Katherine Leckie papers

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physdesc

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 6304", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"6304", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1914-1925", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1914/1925"}

date_inclusive_start

1914

date_inclusive_end

1925

keydate

1914

unittitle

{"value"=>"Katherine Leckie papers"}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"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."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Katherine Leckie Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Leckie, Katherine, d. 1930", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>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 <span class=\"title\">Chicago Chronicle</span>, <span class=\"title\">Chicago American</span>, and the <span class=\"title\">New York Evening Journal</span>. She held editorial positions with the <span class=\"title\">Delineator</span> in 1907-1908, <span class=\"title\">Woman's Magazine</span> from 1908 to 1912, and <span class=\"title\">The Housekeeper</span> in 1913.</p> <p>Following her career as a writer and editor, she founded her own New York-based editorial consulting and public relations firm, through which she met the Hungarian pacifist Rosika Schwimmer in 1914. Leckie managed Schwimmer's 1914-1915 United States lecture tour, contracting with women's clubs and pacifist organizations in over twenty states across the country to schedule Schwimmer as a speaker. The 1915 season was cut short, however, due to both women's attendance at the International Congress of Women at The Hague, and their involvement with the Henry Ford Peace Expedition of 1915-1916.</p> <p>Leckie was hired as public relations and press manager for the Ford Peace Expedition, although her duties stretched far beyond public relations. In particular, she contributed to the process of selecting and courting guests for the expedition, and brought on the four female journalists who accompanied the voyage.</p> <p>Following her time with the Ford Expedition, Leckie served as organizer of news distribution for the Conservation Division of the Food Administration in Washington D.C. in 1917, and the director of publicity for the Y.W.C.A. Free Milk for France campaign of 1918.</p> <p>Katherine Leckie passed away in 1930.</p>"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Katherine Leckie's papers were initially donated to the New York Public Library and processed as parts of Series E and Q of the Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection. In 2006 they were reprocessed and now constitute a separate collection, while remaining administratively within the Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The papers consist of correspondence and subject files on various organizations with which Leckie was active.</p> <p>The correspondence is arranged in three general sections: General, Rosika Schwimmer lectures, and materials related to the Ford Peace Expedition and Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation. Of interest in the latter are letters updating Leckie as to the developments of the Neutral Conference, missteps taken by Frederick Holt in Henry Ford's name, the perceived mistreatment of Rosika Schwimmer by conference leadership, and efforts to put together a reunion dinner. In addition, there is a complete manuscript of Louis P. Lochner's work <span class=\"title\">The Other Henry Ford</span>, presumably sent to Leckie with intent to get it published. The book was published as <span class=\"title\">America's Don Quixote, Henry Ford's Attempt To Save Europe</span> in 1924.</p> <p>The Schwimmer correspondence consists of Leckie's 1914-1915 efforts on behalf of Madame Schwimmer's lecture tour and one folder related to a 1916 farewell dinner thrown in Schwimmer's behalf. Materials of interest in the Schwimmer tour materials include Schwimmer's list of lecture topics, mention of her appearance at Carnegie Hall, and the diverse range of women's groups and states represented in the correspondence, including organizations in the American South and West.</p> <p>Prominent correspondents include Caro Lloyd, Lola Maverick Lloyd, and the Philadelphia physician, Gertrude Walker.</p> <p>Subject files include materials related to the Ford Peace Expedition; the International Congress of Women at The Hague, which gave rise to Schwimmer's idea for the Peace Ship; the Women's Peace Party; and the People's Council of America. Materials within these files generally consist of printed matter, resolutions, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and a small amount of financial material and correspondence.</p> <p>Several highlights of the subject files are the collection of statements made by Neutral Conference participants, in which they condemn the tack taken by the conference; and a typescript report and diary by Lewis Maverick which summarizes much of the conference. A fair number of the documents present in this series are typescripts.</p>"}

{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Katherine Leckie papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/6304#c195426'>I. Business Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1914-1925, n.d.</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/6304#c195432'>II. Organizations and activities</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1915-1921, n.d.</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"<p>The Katherine Leckie Papers are organized in the following series:</p> <ul> <li>I. Business Correspondence, 1914-1925, n.d.</li> <li>II. Organizations and activities, 1915-1921, n.d.</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated as part of the Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection.</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li> <span class=\"archref\">Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection. The New York Public Library.</span></li> <li> <span class=\"archref\">Lola Maverick Lloyd Papers. The New York Public Library.</span></li> <li> <span class=\"archref\">Henry Ford Peace Expedition Records, 1915-1916 (DG018). Swarthmore College Peace Collection.</span></li></ul></p>"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Forms part of the Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Laura Ruttum; machine readable finding aid created by FAKER.</p>"}

extent_statement

.75 linear feet (2 boxes)

date_start

1914

date_end

1925

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1. I. Business Correspondence [5/1]
2. II. Organizations and activities [4/1]