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Start Over Creator Frazier, Lynn J. (Lynn Joseph), 1874-1947

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Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament Records, 1930-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:
8.75 linear ft. (8.75 linear ft.)
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 conscientious objectors, both American and those from other countries. The Committee was disbanded in 1938.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Women's Peace Union: U.S. Branch Records, 1921-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:
11.25 linear ft. (11.25 linear ft.)
Abstract:
The Women's Peace Union was founded in August 1921 to encourage the formation of a peace group to encompass all the women of the western hemisphere, to work for complete disarmament and the abolition of all constitutional and legal sanctions for war. Records in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection are those of the United States branch.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]