Lou Henry Hoover & Stanford University : CSPAN3 : June 17, 2024 3:03pm-3:48pm EDT : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive (2024)

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our first speaker, julia sweet can singer, is the senior associate university librarian for collections and public services for stanford at stanford university. in this, she manages the department's response for developing and interpreting collections, as well as providing public services and the main research library, as well as the branch libraries and art, music, education, east asia, engineering and the sciences. she began her career as the map librarian at stanford in 2000 and was promoted to the head of the brain in earth science library and map in 2004. she named the associate university librarian for science and engineering in 20 and the head of the collections in 2022. julie was a member past chair of

the national geospatial advisory committee, providing advice and recommendations related to the national geospatial program and the development of the national spatial data infrastructure from. 2004 through 2009. she served as co-chair for the national geospatial royal digital archive, a library of congress national digital information infrastructure and preservation program partners. our second speaker is edward mater, who has lectured in 36 states and 17 foreign countries on the subject of historic and textiles, he attended the university of wisconsin before earning his m.a. at the court. cortland institute of art of london. mater has served as a museum since 1977, holding curatorial

positions at the fashion institute of technology in new york and the los angeles county museum of art. he was the founding of the barbecue museum in toronto, ontario, canada. he has led specialized textile tours to the united kingdom italy, france, the netherlands, germany, switzerland, finland russia, sweden, turkey and argentina. he is as well-traveled as hoover's since 1980 1983. edward has written, coauthored and edited a number of both scholarship and popular books. made her continues his research on a broad range of topics lectures frequently and is currently research associate in the theater department at smith college in northampton, massachusetts. he's also consultant with agusta auction aids in palos falls, vermont ladies and gentlemen

please welcome julius witkin, singer. thank you for the invitation. speak here today about lou henry hoover and her connection to stanford university. thank you to tom schwartz and the staff of the herbert hoover presidential library and museum for the opportun ity to bring to life this amazing woman at a unique moment in. her life. we'll start to talk with a story. this is a story of how i became introduced to both hoover and lou henry hoover. i'll spend the majority of my time talking about what her life was like as a student at stanford. well, then turn back to when they came to what's known as the farm which they considered their home throughout the rest of

their lives. talk about the building of the lou henry hoover and lou's dedicated support for music on the campus. note that for all the stanford libraries, they're available for viewing and download at full resolution, and the links are on the slides. in may 2000, i became the map liarian, the brown earth sciences library and. map collections. the ma we piled high to the ceiling with un cataloged maps. drawings.ebooks. something called the stanford geological survey. d ea more about this collection and found that the survey existed for 100 years from 1895 to 1995. during time, the students and the faculty went into the field to survey and map parts of california, nevada and utah. this manuscript was available only to those visited the library and located the few

items that had been cataloged individually. i asked the head librarian, charlotta dirksen, what we could do with the materials. her answer get a grant to catalog and digitize them. and so i did. we were awarded a two year grant from the state of california in 2001, from the california library, a subset. the entire corpus is available online, including 450 maps and 50 field notebooks. carol king wrote a history of the survey in 1988. prior to the cataloging of these materials that would push the date of the field studies back by eight years to 1895. she notes, brenner and newsom took students into the field to carry out their to understand the geologic of the west. but how did the get to the library? i talked to earth sciences professor james ingles, who ran the survey four times from 1968

to 1977. he told that materials were held in the eaves of geology corner shown here in a photo dated around 1902 to 1905. on october. 1989, the loma prieta earthquake struck, causing severe damage in the bay area and on the campus. this building was no longer safe and would need to be vacated and renovated. jim was given 4 hours to take from the eaves. what he could salvage quickly. he took many of the survey materials as he could and depositing them in our library. while jim rescued many treasures, one of the most important maps was this the topographic map of a part of the leland stanford junior university campus, dated 1893 by james eagles d.f. mitchell and a young hoover in his sophom*ore or junior year. note that they were learning land surveying in order to

understand and map the topography, they are creating the base map over which the geology could be added. diggle and hoover were both pioneers meaning they matriculated at stanford the year the university opened its door to students. mitchell was a year behind. hoover's name is last and. it turns out that he was a draftsman. remember arthur jiggles he's a recurring character for us. the map drawn by hand on paper that was mounted on linen. hoover's name is shown at the bottom right as a delineate or the draftsman. he wrote his name three times on the front in the title a draftsman and in pencil near official signature. he also wrote twice on the back of the piece, practicing and well, doodling doodling. here we see a picture from 93 with arthur diggle standing on the left and herbert hoover seated below. they are with fellow students

ari mcdonnell and james, along with their surveying instruments. this project, these maps and field notebooks captured my imagination and took me back into a time to the early days of the university. i started the early days of the department and across papers held by the school related to brunner. his book collection and his connection to, both herbert hoover and lew henry. years later, in 2015, we featured the trailblazer thing stanford women of geology for brenner library's 100th anniversary and prominently featured the first woman to graduate with a degree in geology from stanford in 98. lew henry. lew grew up in a family that regularly moved as her father looked for satisfying and stable work. this took them from the midwest, the house to the southwest, and nally, monterey, california. she and her father loved the outdoors. she thrived in nure and grew up fishing and hunting, riding

and, camping with her father, her mother ander sister. in the summer of, 1891, they spent time on mount gleason, where hefather had bought shar in the union gold mine. she and charles, her father, went into the mines shafts looking for gold. here you see her pictured on a pack burro outside of a store in acton thatummer in the fall she organized a chapter of the argosy associate in a society founded in 75 to study the natural sciences. the saint nicholas magazine was, the official magazine to which lew subscribed and submitted letters. lew went to college at los angeles normal school in order to train to be a schoolteacher. she thrived, ranked at the top of her class and easily made friends. in december of 1891, her parents told, her they were moving north to monterey, where her father would become a bank treasurer at bank of monterey. she would remain at l.a. normal

for the rest of the school year. after thought and agonizing, she decided to transfer to san jose normalool for her final dotown san jose in the fall of 1892. on the campus that would later become sanosuniversity. she was closer to her parents, her sister and, her co arthur weed, who was also a student. the adjustment was stressful, but she found her bearings and adapted well up the road, about 25 miles from the normal school, stanford university, which opened its doors to the first pioneer class in 1891. the university held a series of talks called. the university extension club lectures. dr. john casper brenner, the first professor, hired by david starr. jordan, the president spoke three times in the fall, 1892. lew attended all of the lectures on topics here. the chemical agents, geology, mechanical work of water and geology and agency of heat.

clearly, this sparked her interest. she graduate from college in the spring of 1893. she worked in her father's bank, but there was no chance for advancement there. as woman. she was offered a third grade classroom, but she had no interest in teaching small children as she thought about what to do next. lew, now 20 years old, remembered those lectures and sought out dr. to ask him if stanford accept a woman majoring in geology. he said yes and encouraged her to. she was admitted to stanford in the fall for the 1894 class. the fourth class to be admitted. the stanford of 1894 was not, of course, the stanford. we know today. it was under constant construction. well, okay. that much hasn't changed in 130 years. this map, while not completely accurate, the date isn't the most like what would have been built to as lew was a student.

the inner quad was built and but not the church that's labeled g. and the arch, which is shown between o and p or all of the houses along the streets at the back of campus in the upper left. even with that the campus was small and removed the surrounding town. so there are two places of note, i think are important for us on the right near the bottom, you see roebling hall. that's the dorm where loof moved into her freshman year, labeled with a lower class b. the second is house number 28, which you can see on the upper left on alvarado row. that was the home of dr. brenner, his family. the stree here were named by david starr, jordan stanford's to commemorate early. alvarado row was named for one battista alvarado, revolutionary leader and governor of alta

california from 1836 to 1842. this gives you a flavor of the campus with the inner quad showing that it's basically out in the middle of, a field with some new trees planted walkways of wood and dirt. you can faintly see the santa mountains in the background. here you see lagunitas full of water with the inner shown on the right. the museum left of center. and roebling hall dorm. to the left of the. the scene is bucolic with plenty of room to be outside to walk in the wide open spaces. something that lew loved roebling. hall was hastily constructed in 1891 to house the women that would matriculate that year. it was delayed pending decision to admit women into the university due to the with which it needed to be built. it was constructed of reinforced rather than sandstone. was encina hall, the men's dorm. unlike the men's dorm, included a large parlor and a reception.

the color scheme was pale blue and pink. it was a sturdy that stayed largely intact. the 1906 earthquake. this picture gives you an idea of the dorm life at around the time. lou would have been a student. you see the steps leading up to the dorm and the arches framing entryway, carrying out a motif that still exists on the campus. the male students have gathered in the front the dorms with band members in tow, and the women excitedly watchm above. lou took a solid load of classes freshmanr, including classes in geology. presume believe the fit ass in the series dynamic structural geology paling, ontology, the story and character organisms and formations, she wasaut by dr. brenner and dr. smith. these two men taught all of the courses offered, including the labs. this was a rigorous set of courses.

her biographer, annette dunlap, notes that her classes were much more challenging than those she would have received. the normal school. lou also took a class called physical training. we know was quite physically active and, was used to a life that included horseback, picnics and being nature, as well as hiking to be able to take classes in physical must have been a great interest to her. here you see robbie, jim for women where she would have in exercises like the one you see the women doing here, climbing ladders, hanging on parallel bars, lifting weights and. taking this class. introduce lou to a woman who became a friend and important colleague in their sharedesire to encourage and promote women's physical hlth. a dual measure, mosher would have been her instructor in hygiene and organic training classes. i believe lou probably took the first class gymnastic exercise

this program was designed to improve and preserve health and general organic development. clelia mosher, a master's degree at stanford and four and a master's degree at stanford and left in 1896 to pursue a medical degree. johns hopkins school of medicine. she returned to stanford, 1910, as a doctor, and she became an assistant professor in personal hygiene. and lou corresponded throughout lou's life, and she gave lou advice. when lou served as an officer of the national amateur athletic federation. lou became a member of the geology student body. and in doing so, she was introducough john kaspar brenner to hisatory assistant herbert hoover. bert is shown hereing second from the left, also in dr. brenner, dr. smitwellssors. as a fellow students. arthur nicholls from the hoover map saw earlier. these youngr lou's

classmates, although lou was older than bert a number of months, ahead of school being a senior. and at brenner's urging, they spent time together where bert obviously smitten. bert was very on the campus, having served as of the geological club, elected to e class council and to the athletic board. he was class treasurer at his junior year. he was a hard worker and a good political organizer. throughout the course of her freshman year, theformed a bond that would last. clubs were a normal the campus from the start and lou joined two scientific clubs h freshman year thgeogical club and, the zoological club, the geological club's objective to quote promote good fellowship among the studentsf ology to study geological problems of local importance and economic value, and to promote discussions upon subjects. the club met every other week

with talks being by those members who traveled around, see, quote, unusual geological economic areas. the zoological club was started the very first year that the university was formed with the goal of exploring vicinity around the university and to obtain knowledge of the plants and animals in the and gain experience in fieldwork. clearly freshman year brought her much joy intellectual pursuits, new friends and an interesting, handsome young. herbert graduated in june 1895 and left for the mines in nevada city, california. the economy was difficult, and so he went to carts in the reward mine. and then the nearby, nearby mayflower mine. the map shown here gives you an idea of the mining claims. the area around nevada city. each of the lod blocks that you see as a mine claim. this was a very active mining area at the time.

he earned enough mon that he was able support his siblings, including spending t money to send his brother theodore to stanford to complete his studie theodore would later become the dean of engineers at stanford. throughout the rest of lou' time at stanfordhe would continue to work in the united states. and then in 1897 accepted a position in australia. before taking off he went to monterey to meet lu's parents and presumably coming to an understanding with lu about their future. lu's sophom*ore year started off quite differently. her freshman year. her sister, jean came with her. jean had been unwell the previous year and was behind in school. her parents decided to enroll or in castella school, a private girls school in palo alto. lu and jean moved into a boarding. she was now taking care of her sister, taking a full complement classes and yi to participate, in the social life of the campus, the branches

offered their home a place where jean could stay to lu to go on overnight camping trips with her classmates and participate in the social life of the campus. here you see a picture of them from a time from that same time h picnicking with her father, her to the right, and her good friend dole. as we saw on the map, the branches lived at number 28. alvarado row, the 11th house built on that street. brenner's wife, susan, noted that the sidewalk boards allowed them to walk to the house with the ground being surrounded by, quote, a sea of mud during the rainy months when they moved in in april, 92, heavy rains caused the house to leak like a sieve. the water piped in was muddy, and so they had to go to an artisan. well, nearby that they could get their cooking. and where could get their cooking and drinking water. she remembered that this state of things lasted for a number of years and this large home with

three young children must have been a welcome place for the two henry women to visit to stay. truly a home away from home. lou's cast's class schedule continued to rigorous with the introduction of mineralogy paleontology, mathematics and chemistry. here you see her in chemistry lab working with her mortar and pestle. her geology classes, mineralogy and paleontology were both by dr. smith. note she took her second year of german. the campus, remained the center of her world, even though she was not living on it. here you can see the main quad when you look north out the through the arches you see through oval. the large museum. the museum still exists on campus today, although altered somewhat obscured by other buildings and a pretty glen of trees. lu continued to participate in the zoological club and was an active member. as noted in the school yearbook

1895. this picture is either from 1894 or 95 and shows a club picnicking the lagonda summit in the santa cruz mountai, e west of the university. lu is in the center, lounging on the ground with a miner's pick and, an apple in the back row behind. her with a little hat . is again her marion doll clearly a kindred spirit. lose interest in athletics continued unabated. she joined the women's athletic association and was on their board of directors along with clelia doyle mosher. here she's practicing archery a sport she clearly enjoyed and kept the entire time she was at stanford stanford. despite everyone's best efforts, jeanne's health did not improve to point where she was fully healthy. lu was passed over for the lab assistant position that opened up. burke graduated. she wondered if it was because she was a woman. if brenner knew that she would not be able to manage it with

everything else she had on her plate. she became increasingly overwhelmed during that term. she decided that leaving school was what was necessary. she wrote to her parents with her decision. her father quickly responded, a long letter stating in no uncertain terms. do not think for a moment of giving up school. you have just arrived at the point where u n begin to put your knowledge, to practical use. he stated, you must have your heart in your work and studies and test in what you were doing and object to be gained and not to be satisfied. you have gained that object. this was the last time. lu suggested that she quit school. when she moved back to campus for spring quarter, jean did not go with her. lu moved back into the radley dorm with her classmates. she seen here with marion and two other friends, her sophom*ore year ended on a high note on may 1896. at the last meeting of the year of the geological club. lu was elected president,

beating out mr. j.p. b rchie and mr. fred harvey. she received a majority of the votes counted and would take the position in the fall semester her junior year, with the first meing being held september first, 1896. mr. effie reynolds was elected secretary, a new constitution for the group also ratified during this meeting and was the first person to sign. lu's junior year took on a familiar rhythm of classes club events, athletic participation and enjoying campus like she continued to take chemistry. moving into advanced organic chemistry with experimental lectures in the lab, a quantitative analys ich included mineral, a class that occurred for a week. she took geology fromr. brenner tt cluded lectures and visits to mines, and she tookoney and banking, which harkened back to the days of working with her fher in the bank of monterey after

graduating from san jose normal, this class focused the history of money and banking as well as the theory released related to the management of money through bank discounts and other functions due during lu's junior year. three women joined the geological club. two of them were familiar name of. grace paterson and eliza marietta girls matriculated at stanford with their brother robert. the nichols family was from siskiyou county in northern california. henry their father, was a jeweler by trade. his son, james arthur. we've already met. was born in 1893 and entered stanford when he was 22 years old. was an older sister. she born in 1869. entered stanford when she was 27 years old. her sister grace entered stanford when was 26. she was a year younger than eliza and a year older than james arthur. robert was, the youngest when he entered stanford with his

sisters. he was 21 years old. eliza and grace both majored in geology. with robert focusing history by their junior year, the stanford quad states that elizabeth changed her major to ethics. grace changed her major to history. and robert. changed major to chemistry. in their senior year, the only student left was grace, who appears to graduated with a degree in history. she was a member, the student guild of the board of directors and senior weight committee. by 1911, grace was a teacher in jose and died when she was 44. victoria came from lompoc, california and was 27 when she started stanford. her father was a schoolteacher. i did not find evidence that she from the university, but did find her teaching in los angeles in 1891. lew, seen here on the far left in the plug ugly events. the fall of 1898, the first year, the event, according to josh schneider at the university

archivist. it was one of the university's first homegrown traditions as it was an annual burlesque junior class performance and poster to lampoon members. the senior class. the juniors would create heavily create would create heavily decorated top which you can see here that had led in them known as plugs. this tradition was not long as over the years it became violent with the juniors physically batter battling with the seniors for control of the quad. it was banned in 1916 and finally ceased 1917. lu pledged kappa kappa gamma, a female fraternity. her junior year she became close friends with evelyn. later allen, a graduate who was the grand president of the kappa kappa gamma national fraternity. from 1890 to 1892. white entered stanford as a graduate student and later would become the university's first dean of women.

while this was, you'll notice that lu became president of the geologic club, as we talked about. but the difference there's a different secretary. so for some reason was a change in who the secretary would be that year. you'll notice also that that toria bateman is active in the club, but the nichols members are no longer listed listed. lu was vice president, the women's athletic association and an active member of the archery club. lu's final year at stanford started in the fall of 1897. she continued to be in touch with bert, and shirley looked forward to graduation, wondered what the future would bring her in terms of employment. her final classes were no less rigorous than those of previous years. she continued with geology taking advanced mineralogy and petroleum petroglyphs that included mathematical, physical and chemical crystallraphy. the first semester and special studies in forming mirals. the second semester she attended

assaying cla, which allowed her determine the content or quality of a metal urn or she took elementary optics perhaps as stated in the course guide available to students who needed training for this in their major subject. two of my favorite pictures of that you see here where she was on her to her assaying class on the back of that larger pi that you on the le ia note that this dress worn to the horror of her fraternity si who found it much too short as it showed her shoes in these pictures. she's young and happy and without a care in the world. this time nfor what was? but a sliver for her in a rich life filled with travel and iting. raising a family by taking part in important national ternational efforts through the government and with organizations such as the girl scouts and the national amateur athletic federation. as well as being the first lady for four years.

but this brief time for few years she was lu a young woman, followed her intellectual passions and time with her friends free be herself in a way that obviously brought her joy. lu continued to actively in leadership roles. this time as a president of the women's athletic association, she remained the sole in the geological clubnd not see a fellow female graduate from the department for many years. by 1929, three women had earned degrees in geology. graduated with a degree on thursday, may 24th, 1898. the events took placee chapel with a crowd out the doors and into the inner quad. she gradua wher students in the major of geology. thendewith a pro in the quad. there were booths and decorations and japanese lanterns and the yangtze band provided music a fitting end to her time at stanford.

lu was one of 372 females students who matriculated in the 1894 1895 class. by the time she graduated, the number of matriculated students had increased about 100 students with a of women at 458 or 37.4% of the class, up from three 33.8% when she started. by 1899, jane stanford was worried that with the increased number women being admitted by then, 44%, that would effectively turn the campus into a university. women, if that trajectory continued on. she amended the charter of the campus to cap number of women who could be admitted to 500. the cap was first met in 1903 and it was not fully removed. until 1973. dr. brenner kept, careful track of all of his students, he noted when they started, sometimes what classes they took, their

graduation dates, their cookery year trajectory, and sometimes even the names of their wives and children. he clearly cared about them and wanted to how they were doing and progressing in their lives. here you see the page about herbert hoover. he notes his date of graduation, his first jobs in the mine in nevada city, his move to australia, his marriage to lew henry and their swift to china. we see how many times the hoover's movedaddress scratched out when. they arrived somewhere new. he kept clippings focused on hoover's career as mining engineer lewis listed twice in the she's first listed alphabetically with the othe geologisabove her on the roster are herbert and his brother theodore. theodore's history is on page three eight and herbert's on 39. brenner not note thatew was listed on page 129. the entry notes that she's registered for monterey. he received her bachelor's degree in geology in 19 an 1898

and married h.s. hoover. attached is her address. they lived in london. brenner's book allows us to understand the range of opportunity available to the men who graduated with in geology during this time. let's look at how this let's look at picture as an example. at the bottole is solon shed. he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1896, a yf lou. we'll return to him in just a minute. behind him is our mcdonell. might remember him from survey picture we saw at the start. he graduated with civil ening degree and started a firm clinton byrnes, also a stanford. and that firm still exists ands has 7600 employees. j giggles in the back next to mcdonell. it looks like he didn't graduate. brenner's notes are cryptic and states lacked blank. now graduatidot dot dot

with no further information state started out as a foreman of the three largest stamp mills in the attica mine el's camp calaveras county, california. he later moved to australia, where in 1904 he was superintendentmine in coolgardie, west australia. he died of a lingering illness australia on may 1910, leaving behind a wife and a daughter. south blocks mine, which hoover oversaw. pat at the bottom right was, a member of the winton tribe. it's what he did with the surveying parties. he may have been a guide, a cook or a hired hand. he was when this picture was taken. he later marry and have a daughter, solon should received three degrees from stanford, including his in 1910. he was the state geologist at the washington geologic survey from 1903 1909 to 1913 and was a washington state geologist from

1921 to 25. he came back to stanford in 1925 and became the librarian at the sciences library, and he would remain in that position until he passed away in 1938. these avenues were not available to lou brown or had encouraged her to take that would prepare her for a laboratory job as he thought these would be easier get as a woman. she wanted to be a field geologist. she wasn't interested in being in in the labs. upon graduation, she had no job. two weeks later, she wrote to her good friend. evelyn white penning you have not a letter from this abbey, which unfortunately does not stand for a boy. what wouldn't give just about now to be one? they would not want me to stay meekly at home. i would not still have to face that old still of how far of obedience as dutiful. and i would have something to work. brenner tried to help her find jobs, but even he was unable to secure a position for her. he hoped she could get a job at

the state mining bureau, only to find that the position had been given to a mr. preston. maybe if preston left would be given a chance. lew no choice but to move back in with her parents. with the spanish-american war in full swing, lew engaged in work for the red cross. bert situation had changed, too. he was reassigned to work in china. he cable lew and said, going to china via san francisco. will you go with me? he one word in reply. yes yes. lew wrote to dr. to let him know the good news. he on february 2nd and said here have i been all the time hunting high and to find you a position to yr linwhen you had won all the while and best one could possibly have found for you. well,'m done with you now. you may go leave the country my blessing and imanee looking aftefr the shore. with a smile broad as my face will admit. and as happy as if you were my own. your loving professor law.

jake brenner. he including, he ilud a little drawing of himself down at the bottom left blessing neyweds. they were married monterey, at her parents house on february. 10th 1899. the next day boarded a boat and left for china from san francisco. over the next decade and a half, the hoovers would travel the world extensively, first based in china and then in london, where they spent many years living in the red house. both their boys. herbert allen were born london. they would return to the united states yearly to visit their in monterey. and eir friends at stanford. bert was named to the board of trustees at stanford in 19. a position that allowed him to build and own a house on the stanford land by 1914. hoover's plan to return the unit states to enroll the boys school in california. the start of world war one upended these plans, causing a delay in their departure. leand the boys leaving on tober 3rd of that year.

she returned to london in november that year, staying until may 1915, when returned to be with her sons in, california. she took boys back to london with her in december 1915. the war continued pace, and finally they decided that lew would bring the boys back to california. in january 1917, with no plans to return here you see the ship manifest of their crossing which took 12 days to get from falmouth tnew york city. in 191 lew and bert purchased, an unfinished house from albert. at 746 inez street on the campus. lew managed upgrading and completion of the house, lived there with the boys from 1917 to 1919 when they moved to washington. they sold the house in 1920 to their friends. ephron does good. douglas adams and his wife florence. during this time, she began designing her dream house that would suit their needs on san

juan. having bought the plot, many prior birch, clark and, his father, arthur, who chaired stanford's art and architectural department, were the architects. lew designed a house that was over 12,000 square feet in size and could accommodate the large number of who were used to hosting. they were used to hosting while still comfortable for their own family. the building made of reinforced concrete and in the pueblo style. the house featured flat roofs and an outdoor sleeping porch. the house sat atop san juan hill and lew would climb the tall construction to examine the views, the rooms and the roofs. the facade included brick tile and stucco. the inside the house was nsidered eclecc. miss dunlap notes that, quote, interior design reflected an eclectic of architectural elements of some of the places lou had lived in europe and asia. leaded an asymmetricaludor style, provided a british touch. arches and pergolas in the main rooms reflected a mediterranean

influence. the house was completed in july 1921. the house became a home with. friends, family, visitors, pets filling up all its spaces. it would remain a place of respite and refuge for lou and her family throughout her. lou and burt would go back and to washington over the years with lou spending as much time at stanford as possible and staying connected to the university. her sons both went to stanford. she provided internships to stanford women graduates in washington, dc. after birds failed campaign, they moved back permanently. the hoover house. lou became increasingly interested in developing musical offerings on the campus. during time in the white house, she became ose friends with elizabeth sprague, coolidge. coolidge was a song sporter. classical music donating money to chicago symphony founding music festivals and commissioning pieces, including copland's appalachian spring. coolidge was often invited to

the white house as lou worked hard to the musical programing there. when the hoover's returned to california, returned to california and to stanford coolidge, helped fund concerts and brought musicians. the campus at the behest of lou. by late 1937, lou was working hard to raise money to support musical offerings. in 1938, she formalized the structure for the friends of music and hosted meetings at her house. coolidge promised matching funds to support the effort. the two of them were successful in raising the funds to start the organization. on january 3rd, 1940, the group adopted a formal constitution with lou signing first as president. by 1947, stanford had created dark department of music, largely to the tireless work of lou elizabeth and many of the supporters of music the bay area lou henry hoover continued to be engaged with his stanford and alto community for the rest of her life. in the 1940 census, we see that she and, burt, were living in

the hoover house where their two servants, samuel and lee frank. note that birds occupation is listed as mining engineer. ey would enjoy time with their sons. both stanford graduate as the daughter in laws and their grandchildren. lou died onry 7th, 1944, in nk cit burke deeded the house to stanford with the stipulation that it be called the lou henry hoover, which it is called. to day it's now the home. the sitting president of the university. a fitting tribute in itself to the role lou wanted the house to play on the campus. lou's dedication commitment to stanford had left an indelible mark on the university. yesterday. stanford faculty staff students celebrated her birthday with exhibits about her time as a student cake and a caroline concert in the hoover tower. it is with great and thanks. we pay tribute to her on the 150th anniversary of her birth. i wanted to leave you a few resources that we created that

you can see there's a guide to the lou heover at the hoover institution. there are guideserat the presidential museum library. we've also created at stanford a lou hey hve a 150 year legacy site people to use. and down ath bottom is a link to the stanford geological survey exhibit. and finally, i'd like to acknowledge and thank all of these people without whom this presentation could not have happened. they all were instal in helping me to fact check dates and to find the pictures that were included here. so thanks to all of them and thanks to you for your attention.

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The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum hosts a conference highlighting the life and work of first lady Lou Henry Hoover.

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