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Title: Arthur H. Groten war stamps
Date (inclusive): 1914-1946
Collection Number: 2003C32
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes
(2.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: War stamps of the principal belligerent countries, relating to World War I, and to American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
relief to Russian refugees following World War II. Includes related catalogs.
source:
Groten, Arthur H.
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 2003.
[Identification of item], Arthur H. Groten war stamps, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
At the time of this donation in 2003, Arthur H. Groten, MD was a life member of the American Philatelic Society, a Fellow
in the Royal Philatelic Society, London, and president of the Ephemera Society of America.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection of documents, postcards and letters is connected with the work of the American Relief Administration. Herbert
Hoover organized and directed the ARA, providing assistance to millions of displaced and hungry victims of World War I. The
collection, consisting mostly of stamped postal requests and acknowledgements from individuals and private organizations assisting
in the American aid effort, covers the entire period of the ARA's operation in Central and Eastern Europe, from its early
1919 start in Austria, Hungary and Poland, until the summer of 1923, the end of the American mission in Moscow. The materials
illustrate the different communication channels used by the ARA as well as document the history of the various national mail
services that facilitated ARA work in the region.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
World War, 1914-1918
International relief
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief
Poster stamps
Postage stamps
American Relief Administration
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Groten, Arthur H.