Belgian Children's Letters to President Woodrow
Wilson
A Register of the Collection in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Karen Linn Femia with the assistance of John
Monagle
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2007
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2007
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007112
Title: Belgian Children's
Letters to President Woodrow Wilson
Span Dates: 1915
ID No.: MSS12294
Extent: 8,400
items;
24 containers;
9.6 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
Flemish,
French, and
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Letters written by
Belgian school children to President Woodrow Wilson expressing gratitude for
American aid after the German invasion of Belgium during World War I.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Wilson,
Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence.
Subjects
School
children--Belgium--Correspondence.
World War,
1914-1918--Children--Belgium.
World War,
1914-1918--Civilian relief--Belgium.
Provenance: The Belgian Children's Letters to President Woodrow Wilson were
forwarded by the American minister at Brussels to the United States Department
of State in 1919 and transferred to the Library of Congress that year. An
addition was given to the library by the Woodrow Wilson House in 1964.
Processing History:The Belgian Children's Letters to President Woodrow Wilson were
arranged and described in 1996. The finding aid was revised in 2007.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished Belgian Children's Letters
to President Woodrow Wilson is governed by the Copyright Law of the United
States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Belgian Children's Letters to
President Woodrow Wilson, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C.
The Belgian Children's Letters were written in February and March of
1915 to President Woodrow Wilson following the German invasion of Belgium
during World War I. In 1914 Herbert Hoover had established the Commission for
Relief in Belgium which shipped over five million metric tons of supplies into
the occupied regions of the country from the United States. These letters,
written by school children and their teachers, especially from the city of
Ghent, express gratitude for the American aid. The letters are in Flemish and
French, and only a few have English translations attached. Approximately half
of the letters are decorated with art work and calligraphy, and some include
photographs or ribbons. Some letters were written on picture postcards.
Letters from each school and class were packaged together, and the
original order of their contents has been retained. The packages have been
assigned numbers.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by the city or province
from which the letters came and therein by package number.
| Container |
Contents |
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| BOX 1
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Brabant Province |
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| BOX 1
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Brussels |
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(6
folders)
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| BOX 1
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Ghent |
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| BOX 1
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Package no. 1 |
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(5
folders)
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| BOX 2
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(1
folder)
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| BOX 2
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Package no. 2 |
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 2
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Package no. 3 |
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(1
folder)
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| BOX 3
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(5
folders)
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| BOX 3
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Package no. 4 |
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| BOX 3
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Package no. 5 |
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 4
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(1
folder)
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| BOX 4
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Package no. 6 |
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(3
folders)
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| BOX 4
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Package no. 7 |
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 5
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(6
folders)
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| BOX 6
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Package nos. 8-9 |
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(6
folders)
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| BOX 7
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Package nos. 10-15 |
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(7
folders)
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| BOX 7
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Package no. 16 |
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(1
folder)
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| BOX 8
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(1
folder)
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| BOX 8
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Package nos. 17-26 |
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(7
folders)
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| BOX 9
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Package nos. 27-34 |
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(10
folders)
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| BOX 10
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Package nos. 35-39 |
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(9
folders)
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| BOX 11
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Package nos. 40-45 |
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(9
folders)
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| BOX 12
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Package nos. 46-48 |
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(6
folders)
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| BOX 12
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Package no. 49 |
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 13
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 13
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Package no. 50 |
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(5
folders)
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| BOX 14
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Package nos. 51-55 |
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(9
folders)
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| BOX 15
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Package nos. 56-60 |
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(9
folders)
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| BOX 16
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Package nos. 61-63 |
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(8
folders)
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| BOX 16
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Package no. 64 |
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(1
folder)
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| BOX 17
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 17
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Package nos. 65-66 |
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(7
folders)
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| BOX 18
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Package nos. 67-69 |
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(10
folders)
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| BOX 19
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Package nos. 70-78 |
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(12
folders)
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| BOX 20
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Package nos. 79-86 |
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(8
folders)
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| BOX 21
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Package no. 87 |
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| BOX 21
|
Loose material |
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| BOX 21
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Hainaut Province |
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| BOX 21
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Package no. 1 |
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 21
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Package no. 2 |
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 22
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(1
folder)
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| BOX 22
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Package no. 3 |
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(3
folders)
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| BOX 22
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Package no. 4 |
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 23
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 23
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Package nos. 5-6 |
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(5
folders)
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| BOX 23
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Package no. 7 |
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 24
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(3
folders)
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| BOX 24
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Liege Province |
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| BOX 24
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Limburg Province |
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| BOX 24
|
Luxembourg Province |
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(3
folders)
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