stone McDowell Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-McDowell, Mary Stone
Dates:
1914, 1918, 1945-1955
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
National Conference of Labor, Socialist and Radical Movements Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-National Conference of Labor, Socialist-Radical Movements
Dates:
1918
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-PCADP
Abstract
The People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace grew out of the First American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace, held in New York, May 1917. It was organized to work for an early and liberal peace at the end of the World War. It favored world organizations, and disapproved of conscription. Officers were Louis Lochner, Emily Greene Balch, Rebecca Shelley, Scott Nearing, David Starr Jordan, Crystal Eastman, Eugene Debs, John Haynes Holmes, Henry W.L. Dana, Max Eastman, and...
Dates:
1917-1919
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Union of Democratic Control Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Union of Democratic Control
Abstract
The Union of Democratic Control was founded in 1914 in London, England by an alliance of radical Liberal Party and Independent Labour Party members to protest Britain's decision to enter World War I. It became a well-respected and internationally known research organization, publishing many pamphlets about British national and colonial affairs. It was disbanded in 1966.
Dates:
1915-1966
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Julia Grace Wales Collected Papers
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Wales, Julia Grace
Dates:
1914-1940; Majority of material found within 1914-1917
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
