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  • Title: George Barr Baker papers
    Date (inclusive): 1919-1932
    Collection Number: 24000
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 14 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (6.8 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, photographs, and printed matter, relating to the American Relief Administration; Commission for Relief in Belgium; Paris Peace Conference; American presidential politics and the 1924, 1928, and 1932 presidential campaigns; Calvin Coolidge; Herbert Hoover; the Republican Party; and the foreign language press.
    Creator: Paris Peace Conference (Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1919-1920)
    Creator: Baker, George Barr, 1870-1948
    Creator: National Committee of the United States for the Restoration of the Université of Louvain
    Creator: C.R.B. Educational Foundation
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    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.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Geoge Barr Baker Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biography

    American journalist; a director of the American Relief Administration.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence, photographs, and printed matter, relating to the American Relief Administration; Commission for Relief in Belgium; Paris Peace Conference; American presidential politics and the 1924, 1928, and 1932 presidential campaigns; Calvin Coolidge; Herbert Hoover; the Republican Party; and the foreign language press.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
    United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
    Journalism -- United States
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
    International relief
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
    Censorship
    Oil industries -- Mexico
    Presidents -- United States -- Election
    Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
    Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
    Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
    American Relief Administration
    American Relief Administration. European Children's Fund
    Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920). Supreme Economic Council
    Université catholique de Louvain (1835-1969)
    Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
    Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936