Found 4 collections related to League of Nations

Everett Pepperell Wheeler (1840-1925) was an American lawyer and civil service reformer. He was a founder of the New York Bar Association and served for seventeen years as chairman of the executive committee of the New York Civil Service Reform Association. Other organizations he supported were the Citizens Union, the Committee of Seventy, the Reform Club, and the Man Suffrage Association. Collection consists of correspondence, legal and real estate papers, articles, speeches, maps, photograph, and printed matter. General correspondence, 1882-1925, mainly concerns Wheeler's opinions on World War I, Armenian immigration, and womens suffrage. Other correspondence relates to the Citizens Union and the drive for efficient government for New York City, the American Bar Association, the League of Nations, tariff reform, and other topics of interest to Wheeler. Also, his speeches and articles, 1888-1924; maps of the New York area; photograph of Venice in 1882; and printed materials regarding the Citizens Union and political campaigns of 1880. less

The Allied Loyalty League was founded in 1919, and apparently dissolved in 1922. Its stated purpose was to promote greater international amity among the allied nations after World War I, build up and maintain a greater spirit of Americanism, and to combat such propaganda likely to disturb friendly international relations. The organization was founded by Alice Tappan Ditson and its first president was Maurice F. Egan. The League included such prominent New Yorkers as Grace Bigelow, Robert Underwood Johnson and Charles H. Towne. Though its original purpose was to promote support during post-war negotiations for the allies of the United States, principally France and Great Britain, it soon became a forum for those opposed to Irish Republicanism, communism and the League of Nations. Records consist of correspondence, mostly between officers and members; bylaws of the League; minutes of the Executive Committee and Council meetings; membership lists; financial records, including correspondence, bills, monthly bank statements, receipts, and cancelled checks; and clippings and other printed matter. less

Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937) was an American lawyer, political leader and United States Secretary of War during World War I. Collection consists of letters from Baker to Thomas J. Howells of Pittsburgh, Pa., written from Cleveland, Ohio, during Baker's tenure as mayor, from Washington, D.C., while Baker was Secretary of War, and later at Cleveland where Baker practiced law. Letters relate to Baker's life and responsibilities in Cleveland, and to national and international politics including comments on relations between the United States and Mexico, World War I problems, the Training Camp Activities Commission of which Baker was appointed a member, conscientious objectors, the raising of bridges in Pittsburgh, transportation of soldiers home from France, President Wilson's health, the League of Nations, and business and personal affairs. less