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Jacobs-Pauwels (F. Marguerite) papers
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  • Title: F. Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels papers
    Date (inclusive): 1899-1965
    Collection Number: 65027
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: French
    Physical Description: 12 manuscript boxes (4.8 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: The F. Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels papers provide a record of the life and career of a Belgian woman active in public service and charitable work in her native country over a period of 50 years. These activities included caring for orphaned children and wounded soldiers during and after World War I, and heading a campaign after World War II for the recognition of Belgian army veterans and resistance fighters.
    Creator: Jacobs-Pauwels, F. Marguerite
    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 1965.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], F. Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    Director, Foyer des Orphelins (Orphanage), Charleroi, Belgium, 1914-1923.
    1915-1923 Director, Foyer des Orphelins, Charleroi, Belgium
    1924 Secretary, Ligue Nationale Belge contre le Péril Vénérien
    1944-1952 President, L'Oeuvre des Médailles de la Libération et du Triomphe

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The F. Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels papers provide a record of the life and career of a Belgian woman active in public service and charitable work in her native country over a period of 50 years. These activities included caring for orphaned children and wounded soldiers during and after World War I, and heading a campaign after World War II for the recognition of Belgian army veterans and resistance fighters.
    The majority of the collection is organized into files corresponding to the various institutions and organizations Jacobs-Pauwels was associated with. The largest of these files relates to her directorship of an orphanage in Charleroi, Belgium in the years 1915-1923. The materials in this file include correspondence, administrative records, and reports concerning the operations of the institution. These documents give information on the needs of the children in the orphanage, the care that they received, as well as the various sources of funding and materials that the orphanage received. They also detail the role of the American Red Cross and the Commission for Relief in Belgium (C.R.B.) in providing aid to the orphanage.
    Another important file in the papers pertains to an organization headed by Jacobs-Pauwels after World War II, l'Oeuvre des Médailles de la Libération et du Triomphe. This organization raised money to provide medals to combatants in the war, including veterans of the Belgian army and resistance movement. The file is largely comprised of correspondence and reports, with details on medal recipients and the activities of provincial committees of the organization.
    Personal correspondence in the papers includes letters exchanged over many years between Jacobs-Pauwels and Charlotte Kellogg, who participated in the aid efforts of the C.R.B.. There are letters to other correspondents in which Jacobs-Pauwels expresses her views on Belgian politics. The papers also contain a small number of lectures and articles by Jacobs-Pauwels, as well as some writings by other individuals.

    Arrangement Statement

    The collection is arranged into 11 series: Biographical file; Correspondence; Speeches and writings; Subject file; Photographs; Hospices Civils file; Foyer des Orphelins file; Ligue Nationale Belge contre le Péril Vénérien file; L'Oeuvre des Médailles de la Libération et du Triomphe file; Speeches and writings by others; Memorabilia

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Children
    Orphanages -- Belgium -- Charleroi
    Foyer des Orphelins (Charleroi, Belgium)