Word: hooverness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...irreplaceable archives of the Red Cross during World War I, the American Relief Association, Hoover's Presidential papers...
...Library's irreplaceable Hungarian archives came in a different way. When the Hungarian Soviet fell, Hoover Representative Ralph Haswell Lutz (now chairman of the Library's Board of Directors) strolled around to the soviet offices to see how things were going. The Communists were all gone. "You may remember," says Hoover pleasantly, "that a number of them killed themselves." So Lutz had a truck back up to the door, removed two large packing cases full of records to the U.S. Consulate where he defended them against all comers. Later the Horthy Government requested that they be returned...
Curators and archivists of these tremendous items ("if," says Hoover, "you want to call them items") are Head Librarian Nina Almond and a staff of eight librarians, eight assistants and secretaries. Also in their care...
...material for these collections is constantly being gathered. World War II caught Hoover collectors looking for data on Naziism and Fascism. Shiploads of their findings are tied up in Europe waiting for peace...
...Library also has an expanding file on Communism in the U.S., and, adds Hoover without pausing, "we also have a wonderful collection on the New Deal including some things you cannot find in Washington...