Louis Loucheur papers, 1916-1931

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Summary

Creators:
Loucheur, Louis, 1872-1931
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches, notes, reports, and photographs, relating to industry in Russia during World War I, inter-Allied diplomacy during World War I, war reparations, and postwar French and international politics.
Extent:
12 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope, 1 oversize folder (5.5 Linear Feet)
Language:
French
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Louis Loucheur papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains correspondence, speeches, notes, reports, and photographs, relating to industry in Russia during World War I, inter-Allied diplomacy during World War I, war reparations, and postwar French and international politics. Includes correspondence by Barthou, Berthelot, Briand, Churchill, Foch, Austen Chamberlain, and letters from Pétain. Includes a set of handwritten notes that deal with Cabinet meetings, army affairs, and interviews on the course of the war. Includes photographs of Louis Loucheur, French industrialist and Minister of Commerce, and/or Aristide Briand and others.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1872
Born, Roubaix, Northern France
1916
Industrial advisor to Russia
1917
Minister of Armament (France)
1919
Participant in the peace negotiations at Versailles.
1921
Minister of Liberated Territories
1922
Minister of Commerce
1921-24
Negotiator on reparation problems
1927-28
Minister of Labor, Hygiene and Social Security
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1961.
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], Louis Loucheur 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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