Register of the F. Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels papers

Finding aid prepared by David Jacobs

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

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Title: F. Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels papers

Date (inclusive): 1899-1965

Collection Number: 65027

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: French

Physical Description: 12 manuscript boxes (4.8 Linear Feet)

Abstract: The F. Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels papers provide a record of the life and career of a Belgian woman active in public service and charitable work in her native country over a period of 50 years. These activities included caring for orphaned children and wounded soldiers during and after World War I, and heading a campaign after World War II for the recognition of Belgian army veterans and resistance fighters.

Creator: Jacobs-Pauwels, F. Marguerite

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1965.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], F. Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Director, Foyer des Orphelins (Orphanage), Charleroi, Belgium, 1914-1923.

1915-1923	Director, Foyer des Orphelins, Charleroi, Belgium
1924	Secretary, Ligue Nationale Belge contre le Péril Vénérien
1944-1952	President, L'Oeuvre des Médailles de la Libération et du Triomphe

Scope and Content of Collection

The F. Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels papers provide a record of the life and career of a Belgian woman active in public service and charitable work in her native country over a period of 50 years. These activities included caring for orphaned children and wounded soldiers during and after World War I, and heading a campaign after World War II for the recognition of Belgian army veterans and resistance fighters.

The majority of the collection is organized into files corresponding to the various institutions and organizations Jacobs-Pauwels was associated with. The largest of these files relates to her directorship of an orphanage in Charleroi, Belgium in the years 1915-1923. The materials in this file include correspondence, administrative records, and reports concerning the operations of the institution. These documents give information on the needs of the children in the orphanage, the care that they received, as well as the various sources of funding and materials that the orphanage received. They also detail the role of the American Red Cross and the Commission for Relief in Belgium (C.R.B.) in providing aid to the orphanage.

Another important file in the papers pertains to an organization headed by Jacobs-Pauwels after World War II, l'Oeuvre des Médailles de la Libération et du Triomphe. This organization raised money to provide medals to combatants in the war, including veterans of the Belgian army and resistance movement. The file is largely comprised of correspondence and reports, with details on medal recipients and the activities of provincial committees of the organization.

Personal correspondence in the papers includes letters exchanged over many years between Jacobs-Pauwels and Charlotte Kellogg, who participated in the aid efforts of the C.R.B.. There are letters to other correspondents in which Jacobs-Pauwels expresses her views on Belgian politics. The papers also contain a small number of lectures and articles by Jacobs-Pauwels, as well as some writings by other individuals.

Arrangement Statement

The collection is arranged into 11 series: Biographical file; Correspondence; Speeches and writings; Subject file; Photographs; Hospices Civils file; Foyer des Orphelins file; Ligue Nationale Belge contre le Péril Vénérien file; L'Oeuvre des Médailles de la Libération et du Triomphe file; Speeches and writings by others; Memorabilia

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief

World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium

World War, 1914-1918 -- Children

Orphanages -- Belgium -- Charleroi

Foyer des Orphelins (Charleroi, Belgium)

Biographical file 1914-1965

box 1, folder 1

Certificate 1914

box 1, folder 2

Clippings 1923-1924

box 1, folder 3

Curriculum vitae 1923-1950

box 1, folder 4

Honors and distinctions 1919-1922

box 1, folder 5

Identification cards and passes 1914

box 1, folder 6

Letters relating to acquisition of collection 1964-1965

box 1, folder 7

Letters relating to obtaining pension 1922-1930

box 1, folder 8

Travel diary relating to a trip to Greece 1946

Correspondence 1914-1963

box 1, folder 9

Unidentified 1938-1948

box 1, folder 10

Aussems, J. 1962-1963

box 1, folder 11

Barnich, Georges 1922-1927

box 1, folder 12

Belgian American Educational Foundation 1946-1951

box 1, folder 13

Bourniquel, Gaston 1937-1938

box 1, folder 14

Bourniquel, Pierre 1937-1938

box 1, folder 15

Buisset, Suzanne 1920-1922

box 1, folder 15

Camion, Amélie 1924

box 1, folder 17

Cartier de Marchienne, Emile de 1918-1944

box 1, folder 18

Chambre de Commerce Française de Bruxelles 1932-1938

box 1, folder 19

Crocker, Ethel 1919-1920

Degbomont, Emile 1946-1952

box 1, folder 20

1946-1949

box 1, folder 21

1950-1952

box 1, folder 22

Derschied-Delcourt, Marie 1919-1932

Devreux, E. 1921

box 1, folder 23

Devreux, E. 1921

box 1, folder 24

1945-1946

box 1, folder 25

1947-1954

box 1, folder 26

Donard(?), Cécile 1919

box 2, folder 1

Elisabeth (Queen of Belgium) 1926

box 2, folder 2

Errera, Léo 1914-1928

box 2, folder 3

Fonteyne, André J. 1960

box 2, folder 4

Galpin, Perrin C. 1938-1957

box 2, folder 5

Gaulle, Charles de 1945

box 2, folder 6

Haps, M. 1919-1920

box 2, folder 7

Harker, Sara 1919-1921

box 2, folder 8

Hendricky, Hélène 1915

box 2, folder 9

Henin, Jules 1918-1923

box 2, folder 10

Henry, J. J. R. 1919-1924

box 2, folder 11

Hiernaux, Jules 1934-1944

box 2, folder 12

Hoover, Herbert 1920-1960

box 2, folder 13

Horion-Delchef, Madame 1923-1944

box 2, folder 14

Horta, Julia 1919-1926

box 2, folder 15

Jacquemin, Albert 1938

box 2, folder 16

Jadot, Jean 1938

Kellogg, Charlotte and Vernon 1917-1945

box 2, folder 17

1917-1919

box 2, folder 18

1920-1945

box 2, folder 19

Lambert, Henri 1921-1922

box 2, folder 20

Lebon, Madame 1915-1929

box 2, folder 21

Leclercq, Edmond 1945-1958

box 2, folder 22

Lheureux, Ruth 1964

box 2, folder 23

Longueville, Aubert de 1933-1947

box 2, folder 24

Maquet, Jérôme 1925

box 2, folder 25

Melchers, Richard 1920-1921

box 2, folder 26

d'Otrement, Stanislas 1961-1962

box 2, folder 27

Petri, Harald 1920-1938

box 2, folder 28

Rasquin, Docteur 1961-1962

box 2, folder 29

Robyns de Schneidauer, L. 1959

box 2, folder 30

Schranen, Jacqueline and W. 1926-1939

box 2, folder 31

Smelten, Nicolas 1944-1947

box 2, folder 32

Solvay, E. John 1958

box 2, folder 33

Sosson, Bernadette 1964

box 3, folder 1

Sosson, Joseph 1946-1954

box 3, folder 2

Tuck, W. Hallam 1958

box 3, folder 3

Union des Femmes de Wallonie 1924-1928

box 3, folder 4

Van der Belen, J. 1946-1960

box 3, folder 5

Vandermark, Louis 1954

box 3, folder 6

Vinck, Emile 1921-1922

box 3, folder 7

Vinck, Valentine 1919-1922

box 3, folder 8

Whitlock, Nell 1919-1920

Speeches and writings 1915-1950

box 3, folder 9

Collected lectures 1915-1923

box 3, folder 10

Lecture 1923 February 8

box 3, folder 11

"Les fleaux sociaux—le rôle des mères," lecture 1924 April 4

box 3, folder 12

"Une nouvelle œuvre de l'enfance" 1925

box 3, folder 14

Miscellaneous notes 1955-1960

Subject file 1919-1959

box 3, folder 15

Belgium 1924-1949

box 3, folder 16

Buisset, Henri 1950

box 3, folder 17

Commission for Relief in Belgium 1927

box 3, folder 18

Devèze, Albert 1959

box 3, folder 19

Falony, Edouard 1947

box 3, folder 20

Glasell-Anderson, Anna 1920

box 3, folder 21

Groupement National Belge 1947

box 3, folder 22

Hoover, Herbert 1921-1959

box 4, folder 1

Sforza, Carlo 1947

box 4, folder 2

World War II 1919

Photographs 1905-1950

box 4, folder 3

15 prints depicting Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels 1905-1927

box 4, folder 4

22 prints depiciting Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels 1928-1944

box 4, folder 5

13 prints depicting "La Clairière," residence 1947

box 4, folder 6

5 prints depicting Alfred and Edmond Cohidon, and 1 print depicting Valéry Roy 1914-1950

Hospices Civils file 1899-1915

box 4, folder 7

Accounts 1914-1915

Correspondence 1914-1915

box 4, folder 8

General 1914

box 4, folder 9

Delacuvellerie, E. 1915

box 4, folder 10

Lists of wounded and treated soldiers 1914

box 4, folder 11

Regulations 1899

box 4, folder 12

Reports 1914-1915

Foyer des Orphelins file 1915-1944

Accounts 1916-1921

box 4, folder 13

Balances 1918-1920

box 4, folder 14

Expenses 1916-1921

American Red Cross dossier 1919-1923

box 4, folder 15

Clippings 1920-1921

Correspondence 1919-1923

box 4, folder 16

1919

box 4, folder 17

1920

box 4, folder 18

1921

box 5, folder 1

1922

box 5, folder 2

1923

box 5, folder 3

Description of Christmas celebration 1920

box 5, folder 4

Organizational history and principles 1922

Playground project materials 1921

box 5, folder 5

Blueprints 1921

box 5, folder 6

Directions for installation 1921

box 5, folder 7

Instructions for games 1921

box 5, folder 8

Proposal 1920

box 5, folder 9

Architectural plans 1915-1916

box 5, folder 10

Art works 1919

box 5, folder 11

Charter, regulations, and statutes 1916-1918

box 5, folder 12

Clippings 1920-1924

Correspondence 1915-1923

General 1915-1923

box 5, folder 13-14

1915

box 5, folder 15-16

1916

box 6, folder 1-3

1917

box 6, folder 4-5

1918

box 6, folder 6

1919

box 6, folder 7

1920

box 6, folder 8

1921

box 6, folder 9-10

1922

box 6, folder 11

1923

box 6, folder 12

Bouleuger, M. F. 1920-1921

box 6, folder 13

Bronckaert, B. 1917-1922

box 6, folder 14

Buisset, Emile and Suzanne 1921

box 7, folder 1

Cognioul, Madame J. 1917-1918

box 7, folder 2

Dourlet, Achille 1918-1920

box 7, folder 3

Foyer des Orphelins (Brussels) 1916-1923

box 7, folder 4

Foyer des Orphelins (La Louvière) 1917-1919

box 7, folder 5

Keiffer, H. 1920

Pater, Arthur 1916-1919

box 7, folder 6

1916-1917

box 7, folder 7

1918-1919

box 7, folder 8

Deposition 1918

Documents relating to the tenure of F. Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels as orphanage director 1915-1934

box 7, folder 9

Arrival 1915

box 7, folder 10-12

Departure 1922-1934

box 7, folder 13

Inventory 1922

box 7, folder 14

Lesson plans 1916

box 7, folder 15

List of administrators 1915

box 7, folder 16

Menus and records of food supplies 1918

box 7, folder 17

Minutes of meetings 1916-1922

Notebooks 1911-1918

box 7, folder 18

1911

box 7, folder 19

1915

box 8, folder 1

1918

box 8, folder 2

Notes for a history of the orphanage 1935

box 8, folder 3

Personal accounts and summaries of activities by F. Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels 1916-1923

box 8, folder 4

Official notices and decrees 1914-1922

Records 1915-1921

box 8, folder 5-8

Assistance to families and individuals 1916-1918

box 8, folder 9

Children's health 1915-1917

Donations 1914-1922

box 8, folder 10-11

General 1914-1921

box 8, folder 12

Commission for Relief in Belgium 1916-1919

box 9, folder 1

Commission for Relief in Belgium 1918-1921

box 9, folder 2

Remarks 1917

box 9, folder 3-5

Reports 1915-1922

Photographs 1915-1922

box 9, folder 6

14 prints depicting orphans 1915-1920

box 9, folder 7

4 prints depicting orphans 1915-1920

box 9, folder 8

13 prints depicting playground dedication 1922

Post-directorship file 1943-1952

box 9, folder 9

Closure 1942-1952

box 9, folder 10

Scandal and trial 1943-1944

Ligue Nationale Belge contre le Péril Vénérien file 1924

box 9, folder 11

Correspondence and invitation 1824

box 9, folder 12

Reports and speech 1924

L'Oeuvre des Médailles de la Libération et du Triomphe file 1934-1961

box 10, folder 1

Address list 1948

box 10, folder 2

Announcements, appeals, and bulletins 1944-1947

box 10, folder 3

Clippings 1944-1952

Cap Ferrat dossier 1948-1960

box 10, folder 4

Clippings 1948-1960

box 10, folder 5

Correspondence 1945-1950

box 10, folder 6

Reports 1948-1951

Correspondence 1944-1961

General 1944-1961

box 10, folder 7

1944

box 10, folder 8-9

1945

box 10, folder 10-11

1946

box 10, folder 12

1947

box 10, folder 13

1948

box 10, folder 14

1949

box 11, folder 1

1950-1959

box 11, folder 2

1960-1961

box 11, folder 3

Belgian government 1945-1946

box 11, folder 4-5

Medal recipients 1945-1948

Provincial committees 1945-1949

box 11, folder 6

Alost 1945

box 11, folder 7

Antwerp 1945-1947

box 11, folder 8

Brussels 1945-1946

box 11, folder 9

Gand 1945-1946

box 11, folder 10

Hainaut 1945

box 11, folder 11

Liège 1945-1949

box 11, folder 12

Mons 1946

box 11, folder 13

Namur and Luxembourg 1946

box 11, folder 14

Renaix 1946

box 11, folder 15

Verviers 1945-1946

box 11, folder 16

Relating to Gaston J. Sermant 1945-1952

box 12, folder 1

Bagage, Jules 1945-1952

box 12, folder 2

Brown, Milton 1945-1949

box 12, folder 3

Delbrouck, Jean 1946-1949

box 12, folder 4

Didion, Honoré 1945

box 12, folder 5

Gatz, Emile 1946-1947

box 12, folder 6

Joset, Camille 1947-1951

box 12, folder 7

Pirard, Alfred 1946-1947

box 12, folder 8

Simon, Jules 1947

box 12, folder 9

United States Army 1945

box 12, folder 10

Van Acker, Achille 1947

box 12, folder 11

Interview 1944

box 12, folder 12

List of patrons 1945

box 12, folder 13

Notes 1946-1947

box 12, folder 14

Pamphlets 1948

Photographs 1934-1944

box 12, folder 15

Two prints depicting a Belgian stamp 1934

box 12, folder 16

11 prints depicting medals and plaques 1944

box 12, folder 17

Publicity materials 1944-1945

box 12, folder 18

Reports 1944-1945

box 12, folder 19

Statutes 1944

box 12, folder 20

Miscellany 1945

Speeches and writings by others 1910-1936

box 12, folder 21-24

Kopp, René 1929-1936

box 12, folder 25

Pater, Arthur 1910

box 12, folder 26

Memorabilia 1914