Friends Peace and International Relations Committee collected materials, 1890-1976.

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Friends Peace and International Relations Committee collected materials, 1890-1976.

Collection consists primarily of printed material: form letters, minutes of meetings, newsletters, reports, news articles, and pamphlets.

15 linear in.

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Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends). Friends Peace Committee

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London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends). Friends Peace and International Relations Committee.

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Established June, 1888 as the Friends Peace Committee; formed in London as a joint committee of the Meeting for Sufferings and the Women's Yearly Meeting Committee of the London Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers); first led by Henry Richard (1812-1888) to "speak as Christians to our fellow Christians" and to remind Quakers of Friends' heritage of the peace testimony; involved in all aspects of Friends' peace work, including efforts against conscription, in favor of inte...