Goodwill tour of President-elect Hoover to Latin American republics : photograph album, 1928-1929.

Bell, Edward Price, 1869-1943

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Chicago reporter and foreign correspondent. In 1900, Chicago Record publisher Victor Lawson asked Bell to manage the fledgling foreign news service of that newspaper, and Bell and his family relocated to London. When Lawson sold the Chicago Record a year later, its foreign news service transferred to the Chicago Daily News, and Bell remained in London for the next twenty-two years as overseas manager. During this time, the foreign news service of the Chicago Daily News b...

Dutcher, Rodney.

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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...

Maryland (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by J. Folger; owner-agent: Samuel Rodman & Co. From the description of Log/journal, 1821 May 2-1824 Nov. 5 [microform]. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013838 ...

Irwin, Will, 1873-1948

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Author and journalist, Irwin earned his a.b. in English at Stanford University in 1899. From the description of Will Irwin photograph album, 1894-1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448940 American journalist and author. From the description of Will Irwin papers, 1890-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868814 Biographical/Historical Sketch Author and journalist, Irwin earned his a.b. in Engli...

Sullivan, Mark T.

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Sims, William Phillip.

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Stokes, Thomas A.

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Akerson, George E. (George Edward), 1888-1937

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George Edward Akerson (1889-1937) was Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce from 1925 to 1928, and press secretary to Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1931. From the description of Akerson, George E. (George Edward), 1888-1937 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10611083 ...

Frantz, Harry W.

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Harry Warner Frantz attended Stanford University 1913-1917, 1919; he was a member of the Stanford Ambulance section during World War I (1917-1918). Frantz worked as a correspondent for United Press and contributed to various publications. From the description of Harry W. Frantz papers, 1917-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 703381642 Frantz wrote chiefly for the Latin American service of United Press. After the Hoover tour, Frantz made four large ...

Beamish, Richard, 1934-

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West, James L.W.

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English professor and William Styron biographer. From the description of Papers, 1946-1991. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36005112 ...

LaVoy, Merl

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Merl LaVoy, one of the first internationally famous news photographers, was born in 1886. He was a Wisconsin native, but after his parents died when he was still a young boy, LaVoy moved to Oregon to live with his uncle. In 1907, LaVoy worked for the Great Northern Development Company, which was prospecting for copper on the Kotsina River in Alaska. In 1910, LaVoy agreed to join Herschel Parker and Belmore Browne as an expedition photographer for their 1912 hike of Mt. McKinley (the highest peak...