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Mead, Edwin D. (Edwin Doak), 1849-1937

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-054
Abstract

This collection documents the annual conference (1895-1916) held at Mohonk Mountain House, Ulster County, New York; conference for 1917 was planned but not held; at their height, the conferences attracted 300 leaders of government, business, religion, the press, and education; the purpose of the conferences was to create and direct public sentiment in favor of international arbitration, arbitration treaties, and an international court.

Dates: 1895-1937; Majority of material found within 1895-1918

George Nasmyth and Florence Nasmyth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-057
Overview

George W. Nasmyth was educated at Cornell, Berlin, Gottingen, Heidelburg and Zurich. He dedicate his life to the cause of international understanding and peace. In 1919, he attended the Paris Peace Conference, and to organize the first meeting since the outbreak of the war of the World Alliance for Friendship Through the Churches. He died of a typhus infection at the age of 39, on September 20, 1920. Florence Nasmyth was a writer on peace issues.

Dates: 1911-1937

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Arbitration (International law) -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
Internationalism -- History -- Sources 1
Internationalists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Mohonk Lake (N.Y.) -- Congresses -- History -- Sources 1
Mohonk Lake (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources 1