Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 and Adams, Ephraim Douglass, 1865-1930
- Abstract:
- Correspondence and leaflets relating to the administration and finances of Stanford University and to American participation in World War I. Correspondence mostly with Herbert Hoover. Includes a series of leaflets by E. D. Adams, entitled Why We Are at War with Germany, 1918. Includes photocopied correspondence.
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Ephraim Douglass Adams papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Ephraim Douglass Adams Papers consist of correspondence and speeches and writings. The correspondence includes his exchanges of letters with Herbert Hoover regarding the finances and other operations of Stanford University. The letters also concern The Commission for Relief in Belgium and the establishment of the Hoover Library at Stanford University. The correspondence series also includes a lengthy letter to Ray Lyman Wilbur in which Adams sets forth his views on the administration of Stanford University and the role of the faculty in the university. The speeches and writings series includes copies of a multi-part pamphlet entitled Why We are At War with Germany in which Adams explains his view of why America had to go to war with Germany in World War I. The speeches and writings series also contains a lengthy speech in which Adams gives his personal reminiscences of Herbert Hoover as an individual and as an administrator.
- Biographical / historical:
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American historian; director of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, 1919-1925.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged into 2 series: Correspondence; and Speeches and writings
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
- Names:
- Stanford University
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Ephraim Douglass Adams papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563