Herbert Hoover: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Hoover’s writings include a small but influential book, American Individualism (1922, reissued 2013), and his Memoirs, 3 vol. (1951–52). Collections of Hoover’s documents can be found in William Starr Myers (compiler and ed.), The State Papers and Other Public Writings of Herbert Hoover, 2 vol. (1934, reprinted 1970); and Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Herbert Hoover, 4 vol. (1974–77), covering 1929–33.

Biographies of Herbert Hoover include Kenneth Whyte, Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times (2017); Charles Rappleye, Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency (2017); William E. Leuchtenburg, Herbert Hoover (2009); David Burner, Herbert Hoover: A Public Life (2005); and Joan Hoff, Herbert Hoover: Forgotten Progressive (1992).

Essays dealing with the life and interests of the president’s wife are presented in Katherine A.S. Sibley, A Companion to First Ladies (2016); and Dale C. Mayer (ed.), Lou Henry Hoover: Essays on a Busy Life (2004).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Oct 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University - Herbert Hoover. Sep 10, 2024
Anniversary information added. Aug 06, 2024
Added an interactive timeline of the Hoover presidency; updated article structure. Aug 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Philanthropy Roundtable - Herbert Hoover. Jul 22, 2024
Add new Web site: State Historical Society of Iowa - Herbert Hoover's Legacy. Apr 18, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Site of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. Oct 16, 2023
Add new Web site: The Library of Economics and Liberty - Hoover's Economic Policies. Jul 05, 2023
Add new Web site: White House Historical Association - The Life and Presidency of Herbert Hoover. Mar 28, 2023
Links added. Feb 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Ohio History Central - Biography of Herbert C. Hoover. Mar 17, 2022
Top Questions updated. Feb 03, 2022
Deleted cross-reference and tables. Apr 17, 2020
Cross-references added. Nov 13, 2019
Added mentions of Republican vice-presidential candidate Charles Curtis and Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joseph T. Robinson. Apr 23, 2018
Bibliography thoroughly revised. Apr 23, 2018
Add new Web site: USA 4 Kids - Biography of Herbert Hoover. Aug 25, 2014
Media revised. Aug 18, 2014
Add new Web site: Maps of World - Biography of Herbert Hoover. Aug 01, 2014
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of Herbert Hoover. Jan 28, 2013
Add new Web site: UShistory.org - Herbert Hoover and Poland. Jan 28, 2013
Add new Web site: National Portriat Gallery - Biography of Herbert Hoover. Jan 28, 2013
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Herbert Hoover. Jan 28, 2013
Add new Web site: Australian Dictionary of Biography - Herbert Clark Hoover. Jan 28, 2013
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Experience - Biography of Herbert Hoover. Jan 28, 2013
Add new Web site: Miller Center - Biography of Herbert Hoover. Jan 28, 2013
Added photograph of a "Hooverville" in Seattle. Jan 30, 2012
Added timeline. Apr 15, 2011
Added photograph of Herbert Hoover with his brother Theodore Jesse Hoover and sister Mary. Feb 01, 2011
Added video of Bonus Army encampments. Sep 01, 2009
Media added. Apr 14, 2009
Article revised and updated. Aug 04, 2008
Added new Web site: Spectrum Biographies - Biography of Herbert Hoover. Feb 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Official Site of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. Jan 26, 2007
Added new Web site: Official Site of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. Jan 26, 2007
Added new Web site: The White House - Biography of Herbert Hoover. Nov 03, 2006
Added new Web site: Official Site of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association. Sep 20, 2006
Added new Web site: AmericanPresident.org - Herbert Hoover - A Life in Brief. Jun 21, 2006
Article revised. May 28, 2004
Article revised. Apr 01, 2004
Article revised. Dec 11, 2002
Article revised. Feb 10, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 28, 1999
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