 PAPERS OF LATE U.S. CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM REHNQUIST DONATED TO HOOVER INSTITUTION STANFORD – The papers of Supreme Court justice William H. Rehnquist for the 1972 and 1973 Supreme Court terms will be opened to researchers at the Hoover Institution Archives on Monday, November 17, 2008. Rehnquist's papers from the 1974 term and his correspondence files from 1972 through 2005 will be opened by January 5, 2009. |
January 31, 2006, through May 06, 2006 Developed from Hoover fellow Bertrand M. Patenaude's book of the same name, the exhibit draws on the Hoover Institution Library and Archives' vast trove of rare historical documents and artifacts. A Wealth of Ideas tells the story of the institution, its treasures, its evolving role in the history of Stanford University. The exhibit will be open to the public Jan 31, 2006, through May 6, 2006, in the Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion, next to Hoover Tower, and is free of charge. Pavilion hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. For further information, contact 650.723.3563. The subject matter is epic in scale, covering the great wars, revolutions, political and intellectual movements, and personalities of the twentieth century. The impressive cast of characters includes many of the most influential figures of the age, among them Woodrow Wilson and Leon Trotsky, Friedrich von Hayek and Henry Ford, Karl Popper and Joseph Goebbels, Chiang Kai-shek and Boris Pasternak, and Bertrand Russell and Milton Friedman. Click here to see a list of previous exhibits. |
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A Wealth of Ideas: Revelations from the Hoover Institution Archives
