Harold F. Bing Papers

Period 1915-1975
Total size   1.25 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born in Croydon, England 1897, died in East Leakes, Leicestershire 1975; as conscientious objector imprisoned during 1916-1919; one of the founders of Paco, forerunner of the War Resisters' International (WRI); from 1925 member of the International Advisory Council of the WRI; head of the National Committee and Youth Section of the No More War Movement 1923-1937; from 1937 sponsor of the Peace Pledge Union (PPU); lecturer for the WRI and writer of its history, published in The Pacifist.

Content

Correspondence with the government 1917-1918; correspondence with his family and others 1916-1919; personal documents 1915; diaries and reports from his time in prison 1916-1919; correspondence with the WRI secretariat 1928-1954; other WRI documents; articles by Bing on pacifism, conscientious objection and other subjects 1928-1972; agenda and reports of the No-Conscription Fellowship 1916-1919; files on the World Peace Brigade 1953-1962; documentation on peace organizations in France 1924-1925.

Processing information

List made by Amanda Elsinghorst in 1992