Manuscripts

George K. Hoover papers

Description: Pocket diaries of George K. Hoover from 1861 to 1906. Also included are scattered family correspondence and personal documents of George K. Hoover. The documents include some Civil War items and speeches and letters of Hoover.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1853-1907
Call number: mssHoover
Creator: Hoover, George K (1841-1907)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Miriam Ziegler, October 1980.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Correspondence and ephemera

Manuscripts

Pocket diaries of George K. Hoover from 1861 to 1906. Also included are scattered family correspondence and personal documents of George K. Hoover. The documents include some Civil War items and speeches and letters of Hoover.

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Letters and ephemera of Herbert Hoover

Manuscripts

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).

mssHM 75960-75970

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Lincoln K. Plummer papers

Manuscripts

Collection contains Civil war era documents, letters and printed forms relating to Lincoln K. (Kimball) Plummer.

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James K. Polk papers

Manuscripts

This collection primarily consists of correspondence and notes of James K. Polk, dating from 1844 to 1849, and correspondence of his wife Sarah Childress Polk, dating from 1883 to 1889; a 19th century copy of Polk's 1849 will is also present. Polk's correspondence discusses politics, plans for his presidency, and the collectorship of New York. His notes on newspaper articles concern Martin Van Buren; Benjamin Tappan, Francis P. Blair and the annexation of Texas; and the Wilmot Proviso. The collection also contains several newspaper articles from 1846 regarding the Oregon boundary dispute, a copy of Senator Arthur Bagby's 1845 open letter to the people of Alabama concerning the annexation of Texas, and an 1849 extract from a French newspaper about events in the United States. Sarah Childress Polk's correspondence primarily concerns biographical sketches of herself and her late husband, with several letters from George Bancroft. In addition, the collection contains a note regarding a Congressional report on title endorsed by James Madison, 1790.

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Doris K. Eldred papers, (bulk 1947-1948)

Manuscripts

A photograph album documenting Doris K. Eldred's journey to China and her life there, and a few pieces of artwork she acquired there.

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