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1943-1961 (Creation)
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13 letters.
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Harry Lyman Hooker was born in Buffalo, New York, on 16 November 1876 to Canadian parents on their way back to Canada. He grew up in Hamilton, Ontario. In 1904 he graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City and went on to practice internal medicine. In 1942 he became the physician of the Waldorf Astoria hotel and remained there until his retirement in 1959. It was at the Waldorf that he met several of the letter-writers represented in this fonds. An opportune investment in International Business Machines provided the basis of Hooker's wealth. He became an extremely generous benefactor to McMaster University. He died on 10 September 1979.
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The fonds consists of letters from Sir Beverley Baxter, Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950), Robert J. McCracken, and Edward, Duke of Windsor (1894-1972) and Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor (1896-).
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The fonds was a gift of Henry Hooker in 1974. The Estate of Dr. Hooker donated a 1945 letter from Winston Churchill in 1979 or later.
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