Repository: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1900">1900</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1904">1904</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Sandi E. Cooper Reference and Peace History Collection, 1820-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 linear ft. (research files and notes of sandi e. cooper)
Abstract:: Collected and photocopied papers regarding Italian peace organizations primarily in the 1800s. Much of this collection is photocopied periodicals published Italian peace organizations, with notes by Sandi Cooper or other researchers attached.

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Ellen Starr Brinton Papers, 1895-1980 (inclusive) 1933-1954 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.45 linear ft. (1,45 linear feet)
Abstract:: Ellen Starr Brinton (1886-1954), Quaker, feminist and internationalist, served as the first curator of the Jane Addams Peace Collection (later the Swarthmore College Peace Collection) from 1935 until her retirement in 1951.

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Edwin D. Mead and Lucia Ames Mead Papers, 1876-1938 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.7 linear ft. (5.7 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Edwin D. Mead (1849-1937), and Lucia Ames Mead (1856-1936), were both leading pacifists, writers, and social reformers of the U.S. and international peace movement. Edwin Mead directed the work of the World Peace Foundation and participated in many international peace congresses. He was an American delegate to the International Peace Bureau. Mead helped found the School Peace League and was a prominent member of the American Peace League. Lucia Ames Mead was a leading member of many feminist and pacifist organizations, including the Woman's Peace Party. Mead was a delegate to the founding conference of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1919 and served as a vice-president on the board of the National Council for Prevention of War. She was also an officer of the National Council of Women of the United States, and was a member of many U.S. feminist associations.

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New York Peace Society Records, 1818-1940 (inclusive) 1906-1940 (bulk)

Extent:: 7.25 linear ft. (18 boxes)
Abstract:: The New York Peace Society was the first peace society in the United States beginning in 1815, and lasting in various incarnations until 1940.

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Wisbech Local Peace Association Records, 1880-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.6 linear ft. (1.6 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Priscilla Hannah Peckover (1833-1931) devoted much of her life toward mobilization for peace. In 1879 she formed the Wisbech Peace Association to promote the development of women in work for peace. This group of men and women became a center for peace activity in Great Britain. They concentrated on establishing peace by means of arbitration and disarmament, based on Christian theology.

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Allen S. Olmsted II Papers, 1898-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6.25 linear ft. (15 boxes)
Abstract:

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Devere Allen Papers, 1809-1978 (inclusive) 1910-1955 (bulk)

Extent:: 138 linear ft. (138 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Author, editor, journalist and lecturer; advocate of internationalist pacifism; influential member of the Socialist Party in the 1930s; genealogist; recorder of Rhode Island history and lore; named Harold Devere Allen.

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Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration Records, 1895-1937 (inclusive) 1895-1918 (bulk)

Extent:: 101.5 linear ft. (101.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: This collection documents the annual conference (1895-1916) held at Mohonk Mountain House, Ulster County, New York; conference for 1917 was planned but not held; at their height, the conferences attracted 300 leaders of government, business, religion, the press, and education; the purpose of the conferences was to create and direct public sentiment in favor of international arbitration, arbitration treaties, and an international court.

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Edith R. Solenberger Papers, 1897-1976 (inclusive) 1925-1979 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 linear ft. (4 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Edith Gertrude Reeves Solenberger (1886-1976) was a Quaker peace activist who participated in a broad range of organizations.

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Gerhard Elston Papers, 1849-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 28 linear ft. (28 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Gerhard Elston served as an officer or staff member in many peace and international organizations including as Executive Director for Amnesty Internationl USA (1978-1981), board member of Clergy and Laity Concerned, Bread for the World, American Christians for the Abolition of Torture, and the American Civil Liberties Union. He died suddenly in 1992 at the age of 68.

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