Ernest Weidhaas anti-war collection, 1917-1953.

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Ernest Weidhaas anti-war collection, 1917-1953.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318916864

The papers consist of correspondence and publications concerning disarmament, conscientious objection, anti-militarism, the League of Nations, free speech, political prisoners (1917-1928), and non-intervention, anti-Nazism, the military draft, and war (1940-1953). There are documents from the American Union against Militarism (1917-1920), the American Civil Liberties Union (1921-1927), the National Council for the Prevention of War (1922-1953), and the America First Committee (1941). Periodicals include Peace News (1942-1944), The Catholic Worker (1943), The Reporter (1943), The Progressive (1944), and The National Record (1944-1945).

0.8 cubic feet.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Weidhaas, Ernest R., 1888-1974

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Ernest R. Weidhaas (July 29, 1888 - August 1974) was a mineralogist in Pelham Manor, New York. His son, Ernest R. Weidhaas, served on the engineering faculty at Penn State. From the description of Ernest Weidhaas anti-war collection, 1917-1953. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 318916864 ...

America First Committee

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Private organization to promote United States nonintervention in World War II. From the description of America First Committee records, 1940-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868195 ...

American Civil Liberties Union

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Founded in 1920 in New York City by Roger Baldwin and others; the ACLU was an outgrowth of the American Union Against Militarism's National Civil Liberties Bureau, which in 1920 changed its name to the American Civil Liberties Union. From the description of Collection, 1917- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 42740878 The Southern Women's Rights Project (SWRP) located in Richmond is affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union. The project deal...

American Union Against Militarism

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American Union Against Militarism (AUAM); founded in New York City in 1915 as the Anti-Militarism Committee; opposed militarism in World War I, defended conscientious objectors and civil liberties during the war, worked for a just and lasting peace, and opposed peacetime conscription after the war; also known at times as the Anti-Preparedness Committee, Truth About Preparedness Committee, American Union for a Democratic Peace, and the League for an American Peace; closed its offices early in 192...