Commission for Relief in Belgium Collection
Russell Michalak
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
800 North Dartmouth Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Commission for Relief in Belgium Collection
Dates: 1920-1934
Collection number: H.Mss.0230
Creator:
C.R.B. Educational Foundation
Creator:
American Relief Administration
Extent:
1.4 Linear Feet
(1 records box and 1 document box)
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, The Claremont
Colleges Library, Claremont, CA 91711.
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.
Physical Location: Please consult repository.
Languages of Material: Languages represented in the collection:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Commission for Relief in Belgium Collection (H.Mss.0230). Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges
Library, The Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont, California.
Accruals
No additions to the collection are anticipated.
Processing Information
Arranged and processed by Russell Michalak, 2008.
Biography / Administrative History
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.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
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.
Organization and Arrangement
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
Related Materials
The
Frank P. Brackett Papers contain correspondence between Brackett,
President Hoover, and other officials in Commission for Relief in Belgium. Ephemeral materials related to the Commission are
also included.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library’s online public access catalog.
Subject Terms
American Relief Administration
Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, 1865-1951
Brown, Walter Lyman
Commission for Relief in Belgium
C.R.B. Educational Foundation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Genre and Form of Materials
Correspondence
Directories
Government publications
Publications
Reports
Series 1:
American Relief Administration
1921-1923
Box 1, Folder 1
American Relief Administration in Czecho-Slovakia: A Sketch of the Child-Feeding Operations of the A.R.A. Mission to Czecho-Slovakia,
1919-1921
1921 December
Box 1, Folder 2
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 17
1921 October 1
Box 1, Folder 3
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 18
1921 November 1
Box 1, Folder 4
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 19
1921 December
Box 1, Folder 5
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 20
1922 January
Box 1, Folder 6
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 21
1922 February
Box 1, Folder 7
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 22
1922 March
Box 1, Folder 8
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 23
1922 April
Box 1, Folder 9
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 24
1922 May
Box 1, Folder 10
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 25
1922 June
Box 1, Folder 11
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 26
1922 July
Box 1, Folder 12
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 27
1922 August
Box 1, Folder 13
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 28
1922 September
Box 1, Folder 14
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 29
1922 October
Box 1, Folder 15
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 30
1922 November
Box 1, Folder 16
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 31
1922 December
Box 1, Folder 17
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 32
1923 January
Box 1, Folder 18
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 34
1923 March
Box 1, Folder 19
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 35
1923 April
Box 1, Folder 20
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 36
1923 May
Box 1, Folder 21
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 37
1923 June
Box 1, Folder 22
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 38
1923 July
Box 1, Folder 23
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 39
1923 August
Box 1, Folder 24
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 40
1923 September
Box 1, Folder 25
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 41
1923 October
Box 1, Folder 26
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 42
1923 November
Box 1, Folder 27
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 44
1925 April
Box 1, Folder 28
American Relief Administration Bulletin, Series 2, No. 45
1926 April
Box 1, Folder 29
Executive Committee, Annual Report
1923 April 4
Box 1, Folder 30
American Child Health Association
1923
Series 2:
Commission for Relief in Belgium [C.R.B] Educational Foundation
1920-1934
Box 1, Folder 31
Directory of C.R.B. Members, Publication announcement
1923-1929
Box 1, Folder 32
Annual Meetings, 3rd, 5th-7th
1923, 1925-1927
Box 1, Folder 33
Annual Reports
1921-1922, 1925-1927
Box 1, Folder 35
American and Belgian Fellows, First impression reports
1921 November - December
Box 1, Folder 36
American Fellows in Belgium
1921-1922
Note
Preliminary reports only.
Box 1, Folder 37
American Fellows in Belgium
1922-1923
Box 1, Folder 38
American Fellows in Belgium
1923-1924
Box 1, Folder 39
American Fellows in Belgium
1924-1925
Note
Final reports missing.
Box 1, Folder 40
American Fellows in Belgium
1925-1926
Box 1, Folder 41
American Fellows in Belgium
1926-1927
Box 1, Folder 42
American Fellows in Belgium
1927-1928
Box 1, Folder 43
American Fellows in Belgium
1933-1934
Note
Preliminary reports only.
Box 1, Folder 44
American Fellows in Belgium, Present activities
1923 December 31
Box 1, Folder 45
Belgian Fellows in America
1922-1923
Box 2, Folder 1
Belgian Fellows in America
1923-1924
Note
Final reports missing.
Box 2, Folder 2
Belgian Fellows in America
1924-1925
Box 2, Folder 3
Belgian Fellows in America
1925-1926
Box 2, Folder 4
Belgian Fellows in America
1926-1927
Box 2, Folder 5
Belgian Fellows in America
1927-1928
Note
Preliminary reports only.
Box 2, Folder 6
Belgian Fellows in America, Present activities
1923 June 1
Box 2, Folder 7
Record of Belgian and American C.R.B. Fellows, 1920-1925
1920-1925
Box 2, Folder 8
Report by H. Alexander Smith, special representative
1922 September
Box 2, Folder 9
Stated meetings
1921-1926
Box 2, Folder 10
America's Outposts in the Near East [i.e. Robert College, Constantinople, American University of Beirut, and Constantinople
Woman's College]
1922
Note
Published by the Emergency Fund for Near East Colleges. Includes overviews of Robert College of Constantinople, American University
of Beirut, and Constantinople Woman's College
