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H e r b e r t Hoover COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers Processed: MA Date: 10/28/55 HERBERT HOOVER The papers of Herbert Hoover, mining engineer, chairman of Belgian relief in World War I, Secretary of Commerce, President of the United States (1929-1933), seem to be scattered among the various agencies which he headed. His private papers for his period as President are in the Hoover Library at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. They were in the process of being catalogued -when the archivist died in 1954- (?)• Until a new archivist is appointed and trained, the papers will not be open to students. Linear feet of shelf space oceupied: Approximate number of items: Other papers may be in the National Archives. No effective move has yet been made to draw the great mass of Hoover papers into one place. See internal memorandum April, 1955 Herbert Hoover II - 2 Biographical Note 1874.* Aug. 10 Born, West Branch, Iowa 1895 A.B., Stanford, California 1899 Married Lou Henry (dec.) (2 sons) 1895-1913 Professional work in mines, railroads, metallurgical works all over the world 1914-15 Chairman, American Relief Commission, London 1915-19 Chairman, Commission for Relief in Belgium 1917-19 U.S. Food Administrator 1921-28 Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Harding and Coolidge 1929-33 President of the United States 1932 Renominated for President of U.S., defeated byFranklin D. Roosevelt Chairman of Committee on Organization of Executive Branch of Government 1947-49 Author of: American Individualism. 1922. The Challenge to Liberty. 1934. American Road. 1937. Further Addresses on the American Road,. 1940* America1 s First Crusade. 1941* The Problems of Lasting Peace. 1942. Addresses on the American Road. 1945* For account of his relations with the Federal Reserve System, see that volume of his Memoirs sub-titled "The Great Depression." (Macmillan, 1952) See Who's Who in America, 1952/53, vol. 27, Marquis
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