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Biographical file 1916, 1940-1945, (bulk 1944-1945)

Scope and Contents note

Includes a Belgian-issued identification card, speeches and broadcasts, and documentation pertaining to Tuck's service in the United States Naval Reserve (USNR) including correspondence, orders received, memoranda, reports, and other documents. Also included are records pertaining to Tuck's work with the Military Government Training School in the European Affairs Division on Base II with the USNR. Arranged by document type.
box 1, folder 1

Belgian-issued identification card 1916 January 19

Scope and Contents note

In German and French
 

Speeches and broadcasts 1941-1942

box 1, folder 2

Talk before the officers, Foreign Training School, Navy Department, Washington D.C. 1942 September 26

box 1, folder 3

"Town Meeting: Should Britain Relax Her Food Blockade for Hitler's Victims?" 1941 April 28

Scope and Contents note

Includes published copy with other broadcasts from the meeting and typewritten transcription of Tuck's broadcast alone
 

United States Naval Reserve records 1941-1945

box 1, folder 4

Antwerp port, Documents regarding use of troops, equipment, and supplies 1944 August

Scope and Contents note

Documents regarding use of troops, equipment, and supplies
box 1, folder 5

Civil Affairs Division records 1943-1945

box 1, folder 6

Correspondence 1944 February - 1945 March

box 1, folder 7

Economic Committee records 1944

box 1, folder 8

History of Naval Affairs documents 1944-1945

Scope and Contents note

Task Organization document, curriculum vitae letter, Port of Antwerp related documents
box 1, folder 9-11

Military Government Training School, Base II 1944 December - 1945

box 1, folder 12-13

Military Government Training School 1945 January 1 - March 31

Scope and Contents note

First and Second Training Courses
box 2, folder 1

Naval Activities in the European Theater of Operations records 1945 February

box 2, folder 2

Orders and personal papers 1941, 1944-1945

Scope and Contents note

Included is background information Tuck provided about himself, including family information and past work experiences
box 2, folder 3

Orders 1945 May-April

box 2, folder 4

"Non-Fraternization" document and Social Science Research Council materials 1943, undated

box 2, folder 5

Organizational charts 1942, 1945

Scope and Contents note

See also Oversize File, Box 11, Folder 1
box 2, folder 6

Personal files and other documents 1942-1943

box 2, folder 7

Post-Hostility Committee reports and correspondence 1944 November-December, undated

box 2, folder 8

Roster of Officers 1945 March 1

 

Correspondence 1915-1956, (bulk 1940-1941)

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence with various friends and colleagues. The bulk pertains to Tuck's activities during World War II with associates from the Belgian American Educational Foundation, Inc. and the National Committee for Food for the Small Democracies. Arranged into two subseries: alphabetical correspondence and chronological correspondence.
 

Correspondence, Alphabetical 1934-1945

box 2, folder 9

Burkhart, Gerald October-December 1940

box 2, folder 10

Cajander, A.K 1940-1941

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence directly related to Finland
box 2, folder 11

Campbell, Gerald 1941

box 2, folder 12

Cudahy, John 1940-1941

Scope and Contents note

Some correspondence in French
box 2, folder 13

Daniels, Tom 10-27 December 1940

box 2, folder 14

Delano, William A. 7 February 1941

Scope and Contents note

Letter also includes 4 photographs of the destroyed library at the University of Louvain after the German invasion in 1940
box 2, folder 15

Duggan, Stephen January-February, May, 1941

box 2, folder 16

Dunn, James January, March, 1941

box 2, folder 17

Fonck, Charles January-April, October, 1941

box 2, folder 18

Galpin, Perrin 1945

box 2, folder 19

Gibson, Hugh 1940-1941

box 2, folder 20

Henry, Bayard, Mrs. 1940-1941

box 2, folder 21

Hoover, Herbert 1934, 1940-1941, 1945

Scope and Contents note

See also Subject File, Box 6, Folder 12
box 2, folder 22

International Refugee Organisation, Austria 11 May 1949

box 2, folder 23

Joslin, Theodore 1932

box 3, folder 1

Pate, Maurice 1940-1941

box 3, folder 2

Pieters, Maurice 1941

Scope and Contents note

Some material in French
box 3, folder 3

Richmond, Raymond S. 1941, undated

box 3, folder 4

Smith, H. Alexander 1940-1941

box 3, folder 5

Stevens, Lewis M. 1941 July, September

box 3, folder 6

Strauss, Lewis 1941 May-June, 1944 December

box 3, folder 7

van der Straten Pontoz, Robert, Count 1940 October

box 3, folder 8

van Zeeland, Paul 1940-1941

Scope and Contents note

Some material in French
 

Correspondence, Chronological 1916-1956 undated (bulk 1940-1941)

box 3, folder 9

1916, 1918

Scope and Contents note

Some material in French
box 3, folder 10

1940

Scope and Contents note

Some material in French
box 3, folder 11

January-April 1941

Scope and Contents note

Some material in French
box 3, folder 12

May-December 1941

Scope and Contents note

Some material in French
box 3, folder 13

1942, 1956, undated.

Scope and Contents note

Some material in French
 

Subject File 1914-1965, undated, (bulk 1940-1941).

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, and printed matter pertaining to the organizations in which Tuck was an active participant. Also included are memoranda and reports pertaining to specific European countries and collected publications. Arranged alphabetically by document title or subject matter. Some materials are in French. See also Oversize File.
box 3, folder 14

Asia 1946-1947

Scope and Contents note

Includes reports, studies, correspondence, and memoranda regarding the food situation in Japan and Korea post World War II. Correspondence includes a letter to the Assistant Secretary of War regarding the postwar reconstruction of Japan, 1947 March 5
box 3, folder 15

American Relief Administration, World War I 1919

box 3, folder 16

American Ordinance Corporation 1939 July 17

Scope and Contents note

Includes description and specifications for the 75 m/m mountain gun
box 3, folder 17

"Les Avis, Proclamations, & Nouvelles de Guerre Allemandes" circa 1914

Scope and Contents note

In French
 

Belgian American Educational Foundation Incorporated(BAEF) 1940-1945, 1956, undated

Scope and Contents note

The bulk of the records have been arranged by type and content
box 3, folder 18-20

Bound file, 1 of 2 October 1940, June-November 1945, and undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes cablegrams, correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other related documents collected and generated by the BAEF near the end of World War II. These documents came pre-bound and have been left in the original order.
box 4, folder 1

Bound file, 2 of 2 June-November 1945

Scope and Contents note

Includes cablegrams, correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other related documents collected and generated by the BAEF near the end of World War II. These documents came pre-bound and have been left in the original order. Some documents are in French
box 4, folder 2

Cablegrams, correspondence, and transmissions 1940-1941

Scope and Contents note

Some documents are in French
box 4, folder 3

Executive Committee meetings records 1940

box 4, folder 4

Memoranda 1940-1941, 1956, undated

box 4, folder 5

Printed documents and collected items 1940-1941, 1943, undated

box 4, folder 6

Reports and notes 1940-1941

box 4, folder 7

Belgian League of Honor records 1938

Scope and Contents note

Includes lists of elected officers from 1936, 1937, member lists, constitution, and by-laws
 

Belgium 1916, 1940-1941

box 4, folder 8

Bound File, 1 of 2 May-June 1940

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other related documents related to the Belgian food and political situation immediately following the surrender to Germany on 27 May 1940.
box 4, folder 9-10

Bound file, 2 of 2 1940-1941

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other related documents related to the Belgian food and political situation. The majority of the documents discuss the situation of getting supplies to the Belgian population following the surrender.
box 4, folder 11

Correspondence 1940-1941

box 4, folder 12

Early occupation documents May-June 1940

box 4, folder 13

Collected printed items circa 1940-1941

box 4, folder 14

Memoranda and related documents pertaining to the food situation in occupied Belgium in bound file May-July 1940

box 4, folder 15

Memoranda to the U.S. Ambassador for Belgium 1940-1941

box 5, folder 1

Reports and announcements 1916, circa 1940-1941

box 5, folder 2

Christian Weekly 13-20 November 1940

 

Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) 1915 1916 1919 1940-1941 undated

box 5, folder 3

"Duties of the American Representatives in the Provinces" circa 1915-1919

box 5, folder 4

Extract of "CRB Reports & Publications" document 1914 October-1918 April

box 5, folder 5

"First Annual Report" document 1914 November 1-1915 October 31

Scope and Contents note

Part II ? Benevolent
box 5, folder 6

Memoranda, reports, and miscellaneous documents 1915, 1916, 1919, 1940-1941, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes copy of a group portrait of CRB members taken in 1916 in Brussels (Tuck is the first row seated second from the left)
box 5, folder 7

"Statistical Review of Relief Operations" by George I. Gay 1925 June 20

Scope and Contents note

Abridged version; includes a pullout map
box 5, folder 8

Commission for Polish Relief, Inc. 1940-1941

box 5, folder 9-10

Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government 1955 14 February - 27 June.

Scope and Contents note

Includes press releases
box 5, folder 11

Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government 1954-1955

Scope and Contents note

Includes press releases, press conference, list of commission members
box 5, folder 12

Community Service Society of New York first annual report 1940

box 5, folder 13

Les crimes allemands d'aprés des témoignages allemands 1915

box 5, folder 14

Cudahy, John circa June 1940

Scope and Contents note

Statement as ambassador to Belgium following the Belgian surrender to Germany
box 5, folder 15

"Der Sieg der Alliierten (Fortsetzung)," 14 October 1918

box 5, folder 16

La Description de la cité d'Anvers 1920

Scope and Contents note

In French
box 5, folder 17

"Excerpt from a letter from a noted scientist and Dutch patriot of Bergen, North Holland," 12 January 1941

box 5, folder 18

Finland related documents 1940-1941, 1946-1948.

Scope and Contents note

Includes reports, memoranda, bulletins, and other documents related to the food situation in Finland such as the famine emergency
box 6, folder 1

Finnish Relief Fund documents 1940 October

box 6, folder 2

France related documents 18 October 1918, 12 April 1941

box 6, folder 3

France related documents 1914

Scope and Contents note

"43 Ans de Politique Pacifique et Conciliant Envers l'Allemagne, 1971-1914"
box 6, folder 4

Gibson, Hugh 1940-1941

Scope and Contents note

Cablegrams and correspondence pertaining to relief efforts in World War II
box 6, folder 5

German Historians and Macedonian Imperialism booklet 1921 July.

Scope and Contents note

Includes a note for Tuck from the author on the cover
box 6, folder 6

"The German People Offer Peace" pamphlet undated

box 6, folder 7

"Grande carte des étas-Unis d'Amérique" booklet undated

box 6, folder 8

Great Britain related documents 27 June 1941

Scope and Contents note

Britain To-Day, no. 56
box 6, folder 9

Great Britain related documents August-September 1914 ,

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence respecting the European Crisis, 1914 August, A Call to Arms, a speech by the Prime Minister, 4 September 1914, Mr. Lloyd George's Speech on the Road Hogs of Europe, 19 September 1914
box 6, folder 10

Great Britain February-March 1941

Scope and Contents note

Documents generated by and regarding the British Embassy
box 6, folder 11

La Guerre Mondiale: faits acquis à l'histoire, documents, 1915

box 6, folder 12

Hoover, Herbert 1940-1941, 1946

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence between Hoover and Cordell Hull, then-Secretary of State in the Franklin Roosevelt administration from 1940 November to May 1941. Also includes pamphlet A Call to American Reason, 1941, and other documents related to activities post World War II. See also Correspondence, Box 2 Folder 24 and Oversize File Box 11 Folder 4
box 6, folder 13

The Hoover Mission, delegation to Belgium January 1941

box 6, folder 14-15

The Hoover Mission, "Some Notes on Trip with the Hoover Mission", Maurice Pate's notes for his trip with the Hoover Mission through Europe and Asia March-June 1946,

box 6, folder 16

Human Events 1961

box 6, folder 17

An Impartial International Commission to Examine the Conditions Created by the Peace Treaties in the Danube Valley, maps included circa 1921

box 6, folder 18

Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration, includes reports generated by the Committee 1 May 1954

box 6, folder 19

Italy, draft for report regarding the food situation in Italy post World War II 4 March 1946

box 6, folder 20

Latvia 1948

Scope and Contents note

Includes document by Alfreds Berzinsh
 

National Committee on Food for the Small Democracies 1937-1965 (bulk 1940-1941), undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence, reports, memoranda, reports generated for and by the committee and collected documents
box 6, folder 21

Congressional records 1941 2 May - 14 October

box 6, folder 22

Correspondence and cablegrams 1940-1941

box 6, folder 23

Internal records 1940-1941

Scope and Contents note

Includes internal policies, budget information, and member lists
box 7, folder 1

Meetings, press releases, and speaker information 1940-1941

box 7, folder 2

Memoranda 1940-1941

box 7, folder 3

Notes and reports generated and collected 1922, 1941-1945, undated

box 7, folder 4

Printed materials and collected publications 1937, circa 1940-1941, 1965

box 7, folder 5

Norway related document undated

Scope and Contents note

"Norway's Food Situation"
box 7, folder 6

Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.), "Food position U.S. Occupied Areas of Germany" report April 1946

box 7, folder 7

Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.), Status Report on Military Government of Germany booklet 15 March 1946

box 7, folder 8

Printed images of King Albert I and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium 21 July 1918

box 7, folder 9

"Report on Survey of Hungarian Refugee Relief Problems in Austria" 15 January 1957

box 7, folder 10

Russischer und serbischer Kriegsschauplatz, by P. Krauss booklet 1914

box 7, folder 11

Son Œuvre goûters scolaires, colonies de vacances, consultations de nourrissons, consultations prénatales, a publication by the Comité D'Assistance des Regions Libérées undated

Scope and Contents note

Tuck was a member of this committee
box 7, folder 12

Statement Regarding Food for the Small Democracies 1940

Scope and Contents note

Joint statement from the following organizations: The Commission for Relief in Belgium, Inc., The Norwegian Relief Fund, Inc., The Queen Wilhelmina Fund, Inc. (Holland), the Commission for Polish Relief, Inc.
box 7, folder 13

Sweden 4 January 1946

Scope and Contents note

"Bread-grain supply"
box 7, folder 14

Universitas, Ltd. records 1940-1942

Scope and Contents note

See also Oversize File Box 11 Folder 8
box 7, folder 15

University of Louvain 28 June 1927

Cinquiéme Centenaire de la Fondation de l'Université
box 7, folder 16

University of Louvain 1928

Scope and Contents note

The Legend of the "Francs-Tireurs" of Louvain,
box 7, folder 17

University of Louvain circa 1920s

List of Inscriptions on the Walls of the Library University of Louvain
box 7, folder 18

University of Louvain, Pose et Bénédiction de la Premiére Pierre de la Nouvelle Bibliothéque 28 July 1921

box 8, folder 1

Miscellany circa 1941-1945

 

Memorabilia and Ephemera 1915, 1919, 1944, undated

Scope and Contents note

Arranged by title. See also Oversize File.
box 8, folder 2

Collection de Douze Vues de Waterloo undated

Scope and Contents note

Folio containing a map of the Battle of Waterloo and twelve lithographs of the surrounding landscape
box 9

Havelange école des Filles clothbound message book 1 July 1915

box 8, folder 3

Hoover Overseas and War Service Organizations Reunion Dinner program 3 March 1929

Scope and Contents note

Tuck is listed as a guest
box 8, folder 4

"Message des enfants de France libérée aux enfants americains" 4 July 1944

box 8, folder 5

Postcards undated

Scope and Contents note

French text and couplets
box 8, folder 6

Reception honoring Ferdinand Foch invitation 1919 December 13

box 8, folder 7

Soupe de Guerre circa 1915 October

Scope and Contents note

Bound postcards including images of soup kitchens in Belgium.
box 8, folder 8

United States Festival of Remembrance program undated

 

Photographs circa 1915-1960

Scope and Contents note

Includes a set of loose photographs and two albums featuring members from the Commission for Relief in Belgium members, circa 1915-1920. See also Oversize File.
box 8, folder 9

Buildings, objects, military procession circa 1935, undated

box 8, folder 10

Group poses, meetings circa 1915-1920, circa 1950-1960

box 9

Album circa 1916-1920

Scope and Contents note

Portrait of Tuck on page 44 of album
box 10

Album circa 1916-1920

 

Oversize File circa 1916-1950, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes oversize materials relating to Tuck's service with the United States Naval Reserve and collected reports and documents relating to his relief activities and interests.
 

Biographical File 1945-1946

box 11, folder 1

United States Naval Reserve Records 1945-1946

Scope and Contents note

Includes documents related to the Economics Division, organizational charts, and a rice chart
 

Subject File 1914-1958

box 11, folder 2

Belgian American Educational Foundation Inc. documents 1938, 1945

box 11, folder 3

Collected Publications 1914-1915, 1929, 1941, undated

box 11, folder 4

Hoover, Herbert printed addresses 1940, 1945, 1958

box 11, folder 5

Maps circa 1916-1920, circa 1935-1950, undated.

box 11, folder 6

National Committee for Food for the Small Democracies document 1941

Scope and Contents note

Document is a memorandum regarding the ration situation in Belgium and Central Poland
box 11, folder 7

Poland related document circa 1945

Scope and Contents note

"Problems of Social Welfare in Poland", map included
box 11, folder 8

Universitas, Ltd. record 5 March 1941

 

Memorabilia circa 1916

box 11, folder 9

Posters circa 1916

 

Photographs circa 1950

box 11, folder 10

Group portrait taken in New York circa 1950

Scope and Contents note

Herbert Hoover is seated to the far right
 

Incremental Materials

Processing Information

These incremental materials were processed to a baseline standard that employs an accession inventory for description. An accession inventory is a basic description of an archival collection with no attempt at intellectual arrangement. The depth of description varies depending on the format of the materials and the amount of pre-existing description received when the materials were acquired.
 

Paper material

box 12

1929-1933

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, office files, and newspaper clippings. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "Voyage Aux Etats-Unis"; "A.C.D. (Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation) (latest information)"; "Dur-o-bor"; "Allied - Solvay and Co."; "Mutuelle Solvay of America"; "Communcations Avec Monsieur Weber"; "Remittance by Solusa to Solvay and Company."
box 13

1929-1931

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence and office files. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "Renseignements Receuills et Notes Partielles du Voyage aux Etats-Unis" ; "Correspondence Solvay and Co" ; "Copies de Correspondance, communiquées par M. Jenicot" ; "Notes, Correspondence, Meyer, Orlando F. Weber, Esq."
box 14

1928-1933, 1963-1967

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, office files, and financial documents. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "Voyage aux Etats-Unis, Solvay and Co" ; "Swiss Holding" ; "EHT - Rougement."
box 15

1948, 1963-1967

Scope and Contents

This box includes correspondence, office files, and financial documents. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "EHT - Rougement" ; "General Council" ; "Seventh Part of First Session, P. C. I. R. O. (Preparatory Commission for the International Refugee Organization)."
box 16

1928, 1947-1949

Scope and Contents

This box includes legal documents, corresondence, photographs, office files, and printed material. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "Succession Monseiur Edouard Bunge. Partage du porte-feuille, des objets d'arts, ets." ; "I.R.O. (International Refugee Organization) - Material (W.H.T. Biography)."
box 17

1940s

Scope and Contents

This box contains printed material. There are no titled folders in this box.
box 18

1933-1949

Scope and Contents

This box includes printed material, office files, financial documents, and correspondence. The following is a list of original folder titles present in the box: "IRO (International Refugee Organisation) Austria, Budget Estimate"
box 19

1947-1949

Scope and Contents

This box contains International Refugee Organization statistical reports. There are no titled folders in this box.
box 20

1915-1940

Scope and Contents

This box contains a scrapbook titled "Rougement."
 

Oversize material

box 21, folder 1

Sailing reports and reports of ships in service 1949

box 21, folder 2

"Who Gets Our National Income?" article from Look 1948 March 16

box 21, folder 3

Montly Sailing Report (Mass Movements) 1949 June

Collection Contents
Biographical file
Correspondence
Subject File
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Photographs
Oversize File
Incremental Materials
Paper material
Oversize material
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