Inventory of the Frederick H. Chatfield papers
Finding aid prepared by Beaudry Allen
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Frederick H. Chatfield papers
Date (inclusive): 1914-1919
Collection Number: 53008
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English and French
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 2 envelopes, 1 framed certificate
(4.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photographs, printed matter and memorabilia, relating to relief activities of the Commission for Relief in Belgium during
World War I.
Creator:
Chatfield, Frederick H.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
Box 4 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1953.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Frederick H. Chatfield papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
Frederick H. Chatfield was a member of the Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB). Chatfield served as secetary of the Cincinnati
branch and was the CRB delegate for the
Commission du Lait of
Le Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation de l'Arrondissement de Liège, a relief committee trying to provide food and establish dairy production centers in Liège during World War I.
Scope and Content of Collection
Photographs, lithographs, printed matter, and memorabilia, relating to relief activities of the Commission for Relief in Belgium
and Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation de l'Arrondissement de Liège during World War I. The collection is arranged by medium
into three series: Photographs, Printed materials, and Memorabilia.
Related Collection(s)
Commission for Relief in Belgium Records, 1914-1930, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pictorial works
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
International relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
Photographs, 1915-1917
Scope and Contents
Photographs include members of the Commission for Relief in Belgium and Comité de secours et d'Alimentation de l'Arrondissement
de Liège.
envelope mA
C.R.B office in Liège, R. Arrowsmith and others, undated
envelope mA
Le Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation de la Province de Liège, June 1916
envelope mA
Le Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation de la Province de Liège, 22 February 1915
envelope mB
"Élèves de l'école moyenne professionnelle de demoiselles de la ville de Liège," August 1916
map_case
CRB group photograph, undated
map_case
Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation de la Province de Liège, 22 February 1915
box 1
CRB members portrait album, 1917
Printed materials, 1917-1919
Scope and Contents
Contains lithographs, scrapbook, and printed matter relating to the Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation de l'Arrondissement
de Liège activities. The scrapbook includes news-clippings relating to Chatfield's CRB work and the United States' lending
pledge to the CRB. Arranged by format.
box 2, folder 1
"Oeuvre des Diners Economique," poster, undated
map_case
Le Comité National de Secours et d'Alimentation, lithograph, with identity chart, 1914-1918
box 3, folder 2
The History of the CRB, by Tracy Kittredge, 1918
box 3, folder 1
Rapport de la Commission du Lait, 1919
box 2, folder 3
Scraps of Paper: German Proclamations in Belgium and France , undated
Memorabilia, circa 1914-1917
Scope and Contents
Contains decorated flour sacks relating to CRB flour distribution in Belgium and a framed certificate.
box 4
Flour sacks. 1 embroidered design and 2 painted designs
Conditions Governing Access
Box 4 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.