Benjamin Shannon Allen papers, 1910-1967

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Summary

Creators:
Allen, Benjamin Shannon, 1883-1963
Abstract:
Correspondence, press releases, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs, relating to activities of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, U.S. Food Administration and U.S. Fuel Administration during World War I, and of the National Committee on Food for the Small Democracies and Finnish Relief Fund during World War II, to political conditions in the U.S., and to Herbert Hoover.
Extent:
4 manuscript boxes, 1 cu. ft. box, 1 oversize box, 2 album boxes, 2 envelopes (5.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Benjamin Shannon Allen Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1976.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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], Benjamin Shannon Allen 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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