Manuscripts

Letters and ephemera of Herbert Hoover

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Description: This small group of items includes seven letters by Herbert Hoover to four different addressees: Frederick A. Delano, Bern Dibner, George Zabriskie, and Mr. Hohnhaus (the only letter written while Hoover was President is the one to Delano). There is also a note by Delano regarding the letter he received from President Hoover. Most of the letters are about trivial matters such as Hoover thanking the person for some favor. Also in this small group of items are three signed printed speeches given by Herbert Hoover, including his inaugural address (1929), "This Crisis in American Life" (1948), and "The Inheritance of the Next Generation" (1961).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1929-1961.
Call number: mssHM 75960-75970
Creator: Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.

Herbert Hoover letters

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Eleven typed letters written and signed by Herbert Hoover and one letter written to Hoover by an unidentified correspondent. Hoover wrote the letters in various capacities, including as President of the United States and as Secretary of Commerce. The letters concern a range of topics, including mining; Georgius Agricola's De Re Metallica; a conference on radio held in 1925; and municipal planning. The correspondence also includes responses to speaking invitations and greetings.

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Herbert Hoover letter to Fred Lockley

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Letter is written to American historian, writer, and editor Fred Lockley. It reads: "My dear Fred: I received the 'Book of Discipline' which you sent me and I am indeed glad to have. With kind regards, Yours faithfully," and is signed "Herbert Hoover," on his letterhead. Return address is "The Towers, The Waldorf Astoria."

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Herbert McLean Evans letters to Bern Dibner

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Three letters written by Herbert McLean to Bern Dibner. In one letter, dated 1954, November 24, Evans proposes that Dibner print a catalogue of 289 works that Evans and his colleagues at the University of California-Berkeley Institute of Experimental Biology have deemed "the chief works or classics in the history of science." In a letter dated 1955, June 18, Evans mentions a shipment of Burndy Library duplicates. An undated letter is a social invitation to Dibner. Also included is a photograph of Bern Dibner and Herbert Evans, taken at Evans's home and dated November, 1952; the photograph includes a handwritten caption by Evans on verso dated 1952, November 16.

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Hoover, Herbert

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7 items: a stapled packet of four letters between Norman Chandler and ex-president Herbert Hoover from 1945 when Hoover wrote at least two editorials for Los Angeles Times which ran with no indication they were by Hoover. The packet has a cover letter from 1988 written by Herb Strentz of Drake University, who claims Hoover praised his own actions and criticized Franklin Roosevelt in an unsigned editorial. There are also two letters to Norman Chandler from Hoover from the 1959 - 1960 period. Original Hoover letters removed from Autograph File and returned to Norman Chandler collection.

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Hoover, Herbert

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Originals and copies of line cuts, drawings, and sketches of Herbert Hoover, President of the United States. Includes drawings by John A. Carlton and others.

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Hoover, Herbert

Manuscripts

Correspondence, including to/from Harry Chandler, Norman Chandler, and Herbert Hoover, regarding Herbert Hoover. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

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Letters and ephemera of Herbert Hoover

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