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Title: Gilchrist Baker Stockton papers
Date (inclusive): 1911-1959
Collection Number: 75030
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
11 manuscript boxes
(4.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, dispatches, reports, clippings, and photographs, relating to activities of the Commission for Relief in Belgium,
1915-1916, and of the American Relief Administration in Austria, 1919-1933; and to establishment of the Jacksonville, Florida,
Naval Air Base.
Creator:
Stockton, Gilchrist B. (Gilchrist Baker), 1890-
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975.
[Identification of item], Gilchrist Baker Stockton Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1890, August 20 | Born, Jacksonville, Florida |
| 1914 | B. Litt., Princeton University |
| 1917 | B.A., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar) |
| 1927 | M.A., Oxford University |
| 1915-1916 | Staff, Commission for Relief in Belgium |
| 1916-1917 | Special Assistant to U.S. Ambassador, London |
| 1917-1919 | Aide to Admiral William S. Sims |
| 1919-1920 | Chief of Mission, American Relief Administration, Austria |
| 1917-1950 | U.S. Naval Reserve |
| 1928 | Delegate from Florida to Democratic National Convention |
| 1930-1933 | U.S. Minister to Austria |
| 1945 | Rear Admiral, U.S. Naval Reserve |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- Austria
Diplomats -- United States
International relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918
United States -- Politics and government -- 1923-1929
Austria -- Foreign relations -- United States
Florida -- Politics and government
United States -- Foreign relations -- Austria
Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
American Relief Administration. European Children's Fund
United States. Naval Air Base (Jacksonville, Florida)