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

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

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

August 1914

September 1914

October 1914

November 1914

December 1914

January 1915

February 1915

March 1915

April 1915

May 1915

June - July, September 1915

October 1915

November 1915

December 1915

January 1916

February 1916

March - April 1916

June 1916

July - August 1916

December 1916

January 1917

February 1917

March 1917

September 1917

October 1917

December 1917

box 2

January 1918

October 1918

November 1918

December 1918

1920

October 1921

October - November 1922, August 1923

April - May, October 1924

January, March - July, September - December 1925

January - February, June, August - October, December 1926

January, March - April, June - December 1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1935

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

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

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

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

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