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Sarah Farmer Peace Award - August 21, 2010
Web: www.greenacre.org Email: diane.brandon@gmail.com

In 1904, Sarah Farmer, founder of Green Acre Bahai School, raised the first peace flag in an effort to focus world attention on efforts to end the raging Russo-Japanese War. A year later, the Russian and Japanese diplomats gathered in nearby Portsmouth for the peace conference that resulted in the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending that war. In honor of peace-maker Sarah Farmer, the Eliot-area Bahai community presents the annual Sarah Farmer Peace Award. This year the award honorsLEsley Smith and her "Peaceable Kingdowm: Conflict Resolution" program for children. Award presentation in Reimer Hall, Kelsey Center at the Green Acre Bahai School at 7 pm. Free and open to the public. For more information contact Diane Brandon.

Sep 08, 2010
NH State Archives Treaty Exhibit M-F

Sep 11, 2010
The Fells:"Partners in Diplomacy: TR & John Hay"

For information about ordering fine art prints of this Treaty Centennial symbol, and other commemorative items, click here.

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To learn more about the Japan-America Society of New Hampshire

For information about the Russia Society of New Hampshire, write to
PO Box 177
Concord NH 03302-0177

Telephone: 603-226-2312

For the Russian-language Library of Congress description of the Treaty of Portsmouth, click here.

News and Links

To learn nore, the following books are available, click here to order:

Heroes & Friends: Behind the Scenes of the Treaty of Portsmouth by Michiko Nakanishi

There Are No Victors Here: A Local Perspective on the Treaty of Portsmouth by Peter E. Randall

Also available, click here for ordering:

An Uncommon Commitment to Peace Exhibit Catalogue published by the Japan-America Society of NH

Blessed Are the Peacemakers: The Service of Thanksgiving for the Portsmouth Treaty, September 5, 1905 by Marina Grot Turkevich Naumann

Original 1905 newsreel footage on DVD

Treaty of Portsmouth 1905-2005 book of reproduction historical postcards.

The Portsmouth Peace Process: Guide for Teachers by Northeast Cultural Coop

Portsmouth Public Library Index of Local Newspaper Headlines 1905-06

This is a chronological list of Local Portsmouth Newspaper articles found in the Treaty of Portsmouth Vertical Files located in the Special Collection of the Portsmouth Public Library, corner of Islington and Middle Street in downtwon Portsmouth. These articles may be perused in the library and/or photocopied as needed. Please ask a reference librarian for assistance.

Additional headlines:

July 1905 -- Preparations begin

August 1-26, 1905 -- Negotiations

August 26-31, 1905 -- Peace achieved

September 1905 -- Treaty and aftermath

Oct-Dec 1905 -- Effects

1906 -- Peace Treaty Anniversary

June 1905 -- War Coverage

June 1, 1905    Stubborn Russia: May Not Yield In the Face of Disastrous Defeat

June 1, 1905    Peace Should Come at Once (States and Union)

June 8, 1905    Awaiting a Reply: Presidents Peace Ideas Have Been Laid Before Czar (States and Union)

June 15, 1905 A Possible Hitch: Washington Rumor as to Peace Negotiations: Tact of the President (States and Union)

June 29, 1905 Russians Cut Off: Mogi Said to Have Surrounded Seventy Thousand: Date For Envoys Meeting (States and Union)