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Arrangement Statement
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
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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)