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Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Title:
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Description:
Alfred H. Love was a Quaker political activist, abolitionist, and pacifist. Wants Lockwood to represent the Universal Peace Union at the upcoming N.O. Exposition and attend the Pennsylvania Army [sp] meeting. Asks her about Alex D. Anderson and discusses the publishing of Grant's writing. Asks her if she did anything with his writing draft about arbitration for President Grover Cleveland.
Date:
1885-10-26
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Title:
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Description:
Alfred H. Love was a Quaker political activist, abolitionist, and pacifist. Dr. M. Murdy [sp], Alex D. Anderson, and Senor Rimero [sp] will be representing the Universal Peace Union at the N.O. Exposition since Belva Lockwood is unable to attend. Asks for her help getting subscribers for the "Peacemaker" journal.
Date:
1885-11-06
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
'Peace and the Outlook: An American View"
Title:
'Peace and the Outlook: An American View"
Description:
Pacifist literature by Belva Lockwood. Lockwood begins by discussing the negative consequences and high cost of war in the framework of the recently fought Spanish-American War and the Cuban Revolution. She bridges into describing the United States' foreign relations with the world's great powers, with emphasis on many countries' efforts towards peaceful relations and highlights the many benefits of peace and disarmament for the U.S. and the world. She also talks extensively about the international peace conference held in The Hague in 1899. She then describes individual and organizational efforts towards world peace, including the work of the Universal Peace Union.
Date:
1899-08-27
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Phebe A. Hanaford letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Phebe A. Hanaford letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Phebe A. Hanaford was a minister, author, and women's right activist. Briefly discusses Ellen E. Miles's massage skills, the death of Woman's Christian Temperance Union President Frances Willard, and the upcoming Society for Political Study election. Also discusses her pacifist beliefs and references events surrounding the Spanish-American War.
Date:
1898-02-18
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Howard W. Elkinton
Title:
Katharine Wistar Elkinton letter to Howard W. Elkinton
Description:
Describes her activities, including a visit to the Shipleys and her eagerness to see the new furniture. Reports that Aunt Lilia's brother-in-law has probably been ordered to the front lines and mentions that Mrs. Joseph Sharp's son Joe has left to learn "the trade of legalized man-slaughter." Discusses her feelings on the avoidability of the war and on the worth of pacifism.
Date:
1916-06-28
Collection:
Elkinton Family papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Agnes L. Tierney, a Quaker minister, activist, educator, and friend of Emily Howland. Celebrates the recent passage of women's suffrage in New York state. Discusses the tragic nature of World War I and says that Tierney would "far rather submit to anything at the hands of the Germans - any physical indignity - rather than that any … young fellows should be degraded in mind and soul by the horrible necessities of warfare."
Date:
1917-11-07
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Agnes L. Tierney, a Quaker minister, activist, educator, and friend of Emily Howland. Discusses Howland's recent attack of rheumatism while vacationing in Maine. Discusses Tierney's plans to attend a peace conference chaired by conscientious objector Leyton Richards. Describes the mixed reactions of attendees to a lecture put on by the Woman's Peace Party in Philadelphia. Mentions Stanley Yarnall's plan to travel to Mexico and Isaac Sharpless's resignation as president of Haverford College. Includes a typed advertisement for a course about the abolition of poverty.
Date:
1916-11-30
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Anna Garlin Spencer letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Anna Garlin Spencer letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Anna Garlin Spencer was a clergywoman and prominent peace and women's rights activist. Primarily discusses the peace movement, including the misrepresentation of the New York Peace Society in the "New York Times" and her participation in the Woman's Peace Party. Also discusses the advancement of social purity efforts, her reluctance to speak at the Purity Congress, and the Social Ethics course she is teaching.
Date:
1915-05-08
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Fanny Garrison Villard letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Fanny Garrison Villard letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Fanny Garrison Villard, daughter of William Lloyd Garrison, was a suffragist and peace activist who founded the Women's Peace Party. Assures Jackson that the Women's Peace Party meetings will be "sane and sound, protesting threats related to World War I and the country's democracy such as the compulsory service bill and espionage bill.
Date:
1917-04-20
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Thomas Octavius Hague letter to Anna M. Jackson
Title:
Thomas Octavius Hague letter to Anna M. Jackson
Description:
Has been instructed by activist Alfred H. Love to help Jackson with the upcoming peace meeting. Considers himself a pacifist and offers Jackson his services. Mentions his intention to gain the support of Hon. Stewart Lyndon Woodford.
Date:
1904-10-25
Collection:
Branson-Jackson Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Title:
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Description:
Written on "Universal Peace Union" stationery. Alfred H. Love was a Quaker political activist, abolitionist, and pacifist. Requests information about the Nobel Peace Prize application process, and discusses his refusal to endorse Albert K. Smiley. Copies a letter from Emile Armand concerning a Geneva peace meeting and the "Federation." Discusses the membership and finances of the Universal Peace Union, lists their delegates for the Geneva meeting, and asks for Lockwood's advice.
Date:
1912-09-27
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Title:
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Description:
Written on "Universal Peace Union" stationery. Alfred H. Love was a Quaker political activist, abolitionist, and pacifist. Is unable to attend Belva Lockwood's portrait unveiling but is loaning her peace flags for the event; says, Let it be an inspiration for the progress of the women, not only of the Twentieth Century but for the ages to come. Reports the Pennsylvania legislature's recent vote in support of the ratification of women's suffrage.
Date:
1913-02-05
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Title:
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Description:
Written on "Universal Peace Union" stationery. Alfred H. Love was a Quaker political activist, abolitionist, and pacifist. Discusses news concerning the Universal Peace Union, including finances, membership, and the resignation of William Henry Woodward as attorney and general counsel. Mentions correspondence with Woodrow Wilson.
Date:
1912-1913
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Title:
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Description:
Written on "Universal Peace Union" stationery. Alfred H. Love was a Quaker political activist, abolitionist, and pacifist. Wants to know about Belva Lockwood's recent peace work. Discusses the merging of state/local peace societies, such as the Rhode Island Peace Society. Also discusses new members of the Universal Peace Union, his disappointment with Countess Von Boos (1973-1966), and Arabella Carter's health and role as business manager. Offers to send Lockwood more peace literature.
Date:
1912-05-29
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Title:
Alfred H. Love letter to Belva Lockwood
Description:
Written on "Alfred H. Love & Co." stationery. Alfred H. Love was a Quaker political activist, abolitionist, and pacifist. Remarks on her approaching 82nd birthday, and encloses money to help fund Lockwood's portrait painter (probably Nellie Mathes Horne). Invites her to a meeting in November featuring Baroness Bertha von Suttner and discusses peace activism.
Date:
1912-10-15
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Belva Lockwood letter to Lella Gardner
Title:
Belva Lockwood letter to Lella Gardner
Description:
Written on "American Woman's Republic" stationery. Lella Crum Gardner (1873-1956) was the wife of Belva Lockwood's nephew Frank Gardner. Discusses her opinions on the biography Gardner is writing about her, which she thinks will be successful due to increased interest in suffragists now that four states have ratified women's suffrage. Received a lot of attention from journalists at the recent women's suffrage convention in Philadelphia. Offers to provide engraved portraits of herself for the biography and says that she is expected to participate in an upcoming important Peace Meeting.
Date:
1912-12-01
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Title:
Agnes L. Tierney letter to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Agnes L. Tierney, a Quaker minister, activist, educator, and friend of Emily Howland. Discusses an anti-war organization called the Fellowship of Reconciliation at length. Discusses pro-war sentiment.
Date:
1917-12-23
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Belva Lockwood letter to Alfred H. Love
Title:
Belva Lockwood letter to Alfred H. Love
Description:
Written on "Belva A. Lockwood, Attorney and Solicitor" stationery. Alfred H. Love was a Quaker political activist, abolitionist, and pacifist. Discusses her distribution of peace literature. Offers to speak on behalf of the Universal Peace Union at the Women's Council in April. Is in correspondence with European peace societies and collects their written material. Describes her presence on the International Law Committee at the Peace Congress in Boston and her paper that is being printed as part of the report. Briefly discusses Congress's ratification of Peace Treaties, the Army Bill, and the age of military enlistment. Reports on her efforts getting women's suffrage in the Statehood Bill and the recent ratification of women's suffrage in Kansas. Note by an unknown author at the end about acknowledging Lockwood as one of the Peace Congress delegates.
Date:
1905-02-12
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Belva Lockwood letter to Alfred H. Love
Title:
Belva Lockwood letter to Alfred H. Love
Description:
Written on "Belva A. Lockwood, Attorney and Solicitor" stationery. Alfred H. Love was a Quaker political activist, abolitionist, and pacifist. Has been too busy to attend club or peace meetings due to her work on multiple important court cases, including that of Mary E. Gage. Discusses her and Love's work promoting the peace treaties between Great Britain and France, the health of peace activists Arabella Carter and Countess Von Boos (1873-1966), funding for the Universal Peace Union, the distribution of peace literature, and applications for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Date:
1912-03-15
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Belva Lockwood letter to Frank Gardner
Title:
Belva Lockwood letter to Frank Gardner
Description:
Written on "Belva A. Lockwood, LL. D. Attorney and Solicitor" stationery. Frank D. Gardner (1864-1963) was Belva Lockwood's nephew. Discusses the recent weather, visiting a friend who was in an automobile accident, and her upcoming 81st birthday. Also discusses attending a case at the Supreme Court of Washington, D.C., and her lecture at the Peoples Church about Universal Peace, which was reported in multiple newspapers.
Date:
1911-10-23
Collection:
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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