Hoover Institution

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Fred Lyman Adair papers
Dates:
1918-1942
Creators:
Adair, Fred Lyman, 1877-1972
Abstract:
Correspondence, reports, notes, printed matter, and photographs relating primarily to activities of the American Red Cross in Belgium, 1918-1919, and to the America First Committee, 1940-1942.
Extent:
10 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 3 envelopes, 2 sound discs, memorabilia (6.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Fred Lyman Adair papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, reports, notes, printed matter, and photographs relating primarily to activities of the American Red Cross in Belgium, 1918-1919, and to the America First Committee, 1940-1942.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1877 July 8
Born, Anamosa, Indiana
1898
B.S., University of Minnesota
1901
M.D., University of Chicago
1918-1919
Physician with Red Cross in France and Belgium
1926-1929
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Minnesota
1929
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago
1930
Chairman, Committee on Prenatal Care, Hoover Conference on Child Health and Protection
1940
Author, Obstetric Medicine, Fetal and Prenatal Death
1940-1942
Member, America First Committee, Chicago Chapter
1972
Died
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1950.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Neutrality -- United States
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Sound recordings
Names:
American National Red Cross
America First Committee

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-31 14:53:05.885143

Access and use

Restrictions:

Boxes 7, OCM16 and OCM19 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], Fred Lyman Adair 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

Contents

Correspondence, 1918-1919

Summary

Dates:
1918-1919

Biographical account of F. L. Adair's medical service in Belgium, 1918

Summary

Dates:
1918

Reports to the American Red Cross on medical care for children and expectant mothers, 1918

Summary

Dates:
1918

Red Cross pamphlets

Medical notes and hospital diagnosis forms

Newspaper clippings, 1918-1919

Summary

Dates:
1918-1919

Postcards of Europe, 1918-1919

Summary

Dates:
1918-1919

Passes and orders

Mementos, 1918-1919

Summary

Dates:
1918-1919

Newspaper clippings, February 23, 1892 (about Lincoln's birthday) and May 1888 (about a tribute to Roscoe Conkling)

Chalk sign for patient intake

America First Committee, 1940-1942

Summary

Dates:
1940-1942

Contents

Correspondence

Organizational records

Campaign materials

Printed matter

Newspaper clippings

2 stamps "America First Committee"

Miscellany

Contents

Correspondence

Professional papers

Genealogy

Biographical matter

Memorabilia

Diplomas and certificates

Medals

Writings

Writings

Notes

Postcards

Address cards

Glass slides

Background

Scope and content:

Box 7 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.

Photographs and slides

Photographs and slides

Diplomas and certificates

Photographs

Background

Scope and content:

88 photographs / 3 envelopes

Contents

81 photos of the staff and patients of a Red Cross hospital in Courtrai, Belgium, scenes of war damage in Belgium, and a French tank, undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

7 photos of Fred L. Adair and his colleagues, undated

Summary

Dates:
undated

Sound recordings