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J Edgar Hoover — Part 22
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# hat. Shorilv after the interview she telephonically contacted Inspector * ~
re Devine and advised that the hat presumably had been left to James Crawford
# along with other clothing mentioned in Mr. Hoover's will.
The persona] property of Mr. Hoover was all at his house when
an inventory was made by appraisers for the District of Columbia in July,
ra i872. The only items that Were in the house which were no included in
a the inventory for the appraisers were e€ight boxes of books and possibly
ay interesting case write-ups in black binders which had been delivered to
wi: Mr. Hoover's house in error. She had packed these boxes with the books
which had been in his conference room and subsequently discovered them
at Mr. Hoover's house. She told the appraisers about them and said that
the eight boxes were to go back tothe FBI. She made a note on her calendar
on July 17, 1972, showing "8 boxes to crime records.*t She believed that
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Office and delivered to the former Crime Records Division at FBI Head-
quarters. She commented that Mr. Kunkel had picked up boxes of Mr.
- Hoover's personal papers for destruction at the Washington Field Office,
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5/31/72 - R. Kunkel - 6 boxes
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\s : 1/14/72 - Finished disposal of personal papers |
re ; ; 1/17/72 - R. Kunkel - 2 boxes - and 8 boxes to crime records (books)
Ey Miss Gandy stated that she thought that a memorandum was
prepared by Erma Metcalf, former administrative assistant to Mr. Hoover,
about the inventory of Mr. Hoover's office and where everything went;
however, she was not certain that this was done or if the memorandum
ever went to file. She also thought that there may be a copy of the inventory ©
a of Mr. Hoover's office in the files containing his personal business data _
which are Presently located at Mr. Hoover's house. Cone tae
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"Washington Star" about October 1, 1976, which reported that she had told * -
House Committee representatives that editorial cartoons of Mr. Hoover's
were hidden at the FBI to avoid paying estate taxes was untrue as she had
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