Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:
Peace Association of Christian Scientists Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-B
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-Peace Association of Christian Scientists
Dates:
1936-1949
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Association of Friends in America Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-027
Abstract
The Peace Association of Friends in America was organized in 1867 by Orthodox Friends in the New York, Baltimore, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Western and Iowa Yearly Meetings in reaction to the Civil War, with its mission being to convince Friends and others that war was unchristian, inhumane and unnecessary.
Dates:
1868-1944
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Council of Northeast Philadelphia Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peace Council of Northeast Philadelphia
Dates:
1935-1944
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Heroes Memorial Society Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peace Heroes Memorial Society
Dates:
1926-1941
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace History Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-094
Abstract
The records of the Peace History Society contain minutes, mailings, annual brochures, general correspondence, papers presented at its conferences, documents about PHS projects and its monthly journal Peace and Change, and audiotapes. Correspondents include Charles Barker, Berenice A. Carroll, John. W. Chambers, Charles Chatfield, Hilary Conroy, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Sandi E. Cooper, Charles DeBenedetti, Michael A. Lutzker, William L. Neumann, Arthur I. Waskow, Ralph Edward Weber, and Lawrence...
Dates:
1963-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Peace Information Center Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Peace Information Center
Dates:
1950-1951
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Pennsylvania Arbitration and Peace Society Collected Records
Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Pennsylvania Arbitration and Peace Society
Dates:
1908-1926
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-030
Abstract
The Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament was active from 1930 to 1936, chiefly in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Through public opinion and personal contacts, PCTD supporters pressured Congress to support total disarmament, including passage of the Frazier Amendment outlawing war. Other objectives of the Committee included a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, opposition to all preparations and training for war (including ROTC), and support for...
Dates:
1930-1938
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Pennsylvania Peace Society Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-031
Abstract
Organizations with the name Pennsylvania Peace Society existed as early as 1822. The records in this collection date from the late 19th century and into the first years of the 20th century. Material about earlier versions of the PPS maybe found in the records of the American Peace Society (DG 003); and in the records of the Universal Peace Union (DG 038).
Dates:
1866-1928; Majority of material found within 1893-1928
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
People's Coalition for Peace and Justice Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-084
Abstract
The People's Coalition for Peace and Justice included various peace, anti-poverty, and labor groups. These groups worked together to confront the related issues of war in Southeast Asia and racism, sexism, poverty, and repression in the United States. The People's Coalition for Peace and Justice was founded in 1970 as National Coalition Against War, Racism, and Repression and organized several specific campaigns including People's Peace Treaty, Citizen's Action Pledge, and Nixon Eviction...
Dates:
1970-1974
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
