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League to Enforce Peace Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-League to Enforce Peace

Scope and Contents

Includes materials on the Atlantic Congress for a League of Nations (February 5-6, 1919) and National Congress for a League of Nations (1919).

Dates

  • Creation: 1915-1921

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

None.

Historical Note

The League was formed in 1915 at a conference held at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It worked for a league of nations, a world court, and mandatory international conciliation. Its president was William Howard Taft and other leaders included Hamilton Holt and Theodore Marburg. When the U.S. entered WWI, the League adopted a "win-the-war" program. Pacifist groups shunned the LTEP, believing that peace could not be obtained through coercion. However, the LTEP was given credit for influencing President Wilson and others to support the formation of the League of Nations.

Extent

0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)

Abstract

The League was formed in 1915 at a conference held at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It worked for a league of nations, a world court, and mandatory international conciliation.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquisitions information is unknown.

Separated Materials

  1. Coated paper banner ("A League of Free Nations: Peace on Earth Good Will to Men," Christmas 1918) removed to Cloth Items Collection
  2. Newsletter "Bulletin" removed to the Periodical Collection

Legal Status

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Processing Information

Processed by SCPC staff. Checklist created by Anne M. Yoder, Archivist, January 1999.

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2017: The file list was standardized in Summer 2017 by Mary Olesnavich in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace. Tessa Chambers added the notes in Fall 2017.

Find It at the Library

Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting repoductions from Swarthmore College Peace Collection Library

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