Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: Brand Whitlock papers
Date (inclusive): 1913-1934
Collection Number: 53011
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English, French, and Flemish
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(11.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, diaries, scrapbooks, drawings, printed matter, and photographs relating to Belgian-American relations during World
War I, the work of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, and the writings of Brand Whitlock.
Creator:
Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1953.
[Identification of item], Brand Whitlock papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Brand Whitlock was an American author, politician, diplomat, and ambassador to Belgium from 1913 to 1922. After serving as
mayor of Toledo, Ohio from 1906 to 1913, Whitlock was appointed ambassador to Belgium by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913.
In 1914, Whitlock's diplomatic duties increased significantly when the outbreak of the First World War and subsequent German
occupation of Belgium put him in charge of various relief efforts for Belgian citizens. Whitlock's efforts to ensure that
food sent by the Committee for Relief in Belgium went directly to Belgian citizens and not German forces, as well as his frequent
appeals to German military authorities on behalf of condemned prisoners in Belgium, earned him the nickname
Le Ministre Protecteur. In addition to his diplomatic and political efforts, Whitlock published several novels, biographies, articles, and short
essays.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Brand Whitlock papers consist of writings, diaries, photographs, albums, scrapbooks, drawings, illustrations, and printed
matter relating to Belgian-American relations during World War I, the work of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, and the
numerous writings of Brand Whitlock. Several of the writings in the collection appear to be unpublished.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
Diplomats -- United States
International relief
American literature
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918
Belgium -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Belgium
Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)