League of Nations Association Collected Records
Scope and Contents
The collection includes meeting minutes, correspondence and publications of the organization. Of particular note is the material concerning the efforts of Florence Kitchelt in Connecticut to have the film "Hell and the Way Out" shown in many movie theatres in towns and schools as a teaching tool about the effects of war. The correspondents in the Connecticut Branch material include Carrie Chapman Catt, Sidney Gulick, William Loeb Jr., Raymond Fosdick, Ray Newton, Walter Van Kirk and Sir Herbert Ames.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1916, 1922-1945
Creator
- League of Nations Association (U.S.) (Organization)
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 (Correspondent, Person)
- Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945 (Correspondent, Person)
- Kitchelt, Florence Ledyard Cross, 1874-1961 (Correspondent, Person)
- Loeb, William, 1866-1937 (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
None.
Conditions Governing Use
None.
Historical note
The American Association for International Cooperation and the League of Nations Non-Partisan Committee merged on January 10, 1923 to become the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association. This name was shortened in 1929 to become the League of Nations Association. The organization was inactive during WWII. After the war, it was revived as the United Nations Association.
The collection includes meeting minutes, correspondence and publications of the organization. Of particular note is the material concerning the efforts of Florence Kitchelt in Connecticut to have the film "Hell and the Way Out" shown in many movie theatres in towns and schools as a teaching tool about the effects of war. The correspondents in the Connecticut Branch material include Carrie Chapman Catt, Sidney Gulick, William Loeb Jr., Raymond Fosdick, Ray Newton, Walter Van Kirk and Sir Herbert Ames.
Extent
2.5 linear ft. (30 linear in.)
Abstract
The American Association for International Cooperation and the League of Nations Non-Partisan Committee merged on January 10, 1923 to become the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association. This name was shortened in 1929 to become the League of Nations Association. The organization was inactive during WWII. After the war, it was revived as the United Nations Association.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisitions information is unknown.
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.
Subject
- League of Nations Association (U.S.) (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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