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Peace -- Societies, etc.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War
Abstract

Representatives of nine national women's organizations united to accomplish two goals: to lobby for the United States to join the World Court, and to hold a conference together. They chose Carrie Chapman Catt to be their leader.

Dates: 1924-1943
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Peace Action Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-151
Abstract The Peace Action collection is a continuation of the SANE and SANE Education Fund (DG 58) collection, which also resides at the SCPC (the papers of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign are at the University of Missouri at St. Louis). It documents the merger of SANE and the NWFC, as well as the goals and work of the merged organization, through meeting minutes, correspondence, program files, press clippings and other publicity, statements and communications with Congress and other leaders, as...
Dates: 1986-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Peninsula Peace and Justice Center Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of flyers, announcements, emails, booklets, printed correspondence.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1980-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Philadelphia Peace Council Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Philadelphia Peace Council-(1937-ca. 1943)
Abstract

Includes constitution (1938), minutes (1937-1943), correspondence (1937-1943), form letters, financial records, leaflets, speeches, releases, membership lists, bulletins (1938-1941), clippings, and other records. Correspondents include Maria Biasone, Orton S. Clark, Frederick J. Libby, Allen S. Olmsted, Daniel A. Poling, and Richard R. Wood.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1937-1943
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Philadelphia Peace Council Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Philadelphia Peace Council-(1925-ca. 1932)
Abstract Includes scattered minutes (1924-1932), scattered correspondence (1924-1928), form letters, statements, membership lists, bulletins (1925-1928) and materials relating to several conferences on the teaching of history, and other records, of the first Philadelphia Peace Council (1922-ca. 1932), earlier known as Philadelphia Council for World Peace. Correspondents include J. Howard Branson, Sophia H. Dulles, Harold Evans, Agnes M. Irwin, Frederick J. Libby, Allen S. Olmsted, and Richard R....
Dates: 1924-1931
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Piedmont Peace Resource Center Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Piedmont Peace Resource Center
Abstract

This collection consists of flyers, announcements, financial records, booklets, printed correspondence. Includes information about the "Alternatives to Military Service" project.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1984-1992
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Promoting Enduring Peace Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-141
Abstract Promoting Enduring Peace was founded in 1952, with headquarters in Woodmont, Connecticut. Principles of the organization included: peace with freedom and justice for all, support for the United Nations, and belief in religion as the fundamental force for righteousness. Today PEP's mission is to conduct peace education promoting the advent of a harmonious planetary commonwealth through the convergence of the worldwide movements for disarmament, social justice, and environmental stewardship as...
Dates: 1949-
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Société de la Paix de Genève Collection

 Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Switzerland-Societe de la Paix de Geneve
Abstract

Printed materials: periodicals and pamphlets; all materials in this collection are in French.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1830-1839
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey) Thomas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-149
Abstract Wilbur K. Thomas (1882-1953), a Quaker born in Indiana, was executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee from 1918 to 1929. He graduated from Friends University in 1904, served as pastor of various Quaker churches, graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1907, earned a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1914, and was a member of Boston Friends Meeting after 1909. He was director of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation in Philadelphia from 1930 to 1946. The collection contains...
Dates: 1914-1933
Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Universal Peace Union Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-038
Abstract

The most colorful and important peace organization to rise from the the Civil War was the Universal Peace Union (UPU). This militant band grew out of reaction against compromising tactics which the American Peace Society adopted during the Civil War.

Dates: 1846-1938; Majority of material found within 1867-1923; Majority of material found within 1938
Found in: Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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Bryn Mawr College Special Collections
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections