| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/20/9 |
| Title | 'War and Peace' |
| Date | 1930 - 1952 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud (NUWT), Local Education Committees, Members of Parliament including Halifax, Irving Albery, P Cadogan, Malcolm Macdonald, Graham White and W. Craven Ellis, and various organisations calling for peace and disarmament including the Women's Peace Crusade, and the Central Disarmament Bureau regarding arguments and actions for and against peace and disarmament.
The correspondence covers:
Proposals for a Disarmament Campaign organised by the Central Disarmament Bureau
Arrangements, agendas and reports of meetings of the Central Disarmament Bureau
News of the move of the work of the Central Disarmament Bureau to be done by the League of United Nations, 1931
Visit of the Emperor of Abyssinia to Britain
Information on a 'Conference Internationale pour le Desarmement', 1931
Sheffield Local Education Committee statement on setting aside a school day for 'International Friendship and Peace'
NUWT representation at meetings of the Women's International
Boycott to Prevent War
NUWT representation at meetings of the World Anti-War Congress
Extracts from Hansard of questions asked in the House of Commons regarding Officers Training Corps and Cadet Corps
International Peace Congress, 1936
Women and peace, including a typed letter from Vera Brittain 'Personal Letter to Peace-Lovers'
Reports in the private traffic of arms
Responses from MPs to NUWT Resolution criticising the Governments increased expenditure on armaments
NUWT Resolution criticising the Government increase in expenditure on armaments
A German women's view, 1935 - letter from a German women outlining why she feels Germany does not want another war
Publications and reports including:
'The Military Training of Youth - a study of the Officer's Training Corps', National Council for Prevention of War, 1930
'The Futility and Suicidal Policy of War',
Plans for celebrations for the King's Jubilee
Typed letters from a Reverend William Riley outlining his belief in world peace
Press cuttings regarding:
Reports of teachers organisations involved in calls for peace and disarmament
Opposition to Officers Training Corps and Cadet Corps
Disarmament Conferences, 1932 and 1933
Examples of women working for the war effort
Establishment of the United Nations
The costs of war - statistics on the cost of armaments and the human costs of war
International Peace Congress, 1934
Traffic in arms
Arms race |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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