Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Commission for Relief in Belgium Collection
- Dates:
- 1920-1934
- Creators:
- C.R.B. Educational Foundation and American Relief Administration
- Abstract:
- This collection comprises serials, publications, reports, and correspondence related to the American Relief Administration and the Commission for Relief in Belgium [C.R.B.] Educational Foundation from 1920 to 1934.
- Extent:
- 1.4 Linear Feet (1 records box and 1 document box)
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Commission for Relief in Belgium Collection (H.Mss.0230). Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, The Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Commission for Relief in Belgium Collection comprises serials, publications, reports, and correspondence related to the American Relief Administration and the Commission for Relief in Belgium [C.R.B.] Educational Foundation from 1920 to 1934. Note that numbers 33 and 43 of the American Relief Administration Bulletin are missing from the collection. For the "American Fellows in Belgium" and "Belgian Fellows in America" folders, each folder contains a list of fellows, preliminary reports of fellows, and final reports of fellows unless otherwise noted.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Commission for Relief in Belgium began in 1914 follwing the outbreak of World War I. United States President Herbert Hoover supported the Commission and after the war, the Belgian American Educational Foundation took over the Commission for Belgian Relief. The Commission for Relief in Belgium Educational Foundation was incorporated in 1920 and endowed with residual funds from the liquidation of the assets of the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Its operations included the sponsoring of Belgian-American exchange fellowships, the fostering of Belgian-American cultural relations, and aid to child health and nutrition programs in Belgium. In 1938, it changed its name to the Belgian American Educational Foundation (B.A.E.F.).
The American Relief Administration was established by the U.S. Congress on February 24, 1919, as a relief mission to Europe and, later, post-revolutionary Russia. Its immediate predecessor was the United States Food Administration. Herbert Hoover, future president of the United States, who had headed both the United States Food Administration and the Commission for Relief in Belgium, was the program director. Congress provided the A.R.A. with a budget of $100 million, which was supplemented by an additional $100 million in private donations. The ARA delivered more than four million tons of relief supplies to 23 war-torn European countries. It ended its operations outside Russia in 1922, and in Russia in 1923.
- Processing information:
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Arranged and processed by Russell Michalak, 2008.
- Arrangement:
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This collection has been organized into the following series:
- Series 1: American Relief Administration, 1921-1923
- Series 2: Commission for Relief in Belgium Educational Foundation, 1920-1934
- Accruals:
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No additions to the collection are anticipated.
- Physical location:
- Please consult repository.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2023
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-03-28 14:08:23 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Commission for Relief in Belgium Collection (H.Mss.0230). Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, The Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont, California.
- Location of this collection:
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800 N. Dartmouth Ave.Claremont, CA 91711, US
- Contact:
- (909) 607‑3977