Photographs of Herbert Hoover

Photographs of Herbert Hoover, 1893-1954

Overview of the Collection

Title: Photographs of Herbert Hoover
Dates: 1893-1954 (inclusive)
18931954
Quantity: 9 photographic prints (2 folders) ; sizes vary
Collection Number: PH1223
Summary: Photographs of Herbert Hoover as part of surveying squad of Stanford University, attending a Chamber of Commerce luncheon, laying the cornerstone of the Commerce Building, and with family members and other politicians including President Harding. One photograph of Lou Henry Hoover
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933). He was a professional mining engineer and achieved American and international prominence in humanitarian relief efforts in war-torn Belgium while serving as head of the U.S. Food Administration during World War I. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business under the rubric "economic modernization." In the presidential election of 1928, Hoover easily won the Republican nomination despite having no elected-office experience. When the Wall Street Crash of 1929 struck less than eight months after he took office, Hoover tried to combat the ensuing Great Depression with government enforced efforts, public works projects such as the Hoover Dam, tariffs such as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, an increase in the top tax bracket from 25% to 63% and increases in corporate taxes. These initiatives did not produce economic recovery during his term, but served as the groundwork for various policies incorporated in Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection includes photographs of Herbert Hoover as part of the surveying squad of Stanford University, attending a U.S. Department of Commerce luncheon, laying the cornerstone of the Commerce Building, and with family members and other politicians including President Harding. One photograph of Lou Henry Hoover.

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Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by S. Peskura, 2013; Processing completed in 2015.

Photographs were transferred from the Portraits Collection, 2013.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Herbert Hoover Clark (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964)Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Folder	item
1	1	Group photo of the Surveying Squad at Stanford University Clockwise from top left: Arthur Diggles, R. E. McDonnell, James White and Herbert Hoover. Written on photo: To A. J. Launders from R. E. McDonnell.	1893
1	2	Herbert Hoover riding in open car, probably with President Warren Gamaliel Harding and other man	circa early 1920s
1	3	Herbert Hoover laying the cornerstone for the Commerce Building at 15th and E Street in Washington, D. C. Printed on verso: Presented on October 6, 1954 to Luncheon Guests of Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks. Assembled to welcome Honorable Herbert Hoover to the building for which as President of the United States, he laid the cornerstone at 15th and E Streets.	June 10, 1929
box-folder:oversize
OS6	4	Portrait of Herbert Hoover Bachrach Studios, New York, New York (photographer) Inscribed: With affectionate greetings to the men and women members of the Engineers' National Hoover Committee who so loyally devoted their efforts to obtain, through the continuance of Republican leadership, the strengthening of the foundations upon which rests the structure of American ideals and traditions. Herbert Hoover.	circa 1930s
Folder
1	5	Christmas card with family photograph Written on card: Allan I, Herbert III, Coby [?], Peggy II, Herbert Hoover, Herbert II, Peggy I, Lou Henry, Allan II. Inscribed: With good wishes for Christmas 1939, Herbert Hoover.	December, 1938
1	6	Herbert Hoover at podium at U.S. Department of Commerce luncheon Walter Williams seated at left.	October 6, 1954
1	7	Herbert Hoover speaking at U.S. Department of Commerce luncheon	October 6, 1954
1	8	Herbert Hoover and Walter Williams holding a U.S. Department of Commerce banner at U.S. Department of Commerce luncheon	October 6, 1954

Lou Henry Hoover (March 29, 1874 – January 7, 1944)Return to Top

Lou Henry Hoover was the wife of President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, and served as First Lady from 1929 to 1933. She oversaw construction of the presidential retreat at Rapidan Camp in Madison County,Virginia, a precursor of the current presidential retreat, Camp David. She was the first First Lady to make regular nationwide radio broadcasts to the American public. Mrs. Hoover was well-versed in Latin; she collaborated with her husband in translating Agricola's De Re Metallica, a 16th-century encyclopedia of mining and metallurgy. The Hoover translation was published in 1912 and remains in print today as the standard English translation. During World War I, she assisted her husband in providing relief for Belgian refugees; she was decorated in 1919 by King Albert I of Belgium for her work. She served as the national president of the Girl Scouts of the USA from 1922 to 1925 while Hoover served in the cabinet of Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. She served as president again after leaving the White House, from 1935 to 1937.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
box-folder:oversize	item
OS6	9	Lou Henry Hoover knitting in front of fireplace Underwood & Underwood, New York, Washington, Chicago (photographer)	circa 1929-1933

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