Manuscript Collections - Flora Jo Bergstrom Herbert Hoover Collection

2023

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum is now open daily to the public for viewing of the permanent galleries on the life and times of Herbert Hoover, tickets are available in person or online.

The Research Room is open to the public Monday through Friday, 9:00-12:00, and 12:30-4:15. Appointments are encouraged and can be made by calling (319) 643-5301 or via email: hoover.library@nara.gov.

 

FLORA JO BERGSTROM HERBERT HOOVER COLLECTION, 1947-1964
5 linear inches (1 manuscript box)
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library

BIOGRAPHY

Flora Jo Bergstrom was born January 6, 1900.  She moved to New York where she worked as a registered nurse and librarian at the Cornell Medical Center.  She died in 1988.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection contains speeches, letters and clippings regarding Herbert Hoover. The Weill Cornell Medical Library Archives holds the Flora Jo Bergstrom Papers.

CONTENTS LIST

Box Contents

1

Birthday Celebrations, 1954, 1958-1959, 1961
Children’s Letters, 1962, 1964
Correspondence and Addresses, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1964
Hoover’s Funeral
Hoover’s Writings, 1949, 1950, 1963, 1964
Miscellaneous