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Scope and Contents From the Series: The Secular Organizations series (1922-1935 and undated) contains secular organizations' newsletters, bulletins and flyers. Notable organizations include the All Peoples' Association, Foreign Policy Association, League of Nations Association, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Publications specifically for students such as "World Events" and "The Pilgrim Highroad" are included, as well as brochures for summer programs at college institutes focusing on international relations...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Secular Organizations series (1922-1935 and undated) contains secular organizations' newsletters, bulletins and flyers. Notable organizations include the All Peoples' Association, Foreign Policy Association, League of Nations Association, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Publications specifically for students such as "World Events" and "The Pilgrim Highroad" are included, as well as brochures for summer programs at college institutes focusing on international relations...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Religious organizations series (1926-1935, scattered) contains documents describing numerous religious organizations' official stance on war. Included are peace resolutions from such groups as the Society of Friends, Methodist Episcopal Church, American Unitarian Association, the Augustana Synod, Church of Christ in America, the Disciples of Christ, and various Congregational Christian Church Associations. Also included are minutes and reports of the secretaries of church peace unions,...

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The Foreign publications series (1925-1935 and undated) contains multi-language publications created by War Resisters International in German, Spanish, French and Esperanto. Also included are English translations for select publications and German "War Resisters" newsletters.

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Military and Armaments series (1917-1935, scattered) contains material regarding national defense, armaments versus calls for disarmament, and munitions policy. The majority of the national defense material pertains to the United States Navy, including public addresses from naval officials, petitions for increased "fleet auxiliary," and supporting charts and figures detailing the amount of vessels needed in comparison with those allowable by proposed treaties. Also included are pamphlets...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Military and Armaments series (1917-1935, scattered) contains material regarding national defense, armaments versus calls for disarmament, and munitions policy. The majority of the national defense material pertains to the United States Navy, including public addresses from naval officials, petitions for increased "fleet auxiliary," and supporting charts and figures detailing the amount of vessels needed in comparison with those allowable by proposed treaties. Also included are pamphlets...

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The Miscellaneous issues series (1934-1935, and undated) contains pamphlets and articles regarding the non-militaristic controversial issues of the decade including the economic implications of war, the validity of the press, and the United States neutrality policy. Many of the publications on economics were distributed by the National Council for Prevention of War, the American Friends Service Committee, World Affairs, and World Peace Foundations.

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The Propaganda series (1934 and undated) includes seven anti-war postcards and four political cartoons taken from newspapers or otherwise distributed by the International War Resisters League. Also included is a pamphlet entitled "The Lighter Side of Peacemaking" that contains additional political cartoons and literature.