Herbert Hoover Oral History Program interviews, 1966-1972.

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Herbert Hoover Oral History Program interviews, 1966-1972.

Interviews with political leaders, businessmen, military officers, journalists, writers, physicians, secretaries, aides, friends, and associates of Herbert Hoover, relating to their recollections of Hoover in various capacities, including relief work director, president of the United States, and chairman of the Hoover Commissions. Interviews sponsored by the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace.

26 ms. boxes, 3 phonotape reels.

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