Jump to Content

Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Platt (Philip Skinner) papers
57022  
No online items No online items       Request items ↗
View entire collection guide What's This?
Search this collection
Collection Details
 
Table of contents What's This?
  • Access
  • Use
  • Acquisition Information
  • Preferred Citation
  • Biographical/Historical Note
  • Scope and Content of Collection

  • Title: Philip Skinner Platt papers
    Date (inclusive): 1916-1976
    Collection Number: 57022
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1 folder, 1 envelope (0.2 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Memoirs, 1976, and photographs, 1916, relating to relief work in Europe during World War I.
    Creator: Platt, Philip S. (Philip Skinner), 1889-
    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 1957.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Philip Skinner Platt papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    American public health official; member of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, American Relief Administration, American Red Cross, and United States Army Sanitary Corps in Europe, 1916-1919.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Memoirs, 1976, and photographs, 1916, relating to relief work in Europe during World War I.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
    Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
    United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
    American Relief Administration
    American National Red Cross
    United States. Army. Sanitary Corps