Calvin B. Hoover papers, 1929-1988 (bulk 1929-1968).

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Calvin B. Hoover papers, 1929-1988 (bulk 1929-1968).

Materials include correspondence, departmental files, reports, photographs, sound recordings, books, articles, clippings, scrapbooks, date books, and other printed materials. Major subjects of the collection are the economic conditions in the Soviet Union, Germany, and the United States in the 20th century; the administration of an academic department during wartime; Soviet economic policy; Soviet politics and government; the formation of New Deal agricultural policies in the South; and the Office of Strategic Services.

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