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Honorary Chairman's File 1946-1947

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, diaries,speeches, writings, reports, statistical data, press releases and statements, clippings, and other material relating to Herbert Hoover's role as Honorary Chairman of the Famine Emergency Committee, arranged alphabetically by physical form
 

Correspondence

 

General

box 1, folder 1

A

box 1, folder 2-3

B

box 1, folder 4-5

C

box 1, folder 6

D

box 1, folder 7

E

box 2, folder 1

F

box 2, folder 2

G

box 2, folder 3-4

H

box 2, folder 5

I-J

box 2, folder 6

K

box 3, folder 1

L

box 3, folder 2-3

M

box 3, folder 4

N-O

box 3, folder 5

P

box 3, folder 6

R

box 3, folder 7

S

box 4, folder 1

S

box 4, folder 2

T

box 4, folder 3

V-W

box 4, folder 4-6

Miscellaneous

box 5, folder 1-6

Miscellaneous

box 6, folder 1-2

Miscellaneous

box 6, folder 3

Anderson, Clinton P.

box 6, folder 4

Davis, Chester C.

box 6, folder 5

Fitzgerald, Dennis A.

box 6, folder 6

Galpin, Perrin

box 6, folder 7

Gibson, Hugh

box 6, folder 8

Klein, Julius

box 6, folder 9

Kleinwaechter, Ludwig

box 6, folder 10

La Guardia, Fiorello

box 6, folder 11

Lochner, Louis P.

box 6, folder 12

Luce, Clare Booth

box 6, folder 13

McCabe, Charles B.

box 6, folder 14

McMullin, Dare Stark

box 6, folder 15

Mason, Frank E.

box 6, folder 16

Miller, Bernice

box 6, folder 17

Pawley, William

box 6, folder 18

Renner, Karl

box 6, folder 19

Stedman, Afred D.

box 6, folder 20

Stolper, Gustav

box 6, folder 21

Thomas, Lowell

box 6, folder 22

Truman, Harry S.

box 6, folder 23

Vogl, Oscar

box 7, folder 1

Voorhees, Tracy

box 7, folder 2

Wacker, Hedwig

box 7, folder 3

Walsh, Edmund A.

box 7, folder 4

Diaries, References to

 

Letters to Herbert Hoover

box 7, folder 5

Attacking

box 7, folder 6

Supporting

 

Speeches and writings

box 7, folder 7

Undated drafts and notes

box 7, folder 8

"Food, Relief, Famine and the Economic Front in World War II," n.d. Printed copy

box 7, folder 9

Miscellaneous articles, 1946-1947

box 7, folder 10

Press release, 1946 February 8. Typescript

box 7, folder 11

"Hoover Mourns Cowles," statement, 1946 February 28. Typescript

box 7, folder 12

Press conference, 1946 March 1. Typescript

box 7, folder 13

Memorandum for Secretary Anderson and Mr. Chester Davis, 1946 March 5. Typescript

box 7, folder 14

Press conference, 1946 March 12. Typescript

box 7, folder 15

Address on world famine, 1946 March 14. Typescript

box 7, folder 16

Address on world famine, 1946 March 17. Typescript

box 7, folder 17

Statement, 1946 May 10. Typescript

box 7, folder 18

"Reporting on the Famine Emergency," press conference, White House, 1946 May 13. Typescript

box 7, folder 19

"World Famine Situation," speech, Chicago, 1946 May 17. Mimeograph copy. Includes Spanish translation

box 7, folder 20

Speech, Washington, D.C., 1946 May 20. Mimeograph Spanish translation

box 7, folder 21

Speech, Bogota, Colombia, 1946 May 31. Mimeograph English translation of press account

box 7, folder 22

Speech, Santiago, Chile, 1946 June 5. Mimeograph Spanish translation

box 7, folder 23

Remarks, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1946 June 11. Mimeograph Spanish translation

box 7, folder 24

Statement on the Latin American food situation, 1946 June 19. Typescript

box 7, folder 25

"To the National Association of Women Directors of the National Association of Broadcasters," 1946 June 19. Typescript

box 7, folder 26

Statement, 1946 August 12. Typescript

box 7, folder 27

Statement, Salt Lake City, 1946 August 12. Typescript

box 7, folder 28

Statement, 1946 November 5. Typescript

box 7, folder 29

Speech at N.I.C. Board, 1946 November 17. Typescript

 

Report No. 1 - Germany, 1947

box 7, folder 30

Printed copies, February

box 7, folder 31

Clippings on public reaction to, March-April

box 8, folder 1-2

Clippings on public reaction to, March-April

 

Report No. 2 - Austria, 1947

box 8, folder 3

Galley proofs, typescripts and printed copies, March

box 8, folder 4

Clippings on public reaction to, March-April

 

Report No. 3 - Germany/Austria, March 1947

box 8, folder 5

Drafts and galley proofs

box 8, folder 6

Printed copies

box 8, folder 7

Clippings on public reaction to

box 9, folder 1-2

Clippings on public reaction to

 

Subject file

box 9, folder 3

Dulles, John Foster

box 9, folder 4-6

Economic assistance - Germany

box 10, folder 1

Economic assistance - Germany

box 10, folder 2

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

 

Food missions

box 10, folder 3

General

 

Countries file. Research material on countries visited by Herbert Hoover

box 10, folder 4-5

Argentina

box 10, folder 6

Austria

box 10, folder 7

Brazil

box 10, folder 8

Chile

box 11, folder 1

China

box 11, folder 2

Colombia

box 11, folder 3

Cuba

box 11, folder 4

Czechoslovakia

box 11, folder 5

Ecuador

box 11, folder 6

Egypt

box 11, folder 7

Finland

box 11, folder 8

France

 

Germany

box 11, folder 9-11

General

box 11, folder 12

Clippings

box 11, folder 13

Letters to Herbert Hoover from German citizens

box 12, folder 1-2

Letters to Herbert Hoover from German citizens

box 12, folder 3

Great Britain

box 12, folder 4

Greece

box 12, folder 5

India

box 12, folder 6

Iraq

box 12, folder 7

Italy

box 12, folder 8

Japan

box 12, folder 9

Korea

box 12, folder 10-11

Mexico

box 12, folder 12

Panama

box 12, folder 13-14

Peru

box 13, folder 1

Peru

box 13, folder 2

Philippine Islands

box 13, folder 3

Poland

box 13, folder 4

Sweden

box 13, folder 5

Switzerland

box 13, folder 6

Thailand

box 13, folder 7

Uruguay

box 13, folder 8

Venezuela

box 13, folder 9

Yugoslavia

 

Itineraries

box 13, folder 10

General

box 13, folder 11

Asian trips

box 13, folder 12

European trips

box 13, folder 13

South American trips

box 13, folder 14

List of members

 

Gibson, Hugh

box 14, folder 1

Notes on the European mission, 1946 March 17- May 12

box 14, folder 2

Notes on the South American mission, 1946 May 25 - June 19

box 14, folder 3

Lend-lease operations (1941-1945) - Soviet Union

box 14, folder 4

Marshall, George C.

box 14, folder 5

United States - Foreign relations - Japan (1947 March)

box 14, folder 6

Miscellany

 

Office File 1945-1947

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings, statistical data, clippings, and printed matter, relating to the daily operations of the Famine Emergency Committee, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 14, folder 7

Agreements between the U.S. and recipient governments

box 14, folder 8

Cable codes

 

Clippings

 

General, 1946

box 14, folder 9

February-March

box 14, folder 10

March

box 14, folder 11

April

box 15, folder 1-2

April

box 15, folder 3-4

May

box 15, folder 5

June-September

box 15, folder 6

Hoover trip to Germany, 1947. In German

box 16, folder 1-2

Hoover trip to Germany, 1947. In German

box 16, folder 3

Office of Price Administration

box 16, folder 4

Roosevelt, Eleanor

box 16, folder 5

Correspondence - American National Red Cross, 1946

box 16, folder 6

Exhibits file

box 16, folder 7

Membership list

box 16, folder 8

Minutes of meetings, 1946 March-April

box 16, folder 9

Publicity file

 

Subject file

box 16, folder 10

Anti-Nazi League

box 16, folder 11

Child health and welfare. Reports on conditions in various countries by Maurice Pate, 1946

box 17, folder 1

Displaced persons, immigrants, refugees, 1947

 

Economic assistance, American

box 17, folder 2

Greece and Turkey

box 17, folder 3

Turkey

box 17, folder 4

Economic Cooperation Administration

box 17, folder 5-6

Emergency Economic Committee for Europe

 

Europe

box 17, folder 7

Economic conditions, 1945-1947

box 17, folder 8

History - 1945-1947

box 17, folder 9

Industries

box 17, folder 10

European Recovery Program

box 18, folder 1-3

European Recovery Program

 

Food consumption

box 18, folder 4

Far East

box 18, folder 5

Romania

box 18, folder 6

South Africa

box 18, folder 7

United States

 

Food supply

box 18, folder 8

General

box 19, folder 1-3

General

box 19, folder 4

Europe

box 20, folder 1

Europe

box 20, folder 2-3

Food for Freedom, Inc.

box 20, folder 4-5

Grains

box 20, folder 6

Potatoes

box 20, folder 7-8

South America

box 21

Germany - History - 1945-1955

box 21, folder 1-2

General

box 21, folder 3

U.S. Army food surplus, 1947

 

Health conditions

box 21, folder 4

Europe

box 21, folder 5

Hungary

box 21, folder 6

National Famine Emergency Council. List of members, 1946 March 13

box 21, folder 7

National Retail Committee

box 21, folder 8

Neutral zones in wartime

box 21, folder 9

Raw materials - Africa

box 21, folder 10

Refugees Defence Committee, London

box 21, folder 11

State Food Emergency Program

box 21, folder 12

Turkey - Economic conditions - 1946-1947

 

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)

box 21, folder 13

General

 

Economic Notes

 

1946

box 21, folder 14

January-September

box 21, folder 15

October-December

box 21, folder 16

1947 January-February

box 22

United States

box 22, folder 1

Appropriations, 1947

box 22, folder 2

Food exports, 1945-1946

box 22, folder 3

Food saving proposals by the Girl Scouts of America and other organizations

box 22, folder 4

Foreign trade

box 22, folder 5

Legislation for relief assistance

box 22, folder 6

United States. Maritime Commission

box 22, folder 7

United States Information Service. Newsletter issues and press releases, 1946 (in Portuguese)

box 22, folder 8

World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American

 

Countries File 1946-1947

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, statistical data, surveys, and printed matter, relating to the countries visited by Herbert Hoover and the Famine Emergency Committee team, arranged alphabetically by name of country

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, statistical data, surveys, and printed matter
box 22

Argentina

box 22, folder 9

Description

box 22, folder 10

Health and welfare

box 22, folder 11

Relief to other countries

 

Austria

box 22, folder 12

General

box 22, folder 13

Food consumption

box 22, folder 14

Food supply

 

Health and welfare

box 22, folder 15

General

box 23, folder 1

Children

 

Brazil

box 23, folder 2

General

box 23, folder 3

Health and welfare

box 23, folder 4-5

Hoover trip to, 1946 June

box 23, folder 6

Chile

 

China

box 23, folder 7

Appeal for aid to the U.S.

box 23, folder 8

Food supply

 

Colombia

box 23, folder 9

Food supply

box 23, folder 10

Health and welfare

 

Cuba

box 23, folder 11

Food supply

box 23, folder 12

Health and welfare

box 23, folder 13

Czechoslovakia

 

Ecuador

box 23, folder 14

Food supply

box 23, folder 15

Health and welfare

box 23, folder 16

Egypt

box 23, folder 17

Finland

 

France

box 23, folder 18

General

box 23, folder 19-20

Health and welfare

box 23, folder 21

Nutrition

 

Germany

box 23, folder 22

General

box 24, folder 1

Agriculture

box 24, folder 2

Child feeding programs

box 24, folder 3

Concentration camps

box 24, folder 4

Denazification

box 24, folder 5

Economic conditions, 1946-1947

box 24, folder 6

Fisheries

box 24, folder 7

Food consumption

box 24, folder 8-10

Food supply

box 25, folder 1

Foreign relations - Soviet Union

box 25, folder 2

Foreign trade

box 25, folder 3

Forestry

box 25, folder 4-7

Health and welfare

 

History - 1945-1955

box 25, folder 8

British occupied zone

box 25, folder 9

Postwar unification

box 25, folder 10

Reconstruction

box 26

Industry

box 26, folder 1

General

box 26, folder 2

Industrial disarmament

box 26, folder 3

Land reform

 

Nutrition

box 26, folder 4-6

General

box 26, folder 7

Berlin

box 26, folder 8

Cologne and North Rhine region

box 26, folder 9

Hamburg

box 27, folder 1

Politics and government

 

Relief organizations

box 27, folder 2

General

box 27, folder 3

Council of Relief Agencies Licensed for Operation in Germany

box 27, folder 4

Shipping

box 27, folder 5

Social conditions

 

Great Britain

box 27, folder 6

Food supply

box 27, folder 7

Health and welfare

box 27, folder 8

Greece - Economic assistance, American

box 27, folder 9

India

 

Italy

box 27, folder 10

General

box 27, folder 11

Economic assistance, American

box 27, folder 12

Food supply

box 27, folder 13

Health and welfare

box 27, folder 14

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)

box 28, folder 1

United States. Embassy (Italy). Office of the Press Attache - U.S. correspondents in Italy, 1947 February

 

Japan

box 28, folder 2

Fertilizers

box 28, folder 3-4

Food supply

box 28, folder 5

Natural resources

box 28, folder 6

Nutrition

 

Mexico

box 28, folder 7

General

box 28, folder 8

Food supply

 

Netherlands

box 28, folder 9

General

box 28, folder 10

Health and welfare

box 28, folder 11

Norway - Fish exports

box 28, folder 12

Panama

 

Peru

box 28, folder 13

Food supply

box 28, folder 14

Health and welfare

 

Poland

box 28, folder 15

Economic assistance, American

box 28, folder 16

Food supply

 

Sweden

box 28, folder 17

Food consumption

box 28, folder 18

Food supply

box 28, folder 19

Health and welfare

box 28, folder 20

Relief to other countries

box 28, folder 21

Switzerland

box 28, folder 22

Thailand

 

Uruguay

box 28, folder 23

Food supply

box 28, folder 24

Health and welfare

 

Card Index File undated

Scope and Contents note

Card index file of individual and organizational donors to the Famine Emergency Committee, arranged alphabetically by donor
box 29

Card index file of individual and organizational donors to the Famine Emergency Committee. Arranged alphabetically by donor

box 30

Card index file of individual and organizational donors to the Famine Emergency Committee. Arranged alphabetically by donor

box 30, folder 25

Yugoslavia

 

Honorary Chairman's File 1945-1947 (Restricted Section)

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, reports, statistical data, press releases and statements, clippings and other material relating to Herbert Hoover's role as Honorary Chairman of the Famine Emergency Committee, arranged alphabetically by physical form
 

Correspondence

box 31, folder 1

Buck, Pearl

box 31, folder 2

La Guardia, Fiorello

box 31, folder 3

Mason, Frank E. Includes letters to Julius Klein

box 31, folder 4

Meier, Hugo. Includes Hugo Meier's diary

box 31, folder 5

Pate, Maurice

box 31, folder 6

Ready, Frank

 

Diary

 

1946

box 31, folder 7

March 21-25. France

box 31, folder 8

March 22-24. Italy

box 31, folder 9

March 25. Switzerland

box 31, folder 10

March 28. Czechoslovakia

box 31, folder 11

March 28-30. Poland

box 31, folder 12

March 31 - April 1. Finland

box 31, folder 13

April 1-2. Sweden

box 31, folder 14

April 2-3. Norway

box 31, folder 15

April 4-6. Great Britain

box 31, folder 16

April 6-8. Belgium

box 31, folder 17

April 9. Netherlands

box 31, folder 18

April 10. Denmark

box 31, folder 19

April 11-13. Germany

box 31, folder 20

April 14-15. Austria

box 31, folder 21

April 16. Yugoslavia

box 31, folder 22

April 16-18. Greece

box 31, folder 23

April 18-20. Egypt

box 31, folder 24

April 21-22. Iraq

box 31, folder 25

April 22-26. India

box 31, folder 26

April 27. Thailand

box 31, folder 27

April 28-29. Philippine Islands

box 31, folder 28

April 30 - May 3. China

box 31, folder 29

May 4. Korea

box 31, folder 30

May 4-6. Japan. Includes interview with General Douglas MacArthur

box 31, folder 31

May 7-8. Hawaii

box 31, folder 32

May 25 - June 20. South America

 

1947

box 31, folder 33

Various dates

box 31, folder 34

February. Germany

box 31, folder 35

Founding documents

box 31, folder 36

Minutes of meetings with Harry S. Truman, Clinton Anderson, Robert Patterson and others, 1946 March 1-12

box 32

Speeches and writings

 

Untitled drafts and notes

box 32, folder 1

Argentina

box 32, folder 2

Brazil

box 32, folder 3

Columbia

box 32, folder 4

Displaced persons

box 32, folder 5

Ecuador

 

Food

box 32, folder 6

Statistics

box 32, folder 7

Surplus

box 32, folder 8

Germany

box 32, folder 9

Greece

box 32, folder 10

Latin America

box 32, folder 11

Mexico

box 32, folder 12

Peru

box 32, folder 13

Poland

box 32, folder 14

Russia

box 32, folder 15

Sweden

box 32, folder 16

Thailand

box 32, folder 17

Yugoslavia

box 32, folder 18

Miscellany

box 32, folder 19

"Germany - Mistakes at Potsdam," n.d. Typescript

box 32, folder 20

Memorandum to Chester Davis regarding the broadcasting of Herbert Hoover's final report from Canada, n.d. Holograph

box 32, folder 21

Press conferences and press releases, 1946 March. Drafts, notes, and typescripts

box 32, folder 22

"World Famine Situation," speech, Chicago, 1946 May 17. Handwritten and typewritten drafts

box 32, folder 23

Address in Mexico City, 1946 May 28. Holograph and typescript

box 32, folder 24

Report to President Truman, 1946 June 9. Handwritten and typewritten drafts

box 32, folder 25

Statement on the Latin American food situation, Washington, D.C., 1947 June 19. Typescript

box 32, folder 26

Final report broadcast from Canada, Ottawa, 1946 June 28. Typewritten and printed draft

box 32, folder 27

"Crimes in Food," 1946 September 13. Holograph and typescripts

box 32, folder 28

Economic report to the President, 1947. Handwritten and typewritten drafts

 

Subject file

box 32, folder 29

Brazil - Food statistics, 1945

 

Food missions

 

Countries visited

box 32, folder 30

Austria

box 32, folder 31

Brazil

box 33

European trip

box 33, folder 1

1946 March 17 - May 12

box 33, folder 2

1947 February

box 33, folder 3

Pate, Maurice, "Some Notes on the Trip with the Hoover Mission, May-June 1946"

 

South American trip, 1946

box 33, folder 4

Account by Hugh Gibson of Herbert Hoover's trip

box 33, folder 5

Correspondence. Includes letters of appreciation

box 33, folder 6

Immunization record of Herbert Hoover

box 33, folder 7

Itinerary

box 33, folder 8

Lists of crew members and participants

 

Telegrams

box 33, folder 9

General

box 33, folder 10

Miller, Bernice

box 33, folder 11

Venereal disease incidence among U.S. troops in Europe

box 33, folder 12

World food conditions

 

Photographs 1946-1947

Scope and Contents note

137 prints depicting Herbert Hoover and other members of the Famine Emergency Committee European and Asian food mission.
envelope A

117 prints depicting Herbert Hoover and other members of the Famine Emergency Committee on the European and Asian food missions

envelope B

20 United Press International prints depicting officials and operations of the U.S. President's Famine Emergency Committee