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Title: Rudolph Altrocchi papers
Date (inclusive): 1900-1945
Collection Number: 55001
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes
(1.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, office diary, reports, speeches, military orders, newspaper clippings, postcards, posters, sheet music, and
printed matter, relating to American war propaganda work in Italy and Lyons, France.
Creator:
Altrocchi, Rudolph, 1882-1953
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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 1972.
[Identification of item], Rudolph Altrocchi Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1882, October 31 | born, Florence, Italy |
| 1908 | A.B., Harvard |
| 1914 | Ph.d., Harvard |
| 1918, June-Sept. | director of oral propaganda in Italy. American Bureau of Public Information, Rome |
| 1918-1919 | 2d lt., Infantry, Liaison Service, A.E.F., Lyons, France |
| 1915-1927 | assistant professor and associate professor of Italian, University of Chicago |
| 1928-1947 | professor of Italian, University of California |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, office diary, reports, speeches, military orders, newspaper clippings, postcards, sheet music, and printed
matter, relating to American war propaganda work in Italy and Lyons, France.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Propaganda, American
World War, 1914-1918 -- Propaganda
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces