Walter Scott Hoover Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Hoover's personal papers, materials covering his various patents on airplane propeller parts, and the legal issues generated over those patents. In addition, there are materials related to his work as a farmer, and the owner of a transmission and pulley company.
Dates
- 1903 - 1986
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research, but some obligations on the part of Auburn University are noted in the donor file.
Biographical / Historical
Walter Scott Hoover was an inventor and engineer. From the early 1930s through World War II, he developed variations of new and modified types of airplane propellers and the parts that accompany them. Along with his longtime patent attorney, William Jaspert, he engaged in lawsuits over the possible infringement of those patents. Some of these lawsuits continued for decades. After WWII, Hoover continued to work in engineering. He made two attempts at farming, and then began a successful transmission company, from which he retired in the late 1970s.
Extent
26.25 Cubic Feet (Fourteen record center boxes, one half document box, one document box, and three oversize boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by series and subseries.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
This collection has some water and mold damage.
Processing Information
Accession 06-019 was processed by Michael Law, January, 2007.
Finding aid entered into ArchivesSpace by Tommy Brown, 2018. Listing edited by Tori Buchanan, 2022.
- Title
- Guide to the Walter Scott Hoover Papers
- Subtitle
- Record Group 939
- Status
- Under Revision
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
