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Business & Commerce

Business & Commerce

Introduction to the Collection

Hoover’s archival collections and library holdings contain information on US domestic and foreign business enterprises and investments and economic and commercial relationships in a number of key areas and industries, including agriculture, natural resources, manufacturing, and military and defense sectors. The materials also address challenges in global trade during periods of conflict and cooperation.

Featured Collections

HERBERT HOOVER SUBJECT COLLECTION: Secretary of commerce, 1921­­–28; US president, 1928–33

HOWARD REX COTTAM PAPERS: US diplomat

A. DANIEL O’NEAL PAPERS: Chairman, US Interstate Commerce Commission, 1973–79

WINIFRED ARMSTRONG PAPERS: Economist, American Metals Climax, 1966–75

J. B. CONDLIFFE PAPERS: US economist; member, Economic Intelligence Service, 1931–37M

JULEAN HERBERT ARNOLD PAPERS: Founder, American Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai

ALONZO BLAND CALDER PAPERS: US consular officer, concerned with trade relations with the Soviet Union, China, Egypt, and Malaya

JAMES C. MILLER PAPERS: Chairman, US Federal Trade Commission

BION SAMUEL GREGORY PAPERS: US businessman in Mexico

ANTONY C. SUTTON PAPERS: US-British political scientist and historian

 

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BUSINESS & COMMERCE LIBRARY & ARCHIVES MATERIALS