League to Enforce Peace Collected Records
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
- League to Enforce Peace (U.S.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright and Rights Information
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 Feet (5 linear in.)
Overview
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.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of this organization.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisitions information is unknown.
Separated Materials
- Coated paper banner ("A League of Free Nations: Peace on Earth Good Will to Men," Christmas 1918) removed to Cloth Items Collection
- 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.
Subject
- League to Enforce Peace (U.S.) (Organization)
- League of Nations (Organization)
- 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 reproductions from Swarthmore College Peace Collection Library
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