May Hoover Leavitt letters 1928-1952

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May Hoover Leavitt letters 1928-1952

Letters from Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover to M. H. Leavitt, relating to personal and family matters, and undated letters from the grandmother of Herbert Hoover to her grandchildren. Photocopy.

1 folder; (0.1 linear feet)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6656637

Hoover Institution Archives

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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...

Hoover family.

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Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944

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Lou Henry Hoover served as First Lady from 1929 to 1933 as the wife of the 31st President, Herbert Hoover. An avid Chinese linguist and geology scholar, she was also the first First Lady to make regular nationwide radio broadcasts. Admirably equipped to preside at the White House, Lou Henry Hoover brought to it long experience as wife of a man eminent in public affairs at home and abroad. She had shared his interests since they met in a geology lab at Leland Stanford University. She was a fre...

Leavitt, May Hoover.

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Biographical/Historical Note Sister of Herbert Hoover. From the guide to the May Hoover Leavitt letters, 1928-1952, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...