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- 1906-1948 (Creation)
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289 microfiche
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The World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches was founded at Constance in 1914 with the help of the Church Peace Union, with which it remained closely associated. It was supported by church leaders in Europe and America and national groups from a number of different countries were federated to it. It was an ecumenical movement working for peace. After World War Two attempts to re-establish the Alliance were unsuccessful and, as the World Council of Churches and International Missionary Council set up the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches was formally dissolved in 1948.
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The records passed to the International Missionary Council.
GB 0102 IMC FBN 125-9 1906-1948 Sub-fonds of INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY COUNCIL 289 microfiche World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches
The World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches was founded at Constance in 1914 with the help of the Church Peace Union, with which it remained closely associated. It was supported by church leaders in Europe and America and national groups from a number of different countries were federated to it. It was an ecumenical movement working for peace. After World War Two attempts to re-establish the Alliance were unsuccessful and, as the World Council of Churches and International Missionary Council set up the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches was formally dissolved in 1948.
The records passed to the International Missionary Council.
Acquired in 2001.
Microfiche copy of the archive, 1906-1948, of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches, including minutes of International Council and committees including a refugee committee, records of the Youth Commission, records of its conferences, records on relations with other organizations, records on peace negotiations and minority questions, and correspondence between its leaders.
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Copyright held by the World Council of Churches.
English
Handlist produced by the publisher.
Held at the headquarters of the World Council of Churches, Geneva.
Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers.
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. May 2002 Ancient religions Christianity Ecumenicalism Europe International relations Migrants North America Pacifism Peace Peacemaking Political doctrines Refugees Religions Religious institutions Religious movements World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches
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Acquired in 2001.
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Microfiche copy of the archive, 1906-1948, of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches, including minutes of International Council and committees including a refugee committee, records of the Youth Commission, records of its conferences, records on relations with other organizations, records on peace negotiations and minority questions, and correspondence between its leaders.
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Unrestricted.
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Copyright held by the World Council of Churches.
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- Latin
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English
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Handlist produced by the publisher.
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Held at the headquarters of the World Council of Churches, Geneva.
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Published on microfiche by IDC Publishers.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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