Gilchrist Baker Stockton papers, 1911-1959

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Summary

Creators:
Stockton, Gilchrist B. (Gilchrist Baker), 1890-
Abstract:
Correspondence, dispatches, reports, clippings, and photographs, relating to activities of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1915-1916, and of the American Relief Administration in Austria, 1919-1933; and to establishment of the Jacksonville, Florida, Naval Air Base.
Extent:
11 manuscript boxes (4.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Gilchrist Baker Stockton Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1890, August 20
Born, Jacksonville, Florida
1914
B. Litt., Princeton University
1917
B.A., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar)
1927
M.A., Oxford University
1915-1916
Staff, Commission for Relief in Belgium
1916-1917
Special Assistant to U.S. Ambassador, London
1917-1919
Aide to Admiral William S. Sims
1919-1920
Chief of Mission, American Relief Administration, Austria
1917-1950
U.S. Naval Reserve
1928
Delegate from Florida to Democratic National Convention
1930-1933
U.S. Minister to Austria
1945
Rear Admiral, U.S. Naval Reserve
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1975.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Gilchrist Baker Stockton 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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hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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