Inventory of the Birge M. Clark papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: Birge M. Clark papers

Date (inclusive): 1917-1989

Collection Number: 60000

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (3.5 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Memoirs, diaries, military operational report summaries, army manuals, printed matter, and photographs, relating to aerial and artillery operations of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, and to the acquaintanceship of B. M. Clark with Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover and his design of the Hoover House on the Stanford University campus.

Creator: Clark, Birge M. (Birge Malcolm), 1893-1989

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 60000.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Birge M. Clark papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

American architect; captain, United States Army Air Service; commanding officer, 3rd Balloon Company, 1917-1918.

Scope and Content of Collection

Memoirs, diaries, military operational report summaries, army manuals, printed matter, and photographs, relating to aerial and artillery operations of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, and to the acquaintanceship of B. M. Clark with Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover and his design of the Hoover House on the Stanford University campus.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations

Balloons

United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Stanford University

Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944

United States. Army. Balloon Company, 3rd

Biographical Material 1940-1989

box 1

Diary of Birge M. Clark from November 1917 to November 1918, typescript 1940 December

box 1

Memoirs About Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, With Particular Emphasis on the Planning and Building of their Home on San Juan Hill. by Birge M. Clark, typescript 1969 March

box 1

World War I Memoirs, by Birge M. Clark 1971 October

box 1

Malcolm Clark and Staff of the Palo Alto Children's Theater. A Celebration of the Life of Birge M. Clark April 16, 1893-April 30, 1989. Palo Alto: Palo Alto Children's Theater, 1989 May 11

Photographs undated

box 3

World War I album undated

box 3

Diagram of a German infantry battle plane undated

box 3

Cartoon: "Why the Hell ain't the balloon up?" undated

box 3

Portrait of Birge M. Clark in uniform, with unidentified soldiers undated

World War I 1916-1918

box 1

Technical diagrams, including a field telephone and balloon anchors 1916, undated

box 1

Notes on artillery undated

Field Artillery School of Instruction 1917-1918

box 1

A.E.F. Balloon notes 1918

Printed Material 1917-1940

box 1

Time's Atlas of the War. New York: Time Magazine 1940s

box 3

Wally - His Cartoons of the A.E.F.; reprinted from the Stars & stripes, official newspaper of the A.E.F. New York: Home Sector, 1919

box 1

Air Service Information Circular, volume I 1921

box 1

Air Service Information Circular, volume II 1920

box 1

War Department Documents number 1044-1045 (on observation balloons) 1920 November

box 2

School of the Battery Commander 75mm Gun. Field Artillery School-Saumur. 1917 November

box 2

Instructions for the Employment of Aerial Observation. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. 1917

box 2

Liaison for All Arms. Washington DC: War Plans Division. 1918 July

box 2

Instruction sur le Ballon Captif Allongé Type R. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1918 April

box 2

Regulations for the Officers' Reserve Corps. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1921

box 2

General Notions of Organization and Tactical Suggestions Indispensible to the Balloon Observer. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1918

box 2

List of Correspondents and Letter of Indication. San Francisco: American Trust Company undated

box 2

Vocabulary of French and English Balloon Terms. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1918

box 2

Official List of Officers of the Officers' Reserve Corps. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1919

Oversize Material 1918-1919, undated

os_folder 1

Liberty Loan poster undated

box 4

Newspapers describing the end of World War I 1918-1919

os_folder 1

19 maps of France 1918 undated