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New Commonwealth Collected Records

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
CDG-A.New Commonwealth
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
2.8 linear ft. (2.8 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: Swarthmore College Peace Collection, CDG-A. New Commonwealth Collected Records.
Date:
1937-1938 (inclusive)
Abstract:
American section of the British organization New Commonwealth.

American section of the British organization New Commonwealth; organized June 1, 1937; objectives were to establish an International Tribunal and an International Police Force; general secretary was J.M. Colton Hand; activities in the U.S. appear to have ceased after 1938.

Collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, memos, statements, form letters, lists of members in the U.S. and Canada, and speeches and manuscripts about the International Police Force.

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of this organization.

For the catalog record for this collection, and to find materials on similar topics, search the library's online catalog.

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Subject

Publisher
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes.

Use Restrictions

None

Collection Inventory

Meeting minutes, memos, and statements.
Box 1 [SCPC-5736]
Form letters, prospective members, 1937.
Box 1 [SCPC-5736]
Members in U.S. and Canada.
Box 1 [SCPC-5736]
Membership dues and balance account.
Box 1 [SCPC-5736]
Speeches on international police force.
Box 1 [SCPC-5736]
Manuscripts on international police force.
Box 1 [SCPC-5736]
Manuscripts on international police force (folder 2).
Box 1 [SCPC-5736]
Printed pamphlets and leaflets.
Box 1 [SCPC-5736]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: A.
Box 2 [SCPC-5737]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: B (1 of 2).
Box 2 [SCPC-5737]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: B (2 of 2).
Box 2 [SCPC-5737]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: C (1 of 2).
Box 2 [SCPC-5737]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: C (2 of 2).
Box 2 [SCPC-5737]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: D (1 of 3).
Box 3 [SCPC-5738]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: D (2 of 3).
Box 3 [SCPC-5738]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: D (3 of 3).
Box 3 [SCPC-5738]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: E.
Box 3 [SCPC-5738]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: F (1 of 4).
Box 3 [SCPC-5738]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: F (2 of 4).
Box 3 [SCPC-5738]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: F (3 of 4).
Box 3 [SCPC-5738]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: F (4 of 4).
Box 3 [SCPC-5738]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: G.
Box 4 [SCPC-5739]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: H (1 of 2).
Box 4 [SCPC-5739]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: H (2 of 2).
Box 4 [SCPC-5739]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: I.
Box 4 [SCPC-5739]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: J.
Box 4 [SCPC-5739]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: K-L.
Box 4 [SCPC-5739]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: M (1 of 2).
Box 4 [SCPC-5739]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: M (2 of 2).
Box 5 [SCPC-5740]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: N (1 of 2).
Box 5 [SCPC-5740]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: N (2 of 2).
Box 5 [SCPC-5740]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: O.
Box 5 [SCPC-5740]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: P.
Box 5 [SCPC-5740]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: R-S (1 of 4).
Box 5 [SCPC-5740]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: R-S (2 of 4).
Box 5 [SCPC-5740]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: R-S (3 of 4).
Box 6 [SCPC-5741]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: R-S (4 of 4).
Box 6 [SCPC-5741]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: T.
Box 6 [SCPC-5741]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: U-V.
Box 6 [SCPC-5741]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: W.
Box 6 [SCPC-5741]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: X, Y, Z.
Box 6 [SCPC-5741]
Correspondence, 1937-1938: A-Z [in chronological order].
Box 6 [SCPC-5741]

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