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  • Title: Albert Richard Behnke papers
    Date (inclusive): 1944-1975
    Collection Number: 93006
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In English and German
    Physical Description: 7 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder (3.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Reports, correspondence, memoranda, statistics, writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to naval medical research, especially with regard to nutrition and effects of severe malnourishment; public health administration by Allied occupation authorities in post-World War II Germany; and extent of malnourishment in postwar Germany. Includes related papers of Commander Harry J. Alvis, United States Navy Medical Corps.
    Creator: Behnke, Albert R. (Albert Richard), 1903-
    Creator: Alvis, Harry J.
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    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.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1993.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Albert Richard Behnke papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    Captain, United States Navy Medical Corps; scientific director, Naval Medical Research Institute, 1943-1950; assistant naval attaché (medical research), Great Britain, 1945-1946.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Reports, correspondence, memoranda, statistics, writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to naval medical research, especially with regard to nutrition and effects of severe malnourishment; public health administration by Allied occupation authorities in post-World War II Germany; and extent of malnourishment in postwar Germany. Includes related papers of Commander Harry J. Alvis, United States Navy Medical Corps. Photographs primarily in Box 5; 2 photograph albums in Box 4.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Officers
    Germany -- History -- 1945-1955
    Military government
    Medicine -- Research
    Nutrition -- Research
    Malnutrition
    Public health -- Germany
    United States. Navy
    Naval Medical Research Institute (U.S.)
    United States. Navy Department. Medical Service Corps