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Scope and Content of Collection
Title: Lindon Bates, Jr. collection
Date (inclusive): 1915-1920
Collection Number: 2016C4
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder
(1.5 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
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.
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2015.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lindon Bates, Jr. collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
Bates, Lindon, 1883-1915
Lusitania (Steamship)