Katherine Leckie papers 1914-1925

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Katherine Leckie papers 1914-1925

Katherine Leckie was a suffragist and journalist who founded a feminist editorial consulting and lecture bureau in New York City. She was press and booking agent to Rosika Schwimmer for her 1914-1915 United States lecture tour, and worked as press manager for the Henry Ford Peace Expedition of 1915. Her papers consist of her business correspondence and subject files related to the Ford Peace Expedition, the Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation, and the International Congress of Women at The Hague. Materials in the subject files consist of printed matter, resolutions, and a small amount of financial material.

.75 linear feet; 2 boxes

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Lloyd, Caro, 1859-

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Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948

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Lloyd, Lola Maverick, 1875-1944

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Maverick, Lewis A. (Lewis Adams), 1891-

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American pacifist. From the description of Lewis A. Maverick papers, 1914-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867085 Professor Lewis Adam Maverick was born in 1891in Texas. He was a professor of Economics at Stanford University before coming to Southern Illinois University Carbondale, from September 16, 1946, until he retired from that position on August 31, 1959. Dr. Maverick was also a member of the Henry Ford Peace Expedition, in 1915. In 1956, the Southern Illinois U...

Henry Ford Peace Expedition 1915-1916

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED The purpose of the Henry Ford Peace Expedition was to call a conference of delegates from non-combatant countries during World War I. In the winter of 1915-1916, the Ford Peace Expedition carried a delegation of Americans to Norway, Sweden, and Holland to meet with fellow European pacifists. Henry Ford hosted the "Peace Ship," which served as both a vehicle for travel and for collaboration amongst its passengers. BIOGHIST REQUIRED During the months prio...

Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation (1916)

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In 1915, Henry Ford agreed to help the pacifist movement and chartered a ship, Oscar II, to sail to Norway, Denmark and Holland. Its mission was to lobby for peace, promote mediation, gather information, organize meetings, and collect signatures on peace petitions. The Henry Ford Peace Expedition, which grew out of the work of earlier pacifist conferences, helped to form the Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation. From the description of Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediati...

Leckie, Katherine, -1930

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Katherine Leckie (d. 1930) was a suffragist, journalist and press agent who founded a feminist editorial consulting and lecture bureau in New York City. From the description of Katherine Leckie papers, 1914-1925. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 84671748 Katherine Leckie, a journalist, editorial consultant, and press agent, was born in Kingston, Ontario. Over the course of her career as a journalist she reported for the Chicago Chronicle, Chicago A...

Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975

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Journalist, biographer of Fritz Kreisler. From the description of Louis Lochner papers, 1914-1958. 1914-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 658833559 From the description of Louis Lochner papers, 1914-1958. 1914-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984260 ...