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Herbert Hoover Letter to L. Hugh Jackson

 Collection
Identifier: MS 479
Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a letter from Herbert Hoover to J. Hugh Jackson, Dean of Stanford University, informing him that Hoover nominated him for the Presidency of the Rice Institute.

Dates

  • 1941

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Herbert Hoover Letter to J. Hugh Jackson must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical / Historical

Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) was the 31st President of the United States from 1929-1933. Prior to his Presidency, the served as the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 19290s under Presidents Harding and Coolidge. In this capacity, he promoted government intervention under his program of “economic moderinization.” Hoover easily captured the Republican nomination despite to previous experience in campaigning for elected office. To date, Hoover is the last cabinet secretary to be directly elected President. Hoover served as President during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and lost his bid for reelection in 1932. Hoover was also a professional mining engineer and author. J. Hugh Jackson (1891-1992) received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simpson College in 1912, an MBA with Distinction from Harvard University in 1920, and two honorary degrees from Simpson College, Doctor of Laws (1930) and Doctor of Business Administration (1955). He became licensed as a CPA in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and California. His first college teaching jobs were at the University of Oregan the University of Minnesota. After completing his Master’s degree in Business, he was named assistant professor of accounting at Harvard’s Graduate School of Business in 1923 and was eventually made a full-time professor there. During his time at Harvard, and until 1930 at Stanford, he was associated with the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse and Co. In 1926, Jackson moved to Stanford and became a professor of accounting; in 1931, he became the second dean of Stanford’s new Graduate School of Business. He held this post for twenty-five years until his retirement in 1956.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet ( (1 letter))

Language of Materials

English

Overview

This collection contains a letter from Herbert Hoover to J. Hugh Jackson, Dean of Stanford University, informing him that Hoover nominated him for the Presidency of the Rice Institute.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This letter was purchased from a manuscript auction on July 22, 1999.

Creator

Title
Guide to the Herbert Hoover Letter to J. Hugh Jackson, July 8, 1941
Status
Completed
Author
Kathryn Morrow
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA