^Lot 311 Herbert Hoover Letters 1930s - General Americana

Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States, from 1929 to 1933. Before his presidency, Hoover was a mining engineer and traveled throughout Australia and China. He was also a Stanford University alum and translated, with help from his wife, the 1556 mining classic DE RE METALLICA from Latin into English. This archive of Hoover ephemera includes one letter, on “HERBERT HOOVER” stationery, addressed to Arthur E. Hepburn and signed in blue ink by Herbert Hoover, dated 18 November 1928. Three additional pieces of stationery (1 HERBERT HOOVER and 2 STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA) bear printed, not handwritten, Herbert Hoover signatures. There are also two letters signed by Herbert Hoover Jr. The rest of the archive includes: 6 Christmas greetings, 2 small acknowledgement cards, 20 black and white photographs, 1 newspaper clipping, 1 book section, 1 pamphlet, 6 notes from Secretary Lawrence Rickey to Mr. Hepburn, 4 letters from Hepburn to Hoover, 3 additional letters to Hoover, and an assortment of other notes and correspondence from Hepburn to Hoover, with responses from Hoover’s other Secretaries, Theodore G. Joslin and Walter H. Newton. This collection would make a fine addition to an existing collection of Hoover ephemera or other epistolary collections.