Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Subject: Peace -- Societies, etc - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 1.88 linear ft. (22.5 linear in.)
Abstract:: The Society for the Promotion of Universal and Permanent Peace, also known as the London Peace Society, was founded June 14, 1816. Members were primarily Protestant, especially Quaker. Although its official platform was based on an absolutist pacifist stance, its members included peace workers who did not accept the full pacifist position. By 1930 it had taken the name of International Peace Society, having become incorporated with the International Christian Peace Fellowship.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 12.5 linear ft. (12.5 linear ft.)
Abstract:: 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.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:: Printed materials: periodicals and pamphlets; all materials in this collection are in French.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (2.5 linear inches.)
Abstract:: This collection consists of flyers, announcements, financial records, booklets, printed correspondence. Includes information about the "Alternatives to Military Service" project.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2.08 linear ft. (25 linear in.)
Abstract:: Representatives of nine national women's organizations united to accomplish two goals: to lobby for the United States to join the World Court, and to hold a conference together. They chose Carrie Chapman Catt to be their leader.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Wilbur K. Thomas (1882-1953), a Quaker born in Indiana, was executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee from 1918 to 1929. He graduated from Friends University in 1904, served as pastor of various Quaker churches, graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1907, earned a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1914, and was a member of Boston Friends Meeting after 1909. He was director of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation in Philadelphia from 1930 to 1946. The collection contains biographical material, correspondence (1918-1933), speeches and writings relating to his work with the AFSC and as a pastor in Quaker communities. Topics covered include peace, civil liberties, social service, prisons, and relief activities in Russia in 1922, as well as his Ph.D. dissertation, "the Social Service of Quakerism."

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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