Kittredge (Tracy B.) papers, 1910-1957

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Tracy Barrett Kittredge papers
Dates:
1910-1957
Creators:
Kittredge, Tracy Barrett
Abstract:
Correspondence, reports, writings, notes, and clippings, relating to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1914-1924; the Paris Peace Conference, 1919; the controversy between Admiral W. S. Sims and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1919-1920; the League of Red Cross Societies, 1920-1931; and American naval operations in World War II. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Extent:
53 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 6 envelopes (23.3 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Tracy Barrett Kittredge papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1891
Born, Baker, Oregon
1914-17
Member and director, Educational Fund, Commission for Relief in Belgium
1917-19
Staff of Admiral William S. Sims, United States Naval Headquarters in Europe
1919
Staff, Supreme Economic Council, Paris Peace Conference
1920-31
Staff, League of Red Cross Societies
1921
Author, Certain Naval Lessons of the Great War
1931-42
Assistant Director, Social Sciences Division, Rockefeller Foundation, European Office, Paris
1942-46
Staff of Admiral Harold R. Stark, American Naval Headquarters, London
1946-54
Senior Naval member, Historical Section, Joint Chiefs of Staff
1946
Author, U.S.-British Naval Cooperation
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1971.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Collection Guide Author:
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Date Encoded:
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Access and use

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Tracy Barrett Kittredge papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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