| ETHEL GRACE RENSCH GENEALOGY COLLECTION, 1920-19752 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 1 Adams, Jane E., May 18, 1931‑Nov 16, 1932Atkison. Hulda Marshall, Feb 1929
 Articles by Ethel Grace Rensch
 A Canadian Childhood. Ann Minthorn Heald, 1842‑1859, Memories Recreated in Descriptive Narratives, 1975From Ann Minthorn Heald, Memories. Transition and Epilogue, 1859 to 1866
 Baker Family, Jan 8, 1931Battey, 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
  2 Genealogical Charts ‑ Various blank formsGenealogical 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
 3 Jewett Family – Charts, undatedJohnson, 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
 4 Minthorn Genealogy – Charts, compilations  Notes, etc, 1929‑1931 Minthorn Genealogy – Correspondence, 1929‑1931Minthorn 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
 5 Snyder, Mrs, Reginald Clare, 1931Sons 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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