Emergency Peace Campaign (U.S.)

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Initiated in late 1935 by the American Friends Service Committee and other pacifists; originally planned as a two-year campaign to rally peace, religious, labor, African-American and student groups; aim was to organize a national campaign to promote peace principles in the face of preparation for war in Europe, and to keep the United States out of war; may have been preceded by the Emergency Peace Committee (1931-1933), though this has not been documented. The first EPC office opened in Feb. 1, 1936. Ray Newton served as Executive Director; other staff members were Baruch Braunstein, Harold Chance, and Kirby Page. The EPC disbanded at the end of 1937, its work continued by the National Peace Conference.

From the description of Records, 1935-1941 bulk, 1936-1937. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 21013188

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referencedIn National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.). Records, 1921-1975. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Portland League for Peace and Freedom. Records 1833-1940. Raymond H. Fogler Library
referencedIn Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Buffalo Branch. Elizabeth Olmsted Smith, 1910- papers, 1923-1975. SUNY at Buffalo, University at Buffalo
creatorOf Boeckel, Florence Brewer, b. 1885. [National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) pamphlets. Part 3]. Library of Congress
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Angela Morgan Papers, 1893-1957 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Harold J. Chance papers, 1938-1964 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
referencedIn Chase Kimball papers, 1906-1971 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Wisconsin Peace Council. Records, 1936-1937. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Kimball, Chase, 1902-. Chase Kimball papers, 1906-1971 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Emergency Peace Campaign (U.S.). Records, 1935-1938 [microform]. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
creatorOf Emergency Peace Campaign (U.S.). Records, 1935-1941 bulk, 1936-1937. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
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associatedWith Allen, Devere, 1891-1955, person
associatedWith Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961, person
associatedWith Brinton, Ellen Starr, 1886-1954, person
associatedWith Butler, Smedley D. 1881-1940, person
associatedWith Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957, person
associatedWith Chance, Harold J., 1898-1975 person
associatedWith Detzer, Dorothy, 1893-1981, person
associatedWith Douglas, Paul Howard, 1892- person
associatedWith Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963, person
associatedWith Eichelberger, Clark M. 1896-1980, person
associatedWith Fey, Harold E. 1898-1990, person
associatedWith Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969, person
correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
associatedWith Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964, person
associatedWith Hughan, Jessie Wallace, 1875-1955, person
associatedWith Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955, person
associatedWith Hull, Hannah Clothier, 1872-1958, person
associatedWith Johnson, Edwin C., person
associatedWith Kimball, Chase, 1902- person
associatedWith La Follette, Robert M. 1855-1925, person
associatedWith Libby, Frederick J. 1874-1970, person
associatedWith Mendenhall, William O., person
associatedWith Morgan, Angela, 1874-1957 person
associatedWith Mygatt, Tracy D. 1885-1973, person
associatedWith National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Newton, Ray, person
associatedWith Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971, person
associatedWith Olmsted, Mildred Scott, 1890-199, person
associatedWith Page, Kirby, 1890-1957, person
associatedWith Palmer, Albert W. 1879-1954, person
associatedWith Portland League for Peace and Freedom. corporateBody
associatedWith Rankin, Jeannette, person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, person
associatedWith Royden, A. Maude 1876-1956, person
associatedWith Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977, person
associatedWith Solt, Guy W., person
associatedWith Taft, Charles P. 1897-1983, person
associatedWith Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968, person
associatedWith Whitney, Norman J. 1891-1967, person
associatedWith Wilson, E. Raymond 1896-1987, person
associatedWith Wisconsin Peace Council. corporateBody
associatedWith Wise, Stephen S. 1874-1949, person
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Active 1941

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