Histories
Discover the Hoover Institution Stories that connect us to history by exploring these online features from the Library & Archives.
Overview
The Hoover Institution Stories, or HISTORIES, emerge from the collections of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives and the fellows, staff, and researchers who study them. They are an assortment of digital experiences intended to spark curiosity in some of the most important material on war, revolution, and peace of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. These stories bring to light a vast array of topics in new and readily accessible ways to encourage the study and discoveries that can happen in repositories such as Hoover.
Online Exhibitions
Un-Presidented: Watergate and Power in America
Explore the unprecedented political scandal that was Watergate and its impact on America through primary sources and learn how a functioning democracy can bring accountability to even its most powerful citizens.
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Dynamic Design: Transforming Posters at Hoover
Discover the Library & Archives' Poster Collection through the lens of Hoover Digest covers. This new exhibition explores how archival imagery can be adapted for a contemporary audience.
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Bread + Medicine: Saving Lives in a Time of Famine
Uncover the story of America's medical relief campaign in Soviet Russia and Ukraine during the catastrophic famine of 1921–23.
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Fanning the Flames: Propaganda in Modern Japan
Explore this resource rich online portal featuring digital stories, videos, interactives, and digitized collections.
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The Battalion Artist: A Sailor’s Journey through the South Pacific
Embark on a unique journey of discovery through the Pacific theater of World War II with Natale Bellantoni, a US Navy Seabee known as the battalion artist of the 78th.
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Civil Discourse: Highlights from Firing Line
Discover the public affairs television show that featured conversations between host William F. Buckley Jr. and the world's leading figures in politics, entertainment, journalism, and academia from 1966–1999.
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Hoover@100: Ideas Defining A Century
Explore a centennial celebration of the stories and artifacts that make the Hoover Institution the preeminent public policy and archival research center that it is today.
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The H. H. Kung 孔祥熙 Digitization Project
Discover the stories behind the digitization of the entire H. H. Kung 孔祥熙 papers (50.37 linear feet) housed at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Learn who Kung was, his role in modern Chinese history, and the process his papers underwent to become accessible.
Lou Henry Hoover: A 150 Year Legacy
The year 2024 marks the sesquicentennial birthday of Lou Henry Hoover (1874–1944), a woman who had many roles in life beyond that of first lady of the United States. This features the events and educational resources about this incredible Stanford alumna.
A Journey through San Francisco's Historic Japantown
Discover three meticulously constructed maps that provide an immersive experience exploring the history of early Japanese American life in the San Francisco Bay Area.
After the Great Quake: San Francisco's Japantown in 1906
Discover the entrepreneurial spirit that birthed the SF Japantown we know today through 1906 newspaper accounts of businesses after the great earthquake and fire that destroyed much of the city.
Carved in Stone: The Colma Japanese Cemetery Project
Explore the oldest Japanese cemetery in the US through an interactive map and well illustrated narrative highlighting the earliest Japanese pioneers in California.
Voices from the Archives
George P. Shultz: Statesman and Humanitarian
Discover former Secretary of State George Shultz’s effective leadership in pursuit of civil rights nationally and human rights globally, which he long considered one of the finest achievements of his lifetime, in this online exhibition.
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War, Revolution, and the Search for Peace
Discover the history behind why the Hoover Institution Library & Archives is a world-renown destination for the study of Peace.
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Japanese American Internment, 1942–1946
Discover the history of Executive Order 9066 and its impact on Americans of Japanese ancestry, as voices emerge from the archives to teach us about this dark chapter of American history.
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On the Record: Life Lessons from George P. Shultz
In honor of the remarkable legacy of George P. Shultz, the Hoover Institution is pleased to reflect on some of the most important points in his rich life—where every quote is George Shultz at his best and on the record.
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1956: Hungarian Revolution
Discover collection materials which document the 12 day Hungarian revolution of 1956 and its resulting humanitarian crisis and international response.
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The Female Image in Chinese Propaganda: The New Marriage Law and The White-Haired Girl
Explore research by Hoover Student Fellow Sharon Du about the depictions of women in the early Chinese Communist Party regime using the collections from the Library & Archives.
Forgetting Lizzie Bach: Pennsylvania to Petrograd . . . and Back?
Daniel Wu ('23) shares the story of the only American woman to fill a regular ARA staff position in Soviet Russia during the 1921–23 famine.
Famine Fleet: American Relief to Russia in 1891–92
American relief to starving Russia was not a new concept in 1921. Olga Ovcharskaia explores the aid that came before the American Relief Administration and how these humanitarian efforts continued to impact US-Soviet relations in the 20th century.
Isadora Duncan's Bolshevik Days
Sorcha Whitley (’23) reveals why famed dancer Isadora Duncan ventured to Russia during their 1921 famine in this new digital story from Hoover Library & Archives.
