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Title: Hubert Work miscellaneous papers
Date (inclusive): 1911-1933
Collection Number: 71036
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.04 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Clippings, correspondence, and typescripts of speeches, relating to American politics, Herbert Hoover, and the Republican
Party.
Creator:
Work, Hubert, 1860-1942
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1971.
[Identification of item], Hubert Work miscellaneous papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Correspondence and speeches were purchased in 1971 from Harry N. Burgess. Scrapbooks were donated by John W. Kinkade in 1974.
The processing archivists could not determine the provenances of the photographs and biographical miscellaneous.
United States postmaster general, 1922-1923; secretary of the interior, 1923-1928; chairman, Republican National Committee,
1928-1929.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Hubert Work miscellaneous papers document the political career and public service of Dr. Hubert Work (1860 - 1942), a
Colorado Republican who served as Postmaster General (1922-1923), Secretary of the Interior (1923-1928) under Presidents Harding
and Coolidge, and Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1928-1929). The bulk of the collection contains correspondence,
speeches, and scrapbooks.
The collection has been organized into five series:
Series I. Correspondence, 1929-1933
Series II. Speeches, 1922-1925, undated
Series III. Scrapbooks, 1923-1929
Series IV. Photographs, 1911-1928
Series V. Miscellaneous, 1920s, undated
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- Politics and government -- 1923-1929
Postal service -- United States
United States -- Politics and government -- 1921-1923
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
United States. Department of the Interior
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
United States. Post Office Department