Contents
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Organization of the Collection
Search Terms
Contents List
SERIES I. GENERAL
SERIES II. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
BOOKS ON SHELF
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Peace Collection, 1825-1984 Finding AidFinding aid prepared by .2005
| | | | | Title: | Peace Collection | | Dates: | 1825-1984 | | Abstract: |
Peace activists. The Peace Collection is comprised largely of published materials documenting the work of women's peace activism from the early nineteenth century to the 1980s. The bulk of the collection dates from 1925 to 1977 and focuses on U.S. and international peace organizations, and individual women leaders in peace movements. Types of material include organizational records, newspaper clippings, articles, periodicals, pamphlets, flyers, biographical articles, writings, correspondence, newsletters, conference materials, minutes, reports, manuals, books, photographs, and videotapes. A substantial portion of the collection documents the activities of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and individual members, circa 1919-1977. Other organizations represented include the National Congress of Women, Women's Christian Temperance Union, Another Mother for Peace, National Committee for the Cause and Cure of War, Order of the Unicorn, Women's Peace Party, World Gathering of Women for Disarmament, American League Against War and Fascism, American Peace Society, and the World Movement for World Federal Government. There are small amounts of material on individual peace activists such as Jane Addams, Emily Greene Balch, Marie Curie, Lucia Ames Mead, and Maude Miner Hadden (Smith class 1901), among others. Photographs, printed material and a videotape document the "Women's Pentagon Action," November 1980. The collection also includes published works on women and peace.
| | Extent: | 28 boxes; 7 volumes(13.25 linear ft.) | | Language: | English. | | Identification: | MS 437 |
Flyer by the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, n.d.The Peace Collection is comprised largely of published materials documenting the work of women's peace activism from the early nineteenth century to the 1980s. The bulk of the collection dates from 1925 to 1977 and focuses on U.S. and international peace organizations, and individual women leaders in peace movements. Types of material include organizational records, newspaper clippings, articles, periodicals, pamphlets, flyers, biographical articles, writings, correspondence, newsletters, conference materials, minutes, reports, manuals, books, photographs, and videotapes. A substantial portion of the collection documents the activities of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and individual members, circa 1919-1977. Other organizations represented include the National Congress of Women, Women's Christian Temperance Union, Another Mother for Peace, National Committee for the Cause and Cure of War, Order of the Unicorn, Women's Peace Party, World Gathering of Women for Disarmament, American League Against War and Fascism, American Peace Society, and the World Movement for World Federal Government. There are small amounts of material on individual peace activists such as Jane Addams, Emily Greene Balch, Marie Curie, Lucia Ames Mead, and Maude Miner Hadden (Smith class 1901), among others. Photographs, printed material and a videotape document the "Women's Pentagon Action," November 1980. The collection also includes published works on women and peace. Return to the Table of Contents
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This collection is organized into three series: Return to the Table of Contents
SERIES I. GENERAL
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 1 | Clippings and articles,
1920-84, n.d. |
| 2 | "All Pink Sisters: The War Department and the Feminist Movement," paper by Joan Jenson,
1978 |
| 4 | The Owlet,
December 6-20, 1921 |
| 6 | Pamphlets,
1835, 1888-1977, n.d. |
| 7 | Peacemaker,
January and March, 1951 |
| 8 | "Propaganda,"
1939, n.d. |
| 9 | World government,
1932-48, n.d. |
| 10 | Conference of Women for International Cooperation Year,
1960, 1962 |
| 11 | Women, Earth, Feminist Peace Conference,
n.d. |
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| Women's peace activities against the Vietnam War |
Box |
Folder |
| | 1A | 1 | Articles and pamphlets,
1972-73, n.d. |
| 2 | Flyers, notices, posters and writings,
1967-71, n.d. |
| 3 | Canada Conference,
April 9-12, 1971 |
SERIES II. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Box |
Folder |
| | 1a | 4 | Collected biographies and bibliographies (incl. Women Peace-makers, by H. Spaull, and "Women and Peace"),
1924-83 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 1 | Balch, Emily Greene,
1917-65, n.d. |
| 3-6 | Mead, Lucia Ames,
1905-35, n.d. |
| 7-8 | Peace Pilgrim (3 video tapes),
1977 |
| 9 | Roelofs, Henrietta,
1942 |
| 10 | Sutro, Florentine Scholle,
1939, n.d. |
| 11 | Suttner, Bertha von (Tuttle, Florence Guertin),
1918, 1927 |
| 12 | Wentworth, Lydia G.,
1924, 1945, n.d. |
| 13 | Wynner, Edith,
1944-46, n.d. |
| 14 | Caldicott, Helen,
1978-80, n.d. |
SERIES III. ORGANIZATIONS
Box |
Folder |
| | 3 | 1 | American League Against War and Fascism,
1935 |
| 2 | American Peace Society (Boston),
n.d. |
| 3 | Appeal of Women to the World's Statesmen,
1930 |
| 4 | Citizens for Participation in Political Action,
1974 |
| 4a | Coalition for a Non-Nuclear World,
1980, n.d. |
| 5 | Committee for World Development and World Disarmament,
1954, n.d. |
| 6 | Crusade for World Government,
n.d. |
| 7 | Disarmament Committee of the Women's International Organizations,
1921-40, n.d. |
| 8 | Entente Mondiale Pour la Paix,
1947, n.d. |
| 9 | Fellowship of Reconciliation,
1938, 1953 |
| 10 | The Fund for Peace,
1970 |
| 10a | Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp,
1984, 1989 |
| 11 | International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace,
1918 |
| 12 | League for Permanent Peace,
n.d. |
| 13 | League of Nations,
1920-38, n.d. |
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| National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War |
| 14 | National Council for Reduction of Armaments,
1922, n.d. |
| 15 | National Council for the Prevention of War,
1928-70, n.d. |
| 16 | Order of the Unicorn,
1963-69, n.d. |
| 17 | Peace through Knowledge,
n.d. |
| 18 | Voice of Women: New England: Peace Boutique,
1970, n.d. |
| 19 | Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace,
1944-50, n.d. |
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| Women's Committee to Oppose Conscription |
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| Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice |
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| Women's International League for Peace and Freedom |
| 20 | Women's Party for Survival,
1981, n.d. |
| 21 | W.C.T.U.: Peace Department,
1916-17, n.d. |
| 22 | Women's Peace Crusade,
1919-30, n.d. |
| 23 | Women's Peace Party,
1915-19, n.d. |
| 24 | Women's Peace Union of the Western Hemisphere,
1920-21, n.d. |
| 25 | World Fellowship, Inc.,
1952, n.d. |
| 26 | World Gathering of Women for Disarmament,
1962 |
| 27 | World Movement for World Federal Government,
1947, n.d. |
| 28 | World Union of Women for International Concord,
1928 |
| 29 | Miscellaneous,
1937-39, 1967-86, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 4 | 1 | Brochures, cards, pamphlets, reprints and miscellaneous,
1962-76, n.d. |
| 2 | Newsletters,
Aug 1967-85 |
| 3 | Bess Myerson: speech and film,
1970 |
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| National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War |
Box |
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| | 5 |
| Conference reports,
1925-33 |
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| Conference programs,
1937-40 |
| 2 | Organization, projects, seminars, etc.,
1934-59, n.d. |
| 3 | Round table discussions, study outlines,
1938, 1940, 1941(?) |
Box |
Folder |
| | 6 | 1 | Memo,
1964-73, n.d. |
| 2 | Mailings, flyers, calendars, minutes, etc
. 1962-75, n.d. |
| 4 | Song, recording,
1965, n.d. |
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| Women's Committee to Oppose Conscription |
Box |
Folder |
| | 7 | 1 | Statement of purpose,
n.d. |
| 2-3 | Letters to members,
1943-47, n.d. |
| 5 | Pamphlets,
1943, 1951, n.d. |
| 6 | Speech by Mildred Scott Olmsted,
1944, n.d. |
| 7 | Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice (newsletter),
1983, n.d. |
| 8-9 | Women's Pentagon Action,
1980, n.d. |
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| Women's International League for Peace and Freedom |
Box |
Folder |
| | 8 | 1 | Clippings,
1915-75, n.d. |
| 2 | Constitution: International,
1934, 1953 |
| 3 | History,
1929(?), 1938, 1940(?) |
| 4 | Anniversaries,
1950, 1955 |
| 5 | Fiftieth Anniversary,
1965 |
| 6 | National Peace Conference,
1937(?) |
| 7 | Photographs,
1935, 1965, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 9 | 1 | Clippings,
1938-55, n.d. |
| 2 | General (A-Z),
1933-75, n.d. |
| 3 | Arnett, Katharine,
1952-69 |
| 4 | Baer, Gertrude,
1940-69, n.d. |
| 5 | Balch, Emily Greene,
1942-46, n.d. |
| 6 | Blake, Katherine Devereaux,
1935-50, n.d. |
| 8 | Gage-Colby, Ruth,
1971-72 |
| 9 | Hull, Hannah Clothier,
1943 |
| 10 | Olmstead, Mildred Scott,
1937-83, n.d. |
| 13 | Miscellaneous personal,
1933-70, 1971(?), 1973, n.d. |
| 14 | Copies of letters from Intemann,
1934-76, n.d. |
| 15 | Financial,
1932-74, n.d. |
| 17 | Notes (United Nations),
1966-70, n.d. |
| 18 | Photographs,
1918-65, n.d. |
| 19 | Other organizations,
1940-67 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 10 | 1-2 | International Conference for Permanent Peace: General and clippings,
1919 |
| 3 | International Conference of Women on a New Peace,
1922 |
| 4 | Conference: Chemical Warfare,
1929 |
| 5 | Conference: Problem of Statelessness,
1930 |
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| International Congress of Women |
| 7 | Third International Congress,
1921 |
| 8-9 | Fourth International Congress,
1924 |
| 10 | Fifth International Congress,
1926 |
| 11 | Sixth International Congress,
1934 |
| 12 | Ninth International Congress,
1937 |
| 13 | Tenth International Congress,
1946 |
| 14 | Correspondence,
1937-70, n.d. |
| 15 | International Headquarters Advisory Council,
1940 |
| 16 | Executive Committee,
1927-71, n.d. |
| 17 | British Section,
1922-35, n.d. |
| 18 | French Section,
1923-30, n.d. |
| 19 | Netherlands Section,
1938-39 |
| 20 | Swedish Section,
1924-46 |
| 21 | Inter-American Congress of Women,
1947 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 11 | 1 | 12th International Congress,
1953 |
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| 13th International Congress,
1956 |
| 2 | 14th International Congress,
1959 |
| 3 | 15th International Congress,
1962 |
| 4 | 50th Anniversary Congress,
1965 |
| 5 | 17th International Congress,
1968 |
| 6 | 18th International Congress,
1971 |
| 7 | 19th International Congress,
1974 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 12 | 1-6 | Circular letters,
1938-72 |
| 7 | International News,
1947-51 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 13 | 1 | History and constitution,
1938, n.d. |
| 2 | Organization,
1954-56, n.d. |
| 3 | National Board,
1932-73, n.d. |
| 4 | National President,
1942-68, n.d. |
| 5 | Executive Director,
1965 |
| 6 | Executive Secretary,
1940-45, n.d. |
| 7 | Administrative Secretary,
1948-66 |
| 8 | Organization Secretary,
1941, 1945, n.d. |
| 9 | Handbooks,
1938-65, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 14 | 1-4 | Branch letters,
1929-1970 |
| 5-6 | Organization letters,
1938-49 |
| 7-9 | Washington Newsletter,
1940-69 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 15 | 1-15 | Annual meeting reports,
1935-59 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 16 | 1-8 | Annual meeting reports,
1960-69 |
| 9 | Annual meeting notices,
1970-71 |
| 10 | Biennial meetings,
1973, 1977 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 17 | 1 | Art for World Friendship,
1954-66, n.d. |
| 2 | Committee on Branches,
1964-69, n.d. |
| 3 | Childhood Education,
1957-66, n.d. |
| 4 | Civil Liberties,
1943-66 |
| 6 | Conscientious Objection,
1943-48, n.d. |
| 7 | National Executive Committee,
1938-66, n.d. |
| 8 | Finance and Membership Committee,
1939-73, n.d. |
| 10 | National Labor Committee,
1944, n.d. |
| 11 | Labor Contracts Committee,
1965-66 |
| 12 | Latin American Affairs,
1955, 1966 |
| 13 | Legislative Committee,
1946-70, n.d. |
| 14 | Literature
1938-69, n.d. |
| 15 | Membership,
1939-69, n.d. |
| 16 | Nominating,
1943-66, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 18 | 1 | Policy,
1947-67, n.d. |
| 2 | Program/Action,
1933-73, n.d. |
| 3 | Public Relations,
1950-59, n.d. |
| 4 | Publicity,
1956-67, n.d. |
| 6 | National Refugee,
1940-44, n.d. |
| 7 | Religious Contacts,
1942-68, n.d. |
| 9 | Scientific Contacts,
1964-66 |
| 11 | Work for International,
1947(?), 1955-66 |
| 12 | World Development and World Disarmament,
1953-63 |
| 13 | World Government and Disarmament,
1949 |
| 14 | Miscellaneous,
1941-64, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 19 | 1-6 | Correspondence,
1930-74, n.d. |
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| Publications and printed materials |
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| State and regional branches and conferences |
Box |
Folder |
| | 21 | 1 | California,
1938-65 |
| 8-10 | New York,
1930-67, n.d. |
| 11 | New York branches,
1937-64, n.d. |
| 12 | Pennsylvania,
1940-54, n.d. |
| 14 | New York Regional Conference,
1967 |
| 15 | Northeast Regional Conference,
1970-74, n.d. |
| 16 | Southern Regional Conference,
1966 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 22 | 1 | General,
1930-49 |
| 2 | Minute book for the board,
1936-40 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 22 | 3-7 | General,
1950-75, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 22a | 1 | Metropolitan Branch News Bulletin,
1957-71 |
| 2-3 | Northampton (Mass.) branch,
1959-70, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 23 | 1 | General,
1944-69, n.d. |
| 2 | Jane Addams Centennial,
1955-61, n.d. |
| 3 | Jane Addams Children's Book Award,
1964-67 |
| 4 | Jane Addams International Peace Fund,
1942-54 |
| 5 | Jane Addams Peace Association,
1964-75 |
| 6 | Jane Addams Peace Center,
1940, n.d. |
| 7 | Jane Addams Peace School,
1939-40 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 24 | 1-6 | Miscellaneous,
1930-75, n.d. |
Box |
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| | 25 |
| Photographs and posters (oversize box) |
Box |
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| | 26 |
| First Action, November 16th and I7th, 1980: Minutes, agendas, publicity, reports, and photocopies of photographs |
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| Second Action, November 16th and 17th, 1981: Proposals, minutes, publicity, reports, and songs |
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| Unity statements, flyers and other printed material, and mailing and contact lists |
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| Prison and civil disobedience: Lists, prison records, printed material, correspondence, statements, poems, and notes |
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| New York City Women's Pentagon Action: Flyers, mailings, articles, correspondence, and materials related to their involvement with Seneca Women's Peace Encampment |
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| "Not in our Name" action, New York City, November 18th and 19th, 1984: Minutes, reports, publicity, and responses to mailing |
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| Print media coverage of the first and second actions |
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| "Women Against the Pentagon," Nov 16-17, 1980: a documentary by Kate Donnelly (20 minute videotape) |
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
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| Poster: "The Bridge of Peace,"
n.d. |
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| Intemann, Eugenie: photograph of New York Normal School graduating class and photograph of Association Camp,
1909, 1963 |
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| Women's Pentagon Action: posters,
1981, n.d. |
BOOKS ON SHELF
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| Balch, Emily Greene. Approaches to the Great Settlement,
1918 |
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| Brittain, Vera. The Rebel Passion,
1964 |
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| Bussey, Gertrude and Margaret Tims. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1915-1965; a Record of Fifty Years' Work,
1965 |
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| Degen, Marie Louise. The History of the Woman's Peace Party,(reprint of 1939 ed.)
1974 |
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| Hadden, Maude Miner. Quest for Peace: Personal and Political,
1968 |
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| Report of the Conference on Cause and Cure of War, Washington, D.C., (2 vols.)
Jan 18-24, 1925 |
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