Papers of Devere Allen -
Document Group 53
DEVERE ALLEN CHRONOLOGY
1891 June 24 Born in Providence, Rhode Island,
son of Henry L. and Sarah E. (Champlin) 1913-1917 Attends Oberlin College; receives
A.B. Degree cum laude; elected to Phi Beta
Kappa 1917 Aug. 22 Marries Marie Hollister 1917-1918 Edits The Rational
Patriot 1918 Claims conscientious objector
status, but is exempted from military service on grounds of
marriage and poor eyesight 1918-1921 Edits The Young Democracy ;
also Executive Secretary of the organization Young
Democracy 1921-1925 Managing Editor, The World
Tomorrow 1923-1931 Editor, The World
Tomorrow 1929 Edited Pacifism in the Modern
World 1930 The Fight for
Peacepublished 1930-1931 Travels for 14 months extensively
through Europe with Marie, studying peace and labor
movements and general political and economic conditions; in
Spain at beginning of revolution/Spanish Civil War,
1931 1930-1931 Member of International Council of
the Fellowship of Reconciliation 1931 Will Socialism End the Evil of
War? published 1931-1932 Associate Editor, The
Nation 1931-1934 Contributing Editor, The World
Tomorrow 1932 Edits Adventurous
Americans 1932 Summer Leaves The Nation, rejoins
World Tomorrow 1933 No-Frontier News Service and
World Events begun by Devere and Marie Allen and Ray
Newton (of the AFSC) 1934 The World Tomorrow is
absorbed into Christian Century 1934 Runs for U.S. Senate for
Connecticut on Socialist ticket 1934 Resigns from League Against War and
Fascism 1934-1939 Serves on National Executive
Committee of the Socialist Party 1936-? Alternate member of executive
committee, Labour and Socialist International 1938 Runs for Governor of Connecticut on
the Labor Party of Connecticut ticket; loses, but increases
proportion of party's vote 1939 Suspends publication of World
Events while in Europe; suspension made permanent with
March 15, 1939 issue 1939-1940 Travels to Europe for about 13
months with Marie, Alice Barry (secretary) and Jean Allen
(daughter); transfers work of NNS with the opening of the
Brussels office; covered 12,000 miles of the war zone as
correspondent; work suspended upon Nazi invasion of
Belgium 1940 Ends formal affiliation with
Socialist Party 1941 Devere and Marie join the South
Kingston [Rhode Island] Monthly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 1942 January Name of No-Frontier News Service is
changed to Worldover Press 1942-1944 Devere and Marie operate WP's Latin
American Bureau in Mexico 1942 Registers for Selective Service
during World War II 1944 Peace is the Victory
published 1946 Some Prudence Island Allens
published 1947 May 6- Devere and Marie make extensive
tour of Europe 1952 Supports Adlai Stevenson for
President 1952 Suffers attack of Bell's
Palsy 1955 August 27 Death of Devere Allen 1955 Dissolution of Worldover Press,
cessation of World Interpreter 1961 Allen's papers come to Swarthmore
College Peace Collection 1979 November 13 Death of Marie Allen
1948 June 23