Other Form of Name
Elvik, Kenneth Oswald, 1930-
Publication Date
Spring 1982
Abstract
Herbert C. Hoover, along with an older brother and younger sister became orphaned and thereafter raised in the homes of relatives. From Hoover's memoirs we find that relatives were glad to take in the children, but that an acquaintance was named legal guardian in order to avoid any implication of manipulation of the estate. The estate, by no means large even in those days, was made up of proceeds from insurance and from the sale of the implement business and their home. It is the accounting for Herbert Hoover's share of that estate that is of interest because here we find formal records, pages in guardian Laurie Tatum's account book (one of these pages here illustrated). Such records alone are far from complete in telling the story of Hoover's early life, but the contents make interesting reading, and a letter from the clerk of the local county indicates acceptance of reports, presumably based on pages from the book of account.
Recommended Citation
Elvik, Kenneth Oswald
(1982)
"One page in the life of a president,"
Accounting Historians Notebook: Vol. 5:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/aah_notebook/vol5/iss1/6