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Helen Mears Papers, 1862-1981 (inclusive) 1935-1955 (bulk)

Extent:
0.63 linear ft. (7.5 linear in.)
Abstract:
Helen Mears was a writer and journalist, especially interested in Japan and Asia. Mears first traveled to China in 1925 and ten years later Mears spent nine months in Japan. Out of the trip to Japan she published two books and a series of essays that appeared in The New Yorker. Mears traveled throughout Asia, the Soviet Union, Europe, and parts of South America. After World War II Mears traveled again to Japan served in an official capacity as a member of the U.S. labor advisory committee. From the 1950s through the 1960s Mears wrote occasional articles on southeast Asia, critiquing European and U.S. involvement there. Mears was a board member of the War Resisters League in the 1950s and worked against the H-Bomb. Helen Mears published several books on Japan. These include: Mirror for Americans, Japan, Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1948; Year of the Wild Boar: an American Woman in Japan in 1947.

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Ludwig Quidde Collected Papers, 1881-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
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Ludwig Quidde, editor and historian, was elected president of the German Peace Society in 1914, a position he held for fifteen years. He was the winner of the 1927 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with Ferdinand Buisson of France.

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A. Ruth Fry Papers, 1905-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear ft. (1 linear ft.)
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[Anna] Ruth Fry was an activist and a writer born into a prominent Quaker family in England. From 1914-1924, she served as general secretary of the Friends Relief Commission, which provided help for refugees and others ravaged by World War I. Fry wrote about her experiences in A Quaker Adventure (1926). She was also the first chairman of the Russian Famine Relief Fund in 1921. Fry went on to write numerous books, pamphlets and tracts, on a variety of Quaker and peace topics. She died on April 26, 1962.

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Pennsylvania Peace Society Records, 1866-1928 (inclusive) 1893-1928 (bulk)

Extent:
0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:
Organizations with the name Pennsylvania Peace Society existed as early as 1822. The records in this collection date from the late 19th century and into the first years of the 20th century. Material about earlier versions of the PPS maybe found in the records of the American Peace Society (DG 003); and in the records of the Universal Peace Union (DG 038).

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Norman Thomas Collected Papers, 1909-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.4 linear ft. (5 linear inches.)
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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1961) was an American Presbyterian minister who achieved fame as a pacifist and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.

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