Register of the Commission for Relief in Belgium ( ) Records,

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1 No online items Records, Processed by Ronald Bulatoff; machine-readable finding aid created by James Lake Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Phone: (650) Fax: (650) Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. XX402 1

2 Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Contact Information Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Phone: (650) Fax: (650) Processed by: Ronald Bulatoff Date Completed: 1997 Encoded by: James Lake 1998 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Commission for Records, Date (inclusive): Collection number: XX402 Creator: Commission for Collection Size: 17 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 8 envelopes(7.5 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and photographs, relating to efforts to provide civilian relief to Belgium and Luxembourg during World War II. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Language: English,French,German and Flemish. Access Collection open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Commission for, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Alternative Form Available Also available on microfilm (17 reels). Access Points World War, World War, Belgium. XX402 2

3 World War, Civilian relief. World War, Food question. World War, Luxembourg. Belgium. Luxembourg. International relief. National Committee on Food for the Small Democracies. Boxes 1-5 OFFICE FILE, Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings, printed matter and other materials relating to the operations of the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Arranged alphabetically by physical form Boxes 6-12 CORRESPONDENCE FILE, Letters sent and received by the C.R.B. Includes correspondence with individuals, groups and organizations, the Belgian Embassy and Consulates in the United States, arranged chronologically and alphabetically by name of correspondent Boxes BELGIAN RELIEF FUND, Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings, printed matter and other materials relating to the operations of the Belgian Relief Fund. Arranged alphabetically by physical form Boxes BELGIAN GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE (WINTERHELP), Correspondence, memoranda, publicity leaflets, reports, printed matter and other materials relating to the operations of the Belgian Relief Committee (Winterhelp). Arranged alphabeticaly by physical form Boxes SUBJECT FILE, Correspondence, reports, memoranda, clippings, printed matter and other materials, collected by the C.R.B. Arranged alphabetically by subject Box 18 OVERSIZE MATERIALS, Scope and Content Note Food map, leaflets, placards and posters issued by the C.R.B. Photo file PHOTOGRAPHS, Scope and Content Note 216 prints in 8 envelopes depicting relief operations of the C.R.B. in Belgium OFFICE FILE, Box 1, Folder 1 Appeal for aid Application forms for foreign and domestic relief activities By-laws Certificate of incorporation Chapters file XX402 3

4 OFFICE FILE, Connecticut Danbury Fairfield County Diamond Industry Nebraska Notebaert, Sengier, Speciael Princeton Miscellaneous -15 Contributions file Folder 16 Directors and members invitations and acceptances Financial records Box 2, Folder 1 Disbursements Luncheon expenses Receipts and disbursements Supplies purchased Transfer of funds to Europe, Liquidation file Box 3, Folder 1 Liquidation file Meetings file Directors 1940 May 20 December May 20 Executive Committee, 1940 July 11 December 11 Incorporators, 1940 May 20 Members, 1941 May 20 Organizational charts Permit for soliciting funds Press releases and publicity file Folder 14 Printed matter Regulations for the formation of chapters and committees Box 4 Reports Folder 1 To Herbert Hoover. "Memorandum of Food Situation and Events Connected Therewith in Belgium, Brussels, 1940 May-July" To the U.S. Department of State Signing authority forms Guaranty Trust Company of New York Irving Trust Company National City Bank of New York Statement by H. Hoover, "An Experiment in Saving the Lives of 3,000 Destitute Adults and Children in Belgium," 1941 April 1 Subject file Badges, buttons, pins Bundles for Britain Delaware filing fee Box 5, Folder 1-4 Donations XX402 4

5 OFFICE FILE, Foreign Policy Association luncheon, 1940 December 7 Hospital volunteers Insurance coverage Office equipment Orphans, Adoption of President's Committee on War Relief Agencies Statutory representation Supplies Clothing Food Folder 14 Surety bonds Tax exemptions Folder 16 Visit to Belgium of the CRB Representatives, 1941 January Miscellany CORRESPONDENCE, Box 6 Chronological file 1940 Folder 1 May-June July-August September-December 1941 January-March April-November 1942 Alphabetical file A B Box 7, Folder 1-2 C D E F G -8 H I J Box 8, Folder 1 K L -4 M N O P R Box 9, Folder 1-3 S T U-V W X-Z Allied Relief Fund, 1940 American Friends Service Committee, 1940 American Red Cross, Box 10, Folder 1 Anderson, L. J., 1941 Belgian Bureau, Belgium. Ambassade (United States) Belgium. Consulat (New York) Belgium. Légation (Argentine) Belgium. Légation (Canada) Bordeaux Headquarters, 1940 XX402 5

6 CORRESPONDENCE, Bove, Charles, 1941 British War Relief Society, 1940 Bronxville Community Forum, 1941 Brooklyn Republican Club, 1941 Brouha, Lucien, 1941 Brown, Crosby and Company, 1940 Folder 14 Brown, Milton M., Brown, Milton M., Mrs., Folder 16 Bryn Mawr College, 1941 Bundesen, Herman, 1941 Folder 18 Bundles for Britain, Inc., 1941 Folder 19 Canadian Committee, Carrel, Alexis, Chase National Bank, Chautauqua Institution, Church of the Pilgrimage, 1941 Box 11, Folder 1 Consolidated Edison Company, 1940 Darnall, John P., Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths, Frederickson, Kirsten, 1941 Freiberg, Jacques, 1940 Galpin, Perrin, 1940 Garden Club of America, 1940 Gibson, Hugh, Hamilton, B. Wallace, 1941 Henry, Bayard, Mrs., 1940 Hoover, Herbert C., Hynes, John H., 1940 Irwin, Will, 1941 Folder 14 London Committee, London Office, C.R.B., Folder 16 L'Union Belge, 1940 Miller, James Alexander, 1941 Folder 18 Morris, Dave H., 1940 Folder 19 New York Council of Women, New York Telephone Company, Refugees of England, Inc., Rhode, Max Spencer, Richmond, Raymond, Roosevelt, Franklin D., Sawtelle, Raymond, Box 12, Folder 1 Shattuck, Bangs and Davis, United States. Department of State United States. Internal Revenue Service, Van der Straten-Ponthoz, Countess, 1940 Van der Straten-Ponthoz, R., Van Loon, Hendrick, 1940 Vanderbilt, O. De Gray, 1940 Walsh, Edmund A., 1940 Wardwell, Allen, 1941 Watson, Benjamin, Mrs., Whitlock, Brand, Mrs., Folder 14 Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 1941 BELGIAN RELIEF FUND, XX402 6

7 BELGIAN RELIEF FUND, Box 12, Bulletins, 1940 Folder 16 Clippings, 1940 Correspondence Cables, 1940 Incoming Folder 18 Outgoing Letters Folder Box 13, Folder Brown, Milton M., 1940 Kirby, Gustavus, 1940 Mitchell, P. V. G., 1940 Morris, Dave H., Stevenson, Suzanne S., 1940 Financial statements Form letters Letter to C.R.B. members, n.d. Meetings file Directors, 1940 Incorporators, 1940 June 10 Folder 14 Temporary Coordinating Committee, 1940 June 4 Peninsula Chapter (Palo Alto, CA) file Folder 16 Minutes of meetings, Stationery Subject file Folder 18 Brasher, Rex Folder 19 Donations 0 Fuel oil, munitions 1 Lace sale, 1940 November-December 2 Milling 3 Moen, Lars Munitions. See Fuel oil, munitions 4 Office equipment 5 Posters Box 14, Folder 1 Speakers Bureau Supplies Warehouse facility Womens Division file Contribution receipts Correspondence A-D E-L M-S T-Z Financial statements Inter-office memoranda Memorandum entitled "Clothing House for Belgium - Plan of Organization," n.d. Subject file 3 Belgian lapel pins and earrings Box 15, Folder 1 Belgian lapel pins and earrings Building (328 Park Avenue, New York) Donations Clothing XX402 7

8 BELGIAN RELIEF FUND, Drycleaners, laundries Stores helping with Knitting Laymens League for Arts and Industries Social events La Guardia Field cocktail party, 1940 July 16 Village Fair for Refugee Children, 1940 July 9-13 BELGIAN GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE (WINTERHELP), Box 15, -12 Clippings Folder 14 Correspondence Interviews, speeches, statements Box 16 Printed matter Folder 1 Secours d'hiver, 1941, nos. 1, 3, 6, 7-9 Winterhulp, 1941, nos. 1, 3, 7, 9 Subject file Belgium Food rations, 1941 August-September -6 Food supply Europe - Food production Save the Children International Union SUBJECT FILE, Correspondence, reports, memoranda, clippings, printed matter and other materials Box 16, American Field Service in France American Friends Service Committee American Hospital in Paris American Relief Fund Belgians - United States Box 17, Folder 1 Belgium - History - German occupation, Childrens Crusade for Childen Commission for Polish Relief Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies Cudahy, John Famine Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Finnish Relief Fund France - History - German occupation, Fundraising efforts Hippocratic Oath Jewish support of Belgian relief operations Leopold III, King of Belgium Folder 14 National Committee on Food for the Five Small Democracies Poster stamp Folder 16 Radio broadcasts, 1941 January-June Relief agencies Folder Refugees 0 Sponsors 1 Steamship agents and brokers World War, Controlled mass-feeding of invaded territories 4 Miscellany XX402 8

9 OVERSIZE MATERIALS, OVERSIZE MATERIALS, Box 18 Food map illustrating and listing foodstuff exports and imports of various countries, Prepared by the C.R.B. Leaflets, placards, and posters issued by the C.R.B., PHOTOGRAPHS, envelope A-B envelope C envelope D envelope E envelope F envelope G envelope H 81 prints depicting officers of the C.R.B. and Belgian Red Cross, and various dignitaries in Belgium, prints depicting preparations of clothing, food, and paperwork before distribution. Includes Belgian adults and children waiting in lines 36 prints depicting distribution of clothing and food to adults and children in Belgium, prints depicting Belgian children 27 prints depicting various street scenes in Belgium 7 prints depicting interior scenes illustrating living conditions in Belgium 9 prints depicting posters and publicity placards issued by the C.R.B. XX402 9