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Mildred Scott Olmsted Papers, 1881-1990 (inclusive) 1907-1990 (bulk)

Extent:
14 linear ft. (28 boxes)
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Mildred Scott Olmsted, peace activist and suffragist, was born in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1890. In 1922, Olmsted became Executive Secretary of the Pennsylvania Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). From 1934 onward she assumed national positions with the organization. In 1946, Olmsted became National Administrative Secretary and held that position (until her retirement in 1966. She remained active as Executive Director Emerita of WILPF and also served on its International Executive Committee from 1937 until 1953. Mildred Scott married Allen S. Olmsted, II, in 1921 and the couple had one child and adopted two more. Mildred Scott Olmsted died in 1990 at the age of 99.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Dorothy Detzer Papers, 1913-1981 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 linear ft. (3 linear feet.)
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Dorothy Detzer was a peace activist, writer, and lobbyist. She served as the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1924-1946.. Detzer influenced a Congressional investigation of the munitions industry, 1934-1936, and later wrote the book Appointment on the Hill, 1948, describing her two decades in Washington, D.C.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Edward W. Evans Papers, 1916-1922 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.25 linear ft. (1.25 linear ft.)
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Edward Wyatt Evans (1882-1976) was a lifelong member of the Germantown (Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting and was active in the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Evans was instrumental in the founding of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Fellowship of Reconcilation), and was the executive secretary from 1916-1919. During the 1920s, he was also active in educational and peace programs of the Society of Friends.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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League of Nations Association Collected Records, 1916, 1922-1945 (bulk)

Extent:
2.5 linear ft. (30 linear in.)
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The American Association for International Cooperation and the League of Nations Non-Partisan Committee merged on January 10, 1923 to become the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association. This name was shortened in 1929 to become the League of Nations Association. The organization was inactive during WWII. After the war, it was revived as the United Nations Association.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Consultative Peace Council Collected Records, 1930-1969 (bulk)

Extent:
0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
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Includes correspondence, reports, financial records, administrative files, minutes of meetings, publicity materials, brochures, newspaper clippings. Correspondents include: Devere Allen, Dorothy Detzer, Alfred Hassler, Jessie Wallace Hughan, Abe Kaufman, Frederick J. Libby, A.J. Muste, Ray Newton, Mildred Scott Olmsted, John Swomley, E. Raymond Wilson, and M.R. Zigler.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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Lynne Shivers Papers, 1941-2015 (bulk)

Extent:
8 linear ft. (8 linear feet.)
Abstract:
Enid Lynne Shivers was a peace activist and prominent member of Movement for a New Society, for which she organized and wrote informational materials. This collection of her personal materials is primarily composed of journals dating from the 1960s until 2014 and materials from time she spent doing peace work in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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