Birge M. Clark papers, 1917-1989.

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Birge M. Clark papers, 1917-1989.

Memoirs, diaries, military operational report summaries, army manuals, printed matter, and photographs, relating to aerial and artillery operations of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, and to the acquaintanceship of B. M. Clark with Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover and his design of the Hoover House on the Stanford University campus.

1 ms. box, 2 oversize boxes.

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Clark, Birge M. (Birge Malcolm), 1893-

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Professor A.B. Clark and his son, Palo Alto architect Birge Clark, served as advising architects to Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover for their house on the Stanford campus. Mr. Clark received his A.B. from Stanford, 1914 and B.Arch from Columbia, 1917. From the description of Lou Henry Hoover House Papers, 1917-1960 (inclusive), 1917-1949 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500213 American architect; captain, United States Army Air Service; commanding officer, 3rd Balloon ...

United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

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Historical Note American Expeditionary Force The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was the U.S. military force in Europe during World War I. Although a division commanded by General John J. Pershing was sent to France in June 1917, most of the AEF was manned as a result of passage of the Selective Service Act (40 Stat. 76) by the U.S. Congress on 18 May 1917, creating the Selective Service System. The Act gave the president the p...

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...

Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944

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Lou Henry Hoover served as First Lady from 1929 to 1933 as the wife of the 31st President, Herbert Hoover. An avid Chinese linguist and geology scholar, she was also the first First Lady to make regular nationwide radio broadcasts. Admirably equipped to preside at the White House, Lou Henry Hoover brought to it long experience as wife of a man eminent in public affairs at home and abroad. She had shared his interests since they met in a geology lab at Leland Stanford University. She was a fre...

Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

United States. Army. Balloon Company, 3rd.

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