Frank M. Surface Papers, 1915-1933

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Frank M. Surface Papers, 1915-1933

Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, printed matter, and photographs, relatingto regulation of the American economy, especially food products, during World War I;American Relief Administration activities; and postwar marketing of American commodities.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6663439

Hoover Institution Archives

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United States. Department of Commerce

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American Relief Administration.

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American relief agency operating in the Soviet Union from 1921 to 1923. From the description of American Relief Administration Russian operational records, 1919-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385039 American relief agency operating in Europe from 1919 to 1923. From the description of American Relief Administration European operational records, 1919-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385037 ...

Surface, Frank M. (Frank Macy), 1882-1965

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American economist and author; acting chief, Statistical Division, United States Food Administration, 1917-1918; chief statistician, American Relief Administration, 1919-1920; assistant director, United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 1926-1933; director of sales research, 1933-1945, and assistant to the president, 1945-1947, Standard Oil Company. From the description of Frank Macy Surface papers, 1906-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867295 ...

United States Food Administration

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American food regulatory agency. From the description of Food Administration records, 1917-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866949 Organized in 1917; managed civilian food production, distribution, conservation and pricing during World War I; using both volunteers and a paid staff, accomplished its work in New Jersey through an enforcement division, through committees representing different food trades, through county-level food administrators and through publicity ef...

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

United States Grain Corporation

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