Description
Correspondence, writings, and reports, relating to American Relief Administration activities, food conditions in Germany following
World War I, and technical assistance provided by American engineers in the Soviet Union.
Background
Lincoln Hutchinson (1866–1940) was born in San Francisco, California. He graduated from the University of California-Berkeley
in 1889 and received an M.A. in economics from Harvard University. He held many positions during his career: professor of
economics and commerce at Berkeley; dean of the College of Letters and Science at Berkeley; professor of economics and sociology
at Stanford University; consular attaché in South America and Europe; director of relief in the American Relief Administration
in Russia, Germany, and Czechoslovakia after World War I; and technical advisor in Czechoslovakia under Jan Masaryk.
Extent
4 manuscript boxes
(1.8 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
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.