Register of the Henry W. Hamilton papers
Finding aid prepared by Daniel B. Case
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Henry W. Hamilton papers
Date (inclusive): 1920-1931
Collection Number: 85072
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder
(1.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, bulletins, and photographs relating to social conditions in Poland and the Soviet Union and to American
Friends Service Committee relief work.
Creator:
Hamilton, Henry W.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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 1985.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Henry W. Hamilton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Henry W. Hamilton was a Quaker (Society of Friends) from Aux Vasse, Missouri and an American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
relief worker in Poland and the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1924. This was along the old "Eastern Battle Front," where, as chief
of an out-post with 32 Russian workers and 160 horses, he directed housing and agricultural reconstruction in an area burned
out by the Russians in their "scorched earth" policy. For a time, he was on the Kirgiz Steppes in Russian Siberia, where 60%
of the population starved to death in the great famine of 1919 to 1923.
After the end of the war in 1918, AFSCs began working in Russia, Serbia, and Poland with orphans and with the victims of famine
and disease, and in Germany and Austria, where they set up kitchens to feed hungry children.
Hamilton published a book,
The Aftermath of War: Experiences of a Quaker Relief Officer on the Polish-Russian border, 1923-1924, detailing his experiences as a relief worker for the AFSC in post-World War I Poland, Germany, and Russia, using correspondence
and photographs included in the collection.
Scope and Contents note
The Henry W. Hamilton papers include correspondence, reports, bulletins, photographs, and a map relating to Hamilton's time
working for the American Friends Service Committee between 1923 to 1924 as a Relief Officer in Horodec, Poland; teaching agricultural
farming to orphans in Kołpin, Poland; and doing relief work on the Kirgiz Steppes in Russia.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Civilian relief
International relief
Soviet Union -- Social conditions
Poland -- Social conditions
American Friends Service Committee
box 1, folder 1
Komitet Pomocy Polskim Kresom Wschodnim
Undated
box 1, folder 2
A Brief Statement, Bulletin No. 60
1924 November 19
box 1, folder 3
8th Annual Reports, Bulletin No. 62
1925 September 21
box 1, folder 4
14th Annual Report
1930 June 1 - 1931 May 31
box 1, folder 5
Drawings by German Soldiers made on Eastern Front WWI
1914-1918
Henry W. Hamilton
Scope and Contents
This series includes writings and letters sent home during H. W. Hamilton's time abroad. Kramer would later use these writings
to write his book. The original arrangement of the material has been preserved.
box 1, folder 7
Letters and writings
1924-1928
Letters Received
Scope and Contents
This series includes letters received after Henry W. Hamilton's time abroad. The series has been alphabetized by last name.
The letter's authors include: Florence M. Barrow, Harry R. Bunnenbrug, Sir Paul H. Dukes, Forely, Anna R. Fry, Anna H. Hamilton,
Leon Kameratoff, Männliche Diakonie, Mr & Mrs James G. Newlin, Andy Pavloff, and Richard T. between 1924 and 1926. Most letters
received have dates included on the letter, however for letters without dates have been dated using their postage stamp.
box 1, folder 8
Barrow, Florence M.
1925 December 2
box 1, folder 9
Bunnenburg, Harry R.
1925 February 26, December 2
box 1, folder 10
Dukes, Sir Paul H.
Undated
box 1, folder 11
Forely [sic],
1925 May 5, 18
box 1, folder 12
Fry, A. Ruth
1926 September 3
box 1, folder 13
Hamilton, Anna H.
1924 August 7
box 1, folder 14
Kameratoff, Leon
1924-1925
box 1, folder 15
Männliche Diakonie
1923 July 1
box 1, folder 16
Newlin, Mr & Mrs James G.
1925 September 26
box 1, folder 17
Pavloff, Andy
1924 December 3
box 1, folder 18
Richard T.
1926 January 5
American Friends Service Committee File
1924-1930
Scope and Contents
This series includes annual AFSC reports, minutes, bulletins, and news letters between 1924 and 1930. Original arrangement
has been preserved.
box 1, folder 19
Reports
1924-1925, 1928-1930
drawer G13
Map
undated
Scope and Contents note
One map ("Westliches Russland Mit den Deutschen, Oserreichisch-Ungarischen Und Russichen Grenzgebieten") of West Russia before
World War I, showing no Poland. Originally housed in Box/Folder 1 : 22.
Photographs
1923-1924
Scope and Contents
This series includes 351 photographs taken by Henry W. Hamilton during his time abroad, both originals, original negatives,
and copies. The photographs reflect famine stricken times in Poland, Germany, and Russia after World War I, the relief work
Kramer was involved in, the people he worked and lived with throughout Poland, Germany, and Russia.
box 1, folder 23
Photocopies of original envelopes
box 2, folder 1-7
Russia-Poland, 64 prints
1923-1924
box 2, folder 8-12
Russia-Poland, 34 prints
1923-1924
box 2, folder 13-20
Russia-Poland, 83 prints
1923-1924
box 2, folder 21-22
Child feeding in Germany, 12 prints
1924
box 2, folder 23-26
Russia-Poland, 34 prints
1923-1924
box 2, folder 27
29 copy negatives with contact prints
1923-1924
Scope and Contents note
Original negative present occasionally.
box 2, folder 28
Russia-Poland, 24 negatives
1923-1924
Scope and Contents note
Includes some copy negatives, some original negatives, occasionally both kinds of a single shot. The occasional original print
is also included.
box 3, folder 1-12
Russia-Poland, 95 photographs made from copy negatives
1923-1924
