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  • Title: Benjamin Shannon Allen papers
    Date (inclusive): 1910-1967
    Collection Number: 54001
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 4 manuscript boxes, 1 cu. ft. box, 1 oversize box, 2 album boxes, 2 envelopes (5.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, press releases, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs, relating to activities of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, U.S. Food Administration and U.S. Fuel Administration during World War I, and of the National Committee on Food for the Small Democracies and Finnish Relief Fund during World War II, to political conditions in the U.S., and to Herbert Hoover.
    Creator: Allen, Benjamin Shannon, 1883-1963
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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    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 1976.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Benjamin Shannon Allen Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
    Journalists
    United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
    International relief
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Finland
    Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
    Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
    United States Food Administration
    National Committee on Food for the Small Democracies
    Finnish Relief Fund
    United States. Fuel Administration