Document Group: CDG-A

Provenance: Unknown

Size: 30 linear inches

Restrictions: None

Microfilm: None

Finding Aid: Checklist prepared by Anne Yoder, January 1999

This checklist is the property of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.

Introduction

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.

Contents of the Collection

Box 1

American Association for International Cooperation, 1916, 1922-1924

League of Nations Non-Partisan Association, 1923-1928 

Box 2

League of Nations Non-Partisan Association, Jan. 1929

League of Nations Association, 1929-1934

Box 3

League of Nations Association, 1935-1942, 1945, n.d.

League of Nations Association, Midwest Office (Chicago), ca. 1930-1937

Box 4

League of Nations Association, New England Model League of Nations, 1932-1938

League of Nations Association, Branches:

- California Branch, Northern (San Francisco), n.d.

- Connecticut Branch (New Haven):

o History & purpose

o 1924-1926

o Film "Hell & the Way Out": general material, reports, 1926-1927; correspondence, etc.,

March 1926 - March 1927

o 1927

Box 5

League of Nations Association, Branches:

- Connecticut Branch (New Haven) [directed by Florence Kitchelt]:

o 1928-1943, n.d.

- Maryland Branch (Baltimore), 1929-1935

- Massachusetts Branch (Boston), 1923-1938

- New Jersey Branch, 1927

- New York Branch, Greater (New York City), 1931-1936

- Pennsylvania Branch (Philadelphia), 1923-1937

Box 6

Newsletters:

- "Branch News," March 1937 - May 1940

- "Bulletin," Feb.-June 1923

- "Digest of American Editorial Comment," Feb. 1928-July 1931

- "The International Scene," April 1936 - July 1939

- "League of Nations News," Dec. 1926 - Aug. 1931 [incomplete set]

- "Round the World With the League of Nations," 1927-1932 [incomplete set]

- "Speakers' Notes," Jan.-May 1933

Pamphlet Series #1-4, 1923

Pamphlet Series "Educational Publications" #1-10, 1926-1931

 See also Allen Olmstead collection (DG 095)

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Swarthmore College Peace Collection

For more information, contact Wendy Chmielewski, Curator, at wchmiel1@ swarthmore.edu or call 610-328-8557.

For other resources, see the college's online library catalog (Tripod).
 

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