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Peace -- Societies, etc.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Bye Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-024
Abstract

Mary (Du Bois) Bye, Quaker peace and social activist and member of Doylestown Monthly Meeting of Friends in Pennsylvania, was born in 1913. This collection consists of the papers relating to Mary Bye's political activity. It includes correspondence, notes, clippings, and other files concerning peace and justice issues.

Dates: 1966-[on-going]
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Edward W. Evans Quaker Concerns Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-237
Abstract Edward W. Evans (1882-1976) was a Quaker leader and lawyer active in the educational and peace concerns of the Society of Friends. The collection primarily contains papers compiled by Edward W. Evans during his time as Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox), from 1938-1946. Of particular interest are the materials concerning Civilian Public Service. The collection is significant in its documentation of pacifist attitudes and the ways in which the Society of Friends was active...
Dates: 1920, 1938-1951
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Fellowship of Reconciliation Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Fellowship of Reconciliation
Abstract

The Fellowship of Reconciliation was established in December of 1914, during a meeting at Cambridge, England. It is still in existence today.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1915-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Friends Committee on National Legislation Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-047
Abstract

A Quaker lobbying group established in 1943 to bring conscience and spiritual values to the political process in Washington; it grew out of the work of the Friends War Problems Committee in 1940.

Dates: 1943-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

International Federation of League of Nations Societies Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Belgium-International Federation of League of Nations...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1919-1945
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

International Fellowship of Reconciliation Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Netherlands-International Fellowship of Reconciliation
Abstract

The International Fellowship of Reconciliation was founded in 1922, though international work under the umbrella name "Fellowship of Reconciliation" began as early as 1915.

Dates: 1919- current
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

International Peace Society Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-International Peace Society
Abstract

The Society for the Promotion of Universal and Permanent Peace, also known as the London Peace Society, was founded June 14, 1816. Members were primarily Protestant, especially Quaker. Although its official platform was based on an absolutist pacifist stance, its members included peace workers who did not accept the full pacifist position. By 1930 it had taken the name of International Peace Society, having become incorporated with the International Christian Peace Fellowship.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1817-1948
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Interparliamentary Union Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Switzerland-Interparliamentary Union
Abstract The Inter-Parliamentary Union was organized in 1889 by Randal Cremer (England) and Frédéric Passy (France) as an association of members of the national legislative bodies of the world. It was established to secure cooperation of countries to work toward peace by means of a universal organization of nations; initially for individual parliamentarians, but since transformed into an international organization of the parliaments of sovereign states. By 1921 it was headquartered in Geneva,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1889-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Robert Levering Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-080
Abstract

Robert E. Levering is a pacifist and Quaker. He has been the co-author of Fortune magazine's annual list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For," and a speaker on workplace trends and management strategies aimed at improving workplace productivity. Levering is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Martin Luther King Jr. School of Social Change.

Dates: 1967-1972
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

A.J. Muste Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-050
Abstract A.J. Muste (1885-1967), was ordained a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, but later (1917), he became a member of the Society of Friends. During World War I, Muste's refusal to abandon his pacifist position led to his forced resignation from the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Massachusetts. Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919 when he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He became the director of the Brookwood Labor College in...
Dates: 1920-1967
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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