Library & Archives

Founded by Herbert Hoover in 1919, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives are dedicated to documenting war, revolution, and peace in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With nearly one million volumes and more than six thousand archival collections from 171 countries, Hoover supports a vibrant community of scholars and a broad public interested in the meaning and role of history.

Limited reading room access is now available to Stanford affiliates.

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Hoover Library & Archives Reading Room Update

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Staff are returning to work and offering remote reference services to researchers

Library & Archives Acquires Papers Of General Wojciech Jaruzelski

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The Hoover Institution Library & Archives have obtained the papers of Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923–2014)

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Library & Archives Opens Diaries Of Chiang Ching-Kuo

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We are pleased to announce that copies of the diaries of Chiang Ching-Kuo are now available to scholars

Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection

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The Hoover Institution Library & Archives is excited to announce that the Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection now has global coverage

Hoover@100: Ideas Defining A Century

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In celebration of its centennial, the Hoover Institution opened the exhibition Hoover@100: Ideas Defining A Century in Hoover Tower on October 10, 2019

75th Jan Karski Medal Awarded to Hoover Curator Maciej Siekierski

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Dr. Maciej Siekierski, Curator of European Collections, was awarded the Medal of the 75th Anniversary of Jan Karski's mission.

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Devotional Art and Rediscovered History

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Masuo Kitaji’s hand-illustrated Japanese translation Bibles acquired by Hoover

Inside the Atomic Bomb

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New Harold Agnew material reveals the history of the Hiroshima bombing

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Collections on Herbert Hoover

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Explore the life and career of the 31st president

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The Image of Old China: The Kemp B. Nye Papers Come to Hoover

Hoover Institution acquires Endrzheevskii papers: a new source on the Second World War and postwar...

Hoover Archives Reading Room Update: Limited Access for Stanford Affiliates

Visiting Fellow Explores Argentine Humanitarianism

Hoover Institution Acquires Papers Of Garal’d Karlovich Graf: A Rich Resource On Russian Naval...

Congratulations To Hoover Curator Herbert S. Klein!

New Exhibition Honors Hoover Distinguished Fellow George P. Shultz

Michel Oksenberg Papers Come to Hoover

Peter Kudrik Papers in the Hoover Institution Archives

New Book Published Based On The General Aleksei Von Lampe Papers

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Hoover@100: Ideas Defining A Century

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the evolving COVID-19 emergency, the Hoover Tower galleries will be closed to the public until further notice.

Oct. 10, 2019

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