Endowments; International relations--Societies, etc.; International cooperation--Societies, etc.; France; French League in America
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
[between 1901 and 1919?]
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 81
Note
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The French League in America has been formally organized here. The league has recently been incorporated with the purpose of bringing 'the United States of America and France to a full and sympathetic understanding of one another.' The following offic ers have been elected: president, Myron T. Herrick, former ambassador to France; vice-presidents, Alexander J. Hemphill, Edmund L. Baylies and Barrett Wendell; treasurer, August Belmont; secretary and general manager, C.H. Outland. Dr. Charles W. Elliot, president-emeritus of Harvard University, was elected honorary president, and Dr. John H. Finley, president of the University of the State of New York, honorary vice-president. " [SOURCE: "FRENCH LEAGUE IN AMERICA ORGANIZED." The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 1917, pp. 9. ProQuest, http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/509912557?accountid=10226. Accessed 8 Nov. 2018.] “The founders of the organization, on this side of the water, include such men as Root, Elliot, Lodge, Finley, Thayer, Vincent, and Wendell; on the other side, such men as Briand, Cambon, Bergson, Lanson, Lavisse, and Brieux...Michelet said: 'The genius of France is the propagation of ideas.' With this as a text, the league plans to establish a monthly review, printed in both languages, from which each country may learn important lessons from the other..." [SOURCE: "BY OTHER EDITORS: The French League in America, CHICAGO JOURNAL." The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jul. 1918, pp. 11. ProQuest, http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/510055594?accountid=10226. Accessed 8 Nov. 2018.]