Joseph J. Hittinger Letters
name: label: Creator
content: Hittinger, Joseph J.
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Armed Forces
label: Names
content: Belote
place: label: Place
content: Eugene (Oregon) -- 1920-1930
label: Place
content: Washington (D.C.) -- 1920-1930
label: Place
content: Oregon -- 1920-1930
label: Place
content: Portland (Oregon) -- 1920-1930
topic: label: Topic
content: Conferences -- Politics -- 1920-1930 -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Disasters -- 1920-1930 -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Expositions -- 1920-1930
label: Topic
content: Exhibitions -- 1920-1930
label: Topic
content: Fishing
label: Topic
content: Museums -- 1920-1930
label: Topic
content: Theaters -- Accidents -- 1920-1930 -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hittinger, Joseph J.
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection of five letters written by Joseph J. Hittinger to a friend, Belote.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Five letters from Joseph J. Hittinger, Eugene, Oregon to a friend named Belote indicate that Belote was a staff member of the National Museum in Washington, D.C. and that the two men have mutual professional and personal friends.  The letters, to which no replies are available, include professional gossip, numerous references to Mr. Hittinger's interest in fishing, references to the Four Powers Conference in Washington, to a possible exposition in Portland, Oregon in 1925 and to a theater disaster in Washington.

Among the personal items mentioned are several trips, lost baggage, Christmas holidays, and family illnesses.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.1 Cubic feet (1 folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1921-1923
container: label: Container
content: Box 1 (Shared box)
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: This collection was transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Armed Forces History (now Division of Political and Military History), January 1988.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0288
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Letters
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Archives Center, NMAH staff.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Letters
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Five letters from Joseph J. Hittinger, Eugene, Oregon to a friend named Belote indicate that Belote was a staff member of the National Museum in Washington, D.C. and that the two men have mutual professional and personal friends. The letters, to which no replies are available, include professional gossip, numerous references to Mr. Hittinger's interest in fishing, references to the Four Powers Conference in Washington, to a possible exposition in Portland, Oregon in 1925 and to a theater disaster in Washington. Among the personal items mentioned are several trips, lost baggage, Christmas holidays, and family illnesses.