Inventory of the Fred Lyman Adair papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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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
box 1
Biographical account of F. L. Adair's medical service in Belgium
1918
box 1
Reports to the American Red Cross on medical care for children and expectant mothers
1918
box 1
Medical notes and hospital diagnosis forms
box 1
Newspaper clippings
1918-1919
box 1
Postcards of Europe
1918-1919
box 1
Newspaper clippings, February 23, 1892 (about Lincoln's birthday) and May 1888 (about a tribute to Roscoe Conkling)
America First Committee
1940-1942
box 4
Diplomas and certificates
box 7
Photographs and slides
Scope and Contents
Box 7 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 9
Diplomas and certificates
Photographs
Scope and Contents note
88 photographs / 3 envelopes
envelope A-B
81 photos of the staff and patients of a Red Cross hospital in Courtrai, Belgium, scenes of war damage in Belgium, and a French
tank
undated
envelope mC
7 photos of Fred L. Adair and his colleagues
undated
