Inventory of the Philip M. Powers collection
Processed by Tim LaVerne.
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Inventory of the Philip M. Powers collection
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Tim LaVerne
- Date Completed:
- 2010
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word and MARC record by Samira Bozorgi.
© 2010 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: Philip M. Powers collection
Dates: 1914-1921
Collection Number: XX029
Collector: Powers, Philip M.
Collection Size:
6 oversize boxes
(1.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The scrapbooks contain cartoons from the German press relating to World War I and the German Revolution of 1918-1919, as well
as a personal scrapbook of photographs, souvenirs, and miscellanea.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
German
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice. Audiovisual materials include sound recordings,
video recordings, and motion picture film. Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the materials requested can be
made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
for further information.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Philip M. Powers collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives.
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 Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Scope and Content of Collection
The scrapbooks contain cartoons from the German press relating to World War I and the German Revolution of 1918-1919, as well
as a personal scrapbook of photographs, souvenirs, and miscellanea.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
World War, 1914-1918--Germany.
Germany--History--Revolution, 1918.
Box: 1-5
Scrapbooks of cartoon clippings from the German press in color and black and white,
1914-1921
Box/Album: 1 : A
Cartoons feature Woodrow Wilson, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Monroe, and John Bull, as well as locations including Japan, England,
Italy, and Austria, 98 pages
Box/Album: 1 : B
Cartoons feature Woodrow Wilson, J.P. Morgan, Rockefeller, and Uncle Sam, as well as subjects including New York City, Anglo-American
relations, Native Americans, India, Egypt, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the
S.M.S. Emden, 100 pages
Box/Album: 2 : C
Cartoons feature Woodrow Wilson, as well as subjects including Italy, Russia, and U.S. munitions sales, 94 pages
Box/Album: 2 : D
Cartoons feature John Bull and Horatio Herbert Kitchener, as well as locations including Serbia, Egypt, Italy, Gallipoli,
London, and Turkey, 95 pages
Box/Album: 3 : E
Newspaper clippings, cartoons, small maps, stamps, business cards and correspondence, 104 pages
Box/Album: 4 : F
Cartoons feature Japan, England, Belgium, Russia, and the Philippines, 130 pages
Box/Album: 5 : G
Cartoons feature Theodore Roosevelt and John Bull, as well as subjects including Corfu, Portugal, U-boats, Air warfare, Native
Americans, 120 pages
Box/Album: 6 : H
Scrapbook of personal materials
Scope and Content Note
Includes souvenirs and greeting cards as well as photographs of bomb damage, newspaper clippings, telegraph messages, cartoon
clippings, and Associated Press bulletins from 1918, 1919, and 1920, about 60 pages
