| AdminHistory | Papers of the late Mrs. Gwladys [Gladys] Thoday (wife of the late Professor Thoday), Hon. Secretary of the North Wales Women's peace Council, and Member of the Executive of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom). Abbreviations used : N.W.W.P.C. - North Wales Women's Peace Council.
W.I.L - Women's International League.
W.I.L.P.F. - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, pamphlets, periodicals and press cuttings for the period 1926-43, principally concerning disarmament and the peace movements. The main organisations involved are :
1. N.W.W.P.C.: agenda, minutes, correspondence, duplicated material, and press cuttings. Includes pamphlets "Year's Work", 1928-43.
2. W.I.L.: minutes, papers relating to the 7th and 9th International Conferences (1932 and 1937) at which latter Mrs. Thoday was a delegate.
3. W.I.L.P.F.: minutes, papers relating to the 7th and 9th International Conferences (1932 and 1937)
4. Council of Action for Peace and Reconstruction : papers relating thereto : 1936, 1938-39
5. World Disarmament Conference at Geneva, 1932-33; press cuttings, reports of committees, speeches of delegates, the "Journal" of the Conference, etc.
As well as domestic affairs, these categories include material on the Spanish Civil War, the Sino-Japanese War, the Italo-Abyssinian War; women's position in South Africa, Japan, India, etc. Special topics which figure prominently in the collection include : the North Wales Peace Pilgrimage, 1926; the campaigns run by the N.W.W.P.C. and the W.I.L. to secure the passage of resolutions and organisation of petitions concerning and on behalf of the International Disarmament Declaration of 1930-31, the British Draft Disarmament Convention of 1933, etc; the position of pacifists in Germany, 1933; the Arms Commission, 1936; etc; etc.
The collection is arranged chronologically in the original files. Acknowledgement is paid to Dr. Susan Brock of the 1974-75 Archives Diploma class, for her help in the sorting and arranging of the papers. |