Call Number:

MC.950.132

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (3 folders)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Morris-Libby papers (HC.MC.950.132), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1826, 1950, undated (inclusive)

Creator:

Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970, Morris, Ellison, and Frank, Libby

Form:

Correspondence and Photographs

Abstract:

This collection is comprised of the correspondence of Frederick Libby and Ellison Morris, regarding war crimes trials, as well as a number of photographs, including a photograph of Arch St.

Frederick J. Libby (1874-1970) was a pacifist, writer, speaker, and fundraiser. He was born in Richmond, Maine, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1894 with a bachelor of the arts. He was a graduate of Andover Theological Seminary, earning a bachelor of divinity in 1902. Libby, a Congregational minister, joined the Society of Friends in 1921. Fred Libby performed relief work with the American Friends Service Committee (ASFC) and American Red Cross in France, 1918-1920, and became an AFSC official, 1920-1921. His most enduring contribution to the peace movement was as a founder and executive secretary of National Council for Prevention of War, 1921-1970. Fred Libby helped organize the Keep America Out of War Congress, 1938. He was the author of War on War (1922) and a history of the National Council for the Prevention of War (NCPW), To End War: The Story of the National Council for the Prevention of War (1969).

This collection is comprised of the correspondence of Frederick Libby and Ellison Morris, regarding war crimes trials, as well as a number of photographs, including a photograph of Arch St.