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… hoover secretary of commerce the commerce department had traditionally been a sleepy backwater primarily responsible for lighthouses and fisheries hoover made the commerce department a powerful organization with a mission to help business and industry become more profitable and efficient both for the owners and the workers hoover encouraged research into measures to counteract …
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… 15 cubic feet 6 cubic inches (31 lga-s boxes herbert hoover presidential library biographical note elliot a rosen was born in 1928 and earned his doctorate in history from new york university in 1954 his dissertation was titled growth of the american cities economic foundations of …
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… a quaker although as an adult he rarely attended meetings he held fast the quaker tenets the power of the individual the importance of freedom and the value of charity hoovers beliefs were also shaped by his training as a geologist—that scientific … properly employed leads to human progress he strongly believed in public service in 1914 hoover was living in london when world war i broke out in europe yearning for an opportunity for public service he immediately organized assistance for american travelers who were fleeing the war a …
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… manuscript collections - theodore j hoover theodore j hoover 1897- 7 linear inches (1 manuscript box i small manuscript box herbert hoover presidential library biographical note theodore hoover was born january 28 1871 three and a half years before his brother herbert scope and content note the papers …
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… 2 linear feet 2 linear inches (5 lga-s boxes herbert hoover presidential library biographical note lawrie tatum was born on may 22 1822 near mullica hill new jersey at the age of nine tatums parents george and lydia moved the family to goshen ohio where tatum remained until setting out for the territory of iowa at the age of 22 in the summer of 1844 initially tatum taught school in henry county but soon …
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… herbert hoover presidential library biographical note ruth sarles benedict was a peace activist with the national council for prevention of war who worked with the america first committee as senate lobbyist and chief researcher scope and content note the collection primarily contains business correspondence for the america first committee that served as the genesis of her history of the organization includes …
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… gift shop has a unique selection of souvenirs while the herbert hoover presidential library and museum is currently closed for museum renovations our gift shop is still available to visitors online to shop the herbert hoover presidential library and museum gift shop online visit the museum estore we look forward to sharing a new renovated gift shop when the museum reopens in summer 2026 even while were closed our …
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… the collection contains political cartoons collected by aldo rarick the cartoons are undated but are primarily from the world war ii era there are also cartoons about politics that run through john f kennedy there is also a folder containing newspaper clippings relating to presidents arranged alphabetically by topic or cartoonist folder list box contents 1 africa and rommel undated (2 items argentina brazil … food relief undated (3 items groups of cartoons with multiple topics undated (33 pages historical facts undated (7 items home front undated (12 items india and gandhi undated (10 items …
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… 2 linear feet 8 linear inches (6 lga-s boxes herbert hoover presidential library biographical note arthur kemp was born on january 29 1916 in buffalo new york degrees bs university of buffalo 1939 mba northwestern university 1940 phd new york university 1949 academic positions assistant professor earlham college richmond …
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… 2 linear inches (1 small manuscript box herbert hoover presidential library biographical note john callan olaughlin was born in washington dc on january 11 1873 he began his career as a journalist writing for the washington bureau of the new york herald from 1893 to 1902 after working for the associated press he was hired by the chicago tribune and worked as a …