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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
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1968.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lincoln
Hutchinson
papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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