Children's Crusade for Children records, 1939-1940.

Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963

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Herbert Henry Lehman (March 28, 1878 – December 5, 1963) was an American investment banker and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he notably served from 1933 until 1942 as the 45th Governor of New York and as U.S. Senator from New York between 1949 and 1957. Born in Manhattan, he attended The Sachs School and Sachs Collegiate Institute before earning a B.A. from Williams College. After graduating, Lehman worked in textile manufacturing, eventually becoming vice-president and treasu...

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early 20th century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong education. Eleanor Roosevelt named her one of the ten most influential women in the United States. In addition to bringing the Montessori method of child-rearing to the U.S., she presided over the country's first adult education program and shaped literary taste...

Herling, John P. (John Phillip), 1917-

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John Herling, a prominent Washington journalist, syndicated labor columnist, and author graduated from Harvard in 1928 and later became an observer of events in the labor movement and the world of business and government. Until 1934, he worked for the League for Industrial Democracy, and between 1929 and 1940 he served as a director of the Children's Crusade for Children, assisting war refugees in Europe. During the presidential campaigns of 1928, 1932, and 1936, he served as a research assistan...

Children's Crusade for Children

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The Crusade sponsored national appeals to American school children to aid war-stricken children in Europe. Copies of school newspapers with aid appeal stories were judged and awarded prizes by the Crusade's organizers. Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Eleanor Roosevelt were prominently connected with this appeal. From the description of Collection, 1940. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 27646201 ...

Canby, Marion G. (Marion Gause), 1885-1974

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Canby, Marion G. (Marion Gause), 1885-1974

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White, William Allen, 1868-1944

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American journalist known as the "Sage of Emporia"; owner and editor of the "Emporia Gazette." From the description of Papers of William Allen White, 1890-1940 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837106 Journalist. From the description of Letters, 1889-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644557 Pulitzer Prize-winning Emporia, Kansas, newspaper editor and author. From the description of William Allen White letter...