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Adair, Fred Lyman: Papers, 1915-65. Physician, American Red Cross, France and Belgium, 1918-19. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Ableiter, J. Kenneth: Papers, 1926-79. Soil scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, unpublished autobiography. .5 linear foot.

Akerson, George Edward: Papers, 1918-37. Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce,1925-28; press secretary to Herbert Hoover, 1929-31. 10 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 67-1259, RLIN.

Allardice, Corbin C.: Collection, 1955-58. Adviser on Atomic Energy to International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1957-58. 1 linear foot, container list.

Anderson, William B.: Papers, 1884-1974. President emeritus of the Herbert Hoover Birthplace Foundation; played a leading role in the development of the Hoover Library and Historic Site. 7 linear feet, container list.

Anthony, Edward: Collection, 1928. Publicity director of the Hoover for President Committee, New York office, 1928. 2 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Arnold, Ralph: Collection, 1920. Vice chairman, Hoover Republican Club, 1920. Electrostatic copies from microfilm. Originals at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. 1 linear foot, container list.

Baarslag, Karl: Collection, 1927-65. Minutes, reports, and printed materials of the National Maritime Union, the American Radio Telegraphists Association, and the Communist Party, USA. 4 linear feet, preliminary inventory, RLIN.

Ballantine, Arthur A.: Papers, 1900-60. Lawyer; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1931-32; Under Secretary, of the Treasury, 1932-33. 13 linear feet, register, NUCMC 79-1734, RLIN.

Barker, Burt Brown: Collection, 1887-1965. Lawyer; vice president, Oregon University; lifelong friend of Herbert Hoover. Contains insights into Hoover's early life in Oregon. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Barnard, Harry: Collection, 1920-64. Biographer, journalist. Includes Barnard's Herbert Hoover clippings file. 1 linear foot.

Belgian-American Education Foundation (BAEF): Papers, 1919-64. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts, and published materials. Subjects include the American Relief Administration (ARA), Commission for the Relief of Belgium, restoration of the Louvain (Belgium) Library, Hoover Institution, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, ARA Association, American Child Health Association, and Better Homes in America. The BAEF was founded by Herbert Hoover to promote Belgian-American friendship through projects such as the rebuilding of Belgian universities, and the exchange of graduate students, educational resources, and child welfare/school health programs in the United States and Belgium. 223 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Bewick, Moreing and Company: Collection, 1885-68. Copies of Hooveriana in the files of a British mining firm in which Herbert Hoover was an employee and partner, 1897-1908. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Bornet, Vaughn D.: Collection, 1921-76. Research historian; author; biographer of Herbert Hoover. 2 linear feet, (closed pending processing).

Bougerie, Elmer H.: Papers, 1928-57. Foreign service officer, Africa, Mexico City, and Bonn, West Germany, 1941-61. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Bowman, Gertrude L.: Papers, 1914-67. Close friend and associate of Lou Henry Hoover, 1914-44; National Girl Scouts Little House; member, library staff, Republican National Committee Headquarters, Washington, DC. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Bricker Amendment: Collection, 1952-54. Memoranda, reports, speeches, pamphlets, hearings, and notes in support of the passage of the Bricker amendment to the Constitution limiting the scope of U.S. treaties and establishing controls on the powers of the President in negotiations and executive agreements. Donated by Roger Lea MacBride. 2 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Brigham, Margaret Hoover: Collection, 1910-63. Oldest grandchild of President and Mrs. Hoover. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Brown, Harriet Connor: Papers, 1877-1959. Author, journalist, civil servant, and social and political activist in women's suffrage and world disarmament. 9 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Brown, Herbert D.: Papers, 1890-1953. Industrial relations consultant; Chief, U.S. Bureau of Efficiency, 1916-33. 9 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Butler, Philippi Harding: Papers, 1913-77. Personal secretary to Lou Henry Hoover, 1920-24, 1929-33, and intermittently through 1943. 3 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Campbell, Mildred Hall: Papers, 1911-67. Secretary to Lou Henry Hoover, 1927-34. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Carpenter, Delph E.: Papers, 1922-45. Lawyer; one of the key members of the Colorado River Commission. 3 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 79-1735, RLIN.

Carren, Mollie Brown: Papers, 1928-64. Miss Carren was on of Herbert Hoover's teachers in the West Branch elementary school. .5 linear feet, container list.

Castle, William Richards, Jr.: Papers, 1917-68. Chief, Division of Western European Affairs, Department of State, 1921-27; Assistant Secretary of State, 1927-30; Ambassador to Japan, 1930; Under Secretary of State, 1931-33. 19 linear feet, register, NUCMC 72-1437, RLIN.

Cedar County Collection: Collection, 1834-1997. A collection of historical information about Cedar County, IA from a variety of sources. 9 linear feet, container list.

Chicago Daily News: Herbert Hoover Clippings Files, 1916-55. News stories that appeared in the Chicago Daily News during these years. 2 linear feet.

Clark, Fred G.: Papers, 1921-89. Founder and chairman, American Economic Foundation and the Young Crusaders, an anti-Prohibition organization that later became an antiracketeering group; moderator of the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) radio program Wake Up America, 1939-46; author of four books on economics. 8 linear feet.

Cole, Wayne S., Research Collection, 1930-1964. Historian of isolationism and Professor of History, Iowa State University, 1954-1965; University of Maryland, 1965-1992. 11 linear feet, container list. (closed pending processing.)

Colegrove, Kenneth W.: Papers, 1896-1974. Professor of political science, Northwestern University, 1919-52; consultant, Office of Strategic Services, 1943-45; political consultant, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters, Tokyo, Japan, 1946; editor in chief, Institute of Fiscal and Political Education, New York City, 1954-58; professor, history and political science, C. W. Post College, Long Island University, 1959-69; senior research associate, Center for Study of the Presidency, New York City, 1970-75. 40 linear feet, register, RLIN.

Cooper, Maurice R.: Papers, 1930-65. Economist, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1930-65. 13 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Cornwall, Grace: Collection, 1918-76. Secretary to Arch W. Shaw, publisher, Chicago, IL. 1 linear foot, container list.

Croxton, Frederick C.: Papers, 1871-1939. Member, President's Emergency Committee for Employment (PECE), 1930-31; Assistant Director, President's Organization of Unemployment Relief (POUR), 1913-32; administrator of relief funds under the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1932-33. 1 linear foot, container list, NUCMC 79-1736, RLIN.

Dahlberg, Arthur O.: Papers, 1927-81. Author of nine books on economics; founder, U.S. Economics corporation; consultant to the Hoover administration; contributor to the National Economic Recovery Plan for the Roosevelt administration. 5.5 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Davis, Roy Tasco: Papers, 1901-58. Educator; Minister to Costa Rica, 1921-29; Minister to Panama, 1929-33; Ambassador to Haiti, 1953-57. 2 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 79-1737, RLIN.

DeVriese, Peter H.: Papers, 1937-63. Information specialist, Bureau of Agricultural Economics; Agricultural Adjustment Administration, and other agencies within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1 linear foot, (closed pending processing).

Douglas, James H., Jr.: Papers, 1927-33. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1932-33. 2 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Drescher, George C.: Papers, 1933-53. Director, Presidential Protection Division, Secret Service agent, 1919-53; White House Secret Service detail before, during, and after Herbert Hoover's presidency. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Dunn, Rogers C.: Papers, 1935-85. Political analyst; founder, Dunn Survey, an analysis of the relationship between government and public opinion. 2 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Durand, Edward Dana: Papers, 1906-59. Partly on microfilm. Economist; member, U.S. Food Administration, 1917-19; adviser to food minister of Poland, 1919-21; Chief, Eastern European Division, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, 1921; Chief, Division of Statistical Research, Department of Commerce, 1924-29; Statistical Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce, 1929; Chief Economist, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1930-35; commissioner, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1935-52. 3 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 72-1438, RLIN.

Engel, Walter: Papers, 1929-87. Political commentator, Voice of America, 1946-56; U.S. Foreign Service, West Germany, 1956-67; director of and actor in "political cabaret" in Austria, 1930's. 3 linear feet, (closed pending processing).

Edison, Charles: Collection, 1951-68. Secretary of the Navy, 1939-40 and governor of New Jersey, 1941-44. Edison was a friend of Herbert Hoover. The focus of the collection is on the activities of Herbert Hoover. .5 linear feet, container list.

Evans, Ralph: Papers, 1951-70. Private secretary to Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, 1919-20; secretary to U.S. Congressman Harry E. Hull, 1921-24; joined Palmer enterprises (radio stations), Davenport, IA, becoming executive vice president, 1925-61; trustee and member of the Executive Committee, Herbert Hoover Birthplace Foundation, 1955-73. 3 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Collection, 1916-34. Electrostatic copies of the Benjamin Strong-Montagu Norman correspondence and cables, 1916-28, and selected copies from other files in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 3 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors: Collection, 1917-47. Copies of selected correspondence, memoranda, and reports about Herbert Hoover's relationship with Federal Reserve Board members. Walter Wyatt Collection, 1924-73. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Feiker, Frederick M.: Papers, 1910-55. Assistant to Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, 1921-22; special agent, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 1922-23; expert consultant, Department of Commerce, 1923-31. 11 linear feet, container list, RLIN

Fraser, Bernard H.: Papers, 1939-41. Member, Commission for Polish Relief and the National Committee on Food for the Small Democracies, 1939-41; member, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 1947-77. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Frey, Loretta Camp: Collection, 1920-72. Finnish Relief Fund; secretary to Herbert Hoover, 1941-64. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Geisse, John H.: Papers, 1928-88. Chief, Bureau of Air Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration, 1933-49; Inventor of aviation devices. 3 linear feet, container list, RLIN.           

Gibson, Hugh: Collection, 1910-30; 1946-47. Secretary of legation, Havana, Cuba, 1911-13, Brussels, 1914-16; secretary, U.S. Embassy, London, May 1916; Department of State, February 1917; first secretary, U.S. Embassy, Paris, March 1918; duty with Herbert Hoover, November 1918-April 1919; first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Poland, April 1919; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland, 1924-27; Ambassador to Belgium and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Luxemburg, 1927-33; observer on Herbert Hoover's Famine Emergency Trips, 1946 and 1947. 2 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Gompers, Samuel: Collection, 1917-24. President, American Federation of Labor; member, President's First Industrial Conference, 1919; member, President's Unemployment Conference, 1921. Artificial collection created from correspondence within the Herbert Hoover Papers, the Gompers Letterbooks, Library of Congress; and Gompers correspondence in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Goodrich, James P.: Papers, 1877-1941. Governor of Indiana; appointed by President Hoover as member of the International St. Lawrence Waterway Committee and the National Conservation Committee; member, Russian Relief Committee; member, Republican National Committee. 12 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Goodykoontz, Bess: Papers, 1921-1964. Educator and administrator, U.S. Bureau of Education (1929-1960). 2 linear feet.

Grady, Paul Franklin: Papers, 1938-67. Accountant; Chairman, Task Force on Lending Agencies, First and Second Hoover Commissions 1948, 1953-54. 2 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 72-1439, RLIN.

Greenshields, Elco L.: Papers, 1935-89. Agricultural economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1935-63; Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, 1960-73; consultant to the World Bank and other United Nations agencies through 1988. 17 linear feet, container list.

Handleman, Howard M.: Papers, 1933-1975. Journalist for International News Service and

US News and World Report

. Research notes and articles of major stories around the world. 34 linear feet.

Gross, Harold R.: Papers, 1949-77. U.S. Representative from Iowa, 1947-74. 204 linear feet, (closed pending processing).

Hastings, George A.: Papers, 1904-64. Administrative assistant to President Hoover, 1931-32; extension director, White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, 1932-33. 5 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Hatfield, Mark O.: Collection, 1894, 1941, 1963, and 1979. U.S. Senator, from Oregon, 1967-present. Includes essays published in Herbert Hoover Reassessed, 1981. 1 linear foot, container list.

Henry, John M.: Papers, 1942-81. Correspondence, reports, minutes, published and unpublished manuscripts, photographs, J. N. "Ding" Darling cartoons and other materials pertaining to his activities as a journalist; editor; writer; member, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association and J. N. "Ding" Darling Foundation. 16 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Hereford, Rockwell: Collection, 1876-1984. Biographer of Henry M. Robinson, who was a banker and fiscal policy adviser to Herbert Hoover. 6 linear feet, (closed pending processing).

Hickenlooper, Bourke B.: Papers, 1934-71. Governor of Iowa, 1942-45; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1945-69, chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 1945-69 and member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. 417 linear feet, register, RLIN. The Hickenlooper papers are divided into twelve series. To access a series directly, click on its title below.

     1. Pre-Gubernatorial Series (1934-42)

     2 . Gubernatorial Series (1942-45)

     3. Senate Committees (1945-69)

     4. Executive Departments

     5. Executive Office of the President

     6. Independent Agencies

     7. Legislative

     8. Personal

     9. Political

     10. Topical

     11. Trips and Speeches

     12 . Post-Senatorial Series (1969-71)

Hinsdale, Lester J.: Collection, 1895-1934

Hodges, Campbell Blackshear: Diaries (1930-36), scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs, 1929-36. Military aide to President Hoover, 1929-33; 14th Infantry, Canal Zone, 1933-36. 1 linear foot, container list, NUCMC 79-1738, RLIN.

Holthusen, Henry F.: Papers, 1942-72. Foreign service officer in Japan, Turkey, and Egypt. 7 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Holt, Patrick M.: Papers, 1950-1987. Newspaperman and consultant to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 4.2 linear feet.

Holtz, William: Collection, 1910-90. Professor of English, Universtiy of Missouri, Columbia. Consists of research materials gathered during the writing of his book Ghost in the Little House concerning the writing of the Little House series. 12 linear feet, container list.

Hoover, Allan: Papers, 1873-1962 (Accession 846). Son of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover. Large section of family correspondence. 3 linear feet

Hoover, Herbert: Letters and telegrams to Theodore Hoover, 1897-1907. 1 linear foot, container list.

Hoover, Lou Henry: Papers, 1874-1973. Wife of thirty-first President of the United States. 182 linear feet, register, RLIN. The Hoover papers are divided into five series. To access a series directly, click on its title below.

     1. Personal Correspondence Series

     2. Subject File Series

     3. White House General File Series

     4. White House Social File Series

     5. Girl Scouts and Other Groups Series

Hoover, Theodore: Author of Memoranda, Being a Statement by an Engineer (1939). Brother of Herbert Hoover; dean, College of Engineering, Stanford University, 1925-36. 1 linear foot, container list.

Hunt, Edward Eyre: Collection, 1904-59. Member, Committee on Elimination of Waste in Industry, Federated American Engineering Societies, 1920; secretary, U.S. Coal Commission, 1922-23; secretary, President's Emergency Committee on Employment, 1930-31; secretary, President's Research Committee on Recent Social Trends, 1930-33. Electrostatic copies. 3 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Johnson, Joseph E.: Papers, 1950-90. Diplomat; special representative of the Conciliation Commission for Palestine; service with the U.S. State Department and the United Nations. 4 linear feet.

Joslin, Theodore G.: Papers, 1913-37. Secretary to President Hoover, 1931-33; Washington representative, Babson Statistical Organization, Inc., 1933-36. 9 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Kemp, Arthur: Collection, 1952-59. Professor, Claremont (CA) Men's College, 1953-present; editorial and research assistant to Herbert Hoover, 1943-53. 3 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Kizis, Frank: Collection, 1928-34. Secretary-stenographer to Herbert Hoover during the 1928 and 1932 election campaigns and during Hoover's good-will tour of Latin America in 1928. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Klumpp, Theodore G.: Collection, 1948 and 1953-64. Physician; business executive; Chairman, Medical Services Task Force, Second Hoover Commission, 1953-55. Printed material. 1 linear foot, container list.

Knight, Frances G.: Papers, 1910-1989 (bulk, 1955-1977). Longtime director of the Passport Office within the State Department, and in this capacity, advocate of greater security and tighter controls against document fraud. 48.7 linear feet.

Lane, Rose Wilder: Papers, 1865-1969. Journalist; author of The Making of Herbert Hoover (1920), Give Me Liberty (1936), Discovery of Freedom (1943), and novels and short stories; editor, Economic Council Review of Books, 1945-50. Daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder whose papers constitute a series within this collection. 30 linear feet, register (donor has retained copyright properties), RLIN.

Latin America Trip-Argentina: Collection, 1928. Spanish language scrapbook. 1 linear foot.

Laughlin, Irwin B.: Papers, 1905-40. Secretary and counselor, U.S. Embassy, London, 1912-19; Ambassador to Greece, 1924-26; Ambassador to Spain, 1929-33. 17 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 79-1742, RLIN.

Leach, Paul R.: Collection, 1946-64. Correspondent, 1910-33, and chief, Washington bureau, Chicago Daily News 1933-45; chief, Washington bureau, Knight newspapers, 1945-56. .5 linear feet, RLIN.

Lipman, Ruth Fessler: Collection, 1899-1981. Secretary to Lou Henry Hoover, 1928-31. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Lucas, Robert H.: Papers, 1910-49. Lawyer; active in Kentucky Republican politics 1917-47; U.S. Collector of internal revenue, Kentucky, 1921-29; Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1929-30; executive director, Republican National Committee, 1931-32. 5 linear feet, register, NUCMC 83-401, RLIN.

MacChesney, Nathan William: Papers, 1896-1955. Lawyer; director, Organization Bureau, National Republican Committee, 1928-32; Minister to Canada (unconfirmed), 1932-33; consul general to Thailand (Chicago), 1924-54. 22 linear feet, register, NUCMC 72-1440, RLIN.

MacCracken, William P., Jr.: Papers, 1836, 1922-70. Lawyer; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, 1926-29. 46 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 79-1743, RLIN.

MacDonald, D.C.: Papers, 1932-46. Xerox copies of selected portions of the McDonald Papers from the Fritz Library, University of North Dakota. Primarily correspondence of the Grand Forks(ND) chapter of America First. .5 linear feet, container list.

McGrath, Myra: Collection, 1921-69. Secretary to Herbert Hoover. Primarily clippings and printed materials. 1 linear foot, container list.

McGruder, John L.: Papers, 1952-1992. Administrator and consultant for various agencies of federal government, including the Atomic Energy Commission (1951-1962), the Second Hoover Commission (1954-1955) and the Department of Transportation (1967-1978). 18 linear feet.

McGruder, John L.: Collection, 1961-62. Director, Division of Plans, Atomic Energy Commission, 1958-62. 11 linear feet, (closed pending processing).

McKelvie, Samuel R.: Collection, 1920-52. Member, Federal Farm Board, 1929-31. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

McKlveen & Carney: Collection, 1959-72. Architects, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. Shop drawings, plats, specifications. 4 linear feet, inventory.

MacLafferty, James H.: Papers, including diary, 1922-42. U.S. Representative from California, 1922-25; assistant to Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, 1925-27; member, Speaker's Bureau, Republican Party; liaison officer between Congress and the President, 1929-33. 1 linear foot, container list and index, RLIN (literary property rights reside with Hoover Institution).

McLean, Hulda Hoover: Papers, 1832-1985. Niece of Herbert Hoover; author, of Genealogy of the Herbert Hoover Family (1967) and Uncle Bert, A Biographical Portrait of Herbert Hoover (1974). 5 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

MacNeil, Neil: Papers, 1941-68. Editorial Director, U.S. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government, 1954-55; assistant to Herbert Hoover, 1954-58; one of Hoover's three literary executors. 2 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

MacNider, Hanford: Papers, 1915-68. Assistant Secretary of War, 1925-28; Minister to Canada, 1930-32. 60 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 70-188, RLIN (5 linear feet restricted).

Macy, Robert M.: Collection, 1937-75. Chief, International Division, Bureau of the Budget, 1952-62; Agency for International Development, 1962-75. .5 linear feet, (closed pending processing).

Marshall, Verne: Papers, 1914-69. Volunteer ambulance driver, French Army, 1916; Liberty Bond Drive speaker, U.S. Army, 1917-18; managing editor and editor, Cedar Rapids Gazette, 1919-41; organizer and chairman, No Foreign War Committee, 1940-41; columnist Marion (IA) Sentinel, 1953-57. 18 linear feet, register, NUCMC 72-1441, RLIN.     

Mason, Frank E.: Papers, 1892-1895 and 1940-77. Public relations counsel; publisher; member, Herbert Hoover's Famine Emergency Survey of 38 countries, 1946; literary executor, Herbert Hoover estate, 1964-77; trustee, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association, 1954-77. (Wisconsin Historical Society has a collection of Mason's papers that focus on broadcasting and journalism.) 38 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Mayer, Ferdinand L.: Papers, 1923-78. Counselor, Legation at Ottawa, 1928, Lima, 1929, Brussels and Luxemburg, 1930; adviser, General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, 1933-35; counselor of U.S. Embassy, Berlin, 1935; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Haiti, 1937-40; with Office of Strategic Services, Washington DC, 1942-45. 3 linear feet, container list, RLIN (originals retained by donor).      

Meck, John F.: Papers, 1937-53. Attorney; executive secretary and Staff Director, Foreign Affairs Task Force, Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government; consultant for followup studies of State Department reorganization, 1949-51. 6 linear feet, register, RLIN.

Milbank, Katherine (Mrs. Jeremiah): Collection, 1922-63. . Close friend of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover; president, Ladies Christian Union; active in Institute for Crippled and Disabled. .5 linear feet, preliminary inventory, RLIN

Miller, Herbert J.: Papers, 1947-89. Executive director, Tax Foundation, 1949-60; Research Director, Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of Government, 1947-49. 5 linear feet, container list.

Mollenhoff, Clark R.: Papers, 1947-76. Washington reporter, 1950-69, and Washington bureau chief, 1970-76, Des Moines Register; special counsel to the President, 1969-70. 300 linear feet, (closed pending processing).

Morley, Felix (M): Papers and journals, 1903-82. Director, Geneva office of League of Nations Association of the United States, 1929-31; editor, Washington Post, 1933-40; president, Haverford College, 1940-45; cofounder and editor, Human Events, 1945-50; columnist, Nation's Business, 1946-69; Washington correspondent, Barron's Weekly, 1950-54; author of Unemployment Relief in Great Britain (1924), Power in the People (1949), Freedom and Federalism (1959), and For the Record (1979). 28 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Morton, Rosalie Slaughter: Papers, 1898-1955. Physician; founder and director, American Women's Hospital, 1917-18; surgeon with Serbian Army on Salonica front, 1916; founder and chairman, International Serbian Educational Committee, 1919-28; author of A Woman Surgeon (1937). 14 linear feet, register, RLIN.

Mullendore, William C.: Papers, 1919-73. Special representative, American Relief Administration, London and Berlin, 1920; assistant to Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover, 1922-23; executive vice president, 1931-45, president, 1945-54, chairman of the board, 1954-59, Southern California Edison Company. 34 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Nash, Bradley DeLamater: Papers, 1925-68. Economist; Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce, 1927-29; financial adviser, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1932-35; Director, Bureau of Finance, War Production Board, 1941-42; consultant, President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization, 1953; Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation, 1957-61. 10 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 72-1442, RLIN.

Neal, Steve: Collection, 1920-86. Research files compiled while writing biographies of Wendell Willke, the Eisenhower family, and Senator Charles McNary. 22 linear feet, (closed pending processing).

Neu, Kenneth F.: Papers, 1932-1943, 1975. Attorney and Republican political activist in Iowa. Papers and memorabilia from 1932 and 1940 presidential campaigns as well as local Iowa political campaigns. Less than 1 linear foot.

New York Public Library: Collection, 1917-64. Copies of correspondence with Herbert Hoover deposited in the New York Public Library. 1 linear foot, container list. (Letters authored by those other than Herbert Hoover may not be quoted or published in whole or in part without permission of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division, New York Public Library.)

Newsom, John Flesher: Papers, 1889-1928. Stanford University classmate of Herbert Hoover; professor of mining, Stanford University, 1898-1928. 3 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 72-1443, RLIN.

Newton, Walter H.: Papers, 1927-42. Lawyer; secretary and administrative assistant to Herbert Hoover, 1929-33. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Norris, John G.: Papers, 1944-1973. Journalist for the Washington Post. Copies of correspondence to his family from his assignments during and immediately following World War II. Less than 1 linear foot.

Nye, Frank T. Jr.: Collection (book manuscript), 1984. Assistant editor, Cedar Rapids Gazette; author of, Doors of Opportunity: The Life and Legacy of Herbert Hoover (1988). 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Nye, Gerald Prentice: Papers, 1919-68. U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45. 50 linear feet, register, RLIN.

O'Laughlin, John Callan: Collection, 1933-48. Owner and publisher, Army and Navy Journal, 1925-49; staunch friend of Herbert Hoover; assistant to chairman, Republican National Committee, 1933-34; author of weekly review of Washington politics for Mr. Hoover, 1933-49. Electrostatic copies. O'Laughlin's papers are in the Manuscript Division Library of Congress. 0.2 linear feet, container list.

Oulahan, Courts: Collection, 1954-57. Research Director, Task Force on Legal Services and Procedure, Second Hoover Commission, 1953-55. Printed material. 2 linear feet, container list.

Oulahan, Richard V.: Papers, 1838-1951 and 1980. Journalist; Washington bureau, United Press, 1889-97; assistant, Washington bureau and chief Washington correspondent, later publisher and chief European correspondent, New York Sun,1897-1912; chief, Washington Bureau, New York Times,1912-31; member, first American editorial mission to visit western battlefronts at invitation of British government, 1918. 2 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Parrish, Wayne W.: Papers, 1895-1984 (bulk, 1940-1975). Editor, publisher, and owner of American Aviation Publications, Inc., as well as consultant to airline industry. 10.4 linear feet.

Pate, Maurice: Collection, 1916-65. Commission for Relief of Belgium, 1916-17; Assistant to the Director, American Relief Administration, Poland, 1919-22; director, Commission for Polish Relief, 1939-41; director, Prisoner-of-War Relief Division, American Red Cross, 1942-46; member, Herbert Hoover's Famine Emergency Survey of 38 counties, 1946; first executive director, UNICEF, 1947-65. Electrostatic copies. 3 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Paterson, Isabel M.: Papers, 1908-62. Author; journalist; political theorist; columnist and book review editor, New York Herald-Tribune, 1922-49. 7.8 linear feet.

Pearson, Drew: Collection, 1928-51. Correspondent, United States Daily, 1926-33; correspondent, Baltimore Sun, 1929-32; syndicated columnist, 1931-69. Electrostatic copies and duplicate items from files on Herbert Hoover and Westbrook Pegler in Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. 1 linear foot, RLIN.

Pegler, (James) Westbrook: Papers, 1908-69. Columnist, Scripps-Howard Syndicate, 1933-44; columnist, King Features Syndicate, 1944-62; freelance writer and journalist, 1962-69. 85 linear feet, register, NUCMC 79-1744, RLIN (1.5 feet restricted).

Presidential Documents File: 1929-80. Selected electrostatic copies of correspondence and other historical materials documenting critical issues and events from the Hoover through Carter administrations. 3 linear feet, container list.

Price, Harold: Papers, 1955-71. Director of Regulation, Atomic Energy Commission, 1961-72. 9 linear feet, container list.

Rensch, Ethel Grace: Papers, 1922-72. First cousin of Herbert Hoover; Hoover family genealogist. 3 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Richey, Lawrence: Papers, 1900-57. Assistant office manager, U.S. Food Administration, 1917-19; secretary to Herbert Hoover, 1919-57. 2 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Richmond, Raymond S.: Collection, 1928-67. Active in Republican Party politics, 1928-64. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Rickard, Edgar: Diary, 1925-50. Director, Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1914-25; Assistant U.S. Food Administrator, 1917-19; Director, American Relief Administration, 1919-29; president, Belgian-American Educational Foundation, 1933-41; member, advisory board, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, 1941-51. 2 linear feet, RLIN (access by permission of Director, Herbert Hoover Library).

Roberts, Charles M.: Papers, 1950-75. Reporter for Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Daily News, 1946-51; contributing editor and White House correspondent, Newsweek, 1951-72; associate director, Washington Journalism Center, 1972-75. 26 linear feet.

Rummells, Lawrence C.: Collection, 1948-79. Banker; trustee and leading figure in the Herbert Hoover Birthplace Society and Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association, 1939-90. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

St. Germain, D. Joseph: Papers, 1937-64. Investment banker; leader in Republican Party in Massachusetts; long-term friend of Herbert Hoover; delegate to the Republican National Convention, 1940, 1944, and 1948; supporter of Robert A. Taft, 1952. 7 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Saltzman, Charles E.: Papers, 1871-1993. Military officer and investment banker. The largest segment of the collection centers around support for the US Military Academy and the Citadel as well as various conservative organizations such as Committee on Present Danger. Of particular note are materials from his father, Charles McKinley Saltzman who was a career military officer and was involved with a military demonstration by the Wright Brothers. 6 linear feet.

Schuneman, Carl T., Jr.: Papers, 1926-35. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1927-29. 1 linear foot (closed pending processing), RLIN.

Shafroth, Vice Adm. John Franklin: Papers, 1938-67. U.S. Navy, 1910-49. 6 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 72-1444, RLIN.

Silliman, Benjamin D.: Collection, 1943-46. Assistant to Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Electrostatic copies. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Simmons, Robert G.: Papers, 1849-1974. Congressman from Nebraska, 1923-33. Contains copies of weekly press releases (1923-32) written by Simmons' wife Gladyce and correspondence with Herbert Hoover (1932-61). .5 linear feet, container list.

Small, Laurine: Papers, 1902-75. Secretary to Herbert Hoover, 1910-20s. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Smith, Col. Truman: Papers, 1917-75. U.S. Army, 1916-48; military attaché, Berlin, 1935-39; German specialist, Military Intelligence Division U.S. Army; personal adviser to Gen. George C. Marshall; adviser to Eberstadt (Armed Forces) Committee, First Hoover Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch, 1947-49. 3.5 linear feet, register, NUCMC 79-1745, RLIN.

Sorley, Col. Lewis Stone: Papers, 1927-60. Colonel, U.S. Army. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Spangler, Harrison E.: Papers, 1937-66. Member and chairman, Republican State Central Committee of Iowa, 1930-32; member, 1932-52, chairman 1942-44, general counsel, 1944-48, member of Executive Committee, 1932-48, Republican National Committee; chairman of committee that sponsored and organized Mid-West Republican Conference of delegates from 10 states, Springfield, IL, 1935; director, western headquarters, Republican Party, Chicago, 1936; organized and sponsored Mackinac Island conference of Republican governors and Republican leaders, which adopted Mackinac Charter, 1943; member, Herbert Hoover Birthplace Foundation, 1954-65. .5 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Springdale (Iowa) Friends Sunday School: Collection, 1876-1917. Contains assorted school records and a copy of Discipline. 1 linear foot.

Sporn, Philip: Papers, 1925-77. President and Chairman of the Board, American Electric Power Company. Xerox copies of Sporn's papers from the archives of American Electric Power, Columbus, OH. Sporn was an early advocate of nuclear power development. 14 linear feet, container list.

Starzinger, Vincent: Papers, 1917-72. General counsel, Des Moines Register and Tribune, 1943-77; trustee, Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation, 1955-58; actively supported Taft's candidacy for President, 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952. 3 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Stewart, Adelbert T. and Florence: Papers, 1914-1961. The Stewarts met the Hoovers in 1914 when they worked on the American Women's Relief Committee of London, and remained in contact with them during the succeeding decades. Less than 1 linear foot.

Stimson, Henry Lewis: Collection, 1929-37. Selected electrostatic copies of microfilmed diaries. 1929-37. Secretary of State, 1929-33. 2 linear feet, container list, RLIN (may not be reproduced without permission of Yale University).

Stine, Oscar C.: Papers, 1902-74. Agricultural economist, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1921-46; assistant chief in charge of history and statistics, research and marketing, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1946-51. 12 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Stratton, Maud (Mrs. Charles): Scrapbooks, 1880-1958. Correspondent West Branch (IA) Times, 1920-54; author of, Herbert Hoover's Home Town (1948). 1 linear foot, container list, NUCMC 72-1445, RLIN.

Strauss, Lewis L.: Papers, 1914-74. Secretary to Herbert Hoover, World War I, 1917-19; member, 1946-50, Chairman, 1953-58, Atomic Energy Commission; Special Assistant to the President on Atomic Energy, 1953; Secretary of Commerce (unconfirmed), 1958-59. 220 linear feet, container list, RLIN. The Strauss papers are divided into seven series. To access a series directly, click on its title below.

     1. Name and Subject I (1914-39)

     2. Name and Subject I Accretion (1914-39)

     3. Name and Subject II (1940-74)

     4. Name and Subject II Accretion (1940-74)

     5. Atomic Energy Commission Series

     6. Naval Service Files Series (WWII)

     7. Articles and Speech Series

Strother, Edgar French: Papers, 1920-33. Administrative assistant to Herbert Hoover, 1920-32. 7 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 72-1446, RLIN.

Tansill, Charles Callan: Papers and unpublished manuscript, 1916-65. Professor of history, The American University, 1921-39; Fordham University, 1939-44; Georgetown University, 1944-64. 7 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 72-1447, RLIN.

Tatum, Lawrie: Papers, 1848-1964. Prominent Cedar County, IA, Quaker; guardian of Herbert, Theodore, and May Hoover, 1874-1897; Indian agent, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, 1869-1973; author of Our Red Brothers (1899). 2 linear feet, RLIN.

Taylor, Henry J: Papers, 1922-81. Journalist; author; Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-61; trustee, University of Virginia Endowment Fund. 7 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Taylor, James Spear: Papers, 1910-62. Economist; secretary, Better Homes in America, Inc., 1923-36; Chief, Division of Building and Housing, 1928; Chief, Division of Public Construction, 1930-33, Department of Commerce. 14 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 79-1746, RLIN.

Thackrey, J. Franklin: Papers, 1935-81. Agricultural economist. Papers document Thackrey's activities with the Resettlement Administration, Farm Security Administration and later the Agricultural Marketing Service. Of special note is the "Hunger in America" program which became the Food Stamp Program of the USDA. 5 linear feet.

Thayer, Walter N.: Papers, 1940-84. President, New York Herald Tribune, 1961-65; director and president, International Herald Tribune, 1973-89; senior partner, WHITCOM Investment Company, 1967-89. 51 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Thomas, Harold A. “Bus”: Collection, ca. 1879-1950. Maps, clippings, and photographs collected by long-time resident of West Branch, Iowa, documenting the town’s history. 2 linear feet.

Tompkins, William F.: Papers, 1946-79. Japanese War Crimes prosecutor, 1945-46; U.S. attorney for New Jersey, 1953-54; Assistant Attorney General, Internal Security Division, Department of Justice, 1954-58; prosecuted Soviet master spy Rudolf Abel, 1958. 8 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Transatlantic Telephone Conversations: Collection, 1923-33. Electrostatic copies of original transcripts from the William R. Castle Papers and Herbert Hoover Presidential Papers. 1 linear foot, container list.

Trohan, Walter: Papers, 1917-67. Assistant Washington correspondent, 1934-47; executive director, Washington bureau, 1947-49; chief, Washington bureau, Chicago Tribune, 1948-69. 53 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Tuck, William Hallam: Papers, 1914-65. Member, Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1915-16, 1918-22; vice president, Belgian-American Educational Foundation, 1936-66; member, Famine Emergency Survey, 1946; director general, International Refugee Organization, 1947-49; Executive Director, Second Hoover Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch, 1955. 3 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 72-1448, RLIN.

University of Southern California: Collection, 1915-35. Printed material. Articles about Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Waldrop, Frank C.: Papers, 1921-83. Journalist, reporter, editor, Washington Times Herald, 1933-53. 16 linear feet, (closed pending processing).

Wallace, Lawrence Wilkerson: Papers, 1921-71. Executive secretary, American Engineering Council, 1921-34. 3 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Warden, Philip L.: Papers, 1943-78. Journalist, Washington Bureau, Chicago Tribune, 1940-75; editor, Presidential Daily News Summary, 1975-76. 4 linear feet.

White, Francis: Papers, see: Records of Federal Agencies.

Whiting, Flora (Mrs. Giles): Papers, 1927-68. Mrs. Whiting was a friend of the Hoovers. .5 linear feet, container list.

Wilbur, Ray Lyman: Papers, 1916-48. Secretary of the Interior, 1929-33. 13 linear feet, container list, NUCMC 72-1449, RLIN. (The main body of Ray Lyman Wilbur Papers is in the Hoover Institution at Stanford, CA.)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: See: Lane, Rose Wilder.

Willard, Joseph E.: Collection, 1918-20. Ambassador to Spain, 1913-21. Selected typed copies of diplomatic papers deposited in the Library of Congress. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Williams, Berkeley: Collection, 1920-28. Chairman, Hoover Republican Club, Richmond, VA, 1920. 2 linear feet, container list.

Wilson, Hugh Robert: Papers, 1923-46. Chief, Division of Current Information, Department of State, 1924-27; Chief, Executive Committee, Foreign Service Personnel Board, Department of State, 1924-27; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland, 1927-37; Assistant Secretary of State, 1937; Ambassador to Germany, 1938-39; member, Advisory Committee of Problems of Foreign Relations, Department of State, 1940. 2 linear feet, register, NUCMC 69-749, RLIN.

Wilson, Richard Lawson: Papers, 1937-69. Washington correspondent, Des Moines Register and Tribune, 1933-70; chief, Washington bureau, Cowles Publications, 1938-70; president, National Press Building Corporation, Washington, DC. 39 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

Wood, Ralph C.: Papers, 1931-92. Economist specializing in monetary policy. Wood served in several New Deal agencies; helped liquidate American surplus supplies in Europe after World War II; and became a monetary policy advisor on international banking and balance of payments for the Federal Reserve Board. 3.7 linear feet.

Wood, Robert E.: Papers, 1923-69. Chairman of the board, Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1939-69; instrumental in the development of the Boys' Clubs of America in Chicago; member, U.S. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, 1947-49, 1953-55; chairman, America First Committee, 1940-41. 32 linear feet, register and index, NUCMC 74-345, RLIN (.5 feet restricted; to be reviewed again in 1996).

Woods, Arthur: Diary, 1930-31. Chairman, President's Emergency Committee on Employment, 1930-31. .1 linear foot, NUCMC 72-1450, RLIN.

Wyatt, Walter: See: Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors.

Young, Clarence Marshall: Papers, 1929-33. Director of Aeronautics, Department of Commerce, 1926-29; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, 1929-33. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Young, Roy A.: Collection, 1926-50. Governor, 1927-30, president, 1930-43, Federal Reserve Board. 1 linear foot, container list, RLIN.

Youngblood, Bonney: Papers, 1926-48. Agricultural economist, Department of Agriculture, 1926-59; adviser to U.S. Indian Service on economic and social problems of the Navajo Indians, 1934-44. 17 linear feet, container list, RLIN.

NOTE: A number of small collections have not been listed either because of their minute size or the content of the material. A complete listing is available upon request.