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Title: Women's International League for Peace & Freedom: Meta Riseman Collection Genre: Papers Dates: 1913 to 1979 (Primarily 1946-57) Size : 7 linear feet, 7 scrapbooks, 1 oversized mss box ID #: 619 OCLC:
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The WILPF/Meta Riseman Collection was placed in the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs in May 1976 by Meta Riseman, and was opened for research in June 1978.
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915 at the Hague during the first Women's Peace Conference, which met to seek ways of ending existing hostilities. Jane Addams, who presided over the conference, became the League's first international president, and remained in that office until her death in 1935. In 1919, the Second Women's Peace Conference voted to continue the WILPF on a permanent basis. Its goal was, and is, to "unite women in all countries who are opposed to every kind of war, exploitation and oppression, and who work for universal disarmament and for the solution of conflicts by recognition of human solidarity, by conciliation, and arbitrations, by world cooperation, and by the establishment of social, political, and economic justice for all, without distinction of sex, race, class or creed." The U.S. Section, one of twenty national sections on five continents, supports state and local branches across the country by its national offices in Philadelphia and Washington D.C. The Michigan and Detroit branches came into existence jointly in 1919. The members have, since that time, been very involved in WILPF projects on the national, state and local levels. Some of the original members are still active.
Meta
Riseman, nee Rosenberg, was born in Germany in 1904. She came to
the
United States in 1910 with her parents, and lived with them in Newark, New
Jersey until she entered Smith College around 1920. After graduating in 1924,
she spent a year in Europe where she attended the University of Berlin and the
University of Zurich. Upon her return she taught school for two years, in New
York and New Jersey. In 1927 she was married to Harry Riseman, and came to
Detroit.
Mrs.
Riseman's WILPF activity began when her mother encouraged her to become a
member in 1928. In 1941 she became president of the Detroit Unit. She was
elected president of the Michigan branch in 1943. She also served as president
of the U.S. Section, and chaired a national committee on human rights.
The
papers of Mrs. Riseman reflect her deep involvement of the WILPF and other
peace groups.
Anti‑Semitism
Disarmament
(A & H bombs, nuclear weapons)
Draft
(UMT, conscription)
Human
rights (Including civil rights, women's rights, Indians' rights)
Peace
Katherine
(Kitty) Arnett
Alice
Bostick
Kathleen
Hendrie
Mildred
Scott Olmstead
Elsie
Picon
Elizabeth
Weideman
Approximately thirty photographs relating to Michigan Branch WILPF participation in the 1960 and 1961 State Fairs and the 1965 Symposium Toward a Peaceful Planet have been placed in the Archives Audio Visual collection. A WILPF button has also been placed there. Numerous pamphlets and periodicals dealing with peace, human rights, and anti-Semitism have been placed in the Archives Library. With them are issues of Pax et Libertas, and the UAW Local 180 Newsletter. A complete listing of these publications is available with the librarian.
Boxes 1‑8:
WILPF Files, 1913‑1976
Office
files kept by Mrs. Riseman, including correspondence, membership lists and
directories, bulletins and financial reports, petitions, pamphlets, brochures
and reprints on pertinent topics.
Boxes 9‑13:
WILPF Branch Packets, 1956‑1970
Packets
of mimeographed material sent monthly from the national to state branch
members.
Box 14:
Personal Files of Mrs. Riseman, 1933‑1973
Correspondence,
newspaper clippings and pamphlets covering Mrs. Riseman's interests in Dryden,
Michigan, her friendships, and her activities in organizations other than the
WILPF.
Scrapbooks,
1941‑1962
These
scrapbooks document the activities of the Detroit and Michigan
Branches
of the WILPF, primarily through clippings. Three of them
focus on
specific projects (Human Rights Project, Disarmament Project,
and
Fortieth Anniversary), and the other four cover general activities.
Contents
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1.
Biographical materials (printed)
2. Jane
Addams article, Chicago Examiner, August 11, 1913.
3.
Clippings, letters, miscellaneous, 1916‑1929.
4.
Capital punishment articles, 1916‑1929.
5. Carrie
Chapman Catt article, Good Housekeeping, March 1918
6.
Suffragist Magazine, February 1920.
7.
Suffragist‑Magazine, March 1920.
8.
Suffragist Magazine, January‑February,
1921. (2 copies)
9. The
National Women's Party, 1913‑1926
10. WILPF
National and International material, 1930‑34.
11.
Constitution, by‑laws and rules of order, amended Zurich, 1934.
12. WILPF
programs, 1934‑37.
13.
Twentieth Anniversary of WILPF (Jane Addams dinner), 1935.
14. WILPF
Michigan Branch By‑laws, as amended 1935.
15.
Correspondence: Balch, Emily and Hendrie, Mrs. George, 1935‑55.
16.
Minutes and materials from the National and Inter‑national, 1935‑39.
17. Fellowship
Magazine, December 1937.
18. Fellowship
Magazine, April 1938. 19.Fellowship Magazine, June 1938.
20. Fellowship
Magazine, September 1938. 21.Fellowship Magazine, Nov 1938.
22. Background
for War, Reprint from Time, 1939.
23.
Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., May 1939.
24. The
Nation Magazine, June 1940.
25.
Annual Report, 1940.
26. WILPF
programs, 1940‑55.
27.
Pamphlets, reprints, and clippings, 1940‑49.
28.
Articles and WILPF reading list, 1940‑49.
1. South
America materials, 1941 and 1946.
2. Anti‑Semitism letters from branches, 1944‑45.
3.
Resolutions (National Board Meetings), 1944‑47.
4.
Published material on peace and on bigotry, 1944‑48.
5.
Miscellaneous flyers and bulletins, 1945‑49.
6. Notice
of Annual Meeting, 1946.
7.
"Highlights in WILPF History 1915‑1946", November 1946.
8. State
Membership Correspondence, 1946‑47.
9.
Minutes, U.S. Section, 1946‑47.
10.
Detroit Branch Membership List, 1947.
11. Emily
Greene Balch Dinner, 1947.
12.
Membership Kit, 1947.
13.
Articles from The Nation and Survey Graphic, 1947‑48.
14.
Michigan WILPF Bulletins and Minutes, 1947‑49.
15.
Michigan WILPF Financial Reports, 1950.
16.
Michigan WILPF Minutes, 1950.
17.
Michigan WILPF Bulletins, 1950.
18.
Michigan WILPF Correspondence, 1950.
19.
National WILPF Communications, 1950.
20.
"The Story of the WIL Human Rights Project", 1950.
1.
Pamphlets and Congressional Letters about Draft, Conscription, UMT, 1950‑51.
2. Fair
Employment Literature, 1950‑54.
3‑5.
Michigan WILPF Correspondence and Bulletins, 1951.
6.
Michigan WILPF Branch Correspondence, 1951.
7.
Michigan WILPF Branch Financial Report, 1951.
8. State
Board Meeting Minutes, 1951.
9.
National Board Meeting, February 1951. 10. (UN) Point Four Conference 1951.
10. (UN)
Point Four Conference, 1951.
11.
Michigan WILPF Branch Membership Lists, 1951‑52.
12.
Pamphlets, Reprints and Clippings, 1951‑59.
1.
Michigan WILPF Correspondence, 1952.
2‑3.
Michigan WILPF Correspondence and Bulletins, 1952.
4.
Michigan WILPF Financial Report, 1952.
5.
Organization Planning for a Lansing WILPF, 1952.
6.
Michigan WILPF Correspondence and Bulletins, 1953.
7.
Michigan WILPF Financial Report, 1953.
8. Honorarium
for Dr. Henry Hitt Crane, May 1953 9.Twelfth International Congress of the
WILPF, The Legal Status of Women in the United States
10.
Michigan WILPF Finance, 1953‑55.
11.
Michigan WILPF Correspondence and Bulletins, 1954‑55.
12.
National Board Membership Lists, 1954‑55.
13.
Infiltration Package, McCarthy Era, 1954‑55.
14.
Paris, August 1953
1. Study
of Organization Problems, U.S. Section, May 1955.
2.
Fortieth Anniversary Dinner, Hay 2, 1955.
3.
Reports to the Annual Meeting, U.S. Section, July 1955.
4. Human
Rights pamphlets, 1955.
5.
Michigan WILPF Correspondence and Financial Reports, 1956.
6.
Letters sent with president's signature, U.S. Section, 1956.
7.
Executive Session, 1956.
8.Material
for the Executive Committee Meeting, Sept. 1956. 9. National Board
Meeting, October 1956. 9. "Four Lights", Dec. 1956.
10.
Letters referred from the National (answered), 1956. 11.Letters referred from
the National (unanswered), 1956.
1.
Finance, WDWD, Policy committees 1956‑57.
2.
Planning, Emily G. Balch 90th Birthday, 1956‑57.
3.
National and International Literature, 1956‑57.
4. WILPF
Press Clippings, 1956‑64.
5. Civil
Rights literature, 1956‑71.
6.
Petitions on Ending Nuclear Weapons Tests, Scrapbook, 1957.
7.
Petitions on Ending Nuclear Weapons Tests, Correspondence, 1957.
8.
National WILPF Legislative Letters, 1957.
9. Notes
from Executive Sessions, 1957.
10.
Letters referred from the National (answered), 1957.
11.
National Board Meeting, 1957.
12. Asian‑American
Conference, 1957.
13.
Correspondence re: National Board Meeting, June 1957.
14.
Annual Meeting of National Board, June 1957. 15.Annual Executive Committee
Meeting, 1957.
1.
Directory, National Board, 1957‑58.
2.
Michigan WILPF Bulletins, 1957‑60.
3. National Board Meeting, 1958.
4. Annual
Meeting U.S. Section, Appleton, Wisc., June 1958.
5.
Planning, Jane Addams Centennial, 1958.
6. World
Disarmament Correspondence, 1958‑62.
7.
National Board Meeting, 1959.
8. Fourth
Annual Legislative Seminar, 1959.
9.
Bulletins and miscellaneous communications, 1959‑65.
10. WILPF
and Michigan State Fair, 1960.
11.
Peace, nuclear weapons cartoons, 1960's.
12.
Pamphlets, brochures and reprints, 1960‑69.
13. WILPF
and Michigan State Fair, 1961.
14.
Annual Meeting, April 1962.
15.
"Cold War in the Classroom", WILPF Flyer, 1963.
16.
Communications from the National, 1964.
17.
Symposium Toward a Peaceful Planet, Correspondence, 1965.
18.
Symposium Toward a Peaceful Planet, Planning Correspondence and Background.
19.
Symposium Toward a Peaceful Planet, Follow‑up, 1965.
1.
Constitution and By‑laws, Detroit Branch, 1965.
2.
"50 Years for Peace and Freedom", play, 1965.
3.
Correspondence and Flyers, 1965‑68.
4. Report
on Alabama Justice, Feb. 1966.
5.
Material from the National and Pamphlets, 1966‑69. 6. Michigan Branch
Extension correspondence, 1969‑70. 7. Publicity for WILPF sale of UNICEF
cards, 1969‑72. 8. 8."Declaration‑of Women's
Independence" flyer, 1970. 9. Michigan WILPF Lobbying Materials, 1970.
10.
Racism Kit, 1971.
11.
Material from the National and Pamphlets, 1970‑71.
12.
Petitions: to End the War; Against Racial Discrimination, 1970‑72.
13‑14.
Michigan WILPF legislation and Bulletins, 1970‑73.
15.
Correspondence and Legislation, 1971‑72.
16. A
Strategy for Action Handbook, [1972].
17.
Michigan WILPF Correspondence, Bulletins, Minutes, and Resolutions, 1972‑73.
18.
Miscellaneous WILPF materials, 1975‑76.
1.
October, 1956
2.
November 1956
3.
January 1957
4.
February 1957
5. March
1957
6. April
1957
7. May
1957
8. June
1957
9. July
1957
10.
August 1957
11.
October 1957
12.November
1957
13.
December 1957
14.
January 1958
15.
February 1958
16. March
1958
17. April
1958
18. May
1958
19. June
1958
20. July
1958
21.
October 1958
22. Nov.
1958
1.
December 1958
2.
January 1959
3.
February 1959
4. March
1959
5. April
1959
6. May
1959
7. June
1959
8.
Sept./Oct 1960
9.
November 1960
10.
December 1960
11.
January 1961
12.February
1961
13.March 1961
14.April 1961
15. May 1961
16. June 1961
17. July 1961
18. Sept./Oct. 1961
19. November 1961
20. December 1961
21. January 1962
22. February 1962
23. March 1962
24. April 1962
25. May 1962
26. June 1962
27. February 1963
28. June 1963
29. October 1963
1.
January 1964
2.
February 1964
3. April
1964
4. June
1964
5.
Sept./Oct. 1964
6.
November 1964
7.
January 1965
8.
February 1965
9. April
1965
10. June
1965
11.
Sept./Oct. 1965
12.
Annual Meeting Sept./Oct. 1965
13.
November 1965
14.
January 1966
15.
February 1966
16.
Annual Meeting June 1966
17.
Sept./Oct. 1966
18.
November 1966
1. Feb.
/March 1967
2. April
1967
3. May
1967
4.
November 1967
5.
January 1968
6.
Feb./March 1968
7. April
1968
8.
May/June 1968
9. Sept.
/Oct. 1968
10.
November 1968
11.
January 1969
12.
February 1969
13. April
1969
14.
May/June 1969
15.
July 1969
1.Sept./Oct.
1969
2.November
1969
3.
February 1970
4. May
1970
5.
February 1971
6.May
1971
7.July
1971
8.October
1971
9.November
1971
10. March
1972
11. Memo
from Washington 1956
12.
Washington Newsletter, Feb. & Aug. 1956
13.
Washington Newsletter. Aug. & Sept. 1957
14.
Political Action Handbook, Feb. 1959.
15-16.
Childhood Education Kit, 1963.
17.Society
of Friends Ed. Packet, 1963.
18. Jane
Addams Children's Book Awards
and
Related WILPF Reading Lists, 1963‑69.
19.WILPF
Childhood Education Committee,
St.
Louis, Reading Lists [1969‑70].
1. Card:
Meta Riseman, Socialist Party Candidate for School Inspector, 1933.
2.
Letters, August 1950 and March 1941.
3.
Miscellaneous, 1955‑1965.
4.
Newspaper clippings, 1957‑76.
5.
Programs and Testimonials, 1960‑76.
6.
Obituary clippings, 1965‑73.
7.
Clippings on Alice Herz's death, March 1965.
8.
Clippings on Stillman J. Elwell, 1971,
9.
Brochure for Italian Divine Comedy, 1973.
Scrapbooks
1 storage
box
WILPF,
Detroit Branch, 1941‑46.
WILPF,
Michigan and Detroit Branches, Human Rights Project, 1949‑50.
WILPF,
Disarmament Project, 1950‑51.
WILPF,
Michigan Branch, Fortieth Anniversary Celebration, May 1955.
WILPF,
Detroit Branch, 1955‑58
WILPF,
Michigan State Fair, 1959‑60.
WILPF,
Detroit and Michigan Branches, 1959‑62.
Oversized
Box
WILPF
Scrapbook, 1951‑55
Equal
Rights, 24 May 1924
Women
of the Whole World, 1968
World
War II neutrality chart
World
War II Poster ‑ "An Alert to All Rumor Wardens”
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