MARGARET HOOVER BRIGHAM COLLECTION
Scope and Content Note
Although this collection was donated by Margaret Hoover Brigham, oldest
grandchild of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover, it was, in the main, generated by
Gertrude Bowman, a family friend and co-executor of Mrs. Hoover's Washington,
D.C. estate. Mrs. Bowman was active in the Girl Scout movement while serving as
an unofficial secretary and general factotum to Lou Henry Hoover. Of interest to
researchers are documents giving an account by Mrs. Bowman of Lou Henry Hoover's
funeral service in New York, the administration of the Hoover home at 2300 S Street
in Washington, and the settlement of Mrs. Hoover's estate. Also of reference value are
clippings and other printed materials and a limited amount of correspondence with
Herbert Hoover, Jr., his brother Allan, and their father, Herbert Hoover.
Subject and Individual File
Box Contents
1
Bonus March, 1949-54
Bowman, Gertrude
Correspondence, N.D., 1943-44
Girl Scouts of America, 1936-39, 1955
Hoover Presidential Library Dedication, 1962
2300 S Street House, 1939-41
2300 S Street House Inventory, 1941, 1945
Brigham, Margaret Ann, 1932, 1959, 1970
Herbert Hoover School Dedication, 1962
Hoover, Allan, 1941-42
Hoover, Herbert
Correspondence, 1910-63
Anecdotes, 1957
Printed Materials, 1928-65
Rapidan Camp, 1949
Hoover, Herbert, Jr.
Correspondence, 1954-66
Printed Material, N.D., 1954-83
Hoover, Lou Henry
Correspondence, 1925-44
2
Death of, Printed Materials, 1944
Estate, 1942-45
Printed Materials, 1926-61
Publications, 1912
Smithsonian, 1944-45
Photographs and Etching
Printed Materials, N.D., 1957-58
Clippings, 1929-63