Tatum, Lawrie papers, 1847-ca. 1930.

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Tatum, Lawrie papers, 1847-ca. 1930.

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Contains Lawrie Tatum's diary, written while he was Kiowa Indian Agent at Fort Sill, Indian Territory, 1869-1871. Includes photocopies of Tatum family correspondence, chiefly letters sent to and from Lawrie and his wife Mary Ann Dean Tatum. Also contains copies of biography of Lawrie Tatum; accounts of the founding of the Friends Meeting and a school in Springdale, Iowa; account books from the Kiowa Agency; report of his guardianship of Mary Hoover; and other Tatum papers.

0.5 linear ft. (1 archives box)

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7621336

Iowa State Historical Society

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Hoover, Theodore J. (Theodore Jesse), 1871-1955

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Dean, College of Engineering, Stanford University (1925-1936); mining engineer; brother of Herbert Hoover. From the description of Memoranda, being a statement by an engineer, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70969425 Theodore Jesse Hoover (1871-1955), brother of President Herbert Hoover, was a career engineer. He was the dean of the College of Engineering at Stanford University from 1925 to 1936. From the description of Hoover, Theodore J. (Theodore Jesse), ...

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...

Tatum, Mary Ann

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Springdale Monthly Meeting of Friends (Springdale, Iowa)

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Hoover, Mary Blanche, 1876-1953.

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Tatum, Lawrie.

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Lawrie Tatum was born in 1822 and came to Cedar County, Iowa in 1844. He married Mary Ann Dean in 1848 and had four sons and a daughter. Tatum helped to found the Springdale Quaker meeting and was known as a friend to runaway slaves travelling on the Underground railroad. He served as Indian Agent for the Kiowa tribe in Fort Sill, Indian Territory and wrote the book "Our Red Brothers." He was appointed legal guardian for Herbert Hoover and his siblings when Hoover's parents died. Tatum also help...

West Branch Monthly Meeting of Friends (West Branch, Iowa)

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Kiowa Nation

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