Herbert Hoover: A Resource Guide

America's chief executive--unusual closeup of President Hoover in a joyful mood as he attended American Legion convention. 1 photographic print. [between 1929 and 1933] Prints & Photographs Division. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-101365

American Memory Historical Collections

Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, 1933-Present

The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States, including Herbert Hoover's birthplace in West Branch, Iowa.

By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

This collection presents portraits of U.S. presidents and first ladies, including three images of Herbert Hoover and one image of Lou Henry Hoover.

History of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library

Over 30,000 photographs, drawn from the holdings of the Western History and Genealogy Department at Denver Public Library, illuminate many aspects of the history of the American West. This collection contains seven images related to Herbert Hoover.

"I Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations

This collection contains approximately 400 items relating to presidential inaugurations, including Hoover's inauguration in 1929.

Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919

During the World War I era, leading newspapers took advantage of a new printing process that dramatically altered their ability to reproduce images. Rotogravure printing, which produced richly detailed, high quality illustrations—even on inexpensive newsprint paper—was used to create vivid new pictorial sections. This collection contains an image of Herbert Hoover as head of the U.S. Food Administration.

Photographs from the Chicago Daily News

This collection comprises over 55,000 images of urban life captured on glass plate negatives between 1902 and 1933 by photographers employed by the Chicago Daily News, including approximately 100 photographs related to Hoover and his family. Search this collection using the phrase Herbert Hoover to find these images.

Among the collection’s Hoover-related materials are:

• Hoover campaigning during the 1929 presidential election.
• Hoover and Calvin Coolidge in a car at Hoover's inauguration in 1929.
• Hoover and his wife watching the 1929 World Series in Chicago.

Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929

This collection assembles a wide array of Library of Congress source materials from the 1920s that document the widespread prosperity of the Coolidge years, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition. It includes over 20 items related to Herbert Hoover, mostly from his service as secretary of commerce during the Coolidge administration.

A selection of highlights from this collection includes:

• The text of a 1924 speech delivered by Hoover on the automobile industry and advertising.
• A photograph of Calvin Coolidge and Hoover in 1928.
• A photograph of Hoover signing the Farm Relief Bill on June 15, 1929.

The collection's special presentation "Guide to People, Organizations, and Topics" contains biographical information on Hoover.

The Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919

From February 8, 1918, to June 13, 1919 the United States Army published a newspaper for its forces in France, The Stars and Stripes. This online collection includes the complete seventy-one-week run of the newspaper's World War I edition. Herbert Hoover served as U.S. food administrator during World War I. Search this collection to find four articles in The Stars and Stripes that reference Hoover.

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers at the Library of Congress

This collection documents the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright and highlights their pioneering work that led to the world's first powered, controlled, and sustained flight. The General Correspondence series of The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers contain two items related to Herbert Hoover.