Preliminary Inventory to the Rosika Schwimmer papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Title: Rosika Schwimmer papers

Date (inclusive): 1914-1937

Collection Number: 37005

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope (0.9 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, petitions, clippings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the pacifist movement during World War I, the Henry Ford Peace Expedition, the International Congress of Women, and the presentation of the World Peace Prize to R. Schwimmer in 1937

Creator: Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948

Creator: Henry Ford Peace Expedition

Creator: International Congress of Women

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1937.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Rosika Schwimmer Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, petitions, clippings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the pacifist movement during World War I, the Henry Ford Peace Expedition, the International Congress of Women, and the presentation of the World Peace Prize to R. Schwimmer in 1937.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Peace

World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace

Pacifism

Women -- Hungary

Chronological file of correspondence and other material

box 1

June - July 1914

box 1

August 1914

box 1

September 1914

box 1

October 1914

box 1

November 1914

box 1

December 1914

box 1

January 1915

box 1

February 1915

box 1

March 1915

box 1

April 1915

box 1

May 1915

box 1

June - July September 1915

box 1

October 1915

box 1

November 1915

box 1

December 1915

box 1

January 1916

box 1

February 1916

box 1

March - April 1916

box 1

June 1916

box 1

July - August 1916

box 1

December 1916

box 1

January 1917

box 1

February 1917

box 1

March 1917

box 1

September 1917

box 1

October 1917

box 1

December 1917

box 2

January 1918

box 2

October 1918

box 2

November 1918

box 2

December 1918

box 2

1920

box 2

October 1921

box 2

October - November 1922 August 1923

box 2

April - May October 1924

box 2

January March - July September - December 1925

box 2

January - February June August - October December 1926

box 2

January March - April June - December 1927

box 2

1928

box 2

1929

box 2

1930

box 2

1931

box 2

1932

box 2

1933

box 2

1935

box 2

Documentary material concerning Rosika Schwimmer vs. William Fox and Upton Sinclair 1931-1935

box 2

Woman Patriot Corporation's petition against the admittance of Dr. Albert Einstein to the U.S. 1933

box 2

Swedish cartoon, Queen of Sweden with Crown of Schrapnal appearing in the Swedish periodical Naggen, 1915

box 2

Three postcard reproductions of a poster titled Stop the War in English and Hungarian; also 6 photographic reproductions of paintings by Giovanni Constantini, depicting the horrors of war

box 2

Collection of miscellaneous data concerning the presentation of the World Peace Prize to Rosika Schwimmer Dec. 4, 1937

envelope A

4 photos depicting the interior of Madame Schwimmer's apartment in New York City. One photo shows Madame Schwimmer working at a desk. 1937