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  • Title: Lewis A. Maverick papers
    Date (inclusive): 1914-1940
    Collection Number: XX245
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 5 manuscript boxes (2.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: The Lewis A. Maverick papers consist of correspondence, photographs, essays, reports, memoranda, diaries, newspaper clippings, and other documents related to the Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915), the Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation and International Committee for Immediate Mediation (1916), and various other peace organizations around the world and in the United States.
    Creator: Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation (Location of meeting: Stockholm, Sweden. Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1916.)
    Creator: Maverick, Lewis A.
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Lewis A. Maverick papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    American pacifist. Member of the Henry Ford Peace Expedition and numerous other pacifist groups. Former Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
    1891 Born in Texas to George Madison Maverick and Mary Vance Maverick
    1915 Joined the Henry Ford Peace Expedition
    1946-1959 Taught at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
    1973 Died

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence, photographs, essays, reports, memoranda, diaries, newspaper clippings, and other documents related to the Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915), the Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation and International Committee for Immediate Mediation (1916), and various other peace organizations around the world and in the United States.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Peace
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
    Neutrality -- United States
    Pacifism
    Henry Ford Peace Expedition