Herbert Hoover Arkansas-related Correspondence
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Scope and Content Note
Xerox copies of correspondence, and related documents attached or enclosed, exchanged with Charles Hillman Brough, 1923 and 1930, with James William Fulbright, 1946-1963, and with Harmon Liveright Remmel, 1921, 1924-27.
Correspondence pertains to the life and career of Harmon L. Remmel, 1876-1927; Herbert C. Hoover's work on the Arkansas state geological survey, 1892; the establishment of a Warren G. Harding Memorial Hospital Fund, 1923; the opening of Arkansas Light and Power Co.'s Remmel Dam on the Ouachita River, 1924; the candidacy of Victor C. Alderson for appointment as director of U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1925; commencement services at Henderson-Brown College in Arkadelphia, Ark.: the Southwestern Ozark Chautauqua at Sulphur Springs, Ark.; the terminal illness of Elizabeth Cameron Remmel; lnterstate Commerce Commission discriminatory freight rates for cotton, 1926; the candidacy of John R. Fordyce for appointment to the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1930; Hoover's support of Congressional legislation relating to international exchange of students, 1946, 1954, 1957; the 50th anniversary of the Boys' Clubs of America, 1956; Hoover's refusal to express a view on the nuclear test ban treaty of 1963.
Other correspondents include Perrin C. Galpin, Will H. Hays, Charles G. Henry, Edgar Rickard, Harold Phelps Stokes, Wallace Townsend, Storm O. Whaley, and James Mims Workman.
Dates
- 1921-1963
Creator
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) served as the 31st president of the United States, from 1929 to 1933.
Extent
0.05 Linear Feet (3 Folders)
Arrangement of the Papers
Inventoried in three series:
- Series 1. Charles Hillman Brough
- Series 2. James William Fulbright
- Series 3. Harmon Liveright Remmel
Acquisition Information
Xeroxed from original documents in National Archives and Records Service's Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, IA, in April 1976.
Location of originals
Original materials are held in the National Archives and Records Service's Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, IA.
Processing Information
Processed by Samuel Sizer; completed in April 1976.
Creator
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 (Person)
Source
- Herbert Hoover Presidential Library (West Branch, IA) (Organization)
- Title
- Herbert Hoover Arkansas-related Correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Samuel Sizer
- Date
- April 1976
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu