Register of the Rudolph Altrocchi papers
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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
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
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1972.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rudolph Altrocchi Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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
box 1
Office diary of Liaison Service, A.E.F., Lyons, France
May 1918-April 1919
box 1
Letters from Henry L. Stimson
1912
1929
box 2
Membership and award certificates
box 2
Military Training Camp, Plattsburg, N.Y.
(1916)
box 2
Orders, travel certificates, and passports
box 2
Pamphlets and printed matter
box 3
Programs, announcements and posters
box 3
Receipts for expense accounts
box 3
Reports, speeches, notes, letters to editors
envelope A
16 photos of the staff of the American bureau of Public Information, Rome, Italy, 1918 and of military burials at Lyons, France,
1918-1919. 7 photos of other scenes including air flights at Campo de Marte in 1910, Queen Margherita of Italy in 1898 or
1899, and postcards
envelope mB
1 photo of troops of the A.E.F. in military parade in France
1919