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Guide to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Auburn Branch records, 1976-2002 (1998-2000)
MSS 2001/13
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Title: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Auburn Branch records
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 2001/13
Contributing Institution:
California State University, Sacramento Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.6 Linear feet
(4 manuscript boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1998-2000
Date (inclusive): 1976-2002
Abstract: The collection includes Agendas, Minutes, Binders, Awards, Newspaper Clippings, Correspondence, Ephemera, Lecture Notes, Photographs,
Programs, Publications, Reports, Scrapbooks and a Plaque. This also includes correspondence with prominent local and state
politicians such as Senator Pete Wilson, Norman Schumway, Ray Johnson, Alan Cranston, Thomas Bates, Jean Moorehead, Gene Chapple,
and Robert Matsui.
creator:
Fort, Martha
creator:
Livingston, Millee
creator:
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Auburn Branch.
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Auburn Branch assembled these records over many years as part of its
effort to preserve the organization's materials.
The collection includes minutes, agendas, reports, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and clippings collected by the
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Auburn Branch.
There are three main series pertaining to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Auburn Branch records.
Series 1 consists of records compiled and created by Millee Livingston.
Series 2 consists of records compiled and created by Martha Fort.
Series 3 consists of miscellaneous records (plaques, awards, scrapbooks) of the WILPF.
Processed by Monica Burrowes.
Biographical / Historical Note
Millie Livingston and Martha Fort, two prominent members of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, donated this
collection to Special Collections at Sacramento State University. WILPF was originally created in 1915; Jane Addams served
as its first president. The women of WILPF are dedicated to world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic
justice, an end to all forms of violence. The Auburn chapter of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom was created
in 1981, with many members active in other local peace organizations in the Sacramento area, including Grandmothers for Peace.
Martha Fort was active in multiple chapters of WILPF. Serving as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) worker, a social worker
and professor at San Diego State University, a founding member of the San Diego Peace Resource Center, a United Nations representative
for peace, an activist with the League of Women Voters and Grandmothers for Peace. Among her WILPF accomplishments, Martha
served as editor for the international publication Pax Libertas in Geneva, as well as representing the United States in WILPF
in Mexico, Africa and China. Her records document her participation in these activities.
The collection is organized according to creator.
[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 2001/13, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,
Auburn Branch records, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, The Library, California State University,
Sacramento.
The collection was donated by Millee Livingston in 2002.
The collection is open for research. Some restrictions may apply.
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code. Requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce
from collections must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives.
Permission for publication is given on the behalf of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Library,
California State University, Sacramento as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Additions are expected.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fort, Martha
Livingston, Millee
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Auburn Branch.
Peace movements
Women and peace