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Hoover, J. Edgar, 1895-1972 to D. T. Schoonover

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02504.23 Author/Creator: Hoover, J. Edgar, 1895-1972 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Typed letter signed Date: 13 October 1936 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

Thanks him for commending his speech entitled, "True Costs of Crime." Signed as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Addressed to Schoonover as Dean of Marietta College, Ohio.

Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
Schoonover, D. T., fl. 1936
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Crime
Education
Government and Civics
The Great Depression

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