Call Number:

SC.222

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: Young People's Peace Conference Transcript, SC/222, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Date:

1933 (inclusive)

Creator:

Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968, Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970, and Chaffee, Edmund B. (Edmund Bigelow), 1887-1936

Abstract:

Contains the transcript of the Young People's Peace Conference sponsored by the Joint Peace Committee of New York Quakers in 1933. Chief speakers were Frederick J. Libby, Paul Harris, Jr., Edmund B. Chaffee, Alden G. Alley, Sidney E. Goldstein, and Norman Thomas.

Responding to a concern voiced by New York Quaker Henry L. Messner, a Young People's Peace Conference was sponsored by the Joint Peace Committee of New York Quakers and held at the Fifteenth Street Meeting in February 1933. 429 delegates were registered, representing Friends meetings and other organizations.