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Contains 10 Results:

Correspondence, 1914-1919

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection primarily consist of letters and telegrams exchanged between Dr. Burt Brown Barker and President Herbert Hoover, who had been childhood friends in Salem, Oregon. The letters begin during World War I, when Hoover headed the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Also housed in the collection are: a 1915 publication about the Commission for Relief in Belgium; invitations for Hoover-related events sent to Barker; a post-inauguration parade invitation sent to Leonebel Jacobs and a 1953...
Dates: Other: 1914-1919

Correspondence, 1922-1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Only item in folder from Hoover's presidency is a 1930 Christmas card.

Dates: Other: 1922-1938

Correspondence, 1940-1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection primarily consist of letters and telegrams exchanged between Dr. Burt Brown Barker and President Herbert Hoover, who had been childhood friends in Salem, Oregon. The letters begin during World War I, when Hoover headed the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Also housed in the collection are: a 1915 publication about the Commission for Relief in Belgium; invitations for Hoover-related events sent to Barker; a post-inauguration parade invitation sent to Leonebel Jacobs and a 1953...
Dates: Other: 1940-1949

Correspondence, 1951-1963

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection primarily consist of letters and telegrams exchanged between Dr. Burt Brown Barker and President Herbert Hoover, who had been childhood friends in Salem, Oregon. The letters begin during World War I, when Hoover headed the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Also housed in the collection are: a 1915 publication about the Commission for Relief in Belgium; invitations for Hoover-related events sent to Barker; a post-inauguration parade invitation sent to Leonebel Jacobs and a 1953...
Dates: Other: 1951-1963

Commisson for Relief in Belgium publication, 1915

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection primarily consist of letters and telegrams exchanged between Dr. Burt Brown Barker and President Herbert Hoover, who had been childhood friends in Salem, Oregon. The letters begin during World War I, when Hoover headed the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Also housed in the collection are: a 1915 publication about the Commission for Relief in Belgium; invitations for Hoover-related events sent to Barker; a post-inauguration parade invitation sent to Leonebel Jacobs and a 1953...
Dates: Other: 1915

Invitations, 1954, 1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection primarily consist of letters and telegrams exchanged between Dr. Burt Brown Barker and President Herbert Hoover, who had been childhood friends in Salem, Oregon. The letters begin during World War I, when Hoover headed the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Also housed in the collection are: a 1915 publication about the Commission for Relief in Belgium; invitations for Hoover-related events sent to Barker; a post-inauguration parade invitation sent to Leonebel Jacobs and a 1953...
Dates: Other: 1954, 1962

Leonebel Jacobs materials, 1929, 1953

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Consists of post-presidential inauguration invitation and letter exchange with Barker.

Dates: Other: 1929, 1953

Newspaper clippings, 1914-1964

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Primarily concerns Hoover's work with Commission for Belgian Relief and Hoover's funeral. Includes article about Barker speaking at Hoover's funeral.

Dates: Other: 1914-1964

Photo of Hoover with his book Growing Up, 1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection primarily consist of letters and telegrams exchanged between Dr. Burt Brown Barker and President Herbert Hoover, who had been childhood friends in Salem, Oregon. The letters begin during World War I, when Hoover headed the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Also housed in the collection are: a 1915 publication about the Commission for Relief in Belgium; invitations for Hoover-related events sent to Barker; a post-inauguration parade invitation sent to Leonebel Jacobs and a 1953...
Dates: Other: 1962

Original file folder with inventory/chronology, circa 1964

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Inventory/chronology written by Barker on outside of folder.

Dates: Other: circa 1964