Register of the Fred Lyman Adair Papers, 1918-1942
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Hoover Institution Archives
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Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Register of the Fred Lyman Adair Papers, 1918-1942
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Hoover Institution Archives
- Stanford University
- Stanford, California 94305-6010
- Phone: (650) 723-3563
- Fax: (650) 725-3445
- Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu
- Encoded by:
- Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1998 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Fred Lyman Adair Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1918-1942
Collection number: 50009
Creator:
Adair, Fred Lyman, 1877-
Collection Size: 8 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box,
3 envelopes, 2 phonorecords (5.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, notes, printed matter, and photographs, relating primarily to
activities of the American Red Cross in Belgium, 1918-1919, and to the America First
Committee, 1940-1942.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Fred Lyman Adair Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1950.
Accruals
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the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Access Points
America First Committee
American National Red Cross
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918--Belgium
World War, 1914-1918--War work
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--United States
Belgium
United States--Foreign relations
United States--Neutrality
Phonorecords
Biographical Note
| 1877, July 8 |
Born, Anamosa, Indiana |
| 1898 |
B.S., University of Minnesota |
| 1901 |
M.D., University of Chicago |
| 1918-1919 |
Physician with Red Cross in France and Belgium |
| 1926-1929 |
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Minnesota |
| 1929 |
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago |
| 1930 |
Chairman, Committee on Prenatal Care, Hoover Conference on Child Health and Protection |
| 1940 |
Author,
Obstetric Medicine, Fetal and Prenatal Death
|
| 1940-1942 |
Member, America First Committee, Chicago Chapter |
Container List
box 1
Correspondence, 1918-1919
Biographical account of F. L. Adair's medical service in Belgium, 1918
Reports to the American Red Cross on medical care for children and expectant mothers, 1918
Medical notes and hospital diagnosis forms
Newspaper clippings, 1918-1919
Postcards of Europe, 1918-1919
Newspaper clippings, February 23, 1892 (about Lincoln's birthday) and May 1888 (about a tribute to Roscoe Conkling)
box 2
America First Committee, 1940-1942
Diplomas and certificates
On shelf
Diplomas and certificates
