i wanted to leave you a few resources that we created that the lou henry hoover at the to hoovernstitution. there are guides here at the presidential museum library. we'velso created at stanford a lou henry hoover, a 150 year legacyite people to use. and down at the bottom is a link to the stanford geological exhibit. and finally, i'd like to acknowledge and thank all of these people without whom this presentation could not have happened. they all were instrumental in helping me to fact check dates and to find the pictures that were included here. so thanks to all of them and thanks to you for yo attention. my name is edward maeder and i'm here massachusetts at the kind invitation of tom schwartz who i've for many years because of my erstwhile involvement with abraham, which actually began in 71 by making the costumes for an abraham lincwa museum that was actually built in cedar falls,■d iowa, in 1971. so my so my connections go back. so when he contacted me last fall to talk about lou and fashions■7 are i was one of the many people who knew very little about lou henry hoover i to say i im