By Thomas F. Schwartz Former President Herbert Hoover addressing a crowd of 6000 people at Grass Valley, California, July 4, 1935. HHPLM image #31-1935-24 Continued from Part I The self-evident truths contained in the Declaration of Independence endowing individuals with inalienable rights were threatened by forces abroad and at home. Hoover acknowledges that democratic republics … Continue reading July 4, 1935, Independence Day Address in Grass Valley, California: Part II
By Thomas F. Schwartz Former President Herbert Hoover preparing to give his Independence Day address at Grass Valley, California, July 4, 1935. He is introduced by George Washington, played by Elza Kilroy. HHPLM image #1935-25 As previous blog posts have noted, Herbert Hoover urged Americans to learn by heart the lessons of the Declaration of … Continue reading July 4, 1935, Independence Day Address in Grass Valley, California: Part I
By Thomas F. Schwartz Commemorative leather portfolio given to Walter Coleman. HHPLM object #2026.1.1 Darryl Byrd, great-niece of Walter Coleman, recently donated an elaborately decorated folio case presented by local officials to Coleman for his services to the Kirghiz District in the remote southeastern Russia during the 1921-1923 famine. The leather case has inscriptions in … Continue reading Walter Coleman and the Russian Unit of the American Relief Administration
By Thomas F. Schwartz HHPLM image #AL 57-02 On May 30, 1931, President Herbert Hoover used Memorial Day to honor George Washington and recount the significance of the winter encampment at Valley Forge. Washington had to evacuate Philadelphia, selecting a site eighteen miles outside of the city where his army of roughly 12,000 men could … Continue reading Hoover’s Valley Forge Address
By Thomas F. Schwartz Vinoy Park Hotel, St. Petersburg, Florida [postcard] (1930). Retrieved from https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/4f16c4761 My wife and I stayed at the historic Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida. She innocently asked, “Did Herbert Hoover stay here?” Not knowing the answer, I did a quick search with an online encyclopedia entry claiming that two presidents—Calvin … Continue reading Did Herbert Hoover Stay at the Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida?
By Thomas F. Schwartz President Hoover's original desk phone, which was installed in the Oval Office in March 1929. This phone was salvaged from the White House after a fire on December 24, 1929. When the Executive Offices were renovated in 1930, a new phone was installed on the President's new desk. HHPLM artifact 62.1.282 … Continue reading National 1414: The Hoover White House Telephone
By Thomas F. Schwartz Herbert Hoover and Charles K. Field at Bohemian Grove, 1925 HHPLM image #31-1925-a01 Charles K. Field was a member of the 1895 pioneer class of Stanford University along with Herbert Hoover. Their friendship carried over into class reunions, Bohemian Grove, and during Field’s time as an editor for Sunset magazine and … Continue reading Charles K. Field and Herbert Hoover
By Thomas F. Schwartz President Herbert Hoover speaking at the battlefield site near Kings Mountain, S.C., October 7, 1930. HHPLM image #31-1930-92 “This is a place of inspiring memories,” declared President Herbert Hoover marking the 150th anniversary of the battle on October 7, 1930. “Here less than a thousand men, inspired by the urge of … Continue reading Herbert Hoover Commemorates Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain
By Thomas F. Schwartz The University Library of Leuven ca. 1954. HHPLM image #31-1954-a64 Herbert Hoover’s connection with Belgium is usually noted by his leadership of the Commission for Relief in Belgium. This voluntary organization provided food, medical, and clothing relief to millions of Belgian non-combatants throughout most of World War I. Less known are … Continue reading July 4 and the Leuven University Library
By Thomas F. Schwartz Stone Plate Engravings, Declaration of Independence, Plates and Facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence, 1823, 1895 and 1951Records of the Bureau of Rolls and Library, Engravings, Printing Plates and Medals RG59 General Records of the Department of State, National Archives and Records Administration The most important and memorable phrase in the … Continue reading The Pursuit of Happiness
