Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
- Abstract:
- Memorial volume, Commission for Relief in Belgium issuances, and printed matter relating to Lindon Bates, Jr., a Commission for Relief in Belgium worker who died in the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a German submarine in 1915. Includes telegrams from Herbert Hoover.
- Extent:
- 2 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder (1.5 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Lindon Bates, Jr. collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Memorial volume, Commission for Relief in Belgium issuances, and printed matter relating to Lindon Bates, Jr., a Commission for Relief in Belgium worker who died in the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a German submarine in 1915. Includes telegrams from Herbert Hoover.
- Biographical / historical:
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Lindon "Rox" Bates, Jr., was a first-class passenger on the Lusitania's final crossing, bound for London to serve with Herbert Hoover's Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB). By the age of thirty-two, Bates had already established himself in New York City as an engineer and a local politician. Bates's father, mother, and brother also worked on the Commission's behalf.
- Acquisition information:
- Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2015.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Lindon Bates, Jr. collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563