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  • Title: Edward Frederick Willis papers
    Date (inclusive): 1918-1977
    Collection Number: 51000
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 7 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 card file box, 2 microfilm reels (3.3 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Writings, notes, memoranda, clippings, hearing testimony, printed matter, and microfilm, relating to Herbert Hoover, World War I relief operations, the blockade of Germany at the end of World War I, and the Bonus March on Washington in 1932.
    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 1951.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Edward Frederick Willis papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    Edward F. Willis (1904-1979) was an American historian, Professor Emeritus of William Paterson College (now University), and former head of the History Department at Jersey City Junior College, Jersey City, New Jersey.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The collection consists of book drafts, writings, manuscripts, correspondence, notes, printed matter, one reference records box, and two microfilm reels relating to the work and career of historian Edward Frederick Willis. Willis's work and research are related to World War I, with an emphasis on Herbert Hoover and Russian prisoners of war, American relief administration operations, the Allied Maritime Transport Council, the blockade of Germany, and the Bonus Expeditionary Forces March on Washington in 1932.
    The correspondence series consists of letters related to personal and professional matters. The letters document Willis's inquiries about materials related to Bonus March, a letter from Herbert Hoover to Luther H. Reichelderfer, letters and copies of telegrams to Herbert Hoover, and correspondence from General Douglas MacArthur to General Perry, and others. The WWI-related series spans from 1918-1922 and consists of materials related to research materials related to Herbert Hoover and Feeding Russian Prisoners of War, the American Relief Administration, activities of AMTC, and the blockade of Germany. The majority of materials within the collection are related to the Bonus Expeditionary Forces March on Washington 1932; Book drafts, research materials, notes, writings, and documents related to this topic.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    International relief
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Blockades
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany
    United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Russian
    Demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.)
    Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
    Bonus Expeditionary Forces
    American Relief Administration
    Allied Maritime Transport Council