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			 ETHEL GRACE RENSCH GENEALOGY COLLECTION, 1920-1975 
			2 linear feet, 2 linear inches (5 manuscript boxes) 
			Herbert Hoover Presidential Library 
			BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 
			Ethel Grace Rensch was a first cousin of Herbert Hoover. She was married to Hero Rensch. 
			SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE 
			This is a collection of genealogical materials about the Hoover and Minthorn families. The research was done at the request of Theodore Hoover and was the basis for the book Genealogy of the Herbert Hoover Family, compiled by Hulda Hoover McLean. 
			It contains correspondence with relatives, genealogists, historical societies and libraries. It also includes family recollections, research notes, compilations, charts, and lists. The recollections of Ann Minthorn Heald, Herbert Hoover's aunt, describe her childhood, the Minthorn family, life in Canada, the journey to Iowa, and their life in West Branch. These recollections cover the period 1842 to 1875. 
			FOLDER LIST 
			Box Contents 
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			Adams, Jane E., May 18, 1931‑Nov 16, 1932 
			Atkison. Hulda Marshall, Feb 1929 
			Articles by Ethel Grace Rensch 
			A Canadian Childhood. Ann Minthorn Heald, 1842‑1859, Memories Recreated in Descriptive Narratives, 1975 
			From Ann Minthorn Heald, Memories. Transition and Epilogue, 1859 to 1866 
			Baker Family, Jan 8, 1931 
			Battey, Thomas J, June 1, 1930 
			Baumaun, Mrs. E. W., Feb 1‑Aug 4, 1929 
			Bemora, Irene T., Dec 4, 1928 
			Boynton Family, undated 
			Brainard, Harvey W., July 22, 1931‑May 4, 1932 (genealogist) 
			Buck Family, Apr 4. 1932 
			Bunting Family, Jan 8, 1931 
			Caswell, Mabel Heald, Nov 16, 1928 
			Chambers, Charles O., July 4, 1930 
			Christian Science Monitor, July 1928 ‑ Mar 1929 
			Cook, Ben, Mar 30, 1898 
			Corcoran, Marie, Jan 25, 1929 
			Collyer, Ron, Nov 10, 1928 
			Covell, Bessie C., Dec 1928 
			Cox, John, Jan 8, 1931‑Oct 5, 1933 and undated (genealogist) 
			Dickson, Ernest T., May 21, 1929‑1934 and undated (genealogist) 
			Dudley‑Bradstreet Families – Notes, charts, and data, undated 
			Eldridge Families – Research notes, May 4, 1932 
			Ely, Warren S., May 11‑Aug 31, 1931 (genealogist) 
			Faithorn, Florence W., Dec 4, 1928‑Jan 30, 1929 
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			Genealogical Charts ‑ Various blank forms 
			Genealogical Sources, 1929‑1933 
			Gilbert Families – Chart, undated 
			Greenlaw, Arnold, June 9, 1934 
			Grey Family Charts, undated 
			Grout Family, 1929‑1933 
			Hammer, Laura, undated 
			Hammer, Margaret, undated 
			Hammer, Phoebe Minthorn and Family 
			Margaret Hammer's Narrative of Her mother – Notes, undated 
			Harvey, Mary Heald, 1929‑1930 
			Haworth Family, Correspondence and Chart, Jan 8‑ Aug 31, 1931 
			Heald Family ‑ Research Notes and Chart, Feb 1960 
			Herbert Hoover: Son of American Pioneers by Ethel Grace Rensch – First Draft, 1928 
			Herbert Hoover: Son of American Pioneers – Letters of Appreciation, 1928‑1929 
			Hogan, Lloyd J., July 23, 1928-Sep 1, 1931 (genealogist, cousin) 
			Hopper, Blanche Miles, Jan 1931 
			Hoover, Herbert, Mar 30, 1898 
			Hoover, Lou Henry, Nov 10, 1930 
			Hoover, Theodore J., Mar 14, 1932-Oct 26, 1935 
			Hoover Genealogy, 1920‑1933 
			Hoover‑Minthorn Genealogy – Duplicate Letters Nos. 1‑5. Suggestions for Letters, 1929 
			Hoover‑Minthorn Family Research Tour Plans, 1928‑1930 
			Hoover‑Minthorn Genealogy Outline 
			Dr. Dickson's Investigation, 1930 
			Hopkinson Family, undated 
			Huit Family ‑ Chart 
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			Jewett Family – Charts, undated 
			Johnson, Maurice, Dec 19, 1928 
			Kelsey Family – Chart, undated 
			Leavitt, Mary “May”  Van Ness, Dec 1928 
			Lee, Martha L., Nov 28, 1928 
			Lewis, Carll A., Apr 19, 1931 and undated (genealogist) 
			Lewis Family – Correspondence and Charts, 1931‑1932 
			Lewin, Mrs. William H., Feb 20, 1931-Mar 13, 1931(genealogist) 
			McLauchlin, J. C.,  Mar 1931 
			McLean, Hulda Hoover, undated 
			McLees, N., Jan 20, 1935 
			Marshall, Ellen Minthorn, undated 
			Marshall, James G., Jan 5, 1929 
			Marshall, Mary C. – Clipping, undated 
			Marston, M. Alice (Day), Jan 4, 1932 
			Martin, Evangeline, undated (Herbert Hoover's Sunday School Teacher, Newberg) 
			Merrick Family, Jan 8, 1931 
			Miles, Benjamin Clark, July 30, 1929 
			Miles, Agnes, Nov 9, 1927 
			Minthorn, Alonzo, Aug 10, 1928‑Feb 8, 1931 
			Minthorn, George, Mar 23, 1931 
			Minthorn, Gertrude, Mar 3, 1929 
			Minthorn, Henry John – Notes, Printed Material, Correspondence, 1920-1929 
			Minthorn, Hulda Randall – Letters, 1861‑1865 
			Minthorn, Irene, Apr 23, 1931 
			Minthorn, Isaac S., 1922 
			Minthorn, Joshua, Jan 1, 1929‑Dec 26, 1932 
			Minthorn, Marian H., Mar 4, 1972‑June 1973 
			Minthorn, Marion, Oct 1928‑Jan 1932 
			Minthorn, Martin, Feb 24, 1929 
			Minthorn, Matilda Atkinson, Feb 1, 1929 
			Minthorn, Maude and Pennington, Oct 1927‑Dec 1931 
			Minthorn, Sherman, Feb 1929 
			Minthorn, Theodore Descendants, May 28, 1935 
			Minthorn, W. B., Feb 12, 1929 
			Minthorn Chronology – Connecticut Colony by Ethel Rensch, undated 
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			Minthorn Genealogy – Charts, compilations  
			Notes, etc, 1929‑1931 
			Minthorn Genealogy – Correspondence, 1929‑1931 
			Minthorn Memories – Memories of Ann Minthorn Heald, 1928 
			Minthorn Lines – Compilation 1630‑1930, 1930 
			Minthorn – Masonic Membership, 1931, 1972 
			Minthorn‑Sherwood Genealogy – Compiled by Hero and Ethel Rensch, 1929‑1931 
			Mott, K. S. – Article on Herbert Hoover's Ancestors, Apr 19, 1930 
			Murray, A. T., Mar 13, 1931 
			Nelson, Mrs, F. C., Jan 1, 1929 
			Odell, Harriette Miles, 1932‑1933 and undated 
			Pearson Family, undated 
			Pennington, Levi T., July‑Aug 1929 
			Randall Family – The Family of Comly Randall by Ernest G. Dickson, undated 
			Reaben, Maud Pearl, Jan‑Nov 1928 
			Rensch, Mrs, E., Do and Grace, undated (mother and sister of Hero Rensch) 
			Rensch, Ethel Grace – Correspondence and Chart, 1928‑1929 
			Research Notes, undated 
			Roper, Edith, Dec 1929 
			Salem (Oregon) Indian School, July 24, 1929 
			Scarborough Genealogy, 1931‑1932 
			Scott Family, 1929‑1932 
			Sherwood Genealogy, 1929‑1932 
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			Snyder, Mrs, Reginald Clare, 1931 
			Sons of the Revolution, 1931 
			Spofford Coat of Arms, undated 
			Strench, Mary (Mrs. William), 1929 
			Swan Family, undated 
			Tebbetts, Charles E., undated 
			Wasley Genealogy – Correspondence, 1929‑1936 
			Wasley Genealogy – Charts, Data, Compilation, Article, 1929‑1931 
			Wasley, Edgar L., 1928‑1929 
			Tool Genealogy – Correspondence, 1928‑1932 
			Tool Genealogy – Charts, Compilations, 1929‑1931 
			Tyler Genealogy, 1931 
			Wheeler Genealogy – History and Meaning of Name, undated 
			Webster, Lucy Jo, Nov‑Dec 1928 
			Winn Genealogy – Rensch Collection, 1929‑1931 
			Winn Genealogy – Correspondence, Charts, Data, 1930‑1932 
			Wise Family, undated 
			Woburn Family, undated 
			  
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