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

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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
box 1, folder 6

Correspondence 1914-1915