Frederick and Lilian Holt Peace Expedition Papers, 1915-1917

Summary

Creator:

Holt, Frederick Holford, 1867-1929

Abstract:

Correspondence, photos, and other material of Detroit businessman Frederick Holt relating to his activities as a member of the Ford Peace Expedition in 1915, as the personal representative of Henry Ford and business manager for the Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation in 1916, and with the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities, 1917, and the Playground and Recreation Association of America, 1917. Papers of his wife, Lilian (Silk) Holt (1869-1949), a women's suffragist and philanthropist, include a speech and correspondence, primarily about the Woman's Peace Party, 1915-1916. Among the correspondents are Henry Ford and Hungarian writer and feminist Rosika Schwimmer.

Extent:

1.5 Linear Feet

Language:

English

Authors:

Encoded finding aid prepared by Michelle Sweetser, December 2003. Encoded in ArchivesSpace by Hilary Severyn, January 2018.

Background

Scope and Content:

The Holt Peace Papers are comprised of correspondence, papers, and photos relating to Frederick Holt's activities as a member of the Ford Peace Expedition, 1915; as the personal representative of Henry Ford and business manager for the Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation, 1916, including financial records; and papers relating to his work with the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities, 1917, and the Playground and Recreation Association of America, 1917. Also includes Mrs. Lilian (Silk) Holt's papers as a women's suffrage worker and philanthropist, chiefly concerning the Woman's Peace Party, 1915-16.

Biographical / Historical:

Frederick Holford Holt (1867-1929) was a Detroit businessman who served in several capacities on behalf of Henry Ford at the Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation in Stockholm, 1916. His wife, Lilian (Silk) Holt (1869-1949), was head of the Michigan branch of the Woman's Peace Party. Both were part of the Ford Peace Expedition, 1915-16.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Mrs. Holt, [1948?].

Processing information:

Collection processed and finding aid created by KH/P. Daub.

Arrangement:

The papers are divided into five series: the first three are mainly related to the Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation which grew out of the Peace Expedition, including Correspondence; Financial records, documents, photos, & clippings; and Conference proceedings, publications & miscellaneous essays. The fourth series concerns Holt's association with the Training Camp, Playground and Recreation Association, and the fifth consists of Lilian (Silk) Holt's Papers

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:

World War, 1914-1918 -- Congresses.
Military training camps.

Names:

Playground and Recreation Association of America, 1917.
War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities, 1917.
Woman's Peace Party.
Henry Ford Peace Expedition, (1915-1916).
Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation, (1916).
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
Aked, Charles F. (Charles Frederic), 1864-1926.
Bajer, Asfred.
Bakker van Bosse, C., 1884-
Balch, Emily Greene,1867-1961.
Barry, John Daniel, 1866-1942.
Bergman, Johan, 1864-
Braucher, Howard S., 1881-1949.
Broeksmit, Frederika H.
Buelow, Robert.
Buttenheim, Harold Sinley, 1876-
Caesar, Irving, b. 1895.
Clark, Ada Morse.
Cocks, Orrin Giddings, 1877-
Crist, Harris McCabe, 1874-1946.
Curwan, N.R.
Egan, Maurice Francis, 1852-1924.
Eklund, F. G.S.
Evans, Harry Carroll, 1858-1932.
Fels, Mary (Fels), 1859-
Forbes, Rose Dabney, 1864-1947.
Forchhammer, Henni, 1863-
Forchhammer, Olaf, 1881-
Gullers, Emil.
Hansson, Johan, 1879-
Holt, Lillian (Silk), 1969-1949.
Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964.
Hvid, Sylvester.
Jones, Ellis O.
Jong van Beek en Donk, B. de (Benjamin), b. 1881.
Kling, Judson, 1872-1958.
Klausen, Kristoffer Markvard, 1852-1924.
Kliefoth, Alfred Will.
Lange, Christian Lous, 1869-1938.
Leckie, Katherine, d. 1930.
Lie, Mikael Strom Henriksen, 1872-1926.
Liebold, Ernest G., 1884-
Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975.
Loder, Bernard Cornelis Johannes, 1849-
Loken, Haakon, 1859-1923.
Lord, Kenneth, 1874-
MacAlarney, Robert Emmett, 1873-1945.
McAuliffe, J.J.
McCabe, Robert.
McClure, S.S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949.
Manning, Victor R.
Maverick, Lewis A. (Lewis Adams), 1891-
Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936.
Miller, N.L.
Neely, Robert S.
Nesbitt, George A.
Neuhaus, Henrietta A.
Park, Alice L.
Plantiff, Gaston.
Pogany, Paula.
Ragaz, Clara.
Reepmaker, M.
Robertson, J.E.
Rogers, James Edward, of Indianapolis.
Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948.
Scott, Emmett C.
Selenka, Lenore (?)
Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920.
Smitherman, Nora.
Stevens, Julia S.
Stevenson, J.O.
Thomas, Harriet P.
Tuma, Ida.
Van Auda, C.A.
Wales, Julia Grace, b. 1881.
Weller, Charles Frederick, 1870-
Wigforss, Ernst, 1881-1977.
Wilson, Lucius Edward, 1878-
Wissinger, Marie L.
Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927.
Condit, Abbie.
Jong, Eleanora A. de.
Lindhagen, Anna Jakobina Johanna, 1870-1941.
Lindhagen, Carl Albert, 1860-1946.
Murray, Gilbert, 1866-1957.
Sukennikov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich.
Warner, Loella