Frank Angell papers, 1901-1918

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Summary

Creators:
Angell, Frank, 1857-1939
Abstract:
Writings, correspondence, notes, statistics, printed matter, personal documents, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to the work of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, the Comité National de Secours et d'Alimentation, and Frank Angell's involvement with both organizations. Materials document the relief work done in Belgium during World War I and its German occupation, and to Belgian unemployment relief before and during the war. Used as research material for the study by Angell, "The Belgians under the German Occupation," and the collection includes the typescript of the study.
Extent:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, memorabilia (1.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English, French and Flemish
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Frank Angell papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Writings, correspondence, notes, statistics, printed matter, personal documents, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to the work of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, the Comité National de Secours et d'Alimentation, and Frank Angell's involvement with both organizations. Materials document the relief work done in Belgium during World War I and its German occupation, and to Belgian unemployment relief before and during the war. Used as research material for the study by Angell, "The Belgians under the German Occupation," and the collection includes the typescript of the study.

Biographical / historical:

American psychologist; special representative, Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1915-1916.

Date Event
1857
Born in Scituate, Rhode Island
1878
Graduated from the University of Vermont
1878-1880
Worked as English teacher to Chinese legation in Washington, DC
1880-1887
Worked as a physics teacher in a Washington, DC high school
1887
Went to Germany to do graduate work in physics, met psychologist Wilhelm Wundt, and switched field to psychology
1891
Graduated from Wundt's laboratory at the University of Leipzig with Ph.D. in psychology
1891-1892
Worked as Assistant Professor of Psychology at Cornell University
1892
Became Professor and Executive Head of the Department of Psychology at Stanford
1895-1925
Associate editor of the American Journal of Psychology
1915-1916
Worked for the Commission for Relief in Belgium and did relief work in Belgium
1919
Awarded the honor of Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Couronne by the King of Belgium
1922
Retired from Stanford as Professor Emeritus
1939
Died of a brief illness in Palo Alto, California
1928-1939
Associate editor of the Journal of General Psychology
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1980.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Frank Angell papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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