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  • Title: Tracy Barrett Kittredge papers
    Date (inclusive): 1910-1957
    Collection Number: 60017
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 53 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 6 envelopes (23.3 Linear Feet)
    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. 
    Creator: Kittredge, Tracy Barrett
    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 1971.

    Preferred Citation

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

    Alternate Forms Available

    Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

    Biographical Note

    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

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
    Officers
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
    International relief
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
    Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
    United States. Navy
    Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936
    League of Red Cross Societies
    Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948