Reminiscences of Herbert Clark Hoover : oral history, 1950.

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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...

Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

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Historian, journalist and educator. He attended the University of Illinois where he earned a B. A. 1912 and an M. A. in English, 1913. Nevins moved to New York to work and eventually was made a Professor of History at Columbia University. Wrote numerous biographies and articles on history. President of the American History Association in 1959. Helped found the Society of American Historians. From the description of Commencement address, June 1953. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Librar...

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McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944

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Evangelist, radio speaker, founder of International Church of the Foursquare Gospel; born Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy to Canadian parents on October 9, 1890; married Robert Semple in 1908; went together to China as missionaries but she returned to the United States in 1911 with her baby daughter after Robert's death; in 1912, she married Harold McPherson, who she divorced in 1921; began to travel as an independent evangelist in 1916; eventually settled in Los Angeles, where in 1923 she founded the I...

Hill, Frank Ernest, 1888-1969

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Frank Ernest Hill, under the auspices of Columbia University, collaborated with Allan Nevins in the 1950s on the first two volumes of a comprehensive history of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company. He co-authored a third volume. From the description of Frank Ernest Hill papers, 1950-1966. (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 53929808 Journalist, author. From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Ernest Hill : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the...