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  • Title: Perrin C. Galpin papers
    Date (inclusive): 1914-1957
    Collection Number: 57015
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 6 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 2 envelopes (4.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, and printed matter, relating to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, the American Relief Administration, Herbert Hoover and American electoral politics, and the 1938 trip to Europe and 1946 food relief activities in Europe of Herbert Hoover.
    Creator: Galpin, Perrin C., 1889-1973
    Creator: Belgian American Educational Foundation
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    Box 8 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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 1957.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Perrin C. Galpin Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1889, August 11 Born, New Haven, Connecticut
    1913-1914 Graduate studies, Oxford University, Great Britain
    1914-1915 Secretary, Commission for Relief in Belgium (Brussels)
    1916-1917 Instructor of history and economics, Union College, Schenectady, New York
    1917-1918 Served as a captain of field artillery in the U.S. Army in France
    1918-1919 Secretary, Commission for Relief in Belgium (Lille)
    1919-1923 Secretary, American Relief Administration
    1920 Original incorporator, Belgian-Ameircan Educational Foundation; President until 1963
    1923 Incorporator, American Children's Fund; Vice-President from 1936 to 1950
    1928 Honorary Doctorate, University of Louvain, Belgium
    1930 Honorary Doctorate, University of Brussels, Belgium
    1932- Member, Francqui Foundation of Belgium
    1938 Accompanied Herbert Hoover on his trip to Europe
    1945- Member, Council of Administration, Fondation Universitaire de Belgique
    1945-1955 Director, W. T. Grant Co.
    1946 Member, Herbert Hoover Food Mission to Europe and Asia
    1947-1955 Executive Director, Grant Foundation
    1951 Decorated Grand Officer of Leopold II, Belgium
    1956 Editor: Hugh Gibson, 1883-1954
    1973, August 11 Died, Pelham Manor, New York

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, and printed matter, relating to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, the American Relief Administration, Herbert Hoover and American electoral politics, and the 1938 trip to Europe and 1946 food relief activities in Europe of Herbert Hoover.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
    United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
    International relief
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
    Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
    Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
    American Relief Administration
    United States. President's Famine Emergency Committee