Preliminary Inventory to the James Ford Bell papers
Finding aid prepared by The Hoover Institution Library and Archives staff
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Title: James Ford Bell papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1930
Collection Number: 57003
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, reports, financial statements, and photographs, relating to the U.S. Food Administration and the
1928 Herbert Hoover political campaign in Minnesota. Correspondents include Herbert Hoover and Rudolph Lee.
Creator:
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Creator:
Bell, James Ford, 1879-1961
Creator:
Lee, Rudolph
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 1970.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], James Ford Bell Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biography
American business executive; chairman, Milling Division, U.S. Food Administration,
Date: 1917-1918.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, diaries, reports, financial statements, and photographs, relating to the United States Food Administration
and the 1928 Herbert Hoover political campaign in Minnesota. Correspondents include Herbert Hoover and Rudolph Lee.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Food supply
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1928
Minnesota -- Politics and government
United States Food Administration
box 1, folder 1
Printed matter:
Report of ETA Mission to Poland
Supplement to Grain and Flour Statistics during the War
ARA Bulletin
1919-1922; 1920; 1923 September
box 1, folder 2
Articles, pamphlets, and miscellany by and about Herbert Hoover and about the U.S. Food Administration
1918-1947
box 1, folder 3
Correspondence between Herbert Hoover and James Ford Bell
1917-1921
box 1, folder 4
Overseas trip
1918 July-October
box 1, folder 6
Overseas trip - Central Europe
box 1, folder 7
Overseas trip - "Pact of Rome"
box 1, folder 8
Overseas trip - France and England
box 1, folder 9
Overseas trip - Reports (confidential)
box 1, folder 12
Print depicting members of the Milling Division of the U.S. Food Administration, ca.
1918
box 2
Political correspondence relating mainly to Herbert Hoover's 1928 campaign, particularly in Minnesota
1928-1930
box 3
Diaries of James Ford Bell
1917-1918
