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Disarmament -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

American Interorganization Council in Geneva Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Switzerland-American Interorganization Council

Another Mother for Peace Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-102
Abstract

Another Mother for Peace was a women's peace group born from the antipathy to the war in Vietnam, based in Los Angeles, California. The stated purpose of this non-partison, non-profit organization was "to educate women to take an active role in eliminating war as a means of solving disputes between nations, people and ideologies." AMP closed its offices in January 1986.

Dates: 1964-1978; Majority of material found within 1964-1978

Archives of the Fellowship of Reconciliation : [microform]

 Collection — Othertype Reels 131.1-131.9
Identifier: SCPC-Reels-131.1-131.9

Chicago Conference Continuation Committee Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Chicago Conference Continuation Committee

Citizens' Committee for Universal Disarmament Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Citizens' Committee for Universal Disarmament

Committee for World Development and World Disarmament Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-069
Overview

The Committee for World Development and World Disarmament was established in 1950 as a non-political, non-partisan, educational organization to provide a forum for information about world disarmament and world economic development. It was first initiated by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (U.S. Section), as a project of the Jane Addams Peace Association; headquartered in New York, N.Y. The CWDWD ceased operations in 1970.

Dates: 1950-1970

Dorothy Detzer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-086
Abstract

Dorothy Detzer was a peace activist, writer, and lobbyist. She served as the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924-1946.. Detzer influenced a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, 1934-1936, and later wrote the book Appointment on the Hill, 1948, describing her two decades in Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1913-1981

General Committee on the Limitation of Armament Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-General Committee on the Limitation of Armament

J. Stuart Innerst Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-103
Overview J. Stuart Innerst was a United Brethren in Christ missionary to China in the 1920s. Innerst and his wife Marion Reachard Innerst left China in 1927 with great concerns about the influence of western imperialism in that country. J. Stuart Innerst served as pastor of several churches and joined the Society of Friends in 1943. In addition to his pastoral work, Innerst also served as the Director of the Quaker Friends in Washington Program (1960-1961, lobbied members of Congress regarding China,...
Dates: 1920-1975

Interorganization Council on Disarmament Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Interorganization Council on Disarmament