Guide to the Lou Henry Hoover House Papers SC0076B
University Archives staff
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1997, September 2023
Green Library
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Stanford 94305-6064
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Language of Material:
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Lou Henry Hoover House Papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0076B
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1921-1949
SCOPE AND CONTENT
These papers consist primarily of correspondence between the Hoovers, Professor Clark, and
Mr. Clark regarding planning and construction of the Lou Henry Hoover house; and sketches
and specifications for the house. Part of the correspondence consists of copied materials
from the Lou Henry Hoover papers in the Herbert Hoover Library (West Branch, Iowa), some of
which concern Louis Mullgardt's plans for a house. Also included are materials used for and
final edition of Mr. Clark's
MEMOIRS ABOUT MR. AND MRS. HERBERT HOOVER,
WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE PLANNING AND BUILDING OF THEIR HOME ON SAN JUAN HILL
(Palo Alto: privately printed, 1969).
BIOGRAPHY
Birge M. Clark (born 1893) was the son of Arthur B. Clark, who came to Stanford in 1892 as
an Instructor in Drawing. Birge Clark received his A.B. from Stanford, 1914, and B.Arch from
Columbia, 1917, and was an architect in Palo Alto. Both A. B. Clark and Birge Clark served
as advising architects to Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover for their house on the Stanford
campus.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Birge Clark. Lou Henry Hoover House Papers (SC0076B). Department
of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Provenance:
Gift of Birge M. Clark, 1970.
Publication Rights:
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the
documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Access Restrictions:
None.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Lou Henry Hoover House (Stanford, Calif.)
Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944
Clark, Arthur Bridgman
Hoover, Herbert
Papers ARCH-1983-055
Material Specific Details: "87-005" was notated on
original archival box.
Box 1, folder 4
Miscellaneous materials
Scope and Contents note
Material includes undated correspondence, sketches of portions of the house,
"Specifications for the revised heating of the residence for Lou Henry Hoover. . .,"
xerox copies of newspaper clippings, and other assorted miscellany.
Box 1, folder 5
Book:
Memoirs about Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover,
with Particular Emphasis on the Planning and Building of their Home on San Juan
Hill.
By Birge M. Clark. Palo Alto, California.
March 1969,
Box 1, folder 6
Material used in Memoirs: tracings of the Hoover House.
Box 1, folder 7
Material used in Memoirs: Letters and pictures appearing within the
text.
Box 1, folder 8
Numbered letters referred to in text of Memoirs.
Box 1, folder 9
Unnumbered letters, most of which appear in back of book.
Box 2, folder 1
Correspondence [copied from Lou Henry Hoover papers],
1917-Feb 1920
Box 2, folder 2
Correspondence [copied from Lou Henry Hoover papers],
1920 March - 1922
Box 2, folder 3
Correspondence [copied from Lou Henry Hoover papers],
1923- 1929
Box 2, folder 4
Correspondence [copied from Lou Henry Hoover papers],
1930
Box 2, folder 5
Correspondence [copied from Lou Henry Hoover papers],
1931- 1933
Box 2, folder 6
Correspondence re Mullgardt plan [copied from Lou Henry Hoover
papers]
1917, 1960
