Records, 1828-1947
Historical Introduction
Scope and Contents
The material in the APS Collection consists of meeting minutes and annual reports, official correspondence and documents, as well as pamphlets and periodicals published by the APS. Of particular note are the early pamphlets, especially The Friend of Peace... written by Noah Worcester under the pseudonym Philo Pacificus. The largest group of documents within the APS Collection are the personal papers of Benjamin Franklin Trueblood [BFT] (1847-1916), General Secretary of the Society from 1892 to 1915, and those of his daughter and secretary, Lyra Trueblood Wolkins. This material consists of correspondence, articles, addresses and memorabilia from 1892-1925.
Checklist
BOX 1 (1828-1845) See Microfilm Reel 68:1
"The Sword: or Christmas Presents" by Philanthropos (Boston)
"Appeal to American Christians, on the Practice of War" by Pacificus (Executive Committee, APS, New York)
Causes and Evils of Contentions Unveiled in Letters to Christians by Noah Worcester (Boston)
"A Dissertation on a Congress of Nations" by Philanthropos (2nd edition, APS)
"Eighth Annual Report of the American Peace Society, Presented at the Meeting in New York, May, 1836"
"The Peace Reform: A Sketch of Its Aims, Means and Measures" (circa 1836?, APS, Boston) [see microfilm reel 68:3]
"Ninth Report of the American Peace Society, Read at its Annual Meeting in New York, May 11, 1837"
"Obstacles and Objections to the Cause of Permanent and Universal Peace Considered" by A Layman (APS, Boston)
"Tenth Annual Report "
"The Duty of Ministers With Respect to the Cause of Peace" (reprint from Advocate of Peace 2:11)
"The Duty of Women to Promote the Cause of Peace" by Philanthropos (Tract No. 3, APS, Boston)
"Eulogy on William Ladd, Late President of the American Peace Society" by George C. Beckwith (APS, Boston)
"War and Christianity: An Address Before the American Peace Society on the Fourteenth Anniversary in Boston, Mass.,
"The Nature and Influence of War: An Address Delivered Before the American Peace Society at its Annual Meeting, May 29, 1843"by Andrew P. Peabody (APS, Boston)
"Thoughts on Peace and War: An Address Delivered Before the American Peace Society at its Annual Meeting, May 27, 1844" by Walter Channing, M.D. (APS, Boston)
"An Address Delivered Before the American Peace Society at its Annual Meeting, May 26, 1845" by Wiliam Jay (APS, Boston)
"The Principles of Peace Exemplified in the Conduct of the Society of Friends in Ireland During the Rebellion of the Year 1798" by Thomas Hancock (APS, Boston), 1843;
Essay on a Congress of Nations by John A. Bolles (Boston), 1834;
Essay on a Congress of Nations by Thomas C. Upham, n.d.;
Essay on a Congress of Nations by A Friend of Peace, n.d. [books not microfilmed]
BOX 2 (1846-1866) See Microfilm Reel 68:1
"Dymond on War" or "Causes of War" by Jonathan Dymond (No. LVII, APS, Boston)
The Peace Manual: or War and its Remedies by George C. Beckwith (APS, Boston) [3 copies; one from the library of Devere Allen]
Articles of Incorporation
"An Address, Delivered Before the American Peace Society, Boston, May, 1848" by Orville Dewey (APS, Boston)
"Address Before the American Peace Society" by Charles Sumner
Peace petition by Charles Beckwith, 11/12/1849
Fundraising letter by Charles Beckwith
The War With Mexico Reviewed by Abiel Abbot Livermore (APS, Boston)
"An Address Delivered Before the American Peace Society, May 26th, 1851" by Rufus W. Clark (APS, Boston)
"Christ the Pacificator: An Address Delivered Before the American Peace Society at its Annual Meeting, May 24th, 1852" by Rev. Frederick D. Huntington (APS, Boston)
"Progress and Prospects of Peace: The Report and Other Proceedings of the American Peace Society at its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Held in Boston, Monday Evening, May 23, 1853" (APS, Boston); Advocate of Peace Dec. 1853
"The War System of the Commonwealth of Nations: An Address Delivered Before the American Peace Society at its Anniversary, May 28, 1849" by Hon. Charles Sumner (APS, Boston), 1854
"Tendencies of the Age to Peace: An Address Delivered Before the American Peace Society at its Twenty-Sixth Anniversary in Boston, May 29, 1854" by William H. Allen (APS, Boston);
Advocate of Peace 11:1 (January) [two copies], 11:2 (February), 11:4 (April), 11:7 (September), 11:11 (November), 11:12 (December)
"Peace Principles Applied, or, Measures for Perpetual Peace Between England and America" (APS, Boston)
"The Eastern War an Argument for the Cause of Peace: An Address Before the American Peace Society at its Twenty-Seventh Anniversary, May 28, 1855" by Hon. William Jay (APS, Boston)
Advocate of Peace 11:1 [12:1] (January)
"Lessons of Peace from the Crimean War: Annual Report of the American Peace Society Together With Speeches and Other Proceedings at its Twenty-Eighth Anniversary" (APS, Boston)
"Peace Will Triumph: Address Before the American Peace Society at its Twenty-Ninth Anniversary, Held in Boston, May 25, 1857" by Rufus P. Stebbins (APS, Boston)
"Peace Better Than War: "Address Delivered Before the American Peace Society at its Thirtieth Anniversary, Held in the City of Boston, May 24, 1858" by Hon. Gerritt Smith (APS, Boston)
"An Address Delivered Before the American Peace Society, in Park Street Church, Boston, May 28, 1860" by Samuel J. May (APS, Boston)
- Printed Matter, 1861:
"Thirty-Third Anniversary of the American Peace Society, in Boston, May 21st, 1861" (APS: Boston)
"System of Means in Peace, or, the Chief Instrumentalities Employed in the Cause of Peace" (No. 72, APS, Boston)
"The Suicidal Folly of the War-System: An Address Before the American Peace
BOX 3 (1867-1908) See Microfilm Reel 68:1-2
"Lesssons From Our Late Rebellion: An Address Delivered at the Anniversary of
"The Duel Between France and Germany, With Its Lessons to Civilization: Lecture" by Hon. Charles Sumner (APS, Boston)
The Grandeur of Nations: An Oration by Charles Sumner [delivered July 4, 1845] (APS, Boston) [not microfilmed]
"A Confession of Faith in Peace Principles Read Before the Christian Conference, Held in Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, October, 1876" by Prof. Edward A. Lawrence
"Peace and Arbitration Topics, Suggested for Essays and Discussions in Debating Societies, Schools, and Colleges" (APS, Boston) [from library of Devere Allen]
"The Paris Peace Congress" with addresses by Hon. Robert Treat Paine, Rev. Rowland B. Howard, Rev. A.A. Miner, and Francis B. Gilman given October 6, 1889 (APS, Boston)
"Annual Report...for the Year 1889-1890" by Rev. R.. Howard (APS, Boston)
"The Coming Peace: Oration Delivered Before the City Council and Citizens of Boston on the One Hundred and Fifteenth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1891" by Josiah Quincy (APS, Boston)
The World's Columbian Exposition: Memorial for International Arbitration [not microfilmed];
"International Arbitration: Its Present Status and Prospects" by BFT (from speech given 07/21/1894) [not microfilmed]
"The Old Testament and War" by George Gillet (APS, Boston)
"The Nation's Responsibility for Peace" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"William Penn's Holy Experiment in Civil Government" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"The United States and International Arbitration" by Prof. John Bassett Moore (APS, Boston)
"An Essay Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe by William Penn, First Published in 1693-1694" (APS, Boston) [not microfilmed];
"Perpetual Peace: A Philosophic Essay by Immanuel Kant published in 1795" translated by BFT (APS, Boston) [not microfilmed]
"The War System: Its History, Tendency and Character, in the Light of Civilization and Religion" by Rev. Reuen Thomas (APS, Boston)
"The Nation's Responsibility for Peace" by BFT (APS, Boston);
"The Old Diplomacy, Arbitration and the Permanent Tribunal" by Edward Everett Hale (APS, Boston)
"Nationalism and Internationalism...or...Mankind One Body" by George Dana Boardman (3rd edition, APS, Boston)
"The Christian Attitude Toward War in the Light of Recent History" by Rev. Alexander Mackennal (APS, Boston)
"A French Plea for Limitation of Naval Expenses" by Baron d'Estournelles de Constant (APS, Boston)
"The Two Hague Conferences and Their Results: The Conference of 1899" (APS, Boston)
"The Permanent International Court of Arbitration: The Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes" (APS, Boston) [not microfilmed]
"Organize the World!" by Edwin D. Mead (includes essays "Kant's 'Eternal Peace'" and Charles Sumner's More Excellent Way," circa 1899?, APS, Boston) [see microfilm reel 68:3]
"The International Peace Conference at The Hague" by BFT (New England Magazine 20:6), August 1899 [see microfilm reel 68:5 or 6]
"The Present Position of the International Peace Movement" by BFT (circa 1900?, APS, Boston) [see microfilm reel 68:3]
"War: Unncessary and Unchristian" by Augustine Jones (3rd edition, APS, Boston)
newsclipping "Proposition to Elect Mr. Andrew Carnegie Vice President of the Peace Society" (Boston Journal ), 05/10/1900
"War From the Christian Point of View" by Ernest Howard Crosby (APS, Boston)
"The Historic Development of the Peace Idea" by BFT (published by the author, Boston)
"The Right and Wrong in Our Civil War" by An Old Soldier (reprint from Advocate of Peace), September 1903
"Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the American Peace Society: The Growth of International Arbitration and Peace" (APS, Boston)
"Resolutions Relative to the Establishment of an International Congress"; newsclipping "An International Peace Council" (New London Daily Globe), 02/05/1903
"A Solemn Review of the Custom of War [First Published on Christmas Day 1814]" by Noah Worcester (APS, Boston)
"The Menace of the Navy" (APS, Boston)
"Bethink Yourselves: Tolstoy's Letter on the Russo-Japanese War" (APS, Boston); "A Primer of the Peace Movement" by Lucia Ames Mead (8th edition revised, APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Seventy-Seventh Annual Report" (APS, Boston)
"Passive Resistance: Jesus' Method of Government" by Algernon S. Crapsey (from chapter 4 of Religion and Politics; APS, Boston)
"The Christ of the Andes: The Story of the Erection of the Great Peace Monument on the Andean Boundary Between Chile and Argentina" (APS, Boston)
"Anglo-Franco-German Alliance -- A Guarantee of Peace: A Suggestion to Mr. Carnegie" by Robert Stein (reprint from Advocate of Peace), July 1905
"International Arbitration at the Opening of the Twentieth Century" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"The Absurbities of Militarism" by Ernest H. Crosby (APS, Boston)
"A Primer of the Peace Movement" by Lucia Ames Mead (revised, APS, Boston)
"Seventy-Eighth Annual Report" (APS, Boston); "Nationalism and Internationalism: or Mankind One Body" by George Dana Boardman (3rd edition, APS, Boston)
"International Arbitration at the Opening of the Twentieth Century" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"William Penn's Holy Experiment in Civil Government" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"The War System: Its History, Tendency and Character in the Light of Civilization and Religion" (4th edition, APS, Boston)
"Washington's Anti-Militarism (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The First Hague Conferences and its Results" (reprint from Advocate of Peace), April 1906
"The Historic Development of the Peace Idea" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"The Teaching of History in the Public Schools with Reference to War and Peace: Report of a Committee of Three Appointed by the American Peace Society" (APS, Boston)
"The Teaching of History in the Public Schools with Reference to War and Peace: Report of a Committee of Three Appointed by the American Peace Society" (2nd edition, APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Membership List" (APS, Boston); "Seventy-Ninth Annual Report" (APS, Boston)
"The Interparliamentary Union and Its Work" (APS, Boston)
"War: Unnecessary and Unchristian" by Augustine Jones (4th edition, APS, Boston)
"The Absurdities of Militarism" by Ernest H. Crosby (3rd edition, APS, Boston)
"Teaching Patriotism and Justice" by Lucia Ames Mead (APS, Boston)
"The Cost of War" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"A Periodic Congress of the Nations" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"The Limitation of Armaments: The Position of the United States at the Hague Conference" by Edwin D. Mead (APS, Boston)
Advocate of Peace 69:6
"The Conditions of Peace Between the East and the West" by J.H. DeForest
BOX 4 (1909-1918) See Microfilm Reel 68:2-3
"Eighty-First Annual Report" (APS, Boston); "Arbitration, But Not Armaments" by William I. Hull (APS, Boston)
"The Case for Limitation of Armaments" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"International Arbitration at the Opening of the Twentieth Century" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"The Mission of the United States of America in the Cause of Peace" by Hon. David J. Brewer (APS, Boston)
"A Primer of the Peace Movement" by Lucia Ames Mead (7th edition, APS, Boston)
miscellaneous
"Christ and the Andes..." (5th edition, APS, Boston); "Educational Organizations Promoting International Friendship" by Lucia Ames Mead (International School of Peace, Boston)
"The Historic Development of the Peace Idea" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"Militarism as a Cause of the High Cost of Living" (APS, Boston
"Mission and International Peace" by Rev. Charles E. Jefferson (APS, Boston)
"Women in the Peace Movement" (reprint from Advocate of Peace), February 1910
"The Proposed High Court of Nations" by James L. Tryon (APS, Boston)
"New England Arbitration and Peace Congress: Report of the Proceedings, Hartford and New Britain, Connecticut, May 8-10, 1910" edited by James L. Tryon (APS, Boston)
"The Interparliamentary Union and Its Work" by James L.Tryon (APS, Boston) [not microfilmed]
"Eighty-Third Annual Report" (APS, Washington, D.C.); "Program, Third National Peace Congress, Baltimore, May 3-6, 1911"
"Movement for World-Wide Peace: The American Peace Society Organizing Branches in Maine and New Hampshire, Interview with the New England Secretary" [James L. Tryon] (APS, Boston)
"A World Treaty of Arbitration" by James L. Tryon (APS, Boston); "The Cost of War" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"Eighty-Fourth Annual Report" (APS, Washington, D.C.); "Christ and the Andes..." (6th edition, APS, Boston)
"The International Mind" by Nicholas Murray Butler (APS, Boston)
"An Essay Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe by William Penn First Published in 1693-1694" (APS, Boston)
"The Moral Damage of War to the School Child" by Rev. Walter Walsh (APS, Washington, D.C.)
Board of Directors meeting minutes, 12/06/1912
miscellaneous
"Eighty-Fifth Annual Report" (APS, Washington, D.C.); The Historic Development of the Peace Idea" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"The Monroe Doctrine and the International Court" by William I. Hull (APS, Boston)
"The Department of Organization and Propaganda of the American Peace Society" [annual report of the executive director] by Arthur Deerin Call (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"A Primer of the Peace Movement" by Lucia Ames Mead (8th edition, APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Eighty-Sixth Annual Report" (APS, Washington, D.C.); "The Century of Anglo- American Peace" by James L. Tryon (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Christ and the Andes..." (7th edition, APS, Washington, D.C.
"The Doom of War" by Arthur Deerin Call (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The Forces That Failed and the Burdens of the Nations" by Thomas Edward Green (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The History of the American Peace Society and Its Work: The Growth of International Arbitration and Peace" (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The Palace of Peace at The Hague" (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Peace on Earth: An Exercise Suitable for Schools, Sunday Schools, and Christian Endeavor Societies" (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The Century of Anglo-American Peace" by James L. Tryon (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Some Recent Developments of the Organized Peace Movement in America" by Authur Deerin Call
"The Two Hague Conferences and Their Results" by BFT (reprint, APS, Washington, D.C.)
"William Penn's Holy Experiment in Civil Government" by BFT (reprint, APS, Washington, D.C)
miscellaneous
"Eighty-Seventh Annual Report" (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"William Penn's Holy Experiment in Civil Government" by BFT (reprint, APS, Washington, D.C)
"The War in Europe and Its Lessons for Us" by William Jennings Bryan (APS, Washington, D.C)
"Eighteenth of May: History of Its Observance as Peace Day" (APS, Washington, D.C)
"A Primer of the Peace Movement" by Lucia Ames Mead (9th edition, APS, Washington, D.C.)
"California Press on Anti-Alien Land Legislation" (Northern California Peace Society, Berkeley)
"Peace Conferences and Peace" by Dr. Thomas Edward Green (reprint from Woman's National Weekly), 04/03/1915
platform and program for the International Peace Congress, San Francisco, California, October 10-12, 1915, co-sponsored by the AP
"Suggestions and Bibliography for Program for Peace Day, 1915" (The Chicago Peace Society and the Arts Committee of the Woman's Peace Party, Chicago, Illinois) [not microfilmed]
miscellaneous
"Eighty-Eighth Annual Report (APS, Washington, D.C)
"The Doom of War" by Arthur Deerin Call (revised, APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The Way to Permanent Peace" by William Atherton Dupuy (APS, Washington, D.C)
"A Pacifist Program for Preparedness" by Lucia Ames Mead (APS, Washington, D.C); Statement of Arthur D. Call before Committee on Naval Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, 03/13/1916
"War With Japan?" by Dr. Thomas E. Green (APS, Washington, D.C)
"War and Children" by Alexander Fichandler (APS, Washington, D.C)
"Wanted: Aggressive Pacifism" by Louis P. Lochner (APS, Washington, D.C)
"Military Training in Schools" by Lucia Ames Mead (APS, Washington, D.C)
"Military Training in Our Public Schools: Twelve Objections" by Robert Cromwell Root (APS, San Francisco, California)
"The Patriotic Duty Facing the Americas" (APS, Washington, D.C.) [not microfilmed]
miscellaneous
"Eighty-Ninth Annual Report" (APS, Washington, D.C)
"The Gradual Rise of a Constructive Pacifism: Statement of the President to the Directors" by George Kirchwey (APS, Washington, D.C)
"Why Not War"
"'Cumber and Entanglements'" by Arthur Deerin Call (APS, Washington, D.C)
"International Reorganization" by Alpheus H. Snow (APS, Washington, D.C)
"The Organization of International Justice" by James Brown Scott (APS, Washington, D.C)
"International Legislation and Administration" by Alpheus Henry Snow (APS, Washington, D.C)
miscellaneous
"The 'Conscientious Objector' and the Principle of International Defense" by Julia Grace Wales (APS, Washington, D.C)
"The War for Peace: The Present War as Viewed by Friends of Peace" compiled by Authur D. Call (War Informaion Series 14), March 1918
"A Governed World" by Robert Cromwell Root (APS, Washington, D.C)
miscellaneous
BOX 5 (1919-1947; undated) See Microfilm Reel 68:3
"Ninety-First Annual Report" (APS, Washington, D.C.) [not microfilmed]
"Suggestive Memoranda for The Honorable Commissioners to Negotiate Peace, Paris" (APS, Washington, D.C.) [French version available as well]
"Thinking It Through in Paris" (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Synopsis of Plans for International Organization" by Charles H. Levermore (APS, Washington, D.C.) miscellaneous
"The Will to End War" by Arthur Deerin Call (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"A Coercive League Contrary to the Teachings of American History" by Theodore Stanfield (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Ninety-Third Annual Report" (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The Divided State of Europe and the United States of America" by Theodore Stanfield (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Is Justice Our Great Word" by Charles F. Dole (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The Development of Modern Diplomacy" by James Brown Scott (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"America and the League of Nations" by Hon. George Wharton Pepper (APS, Washington, D.C.)
miscellaneous
"Ninety-Fourth Annual Report" (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The Federal Convention of 1787: An International Conference Adequate to Its Purpose" by Arthur Deerin Call (APS, Washington, D.C.)
miscellaneous
"Ninety-Fifth Annual Report" [not on microfilm]
"The Interparliamentary Union" by Arthur Deerin Call (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Ninety-Sixth Annual Report" (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Immanuel Kant and International Policies" by William Ernest Hocking (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"War: An Address Before the American Peace Society at the Odeon, Boston, Massachusetts, in 1838, by Ralph Waldo Emerson" (reprint, APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The Will to End War" by Arthur Deerin Call (APS, Washington, D.C.)
miscellaneous
"Ninety-Seventh Annual Report" [not microfilmed]
"The Development of International Law" by Charles Evans Hughes (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Needed a Worthy Memorial to James Madison" by Arthur Deerin Call (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Purpose/Program/Record" (APS, Washington, D.C.)
miscellaneous
"One Hundredth Annual Report" [not microfilmed]
Program, etc. for American Peace Society Centennial, Cleveland, Ohio, May 7-11, 1928
typescript "Report of Commission on International Implications of Education Presented Friday Morning, May 11, at Meeting of Delegates of World Conference on International Justice"
"A Century of the American Peace Movement" by Edwin D. Mead (Unity) 05/28/1928
"The Advocate of Peace: A Little History" by M.S. Call (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Should Any National Dispute Be Reserved From Arbitration?" by Jackson H. Ralston (3rd edition, APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Three Facts of American Foreign Policy" by Arthur Deerin Call (2nd edition, APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Exercises Commemorating One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of the Birth of William Ladd and the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Foundation of the American Peace Society Held Under the Auspices of the State of Maine," Minot Centre, Maine, July 21, 1928
miscellaneous
"Peace Agencies in the United States" (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Calendar Reform and World Peace" by Meredith N. Stiles (APS, Washington, D.C.)
newsclipping "Peace Society Asks Backing For Hoover" (New York Times) 11/24/1929
"Nationality" by James Brown Scott (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"A Membership Referendum: Should the United States of America Join the Permanent Court of International Justice?" (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"George Washington and the Cooperation of States" by M.W.S. Call (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The Interparliamentary Union" by Dr. Charles L. Lange (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Force and World Peace" by Arthur Deerin Call (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"Ukraine's Case for Independence" by Alexander A. Granovsky (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The International Labor Organization in the World Crisis" by John G. Winant
"Institute on World Organization" by Laura Puffer Morgan and Jan Hostie (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"The Cause of Peace" (No. 1)
"A Sketch of War: What It Is, and What It Does" (No. 2)
"The Russian Campaign, or Specimens of War Among Nominal Christians in the Nineteenth Century" (No. 10)
"Union in Peace, or The Basis of Co-Operation in the Cause of Peace" by George C. Beckwith (No. 11)
"War Unlawful Under the Christian Dispensation" by Joseph John Gurney (No. 17)
"Arbitration As a Substitute for War, Addressed Especially to Rulers" (No. 29)
"War Unchristian" (No. 32)
"A Solemn Review of War" by Noah Worcester (No. 36)
"Safety of Pacific Principles" by George C. Beckwith (No. 40)
"Solemn Appeal to All Christians in Favor of Peace" by William Ladd (No. 43)
"United States Navy: What Is Its Use?" by Samuel E. Coues" (No. 47)
"Peace and Goverment" by George C. Beckwith (No. 49)
"Plain Sketches of War" by R.P. Stebbins (No. 53)
"War and Missions, or Peace Auxiliary to the World's Conversion" by George C. Beckwith (No. 56)
"A Plea With Christians for the Cause of Peace" (APS, Boston), circa 1850s?
"A Sketch of the Peace Cause, or a Brief Exposition of the American Peace Society (APS, Boston), circa 1850s?
"How to Prevent Rebellion" by George C. Beckwith, circa 1870s?
"A Voice From the Sandwich Islands" by Rev. Titus Coan (APS, Boston)
"Poor Harry or the Terrible Exigencies of War" (APS, Boston)
"The Cherry Festival of Naumburg" (Letter Leaflet No. 4, APS, Boston)
"The Logic of War" by Katrina Trask (Letter Leaflet No. 5, APS, Boston)
"Woman and War" by Ernest Howard Crosby (Letter Leaflet No. 6, APS, Boston)
"Coals of Fire" (Letter Leaflet No. 7, APS, Boston)
"The Coming Reform: The Absurdities of Old Fashioned Militarism at Home and Abroad in These Closing Years of the Nineteenth Century; A Woman's Word" by Mary Elizabeth Blake (APS, Boston)
"The Boy's Brigade: Its Character and Tendencies" by BFT (APS, Boston), post-1883
"The Successes and Failures of the Second Hague Conference" by BFT (APS, Boston)
"Success of Arbitration" (APS, Boston), post-1893
"Economic Facts for Practical People" (APS, Boston)
"Women and War" by Grace Isabel Colbron" (APS, Boston)
"La Societe Americaine de la Paix" (Jean Wilson et Fils, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
"Hymns for the Peace Crusade" (APS, Boston)
"Teaching Patriotism in the Public Schools" by Lucia Ames Mead (APS, Boston)
"What is a Pacifist?" by George W. Kirchwey
"Military Drill in Schools" by W. Evans Darby (APS, Boston)
"Should Any National Dispute Be Reserved From Arbitration?" by Hon. Jackson H. Ralston (2nd edition, APS, Washington, D.C.)"
"The Churches and the Peace Movement" by James L. Tryon (APS, Washington, D.C.)
"A Truce for the Toilers" by Amanda M. Hicks (APS, Washington, D.C.)
miscellaneous
A.P.S. Bulletin , April 1945, May 1945, September 1945)
World Affairs Bulletin Vol. 1:2-2:3, January 1946, March 1947-March 1948
"Compulsory Military Training in Our Schools: Why Not?" by Robert Cromwell Root (APS, San Francisco, California), post-1916
"Military Training in Our Public Schools: Twelve Objections" by Robert Cromwell Root (2nd edition, APS, San Francisco, California), 1916
"The Statue of Peace" by Katrina Trask (APS, Washington, D.C.)
1914-1915 Christmas card from BFT and Sarah Trueblood
"Peace the Keynote of the Orient" by BFT (Illustrated Bulletin of the Persian-American Educational Society 1:5), 1912
"Germany and South America" by BFT; "Peace Work in America" ( APS, Boston), 1916
BOX 6 (1893-1947) See Microfilm Reel 68:3-4
BOX 7 (1893-1947) See Microfilm Reel 68:5
Includes copy of APS leaflet re: resolutions on world peace, 1909
announcement of speech on "Our Nation's Responsibility for Ending Great Britain's South Africa War by Arbitration" by BFT, 01/14/1902
BOX 8 (1893-1947) See Microfilm Reel 68:5-6
BOXES 9 (1910-1947) See Microfilm Reel 68:6
Includes typescript of letter from Hans Eckstein re: his aunt's death, 10/24/1947; biographical sketch of Anna B. Eckstein
BOX 10 See Microfilm Reel 68:6
BOX 11 See Microfilm Reel 68:6
Includes letter to G. Hellings from Lord Palmerston, 04/23/1845; letter to BFT from John Stuart Mill, 03/17/1871
correspondence to Elizabeth Woodman from Senator Rush D. Holt, 1939-1940)
envelope of peace medals [removed to Memorabilia Collection]
5 peace flags [removed to Memorabilia Collection]
poster and petition scroll from 1899 Hague Conference [removed to Oversize Documents] [only descriptions of this material have been microfilmed]
BOX 12 (1875-1936) See Microfilm Reel 68:6-7
BOX 13-14 [material incorporated into one box], 1886-1915 See Microfilm Reel 68:8-9
BOX 15 See Microfilm Reels 68:9-10
list of delegates to Universal Peace Congress, London, England, 1890
letters to and from [transcriptions] BFT, 1890-1891
hand-written sermons (by BFT?)
"Le Christianisme et la Guerre: L'Example et l'Enseignement de Christ" by BFT
newsclippings
Includes delegate ticket of BFT to 19th Universal Peace Congress, Geneva, Switzerland, September 22-28, 1912
promotional flyer for BFT's book Development of the Peace Idea and Other Essays; transcriptions of letters to Lyra Trueblood Wolkins from BFT, 1914-1915
handwritten notes (by BFT?) on "Lectures on Practical Ethics"
transcription of sermon notes by BFT on "Conditions of Friends in New England, and Their Work"
The American Friend 51:14/32:14 (07/13/1944)
The Prophet of Blue River: A Sketch of the Life of Elwood Trueblood by Edith M. Winder [not microfilmed]
"The Boys' Brigade: Its Character and Tendencies" by BFT (Peace Society, London)
"The Outlook for Peace" by BFT, 1899
"Ministers' Meeting of Protest Against Atrocities in the Philippines" (includes remarks by BFT), 05/22/1902
"Righteousness and War" by BFT
"Creeds and Conferences" by BFT, (William G. Hubbard & Co., Columbus, Ohio), 1888
membership certificates of BFT
sermon/lecture notes of BFT ("The Cure for War"; "He Is Risen"; "Peace Address at Plainfield," 09/18/1895
"The Law of God Among the Nations"
"The Peacemakers"
"Christian Patriotism"
"Immediate Practical Needs of the Church and Its Work," 05/30/1900
"Condition of Friends in New England and Their Work"; etc.)
calling cards and Christmas cards
"The Golden Rule in International Affairs" by BFT, read at the Peace Conference of the Churches, Glasgow, Scotland, 09/09/1901
"L'Opera Per La Pace In America" [prepared by] BFT (Societa Internazionale Per La Pace, Milan, Italy), 1906
material on peace symbols
miscellaneous
BOX 16 See Microfilm Reel 68:10-11
postcard with photograph of South Hall
"My Young Friends of the Graduating Class" by BFT, delivered circa 1871
"Souvenir of Raisin Valley Seminary, Near Adrian, Mich., Semi-Centennial Anniversary: A Brief History of Its Origins as a Friends Boarding School in 1850 to June Twenty-Second, 1900"
reminiscences about BFT
biographical information on whole life of BFT
reminiscences about BFT
The Penn Chronicle 11:7, 04/15/1896
Penn College Bulletin 7:6, November 1916 (Trueblood memorial number)
miscellaneous
master's degree thesis "St. Paul's Life and Letters," 1876
"graduating oration "The Inner Life," 1869
miscellaneous
Calling cards
wood-block photograph plates of Sarah Trueblood and Blue River Meeting House[removed to Memorabilia Collection]
steel plate for photograph of BFT [removed to Memorabilia Collection]
BOX 17 See Microfilm Reel 68:11
book reviews of The Federation of the World by BFT
poem "To John G. Whittier" composed by BFT, 1892, and other of his poems
newsclippings re: Friends Meeting House in Boston, Massachusetts
newsclippings re: BFT
newsclippings of addresses by BFT
miscellaneous
clippings of poems, articles and addresses by or about BFT
clippings of articles by BFT ("Lessons of Travel" No. 1-12, May-September 1886
"Four Days in California, November 1887
"Christ's Mind in Education," June 1885
"The Temptation of Scholars," June 1889
"At Sea," July 1890
"In And About Paris," September 1890)
BOX 18 See Microfilm Reels 68:11-12
BOX 19 (1915-1941) See Microfilm Reels 68:12
BOX 20 See Microfilm Reels 68:12-13
"Universal Peace" (W.C.T.U., Evanston, Illinois)
"A Stated International Congress" (American Peace Society), 1903
"A Regular International Congress as a Council of Peace"
"The Outlook for International Peace"
"The Hague Convention Extending the Principles of the Red Cross Convention"
"The Twentieth-Century Friend and His Bible School" (Bible School Board, New York Yearly Meeting of Friends), 1895
"How the Sunday Schools May Aid the Peace Movement" (APS, Boston), 1907
"International Arbitration: Its Present Status and Prospects," 1894
"Peace Work in America" (APS, Boston), 1906
"The Ideal Education and the Ideal College" (The American Friend Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1898
"History of the American Peace Society and Its Work: The Growth of International Arbitration and Peace" (APS, Washington, D.C.), 1914
"The Golden Rule in International Affairs" (The Peace Society, London, England), 1901
"The Outlook for Peace" (reprint from The Coming Age), 1899
"The Permanent International Court of Arbitration: The Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes" (APS, Boston), 1899
"Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the American Peace Society: The Growth of International Arbitration and Peace" (APS, Boston), 1903
"The Two Hague Conferences and Their Results" (APS, Washington, D.C.), 1914
"The Christ of the Andes: The Story of the Erection of the Great Peace Monument on the Andean Boundary Between Chile and Argentina" (6th and 7th editions, APS, Washington, D.C.), 1912, 1914
"International Arbitration at the Opening of the Twentieth Century" (APS, Washington, D.C.), 1914
"The Successes and Failures of the Second Hague Conference" (APS, Boston)
"The First Hague Conference and Its Results" (APS, Boston), 1906
"The Historic Development of the Peace Idea" (APS, Washington, D.C.), 1913
translation of "Perpetual Peace: A Philosophic Essay" by Immanuel Kant (APS, Boston), 1897
"William Penn's Holy Experiment in Civil Government" (APS, Boston), 1895
"Eighty-Fifth Annual Report" (APS, Washington, D.C.), 1913
"The Cost of War" (APS, Washington, D.C.), 1914
"International Morality"
"The Breaking Down of National Boundaries," 1911
"The Military Condition of Europe," 1891
"The Friends Not Philosophical Anarachists"
"Emerson and the Inner Light"
"Religious Education: Its Necessity and Aims," 1905
"Among the Foundations," 1899
"The Hague Conference and the Future of Arbitration," 1906
"The Strength of the Peace Movement"
"The Hague Conferences and the Future of Arbitration," 1906
"Is the Day of Peace Dawning," 1911
book review of Le Droit des Gens en Marche vers la Paix et la Guerre de Tripoli, 1913
"The Story of the Peace Movement," 1908
"The Peace Movement: What Ministers May Do"
"The International Peace Conference at The Hague," 1899
"War A Thing of the Past"
"The United States, Great Britain and International Arbitration," 1896
"Mohonk and Its Conferences," 1897
"Friends in Public Affairs"
"A Reminiscence of Charles Sumner"
BOX 21 Not Microfilmed
The Friend of Peace 1:1-12(Joseph T. Buckingham, Boston)
A Solemn Review of the Custom of War Showing That War is the Effect of Popular Delusion and Proposing a Remedy by Philo Pacificus (5th edition, Hilliard and Metcalf, Cambridge, Massachusetts), 1816
"Sixth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Peace Society," ca. 1821-1822
The Friend of Peace: Containing a Special Interview Between the President of the United States and Omar, An Officer Dismissed for Duelling
Six Letters from Omar to the President
With a Reivew of the Power Assumed by Rulers Over the Laws of God and the Lives of Men, in Making War, and Omar's Solitary Reflections, The Whole Reported by Philo Pacificus" [i.e.The Friend of Peace 1:1-12] (Kimber and Sharless, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1816
The Friend of Peace 2:1-12 (Hilliard and Metcalf, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
The Friend of Peace, In a Series of Numbers
Together With A Solemn Review of the Custom of War, as an Introduction to Said Work by Philo Pacificus [contains Solemn Review and The Friend of Peace 1:1-7] (Isaac Stevens), 1817 [3 copies]
The Friend of Peace, In a Series of Numbers; Together With A Solemn Review of the Custom of War, as an Introduction to Said Work by Philo Pacificus [contains Solemn Review; The Friend of Peace 1:1-7] (Ansel Phelps, Greenfield, Massachusetts), 1817
The Friend of Peace, In a Series of Numbers; Together With A Solemn Review of the Custom of War, as an Introduction to Said Work by Philo Pacificus [contains Solemn Review andThe Friend of Peace 1:1-7] (Ballston Spa), 1822
BOX 22 Not Microfilmed
Containing a Special Interview Between the President of the United States and Omar, An Officer Dismissed for Duelling
Six Letters from Omar to the President
With a Reivew of the Power Assumed by Rulers Over the Laws of God and the Lives of Men, in Making War, and Omar's Solitary Reflections, The Whole Reported by Philo Pacificus" (Hilliard and Metcalf, Boston), 1815
The Friend of Peace 1:6, 1816; Appendix No. 3 to The Friend of Peace, July 1828
Appendix No. 4 to The Friend of Peace, 1828
The Friend of Peace 3:9
BOX 23 Not Microfilmed
A Solemn Review of the Custom of War Showing That War is the Effect of Popular Delusion and Proposing a Remedy by Philo Pacificus (Hilliard and Metcalf, Cambridge, Massachusetts), 1815 [4 copies]
A Solemn Review of the Custom of War Showing That War is the Effect of Popular Delusion and Proposing a Remedy by Philo Pacificus (Peter B. Gleason & Co., Hartford, Connecticut), 1815
A Solemn Review of the Custom of War Showing That War is the Effect of Popular Delusion and Proposing a Remedy by Philo Pacificus (Miller & Hutchens), 1818
A Solemn Review of the Custom of War Showing That War is the Effect of Popular Delusion and Proposing a Remedy by Philo Pacificus (Philemon Canfield, Hartford, Connecticut), 1829
A Solemn Review of the Custom of War Showing That War is the Effect of Popular Delusion and Proposing a Remedy by Philo Pacificus (11th American edition, revised by author; S.G. Simkins, Boston, Massachusetts), 1833
BOX 24 Not Microfilmed
Includes letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, 1878
BOX 25 Not Microfilmed
Le Mouvement Pacifiste: Organe du Bureau Internationale de la Paix, No. 12 (December 1921) and
No. 2 (February 1922); The Peace Crusade 1:1-4, 6-12
Memorabilia/Oversize Material
For more information, contact Wendy Chmielewski, Curator, at wchmiel1@swarthmore.edu or call 610-328-8557
This page written by Anne Yoder, Archivist. Last updated March 2002.