Cedar County collections, 1834-1997.

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Cedar County collections, 1834-1997.

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Materials relating to Cedar County, Iowa, history including correspondence (1861-1883), land grant (1952), land deed (1852), abstract of property title (1851-1963), enlistment papers and bounty land application (1834), atlases, maps, newspapers (1852-1940), articles, film, census of Cedar County (1880 and 1900), census of Iowa (1900), copybook, account book (1914), postcards (1905-1915), genealogies of local Quaker families (1900-1974), clippings, autograph book (1881-1902), scrapbooks, pamphlets (1938), photographs (1884-1928), record books/minutes of the West Branch Friends Church, West Branch Bank records (1879-1880), record book of the West Branch Heritage Foundation (1973-1988), drawings, sketches, and plans for the Hoover Library, ms. written by Theodore Hoover, fire insurance maps of West Branch/Hoover homesite (1872-1927), and school pupil list (1880) and funeral records (1902-1909) from West Branch, Iowa.

12 microfilm reels.

Herbert Hoover Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8058545

Herbert Hoover Library

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Herbert Hoover Library

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West Branch Bank (West Branch, Iowa)

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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...

Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

West Branch Friends Church (West Branch, Iowa)

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Hoover, Hulda Minthorn, 1848-1884

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Mother of Herbert Hoover. From the description of Hulda Randall Minthorn Hoover letters, 1861-1883, to friends and relatives. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869178 Biographical/Historical Note Mother of Herbert Hoover. From the guide to the Hulda Randall Minthorn Hoover letters to friends and relatives, 1861-1883, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...