The Relationship Between Bibliography and Peace Activism

In 1895, Paul Outlay and Henry La Fontaine devised the universal bibliographic repertory. As near as I can tell, Outlay wrote mainly about bibliography while La Fontaine published more about pacifism. In 1892, the two were hired by the Society of Social and Political Sciences to handle some kind of various bibliographic tasks. It seems like their main job was to find and catalog sources that the society would be interested in. This is where the story all comes together.