Inventory of the Frederick H. Chatfield papers

Finding aid prepared by Beaudry Allen
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Frederick H. Chatfield papers
Date (inclusive): 1914-1919
Collection Number: 53008
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English and French
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 2 envelopes, 1 framed certificate (4.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photographs, printed matter and memorabilia, relating to relief activities of the Commission for Relief in Belgium during World War I.
Creator: Chatfield, Frederick H.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Box 4 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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 1953.

Preferred Citation

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

Biographical/Historical Note

Frederick H. Chatfield was a member of the Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB). Chatfield served as secetary of the Cincinnati branch and was the CRB delegate for the Commission du Lait of Le Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation de l'Arrondissement de Liège, a relief committee trying to provide food and establish dairy production centers in Liège during World War I.

Scope and Content of Collection

Photographs, lithographs, printed matter, and memorabilia, relating to relief activities of the Commission for Relief in Belgium and Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation de l'Arrondissement de Liège during World War I. The collection is arranged by medium into three series: Photographs, Printed materials, and Memorabilia.

Related Collection(s)

Commission for Relief in Belgium Records, 1914-1930, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Pictorial works
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
International relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)

 

Photographs, 1915-1917

Scope and Contents

Photographs include members of the Commission for Relief in Belgium and Comité de secours et d'Alimentation de l'Arrondissement de Liège.
envelope mA

Arrowsmith, Robert, 1916

envelope mA

Count van Hague, undated

envelope mA

C.R.B office in Liège, R. Arrowsmith and others, undated

envelope mA

Le Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation de la Province de Liège, June 1916

envelope mA

Le Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation de la Province de Liège, 22 February 1915

envelope mB

"Élèves de l'école moyenne professionnelle de demoiselles de la ville de Liège," August 1916

map_case 

CRB group photograph, undated

map_case 

Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation de la Province de Liège, 22 February 1915

box 1

CRB members portrait album, 1917

 

Printed materials, 1917-1919

Scope and Contents

Contains lithographs, scrapbook, and printed matter relating to the Comité de Secours et d'Alimentation de l'Arrondissement de Liège activities. The scrapbook includes news-clippings relating to Chatfield's CRB work and the United States' lending pledge to the CRB. Arranged by format.
box 2, folder 1

"Oeuvre des Diners Economique," poster, undated

box 2, folder 2

Lithograph, 1917

map_case 

Le Comité National de Secours et d'Alimentation, lithograph, with identity chart, 1914-1918

box 3, folder 2

The History of the CRB, by Tracy Kittredge, 1918

box 3, folder 1

Rapport de la Commission du Lait, 1919

box 2, folder 3

Scraps of Paper: German Proclamations in Belgium and France , undated

box 2, folder 4

Scrapbook, 1917

 

Memorabilia, circa 1914-1917

Scope and Contents

Contains decorated flour sacks relating to CRB flour distribution in Belgium and a framed certificate.
box 4

Flour sacks. 1 embroidered design and 2 painted designs

Conditions Governing Access

Box 4 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.