People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace

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The People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace grew out of the First American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace, held in New York, May 1917. It was organized to work for an early and liberal peace at the end of the World War. It favored world organizations, and disapproved of conscription. Officers were Louis Lochner, Emily Greene Balch, Norman Thomas, and Lella Secor Florence.

From the description of Collection, 1917-1919. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 29197300

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referencedIn Papers of Mary Ware Dennett Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Burnquist, J. A. A. (Joseph Alfred Arner), 1879-1961. J. A. A. Burnquist papers, 1884-1961. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum. Magnes collection on Judah L. Magnes, 1870-2004. Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, Rabbi Morris Goldstein Library
referencedIn Emergency Peace Federation (U.S.). Collection, 1914-1917. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961. Emily Greene Balch papers, 1842-1979 1875-1961 (bulk) Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Magnes, Judah Leon, 1877-1948. Correspondence and reports, 1912-1919 [microform]. Brandeis University Library
creatorOf People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1917, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Correspondence and sermons, 1829-1867 [microform]. Brandeis University Library
referencedIn Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum. Magnes collection on Judah L. Magnes, 1870-2004. Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, Rabbi Morris Goldstein Library
referencedIn American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace. Collection, 1917. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
creatorOf People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace. Collection, 1917-1919. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Dennett, Mary Ware, 1872-1947. Papers: Series V, 1913-1945 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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Peace movements
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918
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