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Peace movements -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

New York Yearly Meeting Records: Outreach and Witness Committees

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NYy-600_799
Scope and Contents

Records include minutes, reports, and general files of the New York Yearly Meeting committees particularly involved in carrying out the Quaker testimonies which involved outreach. Each committee is described and ennumerated separately, with reference to its predecessors and sucessors.

Dates: 1795-2011

Patriotic Peace League Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Patriotic Peace League
Dates: 1916-1917

Peace Brigades International Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peace Brigades International
Abstract

Collection includes printed correspondence, flyers, newsletters, booklets.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1982-

Peace House (New York, New York) Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peace House (New York, New York)
Dates: 1923-1946; Majority of material found within 1935-1946

Philadelphia War Tax Resistance Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-182
Abstract

The Philadelphia War Tax Resistance was an organization that advocated nonviolence in order to end war, racism, sexism, and human exploitation, as well as promoted nonpayment of taxes that funded war and defense. This collection includes correspondence, administrative files, court records, financial records, minutes of meetings, periodicals, and reference files.

Dates: 1967-1992

A. Philip Randolph Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Randolph, A. Philip
Dates: 1926-1969; Majority of material found within 1926-1948

Rassemblement Universel pour la Paix [International Peace Campaign] Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Switzerland-Rassemblement universel pour la paix
Scope and Contents

This collection includes files about the World Peace Congress (also called the International Peace Congress and the Brussels Congress) held in Brussels in September 1936, the 1938 Preparatory Peasant Peace Conference, and other conferences. There are also correspondence, administrative files, and files from National Committees of various countries.

Dates: 1936-1942

Mary Winsor Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Winsor, Mary
Dates: 1906-1951; Majority of material found within 1922-1947

Women Strike for Peace Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-115
Abstract

Women Strike for Peace came into existence on November 1, 1961, as a protest against atmospheric nuclear tests by the U.S. and the Soviet Union. By the late 1980s the national WSP office in Philadelphia closed, but the WSP legislative office and various WSP branches around the U.S. remained active through the 1990s.

Dates: 1961-1996

World Peace Brigade Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-World Peace Brigade
Dates: 1960-1963