Inventory of the Jean Henry Large miscellaneous papers
Finding aid prepared by Samira Bozorgi
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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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
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1966.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jean Henry Large miscellaneous papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
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.
Related Collection
Berton W. Crandall photographs, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944
Henry family
Correspondence
1912, 1941
box 1, folder 1
Letter from Lou Henry to Jean Henry
undated
Physical Description
Photocopy and typed copy
box 1, folder 2
Letter to Jean Henry regarding Pearl Harbor attack
1941 December 8
box 1, folder 3
Postcards to Charles D. Henry
1912
box 1, folder 4
Diary of Jean Henry
1901
Physical Description
Photocopy
Scope and Contents note
Describes activities with Lou Henry in Yokohama, Japan
box 1, folder 5
Alaska Railroad guide
1923
Scope and Contents note
Special guide for presidential party, including Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce
box 1, folder 6
Henry family genealogy
1932 and undated
box 1, folder 7
Menu from luncheon in honor of President Warren G. Harding
1923
box 1, folder 8
Newspaper clippings about Lou Henry Hoover
1951, 1962
box 1, folder 9
"Recollections of a Piece of Wood," poem by Lou Henry Hoover
1930
Scope and Contents note
Printed on White House stationery
Photographs
circa 1850-1928
box 1, folder 10
1 print of a street scene in Waterloo, Iowa
undated
box 1, folder 11
1 portrait of an unidentified young man in military uniform
undated
box 1, folder 12
1 print of Lou Henry and Jean Henry
undated
box 1, folder 13
8 prints of members of the Weed family
circa 1850-circa 1880
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Florence Weed (later Henry), Jennie, Eliza Barrett, Phineas, and Abigail Kimberly Howard
box 1, folder 14-16
15 prints of members of the Henry family
circa 1870-1910
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs of Charles Delano, Florence, Jean, Janet, Mary A., Jessie, W. D., and Addis Henry
box 1, folder 17
2 prints of Lou Henry Hoover as a child
circa 1875-1880
box 1, folder 18
2 prints of John and Nancy Wallace Scobey
1880s
box 1, folder 19
2 prints of Lou Henry Hoover and Jean Henry in Yokohama, Japan
1901
box 1, folder 20
1 print of Herbert Hoover
circa 1910
box 1, folder 21
4 prints of Lou Henry Hoover and Jean Henry hiking with others
1924
box 1, folder 22-23
4 portraits of Lou Henry Hoover
1928
box 1, folder 25
23 prints of the Hoover's cabin on Rapidan river, Virginia (Camp Rapidan)
circa 1929
box 1, folder 26
1 print of Herbert Hoover
1930s
box 1, folder 27
1 portrait of Lou Henry Hoover in formal attire
1931
Scope and Contents note
Autographed to Susan Louise Dyer
box 1, folder 28
5 prints of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover with their children
1932-1939
Scope and Contents note
Some prints are enclosed within greeting cards
