Overview of the Philip Skinner Platt papers

Processed by Hoover Institution Archives Staff.

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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Overview of the Philip Skinner Platt papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Processed by:: Hoover Institution Archives Staff
Date Completed:: 2009
Encoded by:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun.

Collection Summary

Title: Philip Skinner Platt papers

Dates: 1916-1976

Collection Number: 57022

Creator: Platt, Philip Skinner, 1889-.

Collection Size: 1 folder, 1 envelope (0.2 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives .

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Memoirs, 1976, and photographs, 1916, relating to relief work in Europe during World War I.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Languages: English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Philip Skinner Platt papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1957.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the library catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Biographical/Historical Note

American public health official; member of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, American Relief Administration, American Red Cross, and United States Army Sanitary Corps in Europe, 1916-1919.

Scope and Content of Collection

Memoirs, 1976, and photographs, 1916, relating to relief work in Europe during World War I.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

American National Red Cross.

Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930).

American Relief Administration.

United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.

United States. Army. Sanitary Corps.

World War, 1914-1918--Belgium.

World War, 1914-1918--Civilian relief.

World War, 1914-1918--Medical care.

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