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  • Title: Fred Lyman Adair papers
    Date (inclusive): 1918-1942
    Collection Number: 50009
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 9 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 3 envelopes, 2 sound discs (5.6 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, reports, notes, printed matter, and photographs relating primarily to activities of the American Red Cross in Belgium, 1918-1919, and to the America First Committee, 1940-1942.
    Creator: Adair, Fred Lyman, 1877-1972
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    Box 7 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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 1950.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Fred Lyman Adair papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1877 July 8 Born, Anamosa, Indiana
    1898 B.S., University of Minnesota
    1901 M.D., University of Chicago
    1918-1919 Physician with Red Cross in France and Belgium
    1926-1929 Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Minnesota
    1929 Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago
    1930 Chairman, Committee on Prenatal Care, Hoover Conference on Child Health and Protection
    1940 Author, Obstetric Medicine, Fetal and Prenatal Death
    1940-1942 Member, America First Committee, Chicago Chapter
    1972 Died

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence, reports, notes, printed matter, and photographs relating primarily to activities of the American Red Cross in Belgium, 1918-1919, and to the America First Committee, 1940-1942.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Sound recordings
    World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
    Neutrality -- United States
    World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
    American National Red Cross
    America First Committee