%eadnotat; ]> Records of the Women's Peace Union, 1942-1950 Encoding made possible by a grant from the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Swarthmore College Peace Collection Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, January 2001. ENG Records of the Women's Peace Union, 1942-1950 Swarthmore College Peace Collection Descriptive Summary Women's Peace Union (of the Western Hemisphere) DG 044 Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399
The Women's Peace Union was founded in August 1921 to encourage the formation of a peace group to encompass all the women of the western hemisphere, to work for complete disarmament and the abolition of all constitutional and legal sanctions for war. Records in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection are those of the United States branch

The Women's Peace Union

88.1-88.26

Women's Peace Union. Records, 1921-1940.

3.45 meters (11 1/6 feet)

 Historical Introduction

The Women's Peace Union was founded in 1921 at a meeting of American and Canadian women in Niagara Falls. The Women's Peace Union for the Western Hemisphere that resulted from this conference had branches in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other Latin American countries. Each group worked for complete disarmament and for the abolition of legal sanction for war.

The Women's Peace Union ascribed to a pledge that advocated noncooperation with any war effort. To this end, in 1926, the members of the U.S. section of the WPU drafted an amendment that would make the waging of war unconstitutional. The WPU gained the support of Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota, who introduced the amendment in every session of Congress from 1927 until 1940. Of the many women who worked in the WPU Caroline Lexow Babcock was especially active in the early Congressional lobbying campaigns. Tracy D. Mygatt, another absolute pacifist, worked with the WPU from its inception and was instrumental in representing the organizations work against conscription from 1939 to 1940.

 Scope and Content

The records of the Women's Peace Union in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection are those of the U.S. Branch. Correspondence makes up a large part of the collection. There are also minutes from meetings, reports, form letters, WPU literature, information on the history of the Women's Peace Union, petitions, and material on the Frazier amendment.

Correspondents and others in the collection include Jane Addams, Caroline Lexow Babcock, Elizabeth Black, Katherine Devereux Blake, Elinor Byrns, Lynn J. Frazier, Yella Hertzka, Lida Gustava Heymann, Jessie Wallace Hughan, Frieda L. Lazarus, Lola Maverick Lloyd, Tracy D. Mygatt, Rosika Schwimmer, Lydia G. Wentworth, Mary E. Winsor, and Frances M. Witherspoon.

 Provenance

Issuing Body: Women's Peace Union

Received: 1942 (Acc. No. 42-56)

1947 (Acc. No. 47-16)

Acquisition: (1942) Tracy D. Mygatt; and (1947) Frances M. Witherspoon

 Restrictions:

No

Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Records of the Women's Peace Union, 1921-1940

 Subject Headings for Records of the Women's Peace Union, 1921-1940 DG 044 Women's Peace Union,U.S. Branch,Archives

Microfilm: Yes

Finding aid revised by Peace Collection staff.

EAD finding aid completed by Wendy E. Chmielewski, August 2002.

This checklist is the property of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection

 Checklist 88.1 1 History, Minutes, Resolutions, 1922-1930 Office System, 1928 and Agreement on Renting Office in, 1934 History of the Women's Peace Union Minutes, 1922 Minutes, 1923 Minutes, 1924 Minutes, 1925 Minutes, 1926 Minutes, 1927 Minutes, 1928 Minutes, 1929 Minutes, 1930 88.2 2 Minutes, Press Releases, Form Letters, 1921-1940 Minutes, 1931 Committee for Total Disarmament Minutes, 1935 Minutes, 1936 Minutes, 1937 Minutes, 1938 Minutes, 1939 Press Releases Minutes of Geneva Committee Women's Peace Union Form Letter and Releases, 1921-1940 3 Women's Peace Union Literature Literature (folder 1) 88.3 Literature (folders 2 to 10) 3a Women's Peace Union Literature and Bulletins Political Bulletin No More War Bulletin, 1922 Peace Plans, 1924 4 Women's Peace Union Petition, Speeches Women's Petition, 1928, 1940 Babcock's Speeches T.D. Mygatt's Speeches I. Palmer's Speeches Radio Speeches Inter-American Conference, Buenos Aires, 1936-1938 88.4 North Dakota Campaign, 1927-1928 Frazier Hearings, 1927-1929 5 Frazier Hearings and Amendments, Correspondence Frazier Amendment Congressional Hearings and Resolutions, 1926-1939 88.5 Frazier Hearing, April 12, 1930 Fish and Ludlow, Congressional Resolutions, 1937-1938 Sample Correspondence with Candidates in Different States, 1924-1926 6 Correspondence--Frazier, 1926-1937;and Correspondence--A. 1921-1931 Frazier, 1926-1937 A, 1921-1925 A, 1926 A, 1927 A, 1928 88.6 A, 1929 A, 1930 A, 1931 Anthony, Helen, 1921-1931 7 Correspondence, A, 1921-1931 (Cont'd); B, 1921-1931 Armistice Day (Radio Celebration), 1927 Ashby, Isabel, 1921-1931 B, 1921-1925 B, 1926 88.7 B, 1927 B, 1928 B, 1929 8 Correspondence, B 1921-1931 B, 1930 B, 1931 Babcock, E.S., 1924-1931 88.8 Baer, Gertrude, 1922-1930 Barker, Mrs. Christine, 1921-1929 Black, Elisabeth, 1922-1930 Blake, K. Devereux, 1922-1929 9 Correspondence B, 1921-1931 and Correspondence C, 1921-1931 Brokaw, V.B., 1926-1931 88.9 Byrns, Elinor, 1923-1931 C, 1921 C, 1922 C, 1923 C, 1924 C, 1925 10 Correspondence C, 1921-1931 (Continued) C, 1926 C, 1927 88.10 C, 1928 C, 1929 C, 1930 C, 1931 Churches, 1923-1926 Colleges, 1925 Committee on Militarism in Education, 1926-1931 Cook, Mrs. Elisabeth C. Cope, Mrs. Walter Cox, Lucy, 1926-1931 11 Correspondence D 1921-1931 ;and Correspondence E, 1922-1931 D, 1921-1925 D, 1926 D, 1927 D, 1928 88.11 D, 1929 D, 1930 D, 1931 Dennett, Mary W., 1928-1931 Doukhobors, 1929-1930 E, 1922-1925 E, 1926 E, 1927 E, 1928 E, 1929 E, 1930 E, 1931 English Parliament, 1926-1930 12 Correspondence E 1921-1931 (Cont'd); Correspondence F, 1922-1931; and Correspondence G, 1921-1931 Embassy Letters, 1926-1927 F, 1922-1925 F, 1926 F, 1927 F, 1928 F, 1929 F, 1930 F, 1931 Fendall, M.C., 1924-1925 88.12 Flanagan, 1926-1928 Floyd, William G, 1921-1925 G, 1926 G, 1927 G, 1928 13 Correspondence G, 1921-1931 (Cont'd); and Correspondence H, 1921-1931 G, 1929 G, 1930 G, 1931 Graves, A., 1923-1931 H, 1921-1925 88.13 H, 1926 H, 1927 H, 1928 H, 1929 H, 1930 H, 1931 14 Correspondence, H, 1921-1931 (Cont'd); and Correspondence I-J-K 1921-1931 Heimisch, Isabel, 1928-1931 Heymann, Lida G., 1926 Hoover, 1929 Hughes, Miss Ruby, 1926-1930 I, 1921-1925 I, 1926 I, 1927 I, 1928 I, 1929 I, 1930 I, 1931 88.14 J, 1921-1925 J, 1926 J, 1927 J, 1928 J, 1929 J, 1930 J, 1931 K, 1921-1925 K, 1926 K, 1927 15 Correspondence K, 1921-1931 (Cont'd); and Correspondence L, 1921-1931 K, 1928 K, 1929 K, 1930 K, 1931 L, 1921-1925 L, 1926 88.15 L, 1927 L, 1928 L, 1929 L, 1930 L, 1931 La Follette, R., 1925-1929 Lazarus, Freida, 1927-1930 League to Abolish Capital Punishment, 1925-1928 Leber, Alma, 1922-1931 Ledletter, Florence, 1928-1930 Lloyd, Lola Maverick, 1925-1931 16 Correspondence M 1925-1931 ; and Correspondence N, 1921-1931 M, 1925 M, 1926 M, 1927 M, 1928 M, 1929 88.16 M, 1930 M, 1931 Magazines, 1927 Mobilization Day, 1924 N, 1921-1925 N, 1926 N, 1927 N, 1928 17 Correspondence N, 1921-1931 (Cont'd); Correspondence O 1921-1931; and Correspondence P 1922-1931 N, 1929 N, 1930 N, 1931 No More War Demonstration (United States), 1922-1923 No More War Movement (England), 1922-1930 National Council for Prevention of War, 1921-1930 88.17 O'Day, Mrs. Daniel O, 1926 O, 1927 O, 1928 O, 1929 O, 1930 O, 1931 P, 1922-1925 P, 1926 P, 1927 P, 1928 18 Correspondence P, 1922-1931 (Cont'd); and Correspondence R 1921-1931 P, 1929 P, 1930 P, 1931 Pacifist Action Committee, 1930-1931 Palmer, Ida, 1922-1930 88.18 Park, Alice, 1921-1931 Pennsylvania Committee for Total Disarmament, 1930-1931 Peace Weekday, 1926-1927 R, 1921-1925 R, 1926 R, 1927 R, 1928 19 Correspondence, R, 1921-1931 (Cont'd); Rankin's Speeches; S, 1921-1931 R, 1928 Rankin's Speeches R, 1929 88.19 R, 1930 R, 1931 S, 1921-1925 S, 1921-1925 S, 1926 20 Correspondence S, 1921-1931(Continued) S, 1927 88.20 S, 1928 S, 1929 S, 1930 S, 1931 Schellenberg, Mrs. M., 1928-1930 Spencer, Fannie Bixby, 1921-1926 Stöcker, Helene, 1923-1935 Schwimmer, Rosika, 1923-1929 Strong, Sydney 21 Correspondence, T, 1921-1931 T, 1921-1925 T, 1926 T, 1927 T, 1928 T, 1929 88.21 T, 1930 T, 1931 Tone, Gertrude, 1921-1930 Torrence, Olivia, D. 1923-1931 22 Correspondence U-V, 1921-1931; and Correspondence W 1921-1931 U-V, 1921-1925 U-V, 1926 U-V, 1927 U-V, 1928 U-V, 1929 U-V, 1930 88.22 U-V, 1931 W, 1921-1925 W, 1926 W, 1927 W, 1928 W, 1929 23Correspondence W 1921-1931 W, 1930 W, 1931 War Resisters International, 1922-1924 War Resisters International 1926-1931 Wellock, Wilfred, 1925-1929 88.23 Wentworth, Lydia, 1922-1931 Winsor, Mary, 1922-1930 24 Correspondence X-Y-Z,1921-1931; Correspondence, 1932-1938 X-Y-Z, 1921-1925 X-Y-Z, 1926 X-Y-Z, 1927 X-Y-Z, 1928 X-Y-Z, 1929 X-Y-Z, 1930 X-Y-Z, 1931 1932 1933 1934 24 1935 January-June 1936 July-December 1936 January-June 1937 July-December 1937; 1938 25 Correspondence 1938-1940; Newspaper Clippings and Correspondence 1938 25 1939 1940 Newspaper Correspondence Newspaper Clippings 88.26 Scrapbook-Newspaper Clippings, 1922-1929 Scrapbook-Newspaper Clippings, 1928-1930