Perrin C. Galpin papers, 1914-1957

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Summary

Creators:
Galpin, Perrin C., 1889-1973 and Belgian American Educational Foundation
Abstract:
Correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, and printed matter, relating to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, the American Relief Administration, Herbert Hoover and American electoral politics, and the 1938 trip to Europe and 1946 food relief activities in Europe of Herbert Hoover.
Extent:
6 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 2 envelopes (4.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Perrin C. Galpin Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, and printed matter, relating to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, the American Relief Administration, Herbert Hoover and American electoral politics, and the 1938 trip to Europe and 1946 food relief activities in Europe of Herbert Hoover.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1889, August 11
Born, New Haven, Connecticut
1913-1914
Graduate studies, Oxford University, Great Britain
1914-1915
Secretary, Commission for Relief in Belgium (Brussels)
1916-1917
Instructor of history and economics, Union College, Schenectady, New York
1917-1918
Served as a captain of field artillery in the U.S. Army in France
1918-1919
Secretary, Commission for Relief in Belgium (Lille)
1919-1923
Secretary, American Relief Administration
1920
Original incorporator, Belgian-Ameircan Educational Foundation; President until 1963
1923
Incorporator, American Children's Fund; Vice-President from 1936 to 1950
1928
Honorary Doctorate, University of Louvain, Belgium
1930
Honorary Doctorate, University of Brussels, Belgium
1932-
Member, Francqui Foundation of Belgium
1938
Accompanied Herbert Hoover on his trip to Europe
1945-
Member, Council of Administration, Fondation Universitaire de Belgique
1945-1955
Director, W. T. Grant Co.
1946
Member, Herbert Hoover Food Mission to Europe and Asia
1947-1955
Executive Director, Grant Foundation
1951
Decorated Grand Officer of Leopold II, Belgium
1956
Editor: Hugh Gibson, 1883-1954
1973, August 11
Died, Pelham Manor, New York
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1957.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Box 8 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Perrin C. Galpin Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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