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Title: Mrs. Leland E. Cofer papers,
Dates: 1915-1945
Collection Number: 50013
Creator: Cofer, Mrs. Leland E.
Collection Size:
6 manuscript boxes, 5 envelopes
(2.9 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives .
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, postcards, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to the administration of
relief during and after the two world wars and, in particular, to the activities of the New York Committee for the Fatherless
Children of France. Includes some papers of Leland E. Cofer, health officer for the Port of New York and assistant surgeon
general, United States Public Health Service.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Mrs. Leland E. Cofer papers,, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1950.
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.
American relief work administrator in World Wars I and II.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, postcards, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to the administration of
relief during and after the two world wars and, in particular, to the activities of the New York Committee for the Fatherless
Children of France. Includes some papers of Leland E. Cofer, health officer for the Port of New York and assistant surgeon
general, United States Public Health Service.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
United States. Public Health Service.
International relief.
World War, 1914-1918--France.
World War, 1914-1918--Civilian relief.
World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief.
Cofer, Leland Eggleston.
Fatherless Children of France Society.