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American Union Against Militarism Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-004
Abstract In 1915 a group of New York pacifists and near-pacifists organized the "Anti-militarism Committee" to combat the war spirit of the time. Activities included lobbying, publishing, a lecture campaign, and the establishment of a Civil Liberties Bureau. The most notable achievements were the work in the successful effort to avert war with Mexico in 1916 and the encouragement of opposition to peacetime conscription following World War I. The office was raided by the government and American Union...
Dates: 1915 - 1922

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-011
Abstract

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana was a writer and pacifist who taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1912 until 1917. Dana lost his teaching post as an opponent of American participation in World War I. Dana continued to advocate civil liberties and the rights of conscientious objectors.

Dates: 1914-1950

Edward W. Evans Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-122
Abstract

Edward Wyatt Evans (1882-1976) was a lifelong member of the Germantown (Pennsylvania) Monthly Meeting and was active in the Friends Peace Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Evans was instrumental in the founding of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Fellowship of Reconcilation), and was the executive secretary from 1916-1919. During the 1920s, he was also active in educational and peace programs of the Society of Friends.

Dates: 1916-1922

Anna Melissa Graves Papers

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Identifier: SCPC-DG-015
Abstract

Anna Melissa Graves was a writer, teacher, world traveler, and internationalist. From the 1920s to the 1940s Graves traveled through Africa, Central and South America, China, Europe, and the Middle East. She taught school in many of these places and maintained a voluminous correspondence with the teachers, acquaintances, and former students she met on her travels.

Dates: 1919-1953

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Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 2
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Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 3
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 3
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 2
Eastman, Crystal, 1881-1928 2
Albizu Campos, Pedro, 1891-1965 1
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Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) 1
American Friends Reconstruction Unit 1
American Union Against Militarism 1
American Union Against Militarism. Civil Liberties Bureau 1
Angell, Norman, 1874-1967 1
Baer, Gertrude 1
Balabanoff, Angelica, 1878-1965 1
Barbusse, Henri, 1873-1935 1
Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952 1
Biddle, William Canby, 1864-1942 1
Bridges, Harry, 1901- 1
Brockway, Fenner, 1888-1988 1
Brown, A. Barratt 1
Browning, Hilda 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 1
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 1
Citizens Victory Committee for Harry Bridges 1
Civil Rights Congress (U.S.) 1
Clark, Roderic Kendall 1
Conference of All Friends (1920) (London, England) 1
Conference of Christian Pacifists 1
Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965 1
Dana, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1881-1950 1
Drevet, Camille 1
Dunn, Robert W. (Robert Williams), 1895- 1
Elderkin, Noble S. (Noble Strong), 1878-1966 1
Evans, Edward W. (Edward Wyatt), 1882-1976 1
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 1
Florence, Lella Secor, 1887-1966 1
Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947 1
Fuller, Walter G. 1
Gale, Zona, 1874-1938 1
Goicochea, E. J. 1
Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940 1
Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964 1
Grimes, Louis Arthur, 1883- 1
Hallinan, Charles T. 1
Hardin, Floyd, 1890-1974 1
Hartmann, George W. (George Wilfried), 1904-1955 1
Haya de la Torre, Víctor Raúl, 1895-1979 1
Hodgkin, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1877-1933 1
Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964 1
Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964 1
Hull, William I. (William Isaac), 1868-1939 1
Jones, Paul, 1880-1941 1
Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 1
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931 1
Kaufman, Abraham 1
Kelsey, Mary 1
Kohn, Hans, 1891-1971 1
League for Democratic Control (U.S.) 1
Ligt, Bart de, 1883-1938 1
Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 1
Lynch, Frederick, 1867-1934 1
Lévy, Blancy 1
Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Morgan, Angela 1
Mussey, Henry Raymond, 1875-1940 1
Nicholson, Vincent D. (Vincent De Witt), 1890-1945 1
Partido Aprista Peruano 1
Pennell, Anne Walton 1
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Peace Committee (1916-1933) 1
Rankin, Belle 1
Reynolds, Reginald, 1905-1958 1
Rolland, Marie Romain 1
Romero James, Concha 1
Royden, A. Maude (Agnes Maude), 1876-1956 1
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 1
Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948 1
Sforza, Carlo, conte, 1872-1952 1
Shelley, Rebecca, 1887-1984 1
Sidgwick, Ethel, 1877-1970 1
Smith, Rennie, b. 1888 1
Sánchez, Luis Alberto, 1900-1994 1
Thomas, Evan W. (Evan Welling), 1890-1974 1
Thomas, Wilbur K. (Wilbur Kelsey), 1882-1953 1
Vasconcellos, J. Leite de (José Leite), 1858-1941 1
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 1
Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940 1
Warbasse, James Peter, 1866-1957 1
Whitaker, Robert, 1863-1944 1
Wolfe, Bertram David, 1896-1977 1
Woods, Amy 1
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