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Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement Statement
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
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1971.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Hubert Work miscellaneous papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Custodial Note
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.
Biographical note
United States postmaster general, 1922-1923; secretary of the interior, 1923-1928; chairman, Republican National Committee,
1928-1929.
Hubert Work (July 3, 1860 – December 14, 1942)
1860 July 3 |
Born Marion Center, PA |
1882-1884 |
Attended Medical School at the University of Michigan |
1885 |
Transferred to and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Established medical practice in Greeley,
CO.
|
1887 |
Married Laura M. Arbuckle (1859-1924) |
1896 |
Moved to Pueblo, CO and founded the Woodcroft Hospital |
1912 |
Served as state chairman of Republican Party in Colorado |
1914 |
Ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senator from Colorado |
1920 |
Served as Colorado's representative to the Republican National Convention |
1921 |
Appointed First Assistant to Postmaster General William H. Hays |
1921-1922 |
Chairman of American Medical Association |
1922 |
Appointed Postmaster General |
1924 |
Death of Laura (Arbuckle) Work |
1923-1928 |
Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding and President Calvin Coolidge |
1928-1929 |
Chairman of Republican National Committee |
1928 |
Directed the Herbert Hoover-Charles Curtis Presidential-Vice-Presidential Campaign |
1942 December 14 |
Death in Denver, CO. (Buried in Arlington National Cemetery) |
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.
Arrangement Statement
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