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manuscript collections - mark hatfield herbert hoover collection mark hatfield herbert hoover collection 1941-2005 5 linear inches (1 manuscript box herbert hoover presidential library scope and content note this collection contains essays and correspondence relating to the project herbert hoover reassessed the essays were printed in the congressional record in 1979 and 1980 the collection also includes other materials about hoover collected by hatfield folder list box contents 1 mark hatfield …
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manuscript collections - theodore klumpp papers theodore klumpp papers 1 linear foot 4 linear inches (3 manuscript boxes herbert hoover presidential library biographical note theodore g klumpp was born in 1903 he was president of the pharmaceutical firm winthrop laboratories and chaired the medical services task force of the second hoover commission klumpp died september 10 1997 scope and content note the papers contain records of the medical services task force of the commission on the organization of …
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manuscript collections - rosalie slaughter morton papers rosalie slaughter morton papers 1895-1955 7 linear feet 2 linear inches (16 manuscript boxes 1 oversize box herbert hoover presidential library biographical note blanche rosalie slaughter morton was born in lynchburg virginia on october 28 1876 to john and mary slaughter she attended private schools in virginia and maryland in 1897 morton graduated from the womens medical college of pennsylvania she did postgraduate work in europe and finished her …
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manuscript collections - john flesher newsom papers john flesher newsom papers 1882-1928 2 linear feet 2 linear inches (5 manuscript boxes herbert hoover presidential library biographical note john flesher newsom geology professor and mining engineer was born on september 6 1869 in elizabethtown indiana newsom graduated from indiana university in 1891 and went to stanford where he was a classmate of herbert hoover he was an assistant professor of geology at indiana university before returning to …
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manuscript collections - edgar rickard papers edgar rickard papers 1925-1950 1 linear foot 9 liner inches (4 manuscript boxes herbert hoover presidential library biographical note edgar rickard was a mining engineer with experience in the united states mexico and australia he was working as a publisher of technical mining publications in san francisco and london when the first world war began rickard then joined the american relief committee which assisted americans returning to the united states he then …
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manuscript collections - herbert j miller papers herbert j miller papers 1923-1978 4 liner feet 5 linear inches (10 manuscript boxes herbert hoover presidential library biographical note herbert john miller was born in heron lake minnesota on november 17 1894 he attended the university of minnesota in 1917 and the sorbonne in 1918 he organized the minnesota taxpayers association in 1924 and served as executive secretary from 1927 to 1930 miller was president of the minneapolis civic and commerce …
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manuscript collections - laurine anderson small papers laurine anderson small papers 1902-1975 11 linear inches (2 lga-s boxes herbert hoover presidential library biographical note laurine anderson small began working as a secretary for herbert hoover in london in 1910 she worked for him periodically during world war i and helped in washington d c during the 1928 campaign she became a family friend scope and content note the papers contain correspondence statements articles clippings and an account of …
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manuscript collections - hugh r wilson papers hugh r wilson papers 1923-1940 1 linear foot 9 linear inches (4 lga-s boxes herbert hoover presidential library biographical note hugh r wilson was born in 1885 at evanston illinois graduated from yale university in 1906 and married katharine bogle in 1914 wilson served in numerous positions for the foreign service from 1911 to 1941 with notable postings in berlin and tokyo before serving as the ambassador to germany from 1938 to 1939 from 1927 to 1933 wilson …
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manuscript collections - charles a mcmanus jr papers charles a mcmanus jr papers 1957-1990 3 linear feet 1 linear inch (7 manuscript boxes herbert hoover presidential library biographical note born june 4 1927 charles a mcmanus jr left an administrative post at us steel to become a political consultant in 1959 working with republican administrations and legislators to elect conservative candidates mcmanus was associated for 16 years with americans for constitutional action (aca working closely with acas …
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… early 1920s when commercial passenger service was its infancy in those simpler times there were no overnight air mail deliveries no licensing qualifications for pilots no safety standards for aircraft and almost no regularly scheduled passenger … cancelled all air mail contracts with commercial airlines in february 1934 henceforth the airmail would be delivered by the us army air corps despite a valiant effort the air corps soonproved ill-equipped and too disorganized to … from employment with any of the major airlines a half million dollars of air corps equipment was destroyed and twelve lives were lost private operators had been receiving an average of 54 cents per mile to fly the mail in 1933 the cost of …