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