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OFFICE FILE 1939-1947

General note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings, printed matter and other materials relating to the operations of the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 1, folder 1

Appeal for aid

box 1, folder 2

Application forms for foreign and domestic relief activities

box 1, folder 3

By-laws

box 1, folder 4

Certificate of incorporation

 

Chapters file

 

Connecticut

box 1, folder 5

Danbury

box 1, folder 6

Fairfield County

box 1, folder 7

Diamond Industry

box 1, folder 8

Nebraska

box 1, folder 9

Notebaert, Sengier, Speciael

box 1, folder 10

Princeton

box 1, folder 11

Miscellaneous

box 1, folder 12-15

Contributions file

box 1, folder 16

Directors and members invitations and acceptances

 

Financial records

box 1, folder 17

General

box 2, folder 1

General

box 2, folder 2

Disbursements

box 2, folder 3

Luncheon expenses

box 2, folder 4

Receipts and disbursements

 

Supplies purchased

box 2, folder 5

1940

box 2, folder 6

1941

box 2, folder 7-8

Transfer of funds to Europe 1940-1942

box 2, folder 9-10

Liquidation file

box 3, folder 1

Liquidation file

 

Meetings file

 

General

box 3, folder 2

1940

box 3, folder 3

1941

 

Directors

 

1940

box 3, folder 4

May 20

box 3, folder 5

December 11

box 3, folder 6

1941 May 20

 

Executive Committee 1940

box 3, folder 7

July 11

box 3, folder 8

December 11

box 3, folder 9

Incorporators 1940 May 20

box 3, folder 10

Members 1941 May 20

box 3, folder 11

Organizational charts

box 3, folder 12

Permit for soliciting funds

box 3, folder 13

Press releases and publicity file

box 3, folder 14

Printed matter

box 3, folder 15

Regulations for the formation of chapters and committees

 

Reports

box 4, folder 1

To Herbert Hoover. "Memorandum of Food Situation and Events Connected Therewith in Belgium, Brussels, 1940 May-July"

 

To the U.S. Department of State

box 4, folder 2

1940

box 4, folder 3-4

1941

 

Signing authority forms

box 4, folder 5

Guaranty Trust Company of New York

box 4, folder 6

Irving Trust Company

box 4, folder 7

National City Bank of New York

box 4, folder 8

Statement by H. Hoover, "An Experiment in Saving the Lives of 3,000 Destitute Adults and Children in Belgium," 1941 April 1

 

Subject file

box 4, folder 9

Badges, buttons, pins

box 4, folder 10

Bundles for Britain

box 4, folder 11

Delaware filing fee

box 5, folder 1-4

Donations

box 5, folder 5

Foreign Policy Association luncheon 1940 December 7

box 5, folder 6

Hospital volunteers

box 5, folder 7

Insurance coverage

box 5, folder 8

Office equipment

box 5, folder 9

Orphans, Adoption of

box 5, folder 10

President's Committee on War Relief Agencies

box 5, folder 11

Statutory representation

 

Supplies

box 5, folder 12

Clothing

box 5, folder 13

Food

box 5, folder 14

Surety bonds

box 5, folder 15

Tax exemptions

box 5, folder 16

Visit to Belgium of the CRB Representatives 1941 January 19-24

box 5, folder 17

Miscellany

 

CORRESPONDENCE 1939-1946

General note

Letters sent and received by the C.R.B. Includes correspondence with individuals, groups and organizations, the Belgian Embassy and Consulates in the United States, arranged chronologically and alphabetically by name of correspondent
 

Chronological file

 

1940

box 6, folder 1

May-June

box 6, folder 2

July-August

box 6, folder 3

September-December

 

1941

box 6, folder 4

January-March

box 6, folder 5

April-November

box 6, folder 6

1942

 

Alphabetical file

box 6, folder 7

A

box 6, folder 8

B

box 7, folder 1-2

C

box 7, folder 3

D

box 7, folder 4

E

box 7, folder 5

F

box 7, folder 6

G

box 7, folder 7-8

H

box 7, folder 9

I

box 7, folder 10

J

box 8, folder 1

K

box 8, folder 2

L

box 8, folder 3-4

M

box 8, folder 5

N

box 8, folder 6

O

box 8, folder 7

P

box 8, folder 8

R

box 9, folder 1-3

S

box 9, folder 4

T

box 9, folder 5

U-V

box 9, folder 6

W

box 9, folder 7

X-Z

box 9, folder 8

Allied Relief Fund 1940

box 9, folder 9

American Friends Service Committee 1940

box 9, folder 10

American Red Cross 1940-1941

box 10, folder 1

Anderson, L. J. 1941

box 10, folder 2

Belgian Bureau 1939-1940

box 10, folder 3

Belgium. Ambassade (United States)

box 10, folder 4

Belgium. Consulat (New York)

box 10, folder 5

Belgium. Légation (Argentine)

box 10, folder 6

Belgium. Légation (Canada)

box 10, folder 7

Bordeaux Headquarters 1940

box 10, folder 8

Bove, Charles 1941

box 10, folder 9

British War Relief Society 1940

box 10, folder 10

Bronxville Community Forum 1941

box 10, folder 11

Brooklyn Republican Club 1941

box 10, folder 12

Brouha, Lucien 1941

box 10, folder 13

Brown, Crosby and Company 1940

box 10, folder 14

Brown, Milton M. 1940-1942

box 10, folder 15

Brown, Milton M., Mrs. 1940-1941

box 10, folder 16

Bryn Mawr College 1941

box 10, folder 17

Bundesen, Herman 1941

box 10, folder 18

Bundles for Britain, Inc. 1941

box 10, folder 19

Canadian Committee 1940

box 10, folder 20

Carrel, Alexis 1941

box 10, folder 21

Chase National Bank 1940-1941

box 10, folder 22

Chautauqua Institution 1941

box 10, folder 23

Church of the Pilgrimage 1941

box 11, folder 1

Consolidated Edison Company 1940

box 11, folder 2

Darnall, John P. 1940-1941

box 11, folder 3

Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths 1940-1942

box 11, folder 4

Frederickson, Kirsten 1941

box 11, folder 5

Freiberg, Jacques 1940

box 11, folder 6

Galpin, Perrin 1940

box 11, folder 7

Garden Club of America 1940

box 11, folder 8

Gibson, Hugh 1940-1941

box 11, folder 9

Hamilton, B. Wallace 1941

box 11, folder 10

Henry, Bayard, Mrs. 1940

box 11, folder 11

Hoover, Herbert C. 1940-1941

box 11, folder 12

Hynes, John H. 1940

box 11, folder 13

Irwin, Will 1941

box 11, folder 14

London Committee 1940-1941

box 11, folder 15

London Office, C.R.B. 1940-1941

box 11, folder 16

L'Union Belge 1940

box 11, folder 17

Miller, James Alexander 1941

box 11, folder 18

Morris, Dave H. 1940

box 11, folder 19

New York Council of Women 1941

box 11, folder 20

New York Telephone Company 1940-1941

box 11, folder 21

Refugees of England, Inc. 1940-1941

box 11, folder 22

Rhode, Max Spencer 1941

box 11, folder 23

Richmond, Raymond 1940-1941

box 11, folder 24

Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1940

box 11, folder 25

Sawtelle, Raymond 1940-1941

box 12, folder 1

Shattuck, Bangs and Davis 1939-1942

 

United States. Department of State

box 12, folder 2

1939-1940

box 12, folder 3

1940-1941

box 12, folder 4

1942

box 12, folder 5

United States. Internal Revenue Service 1941-1946

box 12, folder 6

Van der Straten-Ponthoz, Countess 1940

box 12, folder 7

Van der Straten-Ponthoz, R. 1940-1941

box 12, folder 8

Van Loon, Hendrick 1940

box 12, folder 9

Vanderbilt, O. De Gray 1940

box 12, folder 10

Walsh, Edmund A. 1940

box 12, folder 11

Wardwell, Allen 1941

box 12, folder 12

Watson, Benjamin, Mrs. 1940-1941

box 12, folder 13

Whitlock, Brand, Mrs. 1940-1941

box 12, folder 14

Wilbur, Ray Lyman 1941

 

BELGIAN RELIEF FUND 1940-1941

General note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings, printed matter and other materials relating to the operations of the Belgian Relief Fund. Arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 12, folder 15

Bulletins 1940

box 12, folder 16

Clippings 1940

 

Correspondence

 

General

 

Cables 1940

box 12, folder 17

Incoming

box 12, folder 18

Outgoing

 

Letters

box 12, folder 19

1940-1941

box 13, folder 1-2

1941

box 13, folder 3

Brown, Milton M. 1940

box 13, folder 4

Kirby, Gustavus 1940

box 13, folder 5

Mitchell, P. V. G. 1940

box 13, folder 6

Morris, Dave H. 1940-1941

box 13, folder 7

Stevenson, Suzanne S. 1940

box 13, folder 8

Financial statements

box 13, folder 9

Form letters

box 13, folder 10

Letter to C.R.B. members n.d.

 

Meetings file

box 13, folder 11

General

box 13, folder 12

Directors 1940

box 13, folder 13

Incorporators 1940 June 10

box 13, folder 14

Temporary Coordinating Committee 1940 June 4

 

Peninsula Chapter (Palo Alto, CA) file

box 13, folder 15

General

box 13, folder 16

Minutes of meetings 1940-1941

box 13, folder 17

Stationery

 

Subject file

box 13, folder 18

Brasher, Rex

box 13, folder 19

Donations

box 13, folder 20

Fuel oil, munitions

box 13, folder 21

Lace sale 1940 November-December

box 13, folder 22

Milling

box 13, folder 23

Moen, Lars

 

Munitions. See Fuel oil, munitions

box 13, folder 24

Office equipment

box 13, folder 25

Posters

box 14, folder 1

Speakers Bureau

box 14, folder 2

Supplies

box 14, folder 3

Warehouse facility

 

Womens Division file

box 14, folder 4

General

box 14, folder 5

Contribution receipts

 

Correspondence

 

General

box 14, folder 6

A-D

box 14, folder 7

E-L

box 14, folder 8

M-S

box 14, folder 9

T-Z

box 14, folder 10

Financial statements

box 14, folder 11

Inter-office memoranda

box 14, folder 12

Memorandum entitled "Clothing House for Belgium - Plan of Organization," n.d.

 

Subject file

box 14, folder 23

Belgian lapel pins and earrings

box 15, folder 1

Belgian lapel pins and earrings

box 15, folder 2

Building (328 Park Avenue, New York)

 

Donations

box 15, folder 3

Clothing

box 15, folder 4

Drycleaners, laundries

box 15, folder 5

Stores helping with

box 15, folder 6

Knitting

box 15, folder 7

Laymens League for Arts and Industries

 

Social events

box 15, folder 8

General

box 15, folder 9

La Guardia Field cocktail party 1940 July 16

box 15, folder 10

Village Fair for Refugee Children 1940 July 9-13

 

BELGIAN GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE (WINTERHELP) 1940-1941

General note

Correspondence, memoranda, publicity leaflets, reports, printed matter and other materials relating to the operations of the Belgian General Relief Committee (Winterhelp). Arranged alphabeticaly by physical form
box 15, folder 11-12

General

box 15, folder 13

Clippings

box 15, folder 14

Correspondence

box 15, folder 15

Interviews, speeches, statements

 

Printed matter

box 16, folder 1

General

box 16, folder 2

Secours d'Hiver, nos. 1, 3, 6, 7-9 1941,

box 16, folder 3

Winterhulp, nos. 1, 3, 7, 9 1941,

 

Subject file

 

Belgium

box 16, folder 4

Food rations 1941 August-September

box 16, folder 5-6

Food supply

box 16, folder 7

Europe - Food production

box 16, folder 8

Save the Children International Union

 

SUBJECT FILE 1939-1945

General note

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, clippings, printed matter and other materials
box 16, folder 9

American Field Service in France

box 16, folder 10

American Friends Service Committee

box 16, folder 11

American Hospital in Paris

box 16, folder 12

American Relief Fund

box 16, folder 13

Belgians - United States

box 17, folder 1

Belgium - History - German occupation 1940-1945

box 17, folder 2

Childrens Crusade for Childen

box 17, folder 3

Commission for Polish Relief

box 17, folder 4

Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies

box 17, folder 5

Cudahy, John

box 17, folder 6

Famine

box 17, folder 7

Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America

box 17, folder 8

Finnish Relief Fund

box 17, folder 9

France - History - German occupation 1940-1945

box 17, folder 10

Fundraising efforts

box 17, folder 11

Hippocratic Oath

box 17, folder 12

Jewish support of Belgian relief operations

box 17, folder 13

Leopold III, King of Belgium

box 17, folder 14

National Committee on Food for the Five Small Democracies

box 17, folder 15

Poster stamp

box 17, folder 16

Radio broadcasts 1941 January-June

box 17, folder 17

Relief agencies

box 17, folder 18-19

Refugees

box 17, folder 20

Sponsors

box 17, folder 21

Steamship agents and brokers

 

World War 1939-1945

box 17, folder 22

General

box 17, folder 23

Controlled mass-feeding of invaded territories

box 17, folder 24

Miscellany

 

OVERSIZE MATERIALS 1938-1941

Scope and Contents note

Food map, leaflets, placards and posters issued by the C.R.B.
box 18

Food map illustrating and listing foodstuff exports and imports of various countries, Prepared by the C.R.B. 1938.

box 18

Leaflets, placards, and posters issued by the C.R.B. 1940-1941

 

PHOTOGRAPHS 1940-1941

Scope and Contents note

216 prints in 8 envelopes depicting relief operations of the C.R.B. in Belgium
envelope A-B

81 prints depicting officers of the C.R.B. and Belgian Red Cross, and various dignitaries in Belgium 1940-1941

envelope C

50 prints depicting preparations of clothing, food, and paperwork before distribution. Includes Belgian adults and children waiting in lines

envelope D

36 prints depicting distribution of clothing and food to adults and children in Belgium 1940

envelope E

6 prints depicting Belgian children

envelope F

27 prints depicting various street scenes in Belgium

envelope G

7 prints depicting interior scenes illustrating living conditions in Belgium

envelope H

9 prints depicting posters and publicity placards issued by the C.R.B.