Partial Inventory of the Albert Richard Behnke papers

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Title: Albert Richard Behnke papers
Date (inclusive): 1944-1975
Collection Number: 93006
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and German
Physical Description: 7 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder (3.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, correspondence, memoranda, statistics, writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to naval medical research, especially with regard to nutrition and effects of severe malnourishment; public health administration by Allied occupation authorities in post-World War II Germany; and extent of malnourishment in postwar Germany. Includes related papers of Commander Harry J. Alvis, United States Navy Medical Corps.
Creator: Behnke, Albert R. (Albert Richard), 1903-
Creator: Alvis, Harry J.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1993.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Albert Richard Behnke papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Captain, United States Navy Medical Corps; scientific director, Naval Medical Research Institute, 1943-1950; assistant naval attaché (medical research), Great Britain, 1945-1946.

Scope and Content of Collection

Reports, correspondence, memoranda, statistics, writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to naval medical research, especially with regard to nutrition and effects of severe malnourishment; public health administration by Allied occupation authorities in post-World War II Germany; and extent of malnourishment in postwar Germany. Includes related papers of Commander Harry J. Alvis, United States Navy Medical Corps. Photographs primarily in Box 5; 2 photograph albums in Box 4.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Officers
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955
Military government
Medicine -- Research
Nutrition -- Research
Malnutrition
Public health -- Germany
United States. Navy
Naval Medical Research Institute (U.S.)
United States. Navy Department. Medical Service Corps

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box 7

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drawer J07

Map of Germany 1944