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Collection Reference Number GLC00687.150
From Archive Folder Papers of George May Powell 
Title Arbitration Council flyer
Date n.d.
Author Arbitration Council  
Document Type Pamphlet; Non-governmental organization document
Content Description A brief report of the Committee of Arbitration averting strikes and lockouts is included, with reference to the Chicago Board of Trade, the Permanent International Peace Court, the Peace Memorials on International and Industrial Peace at the 1904 Methodist General Conference, the Presbyterian General Assembly, the Congregational Triennial, the Episcopal Triennial, and the International W.C.T.U., all with a role in stopping the South African War.
Subjects Diplomacy  Peace  Christianity  Religion  Africa  Temperance and Prohibition  International Relations  Global History and Civics  Military History  Organized Labor  Law  Women's History  
People Powell, George May (1835-1905)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Religion; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Powell was a Lincoln supporter and served as a statistician in the Treasury Department during the Civil War. Active in religious work as a young man, he was the secretary and manager of the Evangelistic Press Association and led a topographical corps through Egypt and North Africa to create Sunday School maps of Palestine and the Holy Land. Powell participated in the American Forestry Commission, the Grange and Patrons of Husbandry, the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and the National Geographic Society. He was active in Sabbath reform work.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945