Register of the Lincoln Hutchinson papers
Finding aid prepared by Rachel Waltman and Jackson Shumway
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Lincoln Hutchinson papers
Date (inclusive): 1912-1939
Collection Number: 68047
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: The collection is in English, French, and German
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes
(1.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: 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.
Creator:
Hutchinson, Lincoln
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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 1968.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lincoln Hutchinson papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Lincoln Hutchinson papers consist of correspondence, speeches and writings, travel documents, and American Relief Administration
office records. His writings include "American Engineers in Russia," two different essays in which Hutchinson describes technical
assistance provided by American engineers to the Soviet Union. The travel documents series includes his passport from when
he was in Europe working for the A.R.A.. Finally, the American Relief Administration office records series contains a comprehensive
report on food conditions in post-World War I Germany (1923). It also contains the constitution of the A.R.A. and proposed
amendments to the constitution. Additional materials document Hutchinson's lobbying to merge the A.R.A. with other relief
programs, as well as his personal reminiscences of Herbert Hoover, "The Chief," as an individual and as an administrator.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
Engineers
World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany
Engineering -- Soviet Union
American Relief Administration
Alphabetical Correspondence
1915-1935
box 1, folder 1
Adams, Ephraim Douglass
1924
box 1, folder 2
Babcock, Kendric C.
1925-1926
box 1, folder 3
Batchelder, Samuel F.
1923-1925
box 1, folder 4
Bonnevalle, Richard W.
1929
box 1, folder 6
Carroll, Philip H.
1923-1931
box 1, folder 8
Clements, Melbourne
1925-1929
box 1, folder 11
Cross, Wilbur L.
1922-1924
box 1, folder 17
Edgeworth, F.Y.
1922-1923
box 1, folder 18
Golder, Frank Alfred
1927-1929
box 1, folder 20
Cheron, Dr. Andre
1923
Processing Information note
Folder orginally labeled "Dr. Gros"
box 1, folder 25
Henderson, Victor H.
1924-1925
box 1, folder 26
Herter, Christian A.
1922
box 1, folder 33
Lehmer, Derrick N.
1924-1927
box 1, folder 35
Lipman, Fred L.
1926-1927
box 1, folder 37
Loben Sels, P.J. von
1924
box 1, folder 38
Logan, James A.
1919-1925
box 1, folder 41
Manship, George
1916-1927
box 1, folder 42
Mitchell, Douglas C.
1926
box 1, folder 43
Moir, Ernest W.
1927-1930
box 1, folder 48
Patterson, A.M.
1922-1929
box 1, folder 49
Pierce, Edward Allen
1923-1929
box 1, folder 55
Rugg, Walter A.
1926-1928
box 1, folder 56
Sproule, William
1924-1930
Chronological correspondence
1912-1923
Scope and Contents
Series of notebooks featuring letters written by Lincoln Hutchinson to an unidentified recipient. Folders arranged chronologically.
box 4, folder 2
January 1920-September 1921
box 4, folder 3
October 1921-November 1923
box 2, folder 1
"American engineers In Russia"
after 1929
box 2, folder 2
"American engineers In Russia"
after 1936
American Relief Administration (A.R.A.) office records
1914-1935
box 2, folder 4
Report on food conditions in Germany
1923
box 2, folder 5
A.R.A. Association I
1914-1933
Scope and Contents note
Includes announcements, correspondence, agendas, invitations, memorials to the late Frank A. Golder and other documents pertaining
to Russia, Germany, and Czechoslovakia.
box 2, folder 6
A.R.A. Association II
1929 - 1935
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence with the A.R.A.'s Children's Fund, Inc. and amendments to the A.R.A. constitution
