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Title: Perrin C. Galpin papers
Date (inclusive): 1914-1957
Collection Number: 57015
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 2 envelopes
(4.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, and printed matter, relating to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, the
American Relief Administration, Herbert Hoover and American electoral politics, and the 1938 trip to Europe and 1946 food
relief activities in Europe of Herbert Hoover.
Creator:
Galpin, Perrin C., 1889-1973
Creator:
Belgian American Educational Foundation
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 8 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1957.
[Identification of item], Perrin C. Galpin Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1889, August 11 | Born, New Haven, Connecticut |
| 1913-1914 | Graduate studies, Oxford University, Great Britain |
| 1914-1915 | Secretary, Commission for Relief in Belgium (Brussels) |
| 1916-1917 | Instructor of history and economics, Union College, Schenectady, New York |
| 1917-1918 | Served as a captain of field artillery in the U.S. Army in France |
| 1918-1919 | Secretary, Commission for Relief in Belgium (Lille) |
| 1919-1923 | Secretary, American Relief Administration |
| 1920 | Original incorporator, Belgian-Ameircan Educational Foundation; President until 1963 |
| 1923 | Incorporator, American Children's Fund; Vice-President from 1936 to 1950 |
| 1928 | Honorary Doctorate, University of Louvain, Belgium |
| 1930 | Honorary Doctorate, University of Brussels, Belgium |
| 1932- | Member, Francqui Foundation of Belgium |
| 1938 | Accompanied Herbert Hoover on his trip to Europe |
| 1945- | Member, Council of Administration, Fondation Universitaire de Belgique |
| 1945-1955 | Director, W. T. Grant Co. |
| 1946 | Member, Herbert Hoover Food Mission to Europe and Asia |
| 1947-1955 | Executive Director, Grant Foundation |
| 1951 | Decorated Grand Officer of Leopold II, Belgium |
| 1956 | Editor: Hugh Gibson, 1883-1954 |
| 1973, August 11 | Died, Pelham Manor, New York |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, and printed matter, relating to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, the
American Relief Administration, Herbert Hoover and American electoral politics, and the 1938 trip to Europe and 1946 food
relief activities in Europe of Herbert Hoover.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
International relief
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
American Relief Administration
United States. President's Famine Emergency Committee