President Hoover: A Student Guide.

This information packet is intended for student use in research about the life of President Herbert Hoover. The packet is divided into three sections. Part 1 is "The Herbert Hoover Chronology," which sequences Hoover's accomplishments along with world events from his birth in 1874, until his death in 1964. Part 2 is "A Boyhood in Iowa," which is an excerpt taken from an informal address of boyhood recollections before the Iowa Society of Washington by Herbert Hoover in 1927 when he was 53 years old. Part 3 is "Presidential Cartoons," and shows artists' ways of portraying Hoover's accomplishments through illustrations. Lists of additional readings for students and teachers are included. (EH)