Dates
- Majority of material found in circa 1920-1973
Abstract
Peace activist; born in 1900; received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1930; joined the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (then based in Washington, D.C.) in 1948 and later served as its president, 1957-1961; moved in 1961 to Hunterdon County, N.J. (where she had co-owned a house in Raritan Township, near Flemington, since 1938); served as president of the League of Women Voters of Hunterdon County, 1966-1967; served as a director of SANE, Inc.; died in 1975. Full name: Orlie Anna Haggerty Pell. Correspondence and other papers reflecting Pell's interest in pacifism, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the United Nations and the League of Women Voters of Hunterdon County, N.J.
Extent
25 Cubic Feet (25 record cartons)
Physical Location
Stored offsite: Advance notice required to consult these records.
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Inventory of the Orlie Pell Papers Annex Collection #2860
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Special Collections and University Archives
- Date
- March 2020
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Sponsor
- Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.
Part of the New Brunswick Special Collections Repository