Register of the Brand Whitlock papers
Finding aid prepared by Theresa Berger
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Title: Brand Whitlock papers
Date (inclusive): 1913-1934
Collection Number: 53011
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English, French, and Flemish
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(11.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, diaries, scrapbooks, drawings, printed matter, and photographs relating to Belgian-American relations during World
War I, the work of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, and the writings of Brand Whitlock.
Creator:
Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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Use
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1953.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Brand Whitlock papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Brand Whitlock was an American author, politician, diplomat, and ambassador to Belgium from 1913 to 1922. After serving as
mayor of Toledo, Ohio from 1906 to 1913, Whitlock was appointed ambassador to Belgium by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913.
In 1914, Whitlock's diplomatic duties increased significantly when the outbreak of the First World War and subsequent German
occupation of Belgium put him in charge of various relief efforts for Belgian citizens. Whitlock's efforts to ensure that
food sent by the Committee for Relief in Belgium went directly to Belgian citizens and not German forces, as well as his frequent
appeals to German military authorities on behalf of condemned prisoners in Belgium, earned him the nickname
Le Ministre Protecteur. In addition to his diplomatic and political efforts, Whitlock published several novels, biographies, articles, and short
essays.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Brand Whitlock papers consist of writings, diaries, photographs, albums, scrapbooks, drawings, illustrations, and printed
matter relating to Belgian-American relations during World War I, the work of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, and the
numerous writings of Brand Whitlock. Several of the writings in the collection appear to be unpublished.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
Diplomats -- United States
International relief
American literature
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918
Belgium -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Belgium
Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
Biographical File
1914-1933, undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains clippings, articles, certificates, receipts, and other material related to Whitlock's diplomatic and literary careers.
box 1, folder 1-2
Clippings and magazine articles,
1914-1933, undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes news clippings and magazine features about Whitlock.
box 1, folder 3
Social ledger,
1920
Scope and Contents note
Contains a social ledger describing calls made to the American Embassy in Belgium, possibly owned by Whitlock, his wife (Mrs.
Whitlock), his mother (also Mrs. Whitlock), or his mother-in-law (Mrs. Brainerd).
box 1, folder 4
Miscellaneous,
1926-1928, undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes Whitlock's bookplates, hotel receipts, and a program for a banquet held in Washington, D.C. in 1928 honoring the
King and Queen of Belgium.
box 12, folder 1
Oversized
1914-1924
Scope and Contents note
Includes additional magazine features about Whitlock (Box 12) as well as a bound certificate of recognition presented to Whitlock
on behalf of the Belgian government (Box 13).
Writings
1913-1933, undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains edited manuscripts, notes, prints, and drafts relating to various published and unpublished writings by Whitlock.
box 1, folder 5
"The American Quality in American Literature: A Paper to Be Read Before the National Institute of Arts and Letters,"
1915 November
box 1, folder 6
"Barrett Montgomery's Proposal," manuscript
undated
box 1, folder 7-9
The Buckeyes, manuscript and notes
undated
box 2, folder 1-4
The Buckeyes, manuscript and notes
undated
box 2, folder 5
"The City of the Future," address delivered at The Hudson Theatre
1913 October
box 2, folder 7
"Democracy," manuscript, multiple versions
undated
box 2, folder 8
"Francis Rabelais,"
undated
box 2, folder 9
"Frontispiece,"
The World's Work
1915 December
J. Hardin and Son
1923-1928, undated
box 3, folder 2
Review,
Plain Talk
1928 May
box 12, folder 2
The Delineator
1923 July-December
Scope and Contents note
The novel was published one chapter at a time in
The Delineator.
"Mr. Jefferson,"
1933, undated
Scope and Contents
Relates to an unpublished biography of Thomas Jefferson.
box 3, folder 3-5
Manuscript addressed to Miss Mary Chaldecott
undated
box 3, folder 6
"Notes, documents, pictures, memoranda, and divers,"
1933, undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes various photos of Colonial Williamsburg dated 1933.
box 3, folder 9
"The Law of the Land,"
Atlantic Monthly
1930 August
box 3, folder 10-11
Macochee
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript excerpts as well as an assumed manuscript addressed to Miss Mary Chaldecott.
box 4, folder 1
"Mr. H - A Story," draft
undated
box 4, folder 2
"Narcisse,"
1931
Scope and Contents
Includes published versions and reviews.
box 4, folder 3-4
Notes and drafts, unidentified
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes drafts, edits, and incomplete manuscripts of works with possible titles such as "The Game" and "A Lincoln Penny."
Also includes possible excerpts from
The Buckeyes and
Walt Whitman: How to Know Him.
box 4, folder 5-8
"Ohio Novel,"
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes various manuscripts, chapter excerpts, and notes for an unfinished novel.
box 4, folder 9
"On a Little Traverse Bay," poem
undated
box 4, folder 10
"The Place at Table,"
undated
box 4, folder 11
"The Portrait of Maria," unpublished manuscript
undated
box 4, folder 12
"Progress and [?] in Glasgow," notes and drafts,
undated
box 4, folder 13
"The Rehabilitation of General Todhunter,"
Sunday Magazine
1915 December
box 5, folder 1-2
"The Ribbon," edited drafts
undated
box 5, folder 3
"The Sofa: How a Grave Political Crisis Yielded to Feminine Tact,"
The Argosy
1931 March
box 5, folder 4
"A Son of a Good-For-Nothing: A Satirical Comedy in Four Acts," by Brand Whitlock and Frank Neilson, manuscript
1914 January-February, undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes related correspondence.
The Stranger on the Island (also known as "Beaver Island")
undated
box 5, folder 5
Manuscript addressed to Miss Mary Chaldecott
undated
box 5, folder 6
Manuscript addressed to Miss Agnes F. Pearson
undated
box 5, folder 7
Typed, edited draft
undated
box 5, folder 8-10
Manuscript and notes, assumed
undated
Scope and Contents note
It is not certain that these pages are part of
The Stranger on the Island ("Beaver Island").
box 5, folder 11
"Thou Shalt Not Kill,"
undated
box 6, folder 1-4
Transplanted
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes typed manuscript with edits as well as a folder titled "Notes for the Countess of Granvallon," the novel's original
title.
box 6, folder 5
"The White Slave in America,"
The English Review
1914 February
box 6, folder 6
Untitled manuscript 1
undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains pages of an untitled manuscript, possibly Whitlock's biography of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.
box 6, folder 7-8
Untitled manuscript 2
undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains notes and pages related to an untitled manuscript, possibly
J. Hardin and Son.
box 7, folder 1-3
Untitled manuscript 2
undated
Correspondence
1914-1934
Scope and Contents note
Contains letters and notes of gratitude from Belgian children, teachers, and citizens as well as some business-related correspondence.
Several letters include children's artwork. Material in English, French, and Flemish.
box 7, folder 4
General
1914, 1921, undated
box 7, folder 6
Baron Eugène de Moffarts, et. al
1915 January
box 7, folder 7
Baué, Raphael
1915 February
box 7, folder 8
Bertha, Laurent, et. al
1915 March
box 7, folder 9
Book of notes from Belgian citizens
1914-1915
Scope and Contents note
Contains notes from Belgian citizens expressing their gratitude towards relief efforts conducted by the United States.
box 7, folder 10
Chérer, Mouriette
1915 March
box 7, folder 14
Collard, Wilhelmina
1915 March
box 7, folder 15
Comité Regional d'Alimentation
1915 February
box 7, folder 16
Commission for Relief in Belgium / Lace Department of the Commission for Relief in Belgium
1917-1919
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, notes, and receipts addressed to Brand Whitlock and Mrs. Whitlock.
box 7, folder 17
Coussaint, Rosa
1915 March
box 7, folder 18
Dautremont, Albine
1915 March
box 7, folder 19
Deglime, Léonie
1915 March
box 7, folder 20
Descotte, Emilie
circa 1915
box 7, folder 21
Englebert, Eveline
1915 March
box 7, folder 22
Friends of Belgium
1925 April
box 7, folder 26
Guernier [?], Anaïs
1915 March
box 7, folder 27
Henrottin, Maria, et. al
1915 February
box 7, folder 28
Henry, Pier, et. al
1915 February
box 7, folder 29
Herbriet, Paul
1915 February
box 7, folder 30
Lambot [?], Yvonne
circa 1915
box 7, folder 31
Leoloux, André
1915 February
box 8, folder 1
"Letters of gratitude"
circa 1915
Scope and Contents note
Contains letters of gratitude from Belgian school teachers and citizens thanking Whitlock and the Commission for Relief in
Belgium.
box 7, folder 32
"Letters of gratitude"
circa 1915
box 8, folder 2
"Letters from children in Brussels,"
1914
Scope and Contents note
Contains letters from children in Brussels thanking Whitlock for his relief efforts in Belgium.
box 8, folder 3
Lison, Armand, et. al
circa 1915
box 8, folder 5
Muller, André,
1915 February
box 8, folder 7
Orìanne, Joseph, et. al
1915 February
box 8, folder 8
Raison, Georges, et. al
1915 February
box 8, folder 10
Toussaint, Ernestine
1915 March
box 8, folder 11
Vander Elst, Philippe
1915 February
box 8, folder 13
Wauters, Henri
1915 January
Writings by Others
1914, undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains two unidentified journals as well as collected poems by Witter Bynner and A. E. Houseman.
box 8, folder 14-15
Unidentified journals
1914
Scope and Contents note
Includes two unidentified journals possibly written by Whitlock's mother-in-law (Mrs. Brainerd), his wife (Mrs. Whitlock),
or his mother (also Mrs. Whitlock). The journals describe life and events in Belgium in 1914.
box 10
Scrapbooks
1914-1933, undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains two untitled scrapbooks, one with war-related clippings, the other with cartoons and illustrations pasted together
to create humorous scenes depicting social and political commentary on current events.
Photographs
1905-1929
Scope and Contents note
Contains prints, autographed portraits, and a photo album.
box 8, folder 18
General,
1905-1929
Scope and Contents note
Includes autographed portraits of European leaders and diplomats.
box 11
Album
1914-1918
Scope and Contents note
Includes an album with photos of Whitlock, his family, and several unidentified people, presumably from the family's time
in Belgium. Folder 8 : 19 contains loose photographs from the album.
box 12, folder 3-4
Oversized
1914-1918
undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains various prints and mounted portraits. Subjects include Brand Whitlock and family, the American Embassy in Belgium,
local sculptures and artwork, and portraits of European military and political figures, many with signatures and inscriptions
addressed to Whitlock.
box 13, folder 1-26
Oversized
1914-1918
undated
Drawings and Illustrations
1916-1928, undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains sketches, illustrations, and watercolors, some with artists' signatures and dedications to Whitlock.
box 11
Sketches by H. Lemaire,
1918
Scope and Contents note
Contains prints of portrait sketches of European officials by H. Lemaire in original foldering.
box 12, folder 5-7
Sketches of military figures,
1916-1918, undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes sketches and watercolor paintings of military figures, some with artists' signatures and inscriptions to Whitlock.
box 12, folder 8
Map of Brussels,
undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains a printed map of Brussels with various landmarks identified by hand.
box 12, folder 17
Watercolors by F. Houget,
1928
Scope and Contents note
Contains a collection of watercolor paintings by F. Houget depicting Belgian officials and politicians playing golf. Includes
the artist's signature and an inscription to Whitlock.
box 13, folder 28
Oversized
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes sketches dedicated to Whitlock by A. Baertsoen and two unknown artists. The map case contains a large sketch entitled
"La Resistance," depicting what appears to be Lady Liberty warding off a black bird, as well as a sketch by A. Baertsoen depicting
a snow-covered village in Belgium (1921).
Printed Matter
circa 1913-1934
Scope and Contents note
Contains clippings, articles, sheet music, postcards, and other material.
box 8, folder 20
"Literary Notes,"
1913, 1927-1929
Scope and Contents note
Contains clippings, articles, theater programs, and other material related to popular works of literature.
box 8, folder 21
Miscellaneous
1913-1933
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings, conference proceedings, newspapers, magazines, postcards, travel brochures, and other material. Subjects
include European travel, Cannes, Belgium, and the war from 1914-1918.
box 12, folder 9-16
Oversized,
1913-1934
Scope and Contents
Includes magazines, newspapers, event programs, and sheet music in French and English.