Sir Alfred Chester Beatty correspondence with Herbert Hoover 1909-1915

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Sir Alfred Chester Beatty correspondence with Herbert Hoover 1909-1915

Relates mainly to copper mining activities of the Kyshtim Corporation in the Ural region of Russia. Photocopy.

2 manuscript boxes; (0.8 linear feet)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6650955

Hoover Institution Archives

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Kyshtim Corporation.

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Beatty, Alfred Chester, Sir, 1875-1968

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American-British mining engineer; director, Kyshtim Corporation. From the description of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty correspondence, 1909-1915, with Herbert Hoover. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123401541 Epithet: mining engineer and art collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000412.0x000316 Biographical/Historical Note American-Britis...

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...