Call Number:

CDG-A.League of Nations Association

Repository:

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Extent:

2.5 linear ft. (30 linear in.)

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: [Identification of item], in the League of Nations Association Collected Records (CDGA), Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Date:

1916, 1922-1945 (bulk)

Creator:

League of Nations Association (U.S.), Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947, Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1860-1945, Kitchelt, Florence Ledyard Cross, 1874-1961, and Loeb, William, 1866-1937

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.

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.

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.