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Series 1: Personal Papers, 1904-1985

11 boxes
Collection Creator:
Pate, Maurice, 1894-
Dates:
1904-1985
Extent:
11 boxes
Scope and Contents

The Personal Papers series contains biographical information about Pate, including awards, clippings, memorials, photographs, and correspondence. The correspondence includes letters between Pate and friends, family and business associates, and discusses his travels, invitations to events, investments, and fundraising. The series also includes materials related to the Princeton University Class of 1915, and a small number of papers of his wife, Martha Lucas Pate, his father, and his grandfather.

Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research use.
Credit this material:

Series 1: Personal Papers; Maurice Pate Papers, MC103, Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-11
System Identifier:
/repositories/3/archival_objects/569099

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

Pate's papers document his career as a humanitarian and include correspondence, reports, Pate's notes and writings, publications, and photographs, as well as biographical materials and Pate's personal correspondence. The materials pertain to his work during World War I with the Commission for Relief in Belgium, during World War II with the Red Cross Prisoner of War Relief and in Poland, with the Hoover World Food Survey Mission, and with UNICEF.

Please see the series descriptions in the contents list for additional information about individual series.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by document type or subject.

Collection History

Archival Appraisal Information:

Duplicate materials and Princeton University publications have been separated from this collection.

Sponsorship:

These papers were processed with the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Fund.

Access & Use

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions for Reproduction and Use:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.

Credit this material:

Series 1: Personal Papers; Maurice Pate Papers, MC103, Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Location:
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
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Storage Note:
Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-11