Found 6 collections related to Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Anne O'Hare McCormick (1882-1954), journalist and newspaper editor, spent most of her career at the New York Times. She began as a foreign correspondent in 1922 reporting from the U.S. and Europe. She became well known for her interviews with world leaders and in 1936 became the first woman to be appointed to the Times editorial board. McCormick received the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 1937 and served as a member of the U.S. delegation to the first and third UNESCO conferences. Collection consists of general correspondence, manuscripts of McCormick's writings and printed matter. Approximately half of her papers consists of correspondence received at the New York Times, 1936-1954. Carbons of her replies are on the backs of letters or are interfiled. Also included are typescripts of lectures, 1940-1952; clippings of articles by or about McCormick, ca. 1931-1954; UNESCO documents, 1946 and 1948; interview notes; photographs; and printed materials. Fifteen scrapbooks containing clippings of McCormick's columns, ca. 1936-1954, have been microfilmed (original scrapbooks are held by the Women's Press Club of New York City). less

Herbert Hoover was the thirty-first president of the United States. Nine letters, mostly letters of thanks and other social notes, sent by Herbert Hoover. Includes two letters to Henry Rood, 1923 and 1947, regarding the American Relief Administration, 41 letters to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Montague, 1917-1960, and a doodle. less

The collection contains both commercial and noncommercial discs and tapes. The commercial recordings include the complete set of Nation's Forum discs, Benito Mussolini's personal copy, bound and numbered, of his recorded speeches, Victor long play discs from the early 1930's including Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra in Schoenberg's Gurrelieder and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, and the Sistine Chapel Choir recordings of the pre-electric era, at least eight or nine sides of which feature Alessandro Moreschi, last of the known castrati. less

Dean Alfange (1897-1989) was a lawyer, politician and political advisor to U.S. presidents and New York governors. He was instrumental in the formation of the Liberal Party, active in the Greek-American communtiy, and involved in human rights issues. The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, newsclippings, and other materials documenting his career. less

The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, American publishers of popular periodicals and educational and technical manuals, was incorporated in 1920 as the Crowell Publishing Company. The name was changed to Crowell-Collier in 1939, and to Crowell, Collier and Macmillan, Inc. in 1965. The firm published American Magazine, Collier's Magazine, The Country Home, Woman's Home Companion, and National Weekly. Collection consists of correspondence, readers' reports, typescripts, proofs, memoranda, and photographs relating to the publishing activities of Crowell-Collier. Records are mainly correspondence, 1931-1950, of the editors of the magazines published by the firm, with the bulk concerning Collier's and Woman's Home Companion. Editors' correspondence with authors, literary agents, photographers, and cartoonists reflects the changes in editorial policy and shifts in popular taste during the period between the early thirties and the mid-fifties. Collection also includes inter-office correspondence, 1933, 1946; readers' reports, 1933; edited authors' typescripts and editors' proofs of articles, short stories, and serialized novels published in Collier's from 1935 through 1955, with some correspondence and editorial memoranda; and a few photographs. less

Emanuel Bay (1891-1967) was a pianist who emigrated from Russia to the United States. He became well-known as the accompanist for violinists Efrem Zimablist and Jascha Heifetz. Collection consists of 20 black and white photographs inscribed to Emanuel Bay and one uninscribed photograph of Bay. The inscriptions are in English or Russian. less