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Start Over Creator Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970 Creator Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 Year 1915 to 1919

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Lydia G. Wentworth Papers, 1902-1947 (inclusive) 1918-1947 (bulk)

Extent:
4.5 linear ft. (4.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:
Lydia G. Wentworth, was a writer and ardent peace advocate who lived most of her life in Brookline, Massachusetts. Despite illness which confined her to bed for over thirty years, she carried on a prolific correspondence and contributed hundreds of articles to newspapers and magazines. Wentworth was on the advisory committee of the Women's Peace Society, and was a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Association to Abolish War, and the Boston League of Women Voters.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Mary N. Chase Collected Papers, 1916-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear in.)
Abstract:
This collection consists of a small amount of the correspondence and reports generated during a letter exchange project, directed by Mary N. Chase from 1915 through the 1930s. As Secretary for the Society for the Promotion of International Amity at Proctor Academy in Andover, New Hampshire, Chase encouraged the exchange of letters between U.S. students and their counterparts in other lands. Chase also served as Secretary of the New Hampshire Peace Society, and President of the New Hampshire Woman's Suffrage Association.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]