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Pacifist Pamphlets collection . – 1900-1994. – 64 cm of textual records. – The collection also contains some correspondence (carbon typescripts), mimeographed agendas and minutes, newsletters, books and other materials. The materials are arranged by the name of the organization. If there is no organization, authors are listed under the headings “Individual Authors”. The majority of the organizations are British. Many of the materials are not dated; sometimes the collector has written a date in pencil in square brackets on the item.

Box 1
F.1       Action Alert re South Africa sanctions

F.2       Amnesty International
Hamilton bulletins: February 1990, August 1990, May 1991
Articles I-V of the UDHR
A Conspiracy of Hope
Peru: A Time to Speak Out (1985)
Stop the Torture.
Why a Human Rights Movement? – Getting Involved [c. 1993]

F.3       Anglican Pacifist Fellowship
Leaflet of membership
7 Reasons: Seven Reasons why War is Incompatible with the Teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and Contradictory to the Gospel (c. 1978)
Challenge (Nov/Dec. 1983 and March/April 1984)
Report on a Deputation of Pacifist Clergy to the Archbishops (11 June 1940)
In Witness to the Gospel of Peace: “Resolution 5 of the Lambeth Conference” (1978); “War and Christ ‘Incompatible’ Say the Bishops”; Rev. Rodney Annis, “The Just War”; Gordon Wilson, “Christianity is a Pacifist Faith”
Bradford, Wm. J. G.  “Is the State Supreme”
Dransfield, Philip. “The Demonology of Deterrence”
Mauleverer, Rev. W. and Margaret V. Travers. “Peace Now—at what price?”
Underhill, Evelyn. “The Church and War”

F.4       Antimilitarist Ministers and Clergymen
Communications of the I.U.A.M.C. No. 2 letter; 1929
Report of the International Congress (Amsterdam 13-15 August 1928)
Report of the 4^th International Congress (Edinburgh 29 June-1 July 1937)

F.5       Individual Authors B-C
Barber, Geoffrey et al. “An Appeal to Christian Conscience” (1950s)
Beresford, J.D. The Idea of God (London: James Clarke; New Foundations 1)
Brailsford, H.N. The Federal Idea (London: Federal Union, c. 1940)
Brueggemann, Walter. “The Power Monopoly” (October 9, 1985)
Catlin, George. “The Unity of Europe” (London: C. and J. Temple, c. 1945)
Coulson, C.A. “Some Problems of the Atomic Age” (London: Epworth Press, 1957); Second Scott Lidgett Memorial Lecture.

F.6       Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
Newsletter (1991)
Canadian Arms Trade with the Third World (c. 1985)

F.7       Canadian Peace Alliance
Canadian Peace Pledge Campaign (election brochure)

F.8       The Catalyst
Citizens for Public Justice – Vol. 17, No. 2 (March 1994)

F.9       The Central Board for Conscientious Objectors
Catchpool, Corder. The Fifth Year 1939-1944 (August, 1944)

F.9A    Christian Action Fellowship, Birmingham
Robinson, William. Christian Social Action: Its Doctrinal Basis [1944]

F.10     Christian Group of the Committee of 100
Rees, Eric. The Abominable NO Man (or how to battle against evil without actually fighting)

F.10A  Christian Literature Society
Lester, Muriel. Bond or free? (Shanghai, 1935).

F.11     Church of England
“The Community Fruit Service” (30 March 1929).
Addleshaw, G.W.O. “Jocism: an account of the continental youth movement La Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne” (1942 [1939]).

F.12     Church of England Peace League
An Appeal to the Diocesan Bishops of the Church of England (1913)

F.13     Church of Scotland Ministers’ Peace Society
Dryer, Oliver. “What can we do now? A Christian Programme for the Nation” (Edinburgh address, 16 March 1936)

F.14     Church of Scotland Peace Society
MacGregor, G.H.C. “A Christian Peace Settlement: What can Christians do in the present situation?” (Dated in pencil “post 1939”)

F.15     Church Peace Mission
The Christian Conscience and War (c. 1952)

F.16     Congress of Christian Pacifists
Pamphlet 1938
Message from the Congress of Christian Pacifists, Sept. 1938

F.17     Council of Christian Pacifists
The Manifesto of the Council of Christian Pacifist Groups: A Peace Call to Christians
Pacifists and the Call for National Service (c. 1939)
To Christian Pacifists (September 22-24, 1938)
Bartlett, Percy. Letter from the Council of Christian Pacifist Groups with attached resolution from Feb. 14, 1938 meeting (Feb. 18, 1938); “The Pacifist’s Service”
Carter, Henry. Conscientious Objectors and the Tribunal (1939)
Raven, Charles E., C.H. Dodd and G.H.C. MacGregor. The Bases of Christian Pacifism (1939)
Dr. Salter, Alfred. “Testimony in the Commons” (Nov. 1941; Jan. 29, 1942)
Wilson, Cecil. “Another Testimony to the Commons” (Jan. 1942)

F.18     Christian Pacifist Publications Joint Consultative Committee
Carter, Henry. “Christian Pacifist Publications Joint Consultative Committee” (October, 1943)

F.19     Commission of the Churches for International Friendship and Social Responsibility
The Christian Church and World Order (London: CSM Press 1942)

F.20     Committee for Contact with the Government
Limit Weapons, Enlarge Peace: Your Move, Canada (c. 1993)

F.21     Conscience Canada Inc.
A Peace Tax Fund is an Important Concept – Here’s how you can make it a Reality (donation form)
Conscientious Objection for Taxpayers (c. 1986)

F.22     Individual Authors D-F
Drewett, John. Communism (London, 1951, Christian Focus no. 5)

F.23     Embassies of Reconciliation
Member list: Sponsors and Executive Members [193-]
Messages to Rulers in Recent Crisis 9 Sept. 1938; 20 Sept. 1938; mimeographs
Report 1936-7
Bartlett, Percy. Report for 1937; mimeograph
Carter, Henry C.B.E. “Battlefield or Council Table?: The Van Zeeland Report” (Feb. 1938)
Lansbury, George. Peace through Economic Co-operation (1937); Letter to Admiral Horthy, typed carbon copy (June 17, 1939)

F.24     Fellowship of Reconciliation International
Bulletin (Oct.-Nov. 1930); (March 1931); (April 1931); (May 1931); (June 1931); mimeographs
Meeting Announcement
Across Europe on a Youth Crusade (1932)
Constitution and History (1939)
Christ and the Class War (1929)
The Christian International: Occasional Paper no. 2, Sept. 1920
Christus Victor, Sept. 1957, no. 98; Dec. 1957, no. 99
Immediate International Issues (c. 1931)
The International Fellowship of Reconciliation (1950s)
The International Fellowship of Reconciliation (c. 1958)
A New Beginning (c. 1931)

F.25     Fellowship of Reconciliation International (cont’d)
Peace is the Will of God: A Testimony to the World Council of Churches (1953)
Towards A Christian International (c. 1921)
War is Contrary to the Will of God: Statements by the Historic Peace Churches and the IFOR (July 1951)
Bainton, Roland et al. Therefore Choose Life (1961)
Lester, Muriel. Experiences of a Camp Follower (1937)
Nuttall, Geoffrey F. Christian Love Manifested in History (1959)
Sayre, John Nevin. The International Fellowship of Reconciliation [195-]; Towards a Christian
International (1921)

F.26     Fellowship Magazine – 8 issues
(Jan/Feb 1985); Special Issue: Registration and the Draft (March 1985); (April/May 1985); (June 1985); Special Joint Issue: IFOR Report (July/Aug 1985); (Sept. 1985); (Oct/Nov 1985); (Dec. 1985)

F.27     Fellowship/Reconciliation International
(July 1986); (July 1987)

F.28     Fellowship of Reconciliation UK
“Fellowship of Reconciliation” (c. 1915)
“Fellowship of Reconciliation” memberships list as of 15 November 1915
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (World War I)
“Discharged from Prison”; appeal for donations to assist Conscientious Objectors; World War I
Donation for the “Mission of Reconciliation”, n.d. 17 Red Lion Sq.
Circular letter welcoming members, n.d., 17 Red. Lion Sq., mimeograph

The Fellowship of Reconciliation, leaflet with enrolment form, n.d.; address, 92 St. George’s Sq.
The Fellowship of Reconciliation, Paper of Enrolment, n.d., address 92 St. George’s Sq.
The Fellowship of Reconciliation, leaflet with enrolment form, n.d.; address, 17 Red Lion Sq.
The Fellowship of Reconciliation: Its Basis, New Series: No. 1 leaflet with enrolment form, n.d.; address, 17 Red Lion Sq.
The Fellowship of Reconciliation: Its Aims and Its Works, New Series: No. 2

“N.B.” – donation form (31 Jan. 1921)
Job Application notice for Social Service Secretary position [August 192-]
Intercession papers: Jan.-March 1921; April-June 1921; Jan.-March 1922; April-June 1922
Circular letter, Jan. 1938
Income and Expenditure Account for year ending 31 Jan. 1919
Accounts for 1936/37
Accounts for 1937/38
The Christian Pacifist Message: an Account of the Recent Thought and Work of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (1936)
The Fellowship of Reconciliation Report for Years 1939-1943.
The Fellowship of Reconciliation Report for Year 1944-1945
Campaign Declaration as adopted by Council Meeting, 3 June 1944; 38 Gordon Sq., typescript carbon
The Christian Pacifist, 1945 subscription renewal
“The Christian Objection to Military Conscription” (April 1951)
The Cross and the Bomb?, Where Stands the Christian?, advertisement for meeting with speakers at Friends House, 16 April 1959
Current of Affairs [c. 1950]; offprint
Fellowship Prayers for Group and Private Worship compiled by Lewis MacLachlan, 1951

F.29     Fellowship of Reconciliation UK (cont’d)
“Two New Volumes on the Great Problems”; leaflet announcing the publication of W. Fearon Halliday, Reconciliation and Reality and Nathaniel Micklem, The Open Light). [1919]
“In a Crisis What Should One Do?” [c. 1932?]
A Form of Prayer for Peace Services and Armistice Day (October, 1935)

Towards a Christian Peace:
Two leaflets announcing public meetings at Whitefield’s Tabernacle, 27 June and 25 July [1944]; Vera Brittain chaired the meeting on 27 June.

Group Work and Organization [c. 1945/6]
An Open Letter to the Commission of British Council of Churches prompted by a Study of Their Report entitled ‘The Era of Atomic Power’, Sept. 1946 written by Professor G.H.C. MacGregor although signed by the chair of the FOR
“I’ll soon have to register …” (July 1947)
The Social Order (1951)
The Fellowship of Reconciliation Report for Year 1957-58
The Fellowship of Reconciliation Report for Year 1958-59
The Fellowship of Reconciliation statement; two different printings, both issued from 38 Gordon Square
The Generous Briton: Conversations concerning children horses, dogs, politicians, churches, coal, together with a “theory of relativity”
“Re-Armament – ‘Choose Ye This Day ...’”
Reconciliation, vol. 37, no. 2 (Feb. 1960); periodical

Summer Conferences leaflets:
4-10 July 1919; 14-21 Sept. 1920; 26 July-2 August 1921; Sept. 4-11 1922; 31 July-7 August 1934; July 28-3 August 1937, 23-29 July 1938

“The Way Out”; call for revolution, n.d.
When We Call: A Devotional Series for Today
“How It Began”, enrolment form, 1979

Box 2
F.1       Fellowship of Reconciliation UK (cont’d)
Campaign Towards a Christian Peace:
Allen, E.L. Campaign Towards a Christian Peace, Introductory Statement No. 1. Cultural [1943?]
Heath, Carl. Campaign Towards a Christian Peace, Introductory Statement No. 2 Political [1943?]
Marwick, W.H. Campaign Towards a Christian Peace, Introductory Statement No. 3 Economic [1943?]
Phelps, Rev. Glyn Lloyd. Campaign Towards a Christian Peace, Introductory Statement No. 4 Christianity and the State [1943?]

Allen, E.L. Neglected Factors in the East-West Conflict (1952)
Barclay, William. Christian Discipline in Society Today (Alex Wood Memorial Lecture 1963)
Belden, Albert D. “Christian Pacifism – Objections Answered”
Cadoux, C.J. An Appeal to the People of the Christian Church [1921?]
Caird, George B. “War and the Christian” offprint from The Anglican Outlook, April 1955; also different printing in pamphlet form
Coltman, Claud M. For Such a Time as This (1951)
Comber, Ethel. The Church in the World of To-Morrow (New Series no. 16)
Davies, George M. Ll. The Politics of Grace (1925)
Dodwell, Mary and Jack. “Study Programme Part 1: Conditions of Peace” by E.H. Carr
Evans, Gwynfor. ‘Nonviolent Nationalism’ (Alex Wood Memorial Lecture ,1973)
Faulkner, Hugh. Christ—Power and Peacemaker (1951)
Ferguson, John. A Call to Nonviolence [1969]
Ferguson, John. The Church and Peace (1951)

F.2       Fellowship of Reconciliation UK (cont’d)
Ferguson, John. “Letter to a Non-Pacifist Christian”
Ferguson, John. “Would Christ have pressed the button? A Challenge to Youth” [c. 1949]
Grensted, L.W. Justice (pamphlet series no. 18)
Hartill, Percy. The Greater Power [c. 1950]
Hobhouse, Stephen. Christ and Our Enemies: An Appeal to Fellow-Christians (New Series, no. 14, June 1941).
Hobhouse, Stephen. A Christian’s Outline of Belief (1946)
Hodgkin, Henry T. The Church’s Opportunity in the Present Crisis, [c. 1915]
Hodgkin, Henry T. How to Check the Spirit of Militarism (speech 9 March 1915)

F.3       Fellowship of Reconciliation UK (cont’d)
Horwill, Herbert W. The Cost to Humanity (reprint from Atlantic Monthly March 1915)
Jeffery, Gladys M. South Africa: Fellowship or Fear? (1952)
Knott, Alan G. The Christian in the State (c. 1944)
Knott, Alan G. The Times of Jesus Christ (the Political and Economic Background of the Gospels) (1941; 1953)
Lakey, George. “Afflicting the Comfortable” (Alex Wood Memorial Lecture 1970).
Lonsdale, Kathleen. Russia’s Atom Bomb (1949)
Lonsdale, Kathleen. Security and Responsibility(Alex Wood Memorial Lecture 1954)
Letters:
David S. Carins to Henry T. Hodgkin, 2 Feb. 1916; Henry T. Hodgkin to DavidS. Cairns, 23 March 1916; both letters are typescript carbon copies from HTH archives

F.4       Fellowship of Reconciliation UK (cont’d)
MacGregor, G.H.C. “Looking to our Foundations”
MacGregor, G.H.C. The Relevance of an Impossible Ideal (1941)
MacLachlan, Lewis. “Effective and Right!” (1949)
MacLachlan, Lewis. New Age for Peace – Fellowship of Reconciliation (compilation of works by members of the F.O.R., c. 1960)
MacLeod, George F. The New Humanity Now (Alex Wood Memorial Lecture 1964)
MacQuire, Clifford H. “Cups of Tea, Lorries and Earthquakes: to Start You Thinking” (1950s)
MacQuire, Clifford H. “Christians or Cowards? Questions and Answers” (1950s?)
Micklem, Nathaniel. “The Christian Revolution” (leaflet announcing new series)
Moody, Harold A. Christianity and Race Relations
Moorhouse, Fred. Politics, Nonviolence and Social Justice—an African Perspective (Alex Wood Memorial Lecture 1977)
Noble, Francis. Extinction or Brotherhood Youth Must Decide (post 1945)

F.5       Fellowship of Reconciliation UK (cont’d)
Potter, Philip. The Love of Power or the Power of Love (Alex Wood Memorial Lecture, 1974)
Raven, Charles E. Alex Wood—The Man and his Message (Alex Wood Memorial Lecture, 1952)
Richards, Leyton. “Conscription and Christian Obligations” (c. 1939-40)
Roberts, Richard, The Faith for the New Age, “the Venturer” Series, No. 1, [1915]
Robinson, W. Evil Confronted (1946)
Robinson, W. Pacifism in the Old Testament and Afterwards (New Series no. 7)
Royden, A. Maude. The Great Adventure: The Way to Peace (London: Headley Brothers, c. 1915)
Sorenson, Reginald W. Christian Pacifism and Democratic Politics (1951)
Stevenson, J.W. A Disarmed Church in an Armed World [c. 1936]
Worsnip, Leslie. A Reluctant Pacifist: A Personal Testimony (dated in pencil “post 1946”)
Yates, E. Leighton. A Christian Attitude Towards Air-Raid Precautions, New Series, No. 5 (c. 1937)

F.6       Fellowship of Reconciliation UK, London Union
Mimeographed circular letters containing agendas (9 June 1939; 14 July 1939; 21 April 1944; 19 May 1944; 16 Feb. 1945; 16 March 1945; 25 May 1945; 29 June 1945)
Annual Report (Feb. 1944-Jan. 1945)
Ts. carbon titled “Draft” of Statement; P.W.B., 28 April 1944
Minutes 25 Jan. 1946, mimeograph
Statement, beings “As Christian We Believe” (December, 1950)

F.7       Fellowship of Reconciliation, USA
“Armistice Day” [1919?]
“Books from FOR” (1985)
“Eight Ways to Build Peace”(5-7 Sept., 1941 conference message)
FOR: circular letter (June, 1985)
FOR: circular letter (January 20, 1986)
FOR: Statement of Principles [c. 1921]
FOR: Statement of Purpose [c. 1983
“Give Peace a Chance” welcome to membership card
Hobhouse, Stephen. Christ and Our Enemies: An Appeal to Fellow-Christians (reprint with an introduction by the late William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury), 1944
“How to Wage Peace: Suggestions for Peace Workers” [late 1920s]
National Council Ballot (1986-1987)
“The Near Eastern Problem: Will War Solve It?” [1923?]
“Non-violence Wins the Philippines: A Short History” [c. 1985]

Periodical:
Fellowship: issues for Jan. 1952, Feb. 1953, June 1953, Oct. 1953, March 1956

“A Powerful and Resolute Fellowship” [c. 1938]
“The Problem of Moral Disarmament” [1921?]
“Realism in Religion” [c. 1923]
“Shadowcliff: More Than Just an Address” (c. 1984)
The Shadowcliff Campaign: “Strengthening the Base for FOR’s Peace Work”
“Shall We Keep Back Part of the Price?” [1921?]
“Studies in Christian Adventure” [1919?]
“‘Swords and Ploughshares’: Studies for Group Discussions on War and Internationalism” [1923]
Message from Jim Antal quoting Thich Nhat Hanh
Towards a Christian Peace. I. A Polticial Approach by Carl Heath; 11. An Economic Approach by W.H. Marwikd (American reprint; first published in England)
“Thought-Provoking Questions” [1921]
“War in Europe Today” (1939)
“What You Can Do in Regard to War and International Relations” [1928?]
“Young People and the New World” [1923?]

F.8       Fellowship of Reconciliation U.S.A. (cont’d)
Darr, John W. What Is Jesus’ Way? A Letter from One Minister to Another [c. 1918]
Davis, Ozora S. Why I Am a Member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation [c. 1919]
Fosdick, Harry Emerson. Can the Church Stop War? [1931]
Gregg, Richard B. Non-Violent Resistance [1935?]
Hassler, R. Alfred. Conscripts of Conscience: The Story of Sixteen Objectors to Conscription [1942]
Hassler, R. Alfred. “Slaughter of the Innocent” (reprint from Fellowship Feb. 1944)
Henthorne, Oril Elsie. Why I Returned my Croix de Guerre (1928)
Jones, Paul. The Philosophy of a Madman [1925?]
Jones, Paul. The Leadership that Counts (from The World Tomorrow Dec. 1926)
Muste, A.J. Fellowship and Class Struggle (reprint from World Unity April-May 1930)
Muste, A.J. Total War or Total Pacifism? [1940]
Muste, A.J. Where Are We Going? [1941]
Roberts, Richard. The Basis of the Ethics of Jesus two copies, [c. 1919; c. 1922]
Roberts, Richard. A Living Principle [1924?]
Roberts, Richard. The Faith for the New Age [1920] reprint of the English 1915 publication.

Roser, Henri. Reflections of a Pastor in Occupied France [1945]
Russell, Bertrand. Individual Pacifism [1936?]; reprint of the last chapter of Which Way to Peace?
Sayre, John Nevin. “The Fellowship at Work in Europe” [1919?]
Sayre, John Nevin. Pacifism and National Security [1929?]
Sayre, John Nevin. The Pacifist Witness [1933?]
Sayre, John Nevin. “A Servant of Peace” (1924)
Sayre, John Nevin. “War is a Sin and Out of Date “(1931)
Sayre, John Nevin. What Christian Pacifism Proposes [c. 1942-1944]
Steere, Douglas V. The Peace Team [c. 1942-1944]

F.9       Fight the Famine Council for Economic Reconstruction
“Great International Conference on Economic Recovery and World Peace”, Caxton Hall, (11-13 Oct. 1921)
“War’s Aftermath” [c. 1920]

F.10     Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU)
Fifth Annual Report (1945)
Reports of Work Done in Europe and The Far East: Sept. 1945; Nov. 1945; Dec. 1945-April 1946; May 1946
“Work in the Ionian Islands” (International Service 1953)
Brown, Michael Barrett. The Evolution of the Friends’ Ambulance Unit (1914 and 1939) (July 1943)
Young, Geoffrey Winthrop. “A Story of the Work of the Friends’ Ambulance Service: Oct. 1914-Feb. 1915”. “Private and Confidential: Not to be Published in any form”

F.11     Individual Authors G-J
Gibb, Dorothea, ed. Erasmus on War (London: Headley Brothers, 1936)
Gollancz, Victor. On Reconciliation: Two Speeches (London: Victor Gollancz, 1948)
Howard, Lord, of Penrith. The Prevention of War by Collective Action (“Friends of Europe” Publications, no. 8, Dec. 1933)
Joad, C.E.M. The Fight—for Peace (from the Daily Herald)

F.12     International Peace Research Association
International Peace Research Newsletter 18 no. 2 (August 1980)

F.13     Internationale der Kriegsdienstgegner (International War Resisters)
Rüeckblick auf die Internationale Bewegung, July 1934-July 1937, by Grace M. Beaton, with foreword by George Lansbury (text in German)

F.14     Independent Labour Party
Brailsford, H.N.  Belgium and “The Scrap of Paper” (1915)
Glasier, J. Bruce.  Militarism (1915)
Morel, E.D. Pre-War Diplomacy – Fresh Revelations: A Sequel to “Truth and the War”; [c. 1919]
Morel, E.D. and H.B. Lees-Smith. “Foreign Policy” and the People [1922-3];  I.L.P. Study Courses, No. 5

F.15     Kerk en Vrede [Church and Peace] [Dutch]
“Christus of Araki”
“De Taak van de Kerk in de Vredesbeweging” (Vlugschrift 3)
“Kerk en Vrede” [1924]
“Kerk en Vrede en de luchtbescherming” (Dec. 1935).
“Sluit U Aan! Christus’ Kerk tegen elken oorlog”, 1936
“Vrijstelling van militairen dienst voor gewetensbezwaarden”, 1923
Strijd, Rev. Kr. Christendom en Oorlog: 45 Vragen Opmerkingen en Antwoorden (stamped Dec. 8, 1948).

F.16     Individual Authors L-M
Lester, Muriel. “Let your Soul Catch up with your Body” (London: Independent Press, 1942)
Lester, Muriel. Training (Nashville: Cokesbury Press, 1940)
Lester, Muriel. Ways of Praying (New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press)
Ligt, Bart de. Oorlog en Geslachtsdrift (The Hague: Centraal Vredesbureau) [1931?], text in Dutch
MacLachlan, Lewis. Good Life! An Intimate and Private Talk on How to Live Successfully
MacHattie, Donald B.  Open letter to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (July 16, 1990)
Meyer, F.B. The Majesty of Conscience (1917)
Milne, A.A.  “King and Country” (Reprint from the “News-Chronicle”), 1933
Morel, E.D.  Military Preparations for the Great War: Fact versus Fiction (Labour booklet no. 8, 1922)
Morel, E.D. The Outbreak of the War, 1914
Morel, E.D. The Secret History of a Great Betrayal, with preface by Raymond Beazley (1925)

F.17     Labour Pacifist Fellowship
“Outlook and Purpose”; President Dr. Alfred Salter
 
F.18     League of the Liberals against Aggression and Militarism
First annual report (1901)
The National Burden (pamphlet no. 12)

F.19     Methodist Peace Fellowship
I am Persuaded (1956 and 1958)

F.20     Methodist Youth Department
Another Kind of National Service [1939?]

F.21     Movement for a Pacifist Church of Christ
Newsletter (April 1945)
Hancock, Wallace and Frank. “The Case for a Pacifist Church” [c. 1943]

F.22     National Peace Council
Carter, Henry. The Human Needs of Europe (1945)
Laski, Harold J., Wilfred Wellock and P.W. Martin. The Economic Revolution (”Peace Aims” pamphlet no. 5,  1941)
Mitrany, David. The Road to Security (“Peace Aims” pamphlet no. 29, Dec. 1944)

F.23     New Commonwealth: A Society for the Promotion of International Law and Order
The Aims and Objects of the New Commonwealth [1934]
Davies, Rt. Hon. Lord. Anarchy or Peace? (July 1936)
Temple, William, Archbishop of York. The Christian and the World Situation (broadcast 1 Sept. 1935)
Leeuw, J.J. van der and A. Viruly. Wij Kunnen de Oorlog Uitbannen [We Can Eradicate War] (Amsterdam: Andries Blitz). In samenwerking met de Nederlandse Afdeling van [in collaboration with the Dutch Department of the New Commonwealth.] Text in Dutch.

F.24     No Conscription Council
Coltman, Claud. “Should Conscription be Opposed?” [c.1944]
Conscription in Britain (Conference invitation and agenda; Feb. 1957)

F.25     No-Conscription Fellowship
No-Conscription Fellowship (circular letter, 31 Jan. 1916)
No-Conscription Fellowship (circular letter, 30 May 1916)
No-Conscription Fellowship 1914-1919: A Souvenir of its work during the years 1914-1919; illustrated

Box 3
F.1       No More War Movement
“Constitution and Membership Declaration” [1921]
Norman Angell, Will Disarmament Increase Unemployment? [c. 1931]
Laurence Housman, Don’t Tell
Joad, C.E.M. What Fighting Means [c. 1922]
Osburn , Lt.-Col. Arthur. The Suppressed Speech [1919?]
Ponsonby, Arthur. Disarmament by Example (Speech in the House of Commons, 17 March 1927)
Wilfred Wellock, Youth and Adventure: On Which Side Shall I Enlist?[1934-35]
Wilfred Wellock, War as Viewed by Jesus and the Early Church [1925]

F.2       Individual Authors O-S
Over, B.J. Why the Atlantic Pact: an Urgent Question for Pacifists (Weston-Super-Mare: Bleadon, c.1950)
Page, Kirby. War: its Causes, Consequences and Cure: Christianity and World Problems no. 1 (New York: George H. Doran, 1923)
Royden, A. Maude.” Church Militant Supplement. Occasional Paper. IV. -- Arbitration: the World’s Need”

F.3       Pacifist Research Bureau
New Tendencies in Colonial Policy. Introduction by Leonard Barnes. (1939)

F.4       Pacifist Service Units (PSU)
People in Need: PSU Annual Report 1944-45
“Secretary’s Report” (1941)
The Third Year: Report for 1942-43
The Year’s Work (1942)
Peake, Charles. Pattern in Relief (1940s)

F.5       Parliamentary Pacifist Group (House of Commons)
The Challenge of Positive Pacifism: Being a Verbatim Report of Proceedings and Speeches at the National Convention (18 Sept. 1937). Chairman: George Lansbury
National Convention, 18 Sept. 1937. Chairman George Lansbury

F.6       Parliamentary Peace Aims Group (House of Commons)
Towards a Total Peace: A Restatement of Fundamental Principles [1943-44]

F.7       Pax Christi League
Belden, Albert D. “Pax Christi” Replies

F.8       Peace Army
The Peace Army (reprint from Manchester Guardian 27 Feb. 1932)
The Peace Army: Being a Letter to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations and his Reply ‘Not a fantastic Proposal’ (1932)
The Peace Army: An Experiment in Positive and Heroic Peace
The Peace Army: Basis
The Peace Army: Peacemaking—and Palestine.
Royden, A. Maude. The Peace Army: A Sermon (28 Feb. 1932)
“The Peace Army: News-Sheet, No. 14 “(1938); mimeograph

F.9       Peace Book Club
“That Publisheth Peace” (information and enrolment) [1938]

F.10     Peace Education Network, Hamilton, Ont.
August Bulletin [c. 1985]

F.11     Peace Pledge Union
Conversation Peace, no. 4
Conversation Peace, no. 5
“Is Peace Possible?”; meeting at Caxton Hall, 5 May
Peace Service Handbook (1939)
Cranston, Maurice. Non-Violence & Germany (c. 1944; with a section by Wilfred Wellock)
Davies, George M. Ll. Religion and the Quest for Peace (The Brotherhood of Peace III, 1942)
Duncan, Ronald. The Complete Pacifist (London: Boriswood, 1937)
Gill, Eric. The Human Person and Society (The Bond of Peace I, 1940)
Glasgow, George. The War-as Before?; reprint from The Contemporary Review
Morris, Stuart and Sybil Morrison, It Isn’t True! (foreword by Vera Brittain)
Morrison, Sybil. Security through Disarmament
Port, Donald. The British People Stopped a War
Raven, Charles. The Starting Point of Pacifism (The Bond of Peace II, 1940)
Roy Walker, Who Starves? A Discussion on Blockade (Oct. 1940)

F.12     Peace Research Institute – Dundas, Ont.
Information leaflet, c. 1978
“Peace Research Reviews”

F.13     Peace Society
Barrett, John. Presentation of Pan-American Gold Medal to Andrew Carnegie (1911)
Darby, W. Evans. Aims and Strategy of the National Service League (1910)
Darby, W. Evans. Peace Conference at The Hague (London, 1900)

F.14     Society of Friends
Everyman’s Opportunity: A Message from the Society of Friends [1919?]
A Programme for Pacifists (Reprinted from The Friend, Dec. 14, 1934)
Catchpool, T. Corder. “The Life Which Takes Away the Occasion of All Wars” (1919)
The New Pacifism (leaflet announcing speech by Gerald Heard on 5 April 1936)
Heard, Gerald and Aldous Huxley. Pacifism (Heard on “The Significance of the New Pacifism” and Huxley on “Pacifism and Philosophy”, 26 Nov. and 3 Dec. 1935)
“Gerald Heard will Speak on The New Pacifism”, 5 April 1936
Peace Literature Committee
Capper-Johnson, Karlin. Air Raid Precautions: An Appeal and an Alternative [1938]
Davis, Robert. Quakers and War (1937)

F.15     Society of Friends
Canadian Friends’ Service Committee
Quaker Concern (CFSC 15: 4 Winter 1989-1990)

F.16     Society of Friends
Friends’ Council for International Service
Heath, Carl. The International Service of the Society of Friends [c. 1924]

F.17     Society of Friends
Friends Home Service Committee
Fuchs, Emil. Christ in Catastrophe: an Inward Record [post 1947]

F.18     Society of Friends
Friends’ Peace and International Relations Committee
Sims, Nicholas A. Disarmament: An Analysis for Quakers (1967)

F.19     Society of Friends
Friends’ Peace Committee
“Abolish all Air Warfare” [1934]
“Discussion Suggestions for Special Yearly Meeting, November 1938”; folder containing various leaflets
Educating for Peace (Supplement no. 1 Oct. 1959)
“Friends and Sanctions” [1935]
Looking Towards Peace (1915)

“Prepare for Peace, not War: Why the Air Raid Precautions should be opposed ... “(reprinted from “The Friends”, July 12, 1935)
“The Quaker Way of Peace “(meeting on 10 May)
Responsibility of Friends in the Present War Situation (August, 1942)
“The Russian Disarmament Proposals: A Manifesto” (Feb. 1928)
A Talk to Boys and Girls about Peace and War [1928]

Reports:
Annual Report to the Meeting for Sufferings (1928)
Annual Report to the Meeting for Sufferings (1935)
Annual Report to the Meeting for Sufferings (1936)
Report for 1924-25

Brittain, Vera. Reports of World Pacifist Meeting (Dec. 1949)
Buxton, Charles Roden. The Case for an Early Peace [1940]
Capper-Johnson, Karlin. Christian Revolution: an Essay on Peace-Building [c. 1945]

F.20     Society of Friends
Friends’ Peace Committee
Castle, E.B. Alternatives to School O.T.C.’s [1930?]
Catchpool, Corder. Peace Aims and War Methods (1940)
Cons, George. The Study & Teaching of International Relationships: An Inquiry into the Attitude and Mind of Children Towards Other People & Races (1926)
Delaisi, Francis. Ramifications of War Industry [1930?]
Farrar, Stanley C. “Our Peace Testimony in Total War” (1942)
Graham, John W. “The Quaker Testimony Against War” (1928; reprint 1929)
Graham, John W. “A Society of Nations: the One Hope for the Future” (advertising leaflet, 1918)
Heath, Carl. “Christians and the Anti-Gas Raid Drill” (reprint from The Friend, 12 July 1935)
Hobhouse, Stephen. A Confession of Faith in Wartime (1945); second edition enlarged (1945)
Hobhouse, Stephen. War and Character: Illustrated by Eleven Months’ Experiences in the Balkans during 1912 and 1913 (1914)

F.21     Society of Friends
Friends’ Peace Committee
Hogg, Dorothy. The Moral Challenge of M. K. Gandhi (1942)
Housman, Laurence. “Christ and Caesar” [1931?]
Innes, Kathleen E. Problems of Peace Organization (1929)
Nichols, Beverley. In the Next War I Shall be a Conscientious Objector
Penn, William. An Essay Towards the Present and Future of Peace of Europe (1936; reprint)
Pollard, F.E. War and Police: A Discussion A Pacifist and A Critic (1926; reprint)
Pollard, Robert S.W. Freedom is in Peril [c. 1942]
Priestley, J.B. The Lost Generation: An Armistice Day Article
Ramsay, Rev. R. Guy. God and Security [1934]
Seed, Philip. Why Quakers Oppose Conscription: An Appeal to the Christian Conscience [1953]
Sheppard, E. Dick. Dr. Sheppard’s Candid Letter to the “Men who Matter”
Wood, G. Herbert. Post-War Reconstruction and Spiritual Renewal

F.22     Society of Friends
Friends’ War Victims Relief Fund
Tatlock, Robert R. In the Heart of Russia (1918)

F.23     Society of Friends
Fry, A. Ruth
1945 Annus Mirabilis
Barriers to International Friendship (reprint from The Arbitrator no.673)
Blue Funk (1939)
Building a Better World (1952)
But (1949)
Conscription and “National Service?” Why Should We Oppose Them? (Rainbow Leaflet no. 3) – two copies, one pink, one yellow
Disarmament or Destruction (1949)
The Effect of Disarmament (1935)
Fear, the Dictator (1947, 1951)
Force and Failure (1938)
The Greatest Force in the World (1956)
An International Force? (1934)
Jupiter’s Moons
The Laws of Peace (1935, 1945)
The League’s Authority: War or Public Opinion? (1929?)
Let us Abolish War (1957)
A Milestone in History (1955)
More Victories without Violence (1938)
No War or No World (c. 1950)
A Pacifist Replies to the Archbishop of York (1935)
Quite Impossible (1938) An address of 17 Feb. 1938
A Simple Faith (1951)
Two Cigarettes for Peace: Is that enough? (1936)
An Unarmed World (1954)
Victory without Violence (1937)
Vision or Prison? (1941)
War: Its Causes and Cure (post 1942)
Weapons of Goodwill (1950)
Newton, Algernon, The Pacifist’ Dream (1950s); obtain from Ruth Fry

F.24     Society of Friends
London Friends’ Local Conscription Committee
The London Tribunal Questions the C.O. [1939]

F.25     Society of Friends
Manchester Friends Peace Committee
Owen, Douglas J.J. Absolute Pacifism: “The Case Against Pacifism” by Dr. John Lewis Examined (1941)
Owen, Douglas J.J. Absolute Conscience and the Refusal to Kill: Four pamphlets in One, on Conscientious Objection to Conscription (May 1941)

F.26     Society of Friends
Northern Friends’ Peace Board
The Healing of The Nations (Statement no. 2)
A Simple Statement of the Christian Pacifist Position
Catchpool, Corder. “Agreement or Victory”
Hartley, George E, and Joseph S. Rowntree. This Way Lies Peace: an outline of practical policy [1939?]
Hayes, Denis. The Ranks of Conscience
Owen, Douglas J.J. Compulsion and the Right of Private Judgment (Feb. 1942)
Pollard, F.E. What other way than War?

F.27     Society of Friends
The Peace Testimony of the Society of Friends, (London, 1920)
Historical Introduction
The Fundamental Basis: the Report of Commission I
Personal Life and Society: Report of Commission III
Problems of Education: Report of Commission IV
The Life of the Society of Friends: Report of Commission V
Methods of Propaganda: Report of Commission VI
The International Service of Friends: Report of Commission VII

F.28     Sojourners
December 1984 issue featuring A.J. Muste: Pilgrim for peace through a century of wars

F.29     Standing Joint Pacifist Committee
Unarmed: Some Consequences of Total Disarmament (1957)
Niemoller, Martin. The Failure of Violence—the Challenge to Pacifism (reprint from Peace News)

F.30     Individual Authors S-Z
Soper, Donald O. Keeping Festival: Rogation-Tide to Trinity Sunday (London: Epworth Press, 1954)
Thoreau, Henry David. On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, intr. Gene Sharp (London: Peace News Pamphlets, 1962)
Tolstoy, Leo. The Inevitable Change, tr. Ludvig Perno (Saxmundham: H. G. Crisp, 1937)
Walter, Nicolas. Nonviolent Resistance: Against War [c. 1962]
Wellock, Wilfred. A Mechanistic or a Human Society?
Wellock, Wilfred. Rebuilding Britain (London, Hallmark Books, March 1949)
Wellock, Wilfred. The Third Way
Yoder, John H. Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Pacifism

F.31     Union of Democratic Control
The Balance of Power, no. 14
How to get a Permanent Peace, no. 44b (12 Oct. 1917)
The Morrow of the War, no. 1
The National Policy, no. 6
The Peace of the World: A Summary of the Various Proposals Which are Now Being Discussed [c. 1930]
Secret Diplomacy No. 2 (no. 41b) Peace Proposals: What are the Real Facts? (no. 41b)
Suggestions for Terms of a Peace Settlement (July 1917)
The Union of Democratic Control 1930-1931 (preface by J.A. Hobson)
Towards an International Understanding, no. 10
The War to End War: A Plea to Soldiers by a Soldier, no 21a (July 1917)
“What is a Treaty?” (no. 6)
Why We Should State Terms of Settlement no. 9
Verbatim Report of Debate, Hammersmith and Chiswick branch, between Charles Roden Buxton and G.G. Coulton, 24 Jan. 1917

F.32     Union of Democratic Control (cont’d)
Angell, Norman. The Prussian in our Midst, no. 13
Brailsford, H.N. The Origins of the Great War
E.D. Morel, The Union of Democratic Control (no. 13, July 1915)
E.D. Morel, “The Union of Democratic Control: Object”
E.D. Morel, The African Problem and the Peace Settlement, no. 22a (July 1917)
E.D. Morel, Whither? (no. 25b, 1916)
Hobson, J.A. A League of Nations, no. 15a (Oct. 1915)
Lee, Vernon. Peace with Honour (advertising leaflet)
Ponsonby, Arthur. Why Must the War go on? (no. 29b, 1916)
Ponsonby, Arthur. Parliament and Foreign Policy, no. 5
Swanwick, H. M. Women and War, no. 11
Trevelyan, Charles. The Union of Democratic Control: Its History and Its Policy (Dec. 1919; reprint Sept. 1921)

Box 4
F.1       Vredeskring van Nederland [Circle of Peace, Netherlands]
Don, Door F. De Misdaad der Bewapening en onze verantwoordelijkheid (Rotterdam: B. Van Sijn) [The Crime of Armament and our Responsibility]

F.2       War Resisters International
A Peace Aims Declaration, no. 1 (Nov. 1941)
“What is the War resisters’ International?”
Beaton, Grace M. Four Years of War (1943)
Brown, H. Runham. The Chair of the W.R.I.: George Lansbury Passes (1940)
Brown, H. Runham. Circular letter, photocopy, dated 14 April 1923
Brown, H. Runham. Why Hitler? [c. 1932]
Housman, Laurence, Lord Ponsonby and Runham Brown, Autarchy, Internationalism and Common Sense: a George Lansbury Memorial
Lord Ponsonby, The League of Nations and Collective Security (speech at the House of Lords, 7 May 1936)

F.3       Women’s Campaign for Law Not War
Report of the Peacemakers’ Pilgrimage through Scotland, England and Wales to London (May-June 1926)

F.4       World Fellowship through Religion
“A World Congress of Faiths” (prospectus and membership application; 1936)

Oversize Items not in folders (predominantly books)
Note: There is a copy listed in library catalogue for starred books.

Individual Authors D-F
*Davies, George M. Ll. Essays towards Peace (London, 1946)

Episcopal Pacifist Fellowship
Temple, Sydney, ed. Pease is Possible (Deep River, The New Era Press, 1949)

Fellowship of Reconciliation International
Anet, Daniel. Pierre Ceresole: Passionate Peacemaker, tr. Marjorie Taylor (Delhi: Macmillan, 1974)
*Stevenson, Lilian. Towards a Christian International: The Story of the IFOR (1929; reprint in 1949)

Fellowship of Reconciliation UK
Lester, Muriel. “It occurred to me” (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938 [1937])
Lester, Muriel. Why Worship? (London: Independent Press, 1937)
Rizzo, Robert F. “Christian Vision and Pacifism: A Study of Charles Earle Raven with a Comparison to Reinhold Niebuhr” (PhD, The Catholic University of America, 1971)
Richards, Leyton. Planning for Freedom (Swarthmore Lecture 1943, delivered at Friends House)
Wilson, Theodora. The Wrestlers: Father, Mother, Son (London: C.W. Daniel, 1916)

Fellowship of Reconciliation USA
Barton, Betty Lynn. “The Fellowship of Reconciliation: Pacifism, Labor, and Social Welfare, 1915-1960.” (PhD, The Florida State University, 1974)

Movement for a Pacifist Church
Hancock, Frank. The Sixth Day (London: James Clarke, 1942)

Peace Book Club
Martin, John. Peace Adventure (1937)

Society of Friends
Friends and the War (London: Headly Brothers, 1914)
*“Whence Come Wars?” First Report of the Committee on ‘War and the Social Order Appointed by the London Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends (London: Headly Brothers, 1916)
Bartlett, Percy W. Barrow Cadbury: A Memoir (London: Bannisdale Press, 1960)
*Fry, A. Ruth. Everyman’s Affair: A Plea for a Sane Peace (London: Andrew Dakers, 1941)
*Fry, A. Ruth. A Quaker Adventure: The Story of Nine Years; Relief and Reconstruction in Europe (London: Friends Service Council, 1943; abridged from 1926)
Harrison, Irene. Agatha Harrison: An Impression by her Sister (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1956)
Hobhouse, Rosa Waugh. The Records of Senelder: An Old History Imagined (London: C.W. Daniel, 1940)

Peace Testimony of the Society of Friends
National Life and International Relation (London) Report of Commission II

War Resisters International
War Resisters in Many Lands (July 1928)
Brown, H. Runham. Cutting Ice: A Brief Survey of War Resistance and the International (Middlesex, WRI, 1930)

Missing
The following pamphlet was listed as being included in this collection. It could not be located.
Catchpool, Corder. On Two Fronts: Letters of a Conscientious Objector (London: George Allen & Unwin 1919; 1940 issue with George Lansbury preface.)

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