Burt Brown Barker papers 1887-1966.

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Burt Brown Barker papers 1887-1966.

Correspondence, phonotapes, and school catalogs, relating to Herbert Hoover's youth, early schooling, and mining career in Australia. Includes correspondence between Herbert Hoover and B. B. Barker.

1 manuscript box, 4 phonotape reels; (0.8 linear feet)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6654784

Hoover Institution Archives

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Barker, Burt Brown, 1873-1969

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Director of the Federal Art Project in Portland, Oregon. From the description of Burt Brown Barker papers, 1935-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454097 Lawyer and college administrator, Barker donated a statue of the Pioneer Mother by Alexander Phimister Proctor to the University of Oregon in memory of his mother, Elvira Brown Barker, in 1932. From the description of Papers, 1932-1945 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122521918 ...

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...