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  • Title: Louis Loucheur papers
    Date (inclusive): 1916-1931
    Collection Number: 61001
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: French
    Physical Description: 12 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope, 1 oversize folder (5.5 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, speeches, notes, reports, and photographs, relating to industry in Russia during World War I, inter-Allied diplomacy during World War I, war reparations, and postwar French and international politics.
    Creator: Loucheur, Louis, 1872-1931
    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 1961.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Louis Loucheur papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1872 Born, Roubaix, Northern France
    1916 Industrial advisor to Russia
    1917 Minister of Armament (France)
    1919 Participant in the peace negotiations at Versailles.
    1921 Minister of Liberated Territories
    1922 Minister of Commerce
    1921-24 Negotiator on reparation problems
    1927-28 Minister of Labor, Hygiene and Social Security

    Scope and Contents

    This collection contains correspondence, speeches, notes, reports, and photographs, relating to industry in Russia during World War I, inter-Allied diplomacy during World War I, war reparations, and postwar French and international politics. Includes correspondence by Barthou, Berthelot, Briand, Churchill, Foch, Austen Chamberlain, and letters from Pétain. Includes a set of handwritten notes that deal with Cabinet meetings, army affairs, and interviews on the course of the war. Includes photographs of Louis Loucheur, French industrialist and Minister of Commerce, and/or Aristide Briand and others.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Reparations
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Diplomatic history
    France -- Politics and government -- 1914-1940
    Industries -- Russia
    League of Nations