Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Katscher, Leopold, 1853-
2. Lazarus, Frieda Langer
3. Lloyd, Georgia, 1913-
4. Lloyd, Lola Maverick, 1875-1944
5. Lloyd, Mary Maverick, 1906-1976
6. Lloyd, William Bross, Jr., 1908-1995
7. Marion, Kitty
8. O'Connor, Jessie Lloyd, 1904-
9. Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948
10. Wynner, Edith
11. Campaign for World Government (Organization)
12. Hungarian Feminist Association

Description

1. 1650 linear feet (1361 boxes).

Summary

1. The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers of Rosika Schwimmer (1877-1948), Lola Maverick Lloyd (1875-1944) and their associates relating to their work for the European and American feminist movements, woman suffrage, World War I mediation efforts, international peace and world government. Correspondents include hundreds of notable Americans and Europeans such as Jane Addams, Anita Augspurg, Emily G. Balch, Mary R. Beard, Carrie Chapman Catt, Albert Einstein, Lida Gustava Heymann, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Aletta Jacobs, Alice Paul, Anna Howard Shaw, Baroness Bertha von Suttner, and Count Michael Karolyi.
2. The papers of Rosika Schwimmer, 1888-1948, document her career as a suffragist, feminist, pacifist, and diplomat. Included are papers emanating from her work for the Hungarian Feminist Association, Ford Peace Expedition and Neutral Conference, as Hungarian Minister to Switzerland, as co-founder of the Campaign for World Government, and those documenting her struggle to gain U.S. citizenship. The collection includes her writings, diary notes, family papers, morgue files, scrapbooks, photographs, printed materials and books.
3. The papers of Lola Maverick Lloyd, 1895-1944, include those documenting her work with the Woman's Peace Party, Hague Congress of Women, National Woman's Party, People's Council, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Women's Equality Campaign, and Women's Consultative Committee. The collection also includes her family correspondence, diaries, photographs, printed material and books.
4. While the collection chiefly comprises Schwimmer and Lloyd's papers, papers of other individuals have been donated for inclusion in the collection. Among them are papers of Franciscka Schwimmer, Lola Maverick Lloyd's children, (William Bross Lloyd, Jr., Mary Maverick Lloyd, Georgia Lloyd, and Jessie Lloyd O'Connor), Frieda Langer Lazarus, Leopold Katscher, Kitty Marion, Edith Wynner, and several members of the Henry Ford Peace Expedition, 1915-1916.

Subject

1. Feminism -- History -- Sources.
2. Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916)
3. International organization.
4. Pacifism -- History -- Sources.
5. World War, 1914-1918 -- Women.

Genre/Form

1. Diaries.
2. Photographs.
3. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. MssCol 2703

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Language (note)

1. Major portions of the collection are in Hungarian and German.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Finding aids

1. Finding aid available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Journalists.