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Title: United States President's Famine Emergency Committee records
Date (inclusive): 1946-1947
Collection Number: XX177
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
31 manuscript boxes, 2 card file boxes, 2 envelopes
(13.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, notes, and clippings, relating to food conservation in the United States and to famine conditions
throughout the world. Includes memoranda and diaries of Herbert Hoover, honorary chairman of the committee.
Creator:
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Creator:
United States. President's Famine Emergency Committee
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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[Identification of item], United States President's Famine Emergency Committee records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover
Institution Library & Archives.
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Also available on microfilm (31 reels).
Historical Note
The Famine Emergency Committee was established on March 1, 1946, by President Harry S. Truman for the purpose of aiding the
fight against world famine. Herbert Hoover was named Honorary Chairman and Chester Davis, a St. Louis banker, was named Chairman.
Together with the Department of Agriculture, the Committee sponsored world-wide food missions that sent Herbert Hoover to
the governments of all important nations to enlist and coordinate them in a world front against famine.
Thirty-eight countries and states were visited: Great Britain, France, Italy, the Vatican, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Holland,
Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Greece, Egypt, Iraq, India, Thailand, the
Philippines, China, Korea, Japan, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil,
Venezuela, and Cuba.
Besides Hoover, members of the mission included Hugh Gibson, Dennis A. Fitzgerald, Perrin C. Galpin, Frank E. Mason, Maurice
Pate, John B. Masdon, Charles F. Delzell, Hugo Meier, and Captain Hallam Tuck (USN).
(from Herbert Hoover,
An American Epic, Volume IV, pp. 113-127)
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, reports, notes, and clippings, relating to food conservation in the United States and to famine conditions
throughout the world. Includes memoranda and diaries of Herbert Hoover, honorary chairman of the committee.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Food supply
International relief
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief
Famines
Food conservation