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Title: Jean Henry Large miscellaneous papers
Date (inclusive): 1850-1962
Collection Number: 66028
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box
(1.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, a diary, correspondence, and photographs, relating to the genealogy of the Henry family and to personal affairs
of Jean Henry Large and Lou Henry Hoover.
Creator:
Large, Jean Henry
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 1966.
[Identification of item], Jean Henry Large miscellaneous papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Jean Henry Large was born in 1882 in Waterloo, Iowa to Florence Weed and Charles Delano Henry. She was the younger sister
of Lou Henry Hoover, wife of Herbert Hoover. She lived for a brief time in Hawaii and worked as a writer. She died in 1958.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers relate to the genealogy of the Henry family and to personal affairs of Jean Henry Large and Lou Henry Hoover. The
papers are comprised of writings, a diary, correspondence, photographs, and printed matter. Some items are photocopies.
Berton W. Crandall photographs, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944
Henry family