Rose Dabney Forbes papers, 1902-1932.

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Rose Dabney Forbes papers, 1902-1932.

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Papers, 1902-1932, of Rose Dabney Forbes, a member of the peace movement from Milton, Mass. The papers consist of records collected by Rose Dabney Forbes as an officer of the Massachusetts Peace Society, the American Peace Society, the Massachusetts branch of the Woman's Peace Party (later the League for Permanent Peace), and the World Peace Foundation, including governance documents, meeting minutes, correspondence, printed materials, and addresses given by her and others. Henry S. Haskins, Jay William Hudson, James L. Tryon, and Edwin D. Mead were involved in one or more of Forbes' organizations and the papers include their correspondence and addresses. Topics of interest to the groups included the Panama Canal Act of 1912, the celebration of 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain, World War I, and the formation of the League of Nations.

3 boxes and 2 pamphlet boxes.

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Haskins, Henry Stanley, 1875-

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Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947

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Massachusetts Peace Society

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