Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hutchinson, Lincoln
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, writings, and reports, relating to American Relief Administration activities, food conditions in Germany following World War I, and technical assistance provided by American engineers in the Soviet Union.
- Extent:
- 4 manuscript boxes (1.8 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- The collection is in English, French, and German
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Lincoln Hutchinson papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Lincoln Hutchinson papers consist of correspondence, speeches and writings, travel documents, and American Relief Administration office records. His writings include "American Engineers in Russia," two different essays in which Hutchinson describes technical assistance provided by American engineers to the Soviet Union. The travel documents series includes his passport from when he was in Europe working for the A.R.A.. Finally, the American Relief Administration office records series contains a comprehensive report on food conditions in post-World War I Germany (1923). It also contains the constitution of the A.R.A. and proposed amendments to the constitution. Additional materials document Hutchinson's lobbying to merge the A.R.A. with other relief programs, as well as his personal reminiscences of Herbert Hoover, "The Chief," as an individual and as an administrator.
- Biographical / historical:
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Lincoln Hutchinson (1866–1940) was born in San Francisco, California. He graduated from the University of California-Berkeley in 1889 and received an M.A. in economics from Harvard University. He held many positions during his career: professor of economics and commerce at Berkeley; dean of the College of Letters and Science at Berkeley; professor of economics and sociology at Stanford University; consular attaché in South America and Europe; director of relief in the American Relief Administration in Russia, Germany, and Czechoslovakia after World War I; and technical advisor in Czechoslovakia under Jan Masaryk.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1968.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Lincoln Hutchinson papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563