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Title: Lincoln Hutchinson papers
Date (inclusive): 1912-1939
Collection Number: 68047
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: The collection is in English, French, and German
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes
(1.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, and reports, relating to American Relief Administration activities, food conditions in Germany following
World War I, and technical assistance provided by American engineers in the Soviet Union.
Creator:
Hutchinson, Lincoln
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 1968.
[Identification of item], Lincoln Hutchinson papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Lincoln Hutchinson (1866–1940) was born in San Francisco, California. He graduated from the University of California-Berkeley
in 1889 and received an M.A. in economics from Harvard University. He held many positions during his career: professor of
economics and commerce at Berkeley; dean of the College of Letters and Science at Berkeley; professor of economics and sociology
at Stanford University; consular attaché in South America and Europe; director of relief in the American Relief Administration
in Russia, Germany, and Czechoslovakia after World War I; and technical advisor in Czechoslovakia under Jan Masaryk.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Lincoln Hutchinson papers consist of correspondence, speeches and writings, travel documents, and American Relief Administration
office records. His writings include "American Engineers in Russia," two different essays in which Hutchinson describes technical
assistance provided by American engineers to the Soviet Union. The travel documents series includes his passport from when
he was in Europe working for the A.R.A.. Finally, the American Relief Administration office records series contains a comprehensive
report on food conditions in post-World War I Germany (1923). It also contains the constitution of the A.R.A. and proposed
amendments to the constitution. Additional materials document Hutchinson's lobbying to merge the A.R.A. with other relief
programs, as well as his personal reminiscences of Herbert Hoover, "The Chief," as an individual and as an administrator.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
Engineers
World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany
Engineering -- Soviet Union
American Relief Administration