Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Eugene Tyler Chamberlain collection relating to French orphans of World War I, 1916-1927 |
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Span Dates | 1916-1927 |
ID No. | MSS21584 |
Collector | Chamberlain, Eugene Tyler, 1856-1929 |
Extent | 5,000 items |
Extent | 11 containers |
Extent | 4.4 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in French |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012130 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79021584 |
Summary | Philanthropist. Files relating to thirty-eight French families and orphans of World War I aided by Eugene T. Chamberlain and other philanthropic Americans. Chiefly correspondence concerning rehabilitation of the families and the education and placement of the orphans in productive employment. Also photographs and memoranda providing family background. |