Inventory of the Scott Hurtt Paradise papers
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Title: Scott Hurtt Paradise papers
Date (inclusive): 1914-1918
Collection Number: 57025
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to Commission for Relief in Belgium relief activities and
to conditions in Belgium during the German occupation in World War I.
Creator:
Paradise, Scott Hurtt, 1891-
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 1957.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Scott Hurtt Paradise papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1914 |
Bachelor's degree, Yale University |
1891 |
Born |
1931 |
Author,
A History of Printing in Andover, Massachusetts 1798-1931, Andover Press
|
1914-1915 |
Member, Commission for Relief in Belgium |
1949 |
Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains writings, correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia related to Commission for Relief in Belgium
relief activities and to conditions in Belgium during the German occupation in World War I.
Related Collections
Commission for Relief in Belgium records, 1914-1930, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Robert Arrowsmith papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Robert A. Jackson papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Philip H. Chadbourn papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Alice Aron Gugenheim papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
International relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918
Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
Commission for Relief in Belgium file
1914-1915
box 1, folder 1
Letters scrapbook
1914-1915
Scope and Contents note
Typed letters of Scott Paradise containing attached photographs, postcards, correspondence, and miscellany.
box 1, folder 2
Narrative sketches about the Commission for Relief in Belgium
undated
Scope and Contents note
Possibly written by John Simpson.
box 1, folder 3
Writings, "A Less Happy Land: Being Episodes Experienced While Working With the Commission for Relief in Belgium During the
Winter of 1914-1915" by Scott H. Paradise
box 1, folder 4
Photographs and postcards
circa 1915
Scope and Contents note
Relates mostly to citizens relief in Limburg Province
box 1, folder 5
Miscellaneous items
1915-1918
Scope and Contents note
Contains paper currency used during German occupation of Belgium, stamps, envelopes, correspondence, and pamphlets