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Title: Frank Angell papers
Date (inclusive): 1901-1918
Collection Number: 80142
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, French and Flemish
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, memorabilia
(1.6 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Angell, Frank, 1857-1939
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 1980.
[Identification of item], Frank Angell papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
American psychologist; special representative, Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1915-1916.
| 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 |
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
International relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Unemployed -- Belgium
Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
Comité national de secours et d'alimentation (Brussels)