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Pacifism

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

John Paul Lederach Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Lederach, John Paul
Abstract

Collection includes manuscript (some photocopies) and published articles by Lederach, including: "Mediation in North America: an Examination of the Profession's Cultural Premises (1985); "Transformation From Within: Peacemaking in the East Coast of Nicaragua" (1989); Pacifism in Contemporary Conflict: a Christian Perspective (1993); and other writings, 1989-1993.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1985-1993

Haridas Thakordas Muzumdar Collected Papers

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Muzumdar, Haridas
Abstract

Includes pamphlets and typescript.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920-1942

National Peace Council (Great Britain) Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-National Peace Council
Overview The National Peace Council, established in 1905 as the National Council of Peace Societies and later also known as the National Council for the Prevention of War, brought together national groups and organizations that held a common interest in peace, disarmament, and internationalism in support of radical and constructive solutions to problems related to war and violence. Its affiliated groups included peace societies as well as religious, social, and industrial organizations. A major task...
Dates: 1909-2000

Louis W. Schneider Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-293
Overview

Louis W. Schneider (1915-2012) worked for the American Friends Service Commiittee for more than four decades and served as Executive Secretary from 1974-1980. His Papers include notes, diaries, speeches, and writings, as well as publications by American Friends Services Committee.

Dates: 1933-1941

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 in 1830-1839

Esther Tuke sermon

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-312
Overview

Summary

Dates: ca. 1765 to 1776

Universal Peace Union Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-038
Overview

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

War Resisters' International Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-039
Overview

The War Resisters' International was founded at Bilthoven, Netherlands, in 1921 by representative pacifists from that country, Germany, Austria and Great Britain. The War Resisters' International was never more than a coordinating body in its relationship to affiliated groups.

Dates: 1923-1976

War Resisters League Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-040
Overview The War Resisters League is a pacifist organization whose members are against all war. Witnessing the establishment of the War Resisters' International in Europe in 1921, and sensing a need for a similar organization in the United States, Dr. Jessie Wallace Hughan established the War Resisters League as an independent organization. The War Resisters League membership pledge, which has remained essentially unchanged since its inception, reads: "The War Resisters League affirms that war is a...
Dates: 1923-2013