Repository: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1930">1930</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1934">1934</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Repository Swarthmore College Peace Collection Year 1930 to 1934

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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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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Extent:: 1 linear ft. (1 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Hugh Richardson was born in England in 1864. He was a science instructor, lecturer, editor and author. During World War I, he visited prisoner-of-war camps in Scotland on behalf of the Emergency Committee of the Society of Friends and sent the prisoners seeds, linoleum, a sheet of rubber for printing, a stereoscope, a kaleidescope, writing tablets, and books. He lobbied for the non-payment of taxes until the end of the war, proposed disarmament by general agreement, and was against supporting scientific research that promoted military science.

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