Inventory of the Walter Lyman Brown papers

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Title: Walter Lyman Brown papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1932
Collection Number: XX383
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1 oversize box, 2 envelopes, 1 album box (2.66 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photographs, correspondence, and writings relating to American relief work in Europe during and immediately after World War I.
Creator: Brown, Walter Lyman
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

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Walter Lyman Brown papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

European director, American Relief Administration European Children's Fund; director, Rotterdam Office, Commission for Relief in Belgium.

Scope and Content of Collection

Photographs, correspondence, and writings relating to American relief work in Europe during and immediately after World War I.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
International relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
American Relief Administration. European Children's Fund

box 1

Correspondence and writings

box 1

Album of photographs depicting relief activities of the American Relief Administration European Children's Fund in Poland 1920

album fA

Poland 1921 1922

Scope and Contents

Book containing hand painted maps of the American Relief Administration European Children's Fund Mission to Poland's operations with statistics. Given to Walter Lyman Brown by American Relief Administration European Children's Fund Mission to Poland and the Polsko-Amerykański Komitet Pomocy Dzieciom.
album fA

Album of The Commission for Relief in Belgium Rotterdam Office 1914-1916

envelope B

Autographed photographs of Herbert Hoover, William B. Poland, President Edvard Benes of Czechoslovakia, and Cardinal D. J. Mercier of Belgium undated

envelope mC

Autographed photograph of President Michael Hainisch of Austria undated