Turn Toward Peace records, 1961-1970.

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Turn Toward Peace records, 1961-1970.

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Includes general organizational records; financial records, 1962-1966, meeting minutes, 1961-1967; program work, 1961-1966; records of Midwest Office (Chicago), 1965-1970, New England regional office, 1961-1967; also scattered records from the Western Area, West Coast Central Region, Pacific Central Region, Peace Center of Marin (California), Sacramento Peace Center, Pacific Northwest Region (Seattle), and Philadelphia area; also contains information about TTP conferences sponsored and literature developed.

2.7 linear ft.

Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7271348

Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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Gilmore, Robert Wallace, 1921-1988

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Pacifist and peace activist; Quaker; active in New York Friends Group, World Without War Council, Negotiation Now!, and many other organizations promoting peace and social change; affiliated with the American Friends Service Committee; married Joyce Mertz Gilmore; their personal convictions led them to be involved with and to grant funds for peace and civil rights initiatives and organizations. From the description of Robert Wallace Gilmore papers, 1960-1982. (Swarthmore College, Pea...

Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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Thomas Norman Mattoon, 1884-1968

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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968), was a leading American socialist, pacifist, author, and six-time presidential candidate on the Socialist Party of America ticket, between 1928 and 1948. Born in Marion, Ohio, he was a graduate of Princeton University, attended Union Theological Seminary, where he became a socialist, and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1911. Thomas opposed the United States' entry into the First World War, a position that earned him the disapproval of many in his soci...

Turn Toward Peace (Organization)

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Turn Toward Peace is a joint national effort of over 70 organizations working for a disarmed world under law, in which free societies can flourish. Organized in New York City in the early 1960's by Robert W. Gilmore. In 1966, Turn Toward Peace incorporated, and changed it's name to World Without War Council. At the time of it's disbanding, World Without War Council was headquartered in Berkeley, Calif., under the direction of Robert Pickus. From the description of Turn Toward Peace r...