Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399, USA

 
 
MEMORABILIA ETC.


Architectural Plans
Removed to Poster Collection [PB13, map case by ramp]

- Floor plan for 1213 Race Street office building, March 30, 1972
- Exterior plan for 1213 Race Street office building, March 30, 1972
- Renovation plan for 2006 Walnut Street office building, Oct. 1961

Banners / Cloth Items
Removed to Oversize Banner Collection

- Printed linen cloth from Ireland; text "Corrymeela," n.d. (acc. 83A-18)
- Rayon skarf from Soviet Union with motif of dove & children [brought back by WILPF delegate who
visited Moscow, 1964] (acc. 94A-114)
- Printed colored cloth from Soviet Union [brought back by WILPF delegate who visited Moscow, 1964]
(acc. 94A-114)
- Cloth banner (black paint & marker on muslin?); text "Freeze Nuclear Weapons." By Northeast
[Philadelphia] Branch (acc. 91A-043)
- Cloth banner (paint on white cotton sheet); text "Celebrate March 8th International Women's Day." By
Alice Paul Women's Center (Swarthmore College) & WILPF, 1980s


Bumperstickers / Stickers
Removed to Stamp/Sticker Collection


Buttons / Pins / Ribbons Collection
Removed to Buttons/Pins/Ribbons Collection

- Many buttons and badges from 1915-current


Flags
Removed to Oversize Flag Collection

Memorabilia
Removed to Memorabilia Collection

In small box labelled "WILPF, Chester (PA) Branch":
- 7 in. oval glass bottle (with parts of map glued to it) & lid; 5 in. bottle with cork, painted red. Used in
chemical demonstration by Helen E. Rhoads given in schools & Sunday schools; suggested by C.W. Johnson of Springfield (Massachusetts); Cain & Abel story used as a background [copy of poem re: the story included], ca. 1920s?

In Memorabilia Box:
- Baby t-shirt (yellow) with text (in blue) "Schools Not Bombers"
- T-shirt (gold) with text & image (blue) "Listen to Women for a Change"
- T-shirt (gold) with text & image (blue/green) "it will be a great day when our schools get all the money
they need and the air force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber"
- T-shirt (black) with text (in white box) "non-violence in a violent world"
- T-shirt (pink) with globe image & text (dark pink) "WILPF 75, 1915-1990, WomanVision
WomanAction" (acc. 89A-1997)
- Tribute certificate to WILPF from the City of Philadelphia, Dec. 1985
- Proclamation from the mayor of Greeley (Colorado) declaring July 24-28, 1996 to be Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom Days in Greeley
- State of New York Legislative Resolution Commemorating the Life of Ruth Sillman, Feb. 01, 1994
- White plastic bag with drawstring; text (green) "Women's War on War, Shoppers Stoppage, Never on
Tuesday" [see also button]
- Sheet music "Peace and Freedom: The Gospel According to WILPF" by Arthur Korb, 1996; used by
Sarasota Branch to celebrate WILPF's 75th anniversary
- Printer's block for 1949 Jane Addams Calendar
- Jane Addams Calendar, 1943 [cover designed by Violet Oakley]
- WILPF Daybook (3.5" x 6.25") with red plastic cover, 1990 (acc. 90A-4)
- WILPF Peace Train Calendar: Helsinki to Beijing, 1995
- Small triangular flag (blue) with text (blue) "Naciones Unidas. PAX" and emblem of globe & dove
[removed from 1949 Heloise Brainerd correspondence with persons in Chile]
- Woven mat (4" x 5.5") with painted edging; attached is small card & 1947 calendar; sent to Heloise
Brainerd by Lucille Cook de Aguirre of Guatemala
- Color postcard (8.25" x 5.75") of toy train with doves painted on it & text "Peace Train" with flowers,
ca. 1995
- Cartoon / logo re: the arms race
- Memorabilia from Kay Camp's trip to China: postcards; 2 pins; trip scissors
- Ribbon (black) with text (white) "Not Our Sons - Not Their Son" & WSP emblem (white); produced by
Women Strike for Peace
- Ribbon (purple) with text (gold) "Tie Up the Pentagon; Stop Nuclear Testing!"
- Ribbon (white) with Japanese letters/characters (black); received by Kay Camp at 1977 WILPF
International Congress, Tokyo (Japan)
- Ribbon armband (off-white) with text (blue) "United for Peace"[removed from Series B,5: Bucks
County Branch]
- Cartoon cards (8) "G-Men & Heroes of the Law," 1936 [removed from Series B,5; PA Branch]
- Sunglasses with text "WILPF WomanVison"
- Flag-draped block "March Against Death: A Vietnam Memoria, Washington, DC, Nov. 13-15, 1969";
deliverd with a letter to senators [included in the box]
Along wall in aisle 4:
- Oversize blue metal signs (2) with "Women's International League, Pennsylvania Branch" printed on
them.

Oversize Documents
Removed to Oversize Documents Collection

- Flyer/poster re: STAR campaign kick-off etc., 1982; features pseudo-newspaper headings & articles
- Placement "1st of the International Women's Peace Organizations"
- Flyer/poster with star emblem & text "Stop The Arms Race"
- Document (periodical article?) from Haiti, sent to Heloise Brainerd, 1945; written in French, English,
Spanish & Creole; handwritten notes in French
- World map with inked dots marking distribution of peace monuments, ca. 1937-1949 [removed from
Zonia Baber material in Peace Symbols Committee file]


Postcards
Removed to Subject File: Art in War and Peace -- Graphics - Postcards (from DG Collections)


Posters
Removed to Poster Collection

POSTERS FROM INTERNATIONAL SECTIONS
France
- "Conférence publique et et gratuite. La coopération internationale. La Science et la Paix," Paris, 1926
- "Electeur! . . . Si tu le savais . . .," 1928?
- "Electeurs! Elections Legislatives du 22 Avril 1928 . . .," 1928
- "Electeur! Elections Legislatives (en Mai 1932) . . .," 1932
Germany
- "Arbeit mit uns fur Frieden und Gerechtigkeit . . .," Stuttgart, 1947?
- "Bauerische Männer u. Frauen!," Munich, n.d.
- "Frauen! Die Internationale Frauen Liga für Frieden und Friheit fragt Euch! Wozu?," Stuttgart, n.d. [post
WWII]
- "Frauen . . . Gewalt ist eines Volkes unwürdig!," Munich, 1932
- "Manifest der Internationale Frauenliga für Frieden und Frieheit," Stuttgart, 1928?
- "Mütter! Erzieher! Kinderfreunde!," Stuttgart, n.d.
- "9 Nov. 1938 Verpflichtet zur besinnung auf die gesetze der Menschlichkeit an 12 Nov. 1948," 1948
- "S.O.S. Das bedeutet Mord an der Menschheit! . . .," Kiel, n.d.
- "Volkerbund - Volkerverstandigung. Rednerinnen," Dresden?, 1923
- "Weltabrüstung. Kleine Ursachen - grosse Wirkungen," Stuttgart, n.d.
Great Britain
- "Peace Will Be Won By Education, Arbitration, Legislation, Action," 1948
- "Women of All Parties, Will You Use Your Vote for Peace or for War? . . . A Parliament of Peace-
makers," Kingsway, n.d.
Ireland
- "The Next Steps Towards Peace Must Carry Us Away From Imperialism, National Dissensions,
Militarism, and Towards Cooperation, Concilliation, Disarmament," Dublin, n.d.
- "Women's International Congress, Dublin, July 9-15," 1926
Sweden
- "Stöd Kampen för Freden!," Stockholm, 1938
- "Upplynsingsvecka," Stockholm, 1925
Switzerland
- "Conférence . . . Que veut la Ligue Internationale des Femmes pour la Paix et la Liberté? Ce que la
Suisse pouurait faire pour la Paix," Geneva, n.d.
- "Krieg. Friede. Wander-Ausstellung," n.d.

POSTERS FROM WILPF INTERNATIONAL - GENERAL
- "3me Congres Internationale des Femmes pour la Paix et la Liberté," Vienna, 1921
- "Conférence d'Edmond Privat sur son voyage dans l'Inde," Geneva, 1932?
- "Conférence de Désarmement est ouverte! Les bombes japonaise ravagent les villes chinoise. Que
choissessez-vous? Guerre? Désarmement?," Geneva, 1932?
- "Conférence Internationale pur la lutte congre les stupéfiants," Geneva, n.d.
- "Conférence publique: L'action immediate pour la Paix Mondiale . . . Jane Addams," Geneva, 1926
- "Coopération internationale . . . Conférence Publique . . .," Geneva, 1926?
- "Dr. Alice Hamilton, Chicago . . . sur l'Hygiene et les Relations Internationales," Geneva, 1924?
- "Femmes et le Désarmement. Conférence par Victor Margueritte," Geneva, n.d.
- "Meeting public . . . La Paix, La Liberté et le probleme colonial. Orateurs . . . Roger Baldwin . . . J.L.
Nehru," Geneva, n.d.
- "Meeting public . . . La Societé des Nations et les Indigenes," Geneva, n.d.
- "L'oeuvre de réconciliation en France," Geneva, n.d.
- "Pour le désarmement. Réunion publique et gratuite," Geneva, n.d.
- "Pourquoi ne désarme-t-on pas? Que peuvent les femmes pour le désarmement? . . . Conference
publique," Geneva, 1926?
- "Public Meeting: The Kellog Pact and Disarmament . . . Emily Greene Balch . . .," Geneva, 1928?
- "Public meeting: the New China," Geneva, 1928? 1934?
- "Réunion publique. Sujet: Que Peuvent Les Femmes Pour Établir La Paix du Monde? Oratrice: Jane
Addams . . .," Geneva, 1921?
- "Recital, Conférence," Geneva, 1922
- "STAR BRUXELLES BRUSSEL 8.3.83. Stop the Arms Race. Stop Tous les Armements Rapidment.
Stoppt Total Alle Rustung," Geneva, 1983

POSTERS FROM WILPF U.S. & JAPA
- Too many posters to list; from 1918 - (mostly 1970-1989)
 
 
 


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