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ROBERT K. GOODWIN PAPERS, 1948-1971 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Robert Kingman Goodwin was a vice-president of the Herbert Hoover Birthplace Foundation, Inc. and worked on the development of the Herbert Hoover Historic Site. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa on May 23, 1905. Goodwin was a politically active Republican. He was a delegate to state conventions in 1936 and 1938; mayor of Redfield, Iowa in 1938 and 1939; served as a U. S. Representative for 11 months after the death of Cassius C. Dowell in 1940; was a member of the Republican National Committee from 1952-1956; and a delegate to the national convention in 1954. Goodwin moved to Redfield, Iowa in 1929 to work as a farmer and in brick manufacturing. He became vice-president of the Dallas County Farm Bureau. Goodwin was director of the Central National Bank and Trust Company from 1941 to 1965, and died on February 21, 1983. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The papers are Robert Goodwin’s copies of Herbert Hoover Birthplace Foundation records which primarily concern the early history of the Herbert Hoover Historic Site. The collection contains correspondence, property records, minutes, reports, blue prints, photographs, legal files, and financial records. The collection documents the expansion of the Hoover site from the birthplace cottage and blacksmith shop to the current 187 acre site. Also included are correspondence and legal documents pertaining to the failed lawsuit alleging the Foundation misspent $900,000 of Belgian American Education Foundation funds. The papers are arranged alphabetically within four subgroups: correspondence by primary correspondant, construction and property records by contractor and records type, topical files by subject, and legal files by records type. There is overlap between the subgroups and individual correspondents, such as architect William Anderson, or library director Franz Lassner, will appear in each subgroup. FOLDER LIST HERBERT HOOVER BIRTHPLACE FOUNDATION RECORDS BoxContents 1 Goodwin, Robert Correspondence Anderson, William, 1953-1970 2 GROUP K – Z, 1955-1969 (2 folders) Hoover, Allan Correspondence Anderson, William, 1958-1969 3 Herbert Hoover Birthplace Foundation Correspondence Anderson, William, 1954-1966 Construction with Contractors Automatic Sprinkler Co. of America, 1965 4 Properties and general construction Director’s house, 1963-1965 5 Topical files Anderson, William, 1965 6 Belgian American Education Foundation Suit Correspondence, 1962-1971
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