Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Part 1, 1884-1964 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Collection Overview
Title: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Part 1, 1884-1964
Primary Creator: Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962)
Extent: 889.62 Cubic Feet
Arrangement:
The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers is organized into three distinct parts - pre-White House material, White House material, and post-White House material. Within those parts, the collection is arranged into 63 series. The series are generally arranged chronologically and then aplhabetically thereunder.
Due to the large size of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, the online finding aid has been divided into three sections. Part 1 covers boxes 1-1395.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Administrative Information
Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Access Restrictions: The papers contain material restricted in accordance with Executive Order 12958, and material which might constitute the invasion of privacy of living persons has been closed.
Use Restrictions: The unpublished writings of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt are in the public domain. Mrs. Roosevelt's published writings are subject to her literary estate.
Acquisition Method: The papers of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt were donated by Mrs. Roosevelt and her children.
Related Materials: Numerous collections in the Library including: President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Official, Personal and Secretary’s Files; Franklin D. Roosevelt: Papers pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs; Franklin D. Roosevelt: Papers as Vice Presidential Candidate, 1920; Franklin D. Roosevelt: Papers as Governor of New York, 1929 -1932; Eleanor Roosevelt Oral History project; Papers of Anna Roosevelt Halsted; Papers of Lorena Hickok; and Roosevelt Family Papers Donated by the Children of Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, and John A. Roosevelt.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Early Family Papers, 1860-1910 and undated],
[Series 2: Family and Personal Correspondence, 1894-1957 and undated],
[Series 3: School Exercise Books and Notebooks, c. 1892-1902],
[Series 4: Diaries, Address and Dinner Books, 1902-1932 and undated],
[Series 5: Special Correspondence, 1920, 1928],
[Series 6: Todhunter School Notebooks, 1928-1932],
[Series 7: General Correspondence, 1928-1933],
[Series 8: Engagement Books, 1925, 1928-1932],
[Series 9: Trip File: Europe, 1929],
[Series 10: Invitations, 1929-1932],
[Series 11: Prohibition Correspondence, January-February 1933],
[Series 12: Miscellaneous Clippings, 1929-1932],
[Series 13: Membership (10), 1934-1945],
[Series 14: Patroness (20), 1934-1945],
[Series 15: Invitations (30), 1933-1945],
[Series 16: Messages Requested (40), 1934-1945],
[Series 17: Gifts (50), 1934-1945],
[Series 18: Business and Commercial Matters (60), 1934-1945],
[Series 19: Correspondence with Government Departments (70), 1934-1945],
[Series 20: Office of Civil Defense (71), 1942],
[Series 21: Old Age Pensions (75), 1935-1945],
[Series 22: Social Events at the White House (80), 1933-1945],
[Series 23: Congratulations and Greetings (90), 1933-1945],
[Series 24: Gifts to the Red Cross, etc. (91), 1942-1945],
[Series 25: "My Day" Comments (95), 1936-1945],
[Series 26: Personal Letters (100), 1933-1945],
[Series 27: Comments on Books by Eleanor Roosevelt (101), 1937-1943],
[Series 28: Refugee Letters (102), 1940-1945],
[Series 29: Contributions (105), 1933-1945],
[Series 30: Autographs (110), 1934-1945],
[Series 31: Photographs (120), 1934-1945],
[Series 32: News Items (130), 1934-1945],
[Series 33: Merchandise for Sale (140), 1934-1945],
[Series 34: Material Assistance Requested (150), 1934-1945],
[Series 35: Genealogy and Biography (160), 1934-1945],
[Series 36: Appointments (170), 1934-1945],
[Series 37: Manuscripts to Review (180), 1934-1945],
[Series 38: Miscellaneous (190), 1934-1945],
[Series 39: Girl Scouts of America (200), 1934-1945],
[Series 40: Receipts for Articles Mailed from the White House (210), 1933-1945],
[Series 41: Prohibition (220), 1934-1944],
[Series 42: Topical File, 1933-1945],
[Series 43: White House Telegrams, 1933-1939],
[Series 44: Address Books and Index Cards, 1933-1945],
[Series 45: Engagement Books, 1933-April 12, 1945],
[Series 46: Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings regarding Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933-1945],
[Series 47: Miscellaneous Reports, 1931-1945],
[Series 48: Scrapbooks Presented to Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933-1945],
[Series 49: Admist Crowded Days, 1942],
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Correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, speech drafts, notices, lists, itineraries, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and other printed materials. Arranged chronologically and thereunder in rough alphabetical order by name of correspondent.
This file contains information on Mrs. Roosevelt's wide-ranging activities and travels including: radio broadcasts, commencement addresses, dedications, presentations, appearances and speeches before public and private organizations, lecture tours, visits to housing projects, co-op colonies, schools, hospitals and military installations. Also invitations to speak to or appear before various gatherings, acceptances, declinations and related correspondence, usually descriptive material pertaining to the work of the organization. The series is divided into four parts: 30.1: Invitations: - Accepted; 30.2: Invitations - Declined; 30.3: Birth and Wedding Announcements; 30.9: Invitations - Miscellaneous. Replies were prepared and signed by Malvina Thompson or Ralph W. Magee, Administrative Officer of Social Correspondence. Brief notes written by Mrs. Roosevelt appear in the margin of many incoming letters.
Among the organizations represented in this file are: Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth, American Friends of German Freedom, American Youth Congress, British War Relief, Bundles for Britain, Camp Fire Girls, Committee for Refugee Education, Council of Young Southerners, Girl Scouts, International Student Service, Liberal Party of New York, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Association of the YMCA, National Public Housing Conference, National Urban League, National Youth Administration, Office of Civilian Defense, Red Cross, Rural Urban Women's Conference, United China Relief, United Nations.
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Sub-Series 4: Invitations - Miscellaneous (30.9)
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Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Early Family Papers, 1860-1910 and undated],
[Series 2: Family and Personal Correspondence, 1894-1957 and undated],
[Series 3: School Exercise Books and Notebooks, c. 1892-1902],
[Series 4: Diaries, Address and Dinner Books, 1902-1932 and undated],
[Series 5: Special Correspondence, 1920, 1928],
[Series 6: Todhunter School Notebooks, 1928-1932],
[Series 7: General Correspondence, 1928-1933],
[Series 8: Engagement Books, 1925, 1928-1932],
[Series 9: Trip File: Europe, 1929],
[Series 10: Invitations, 1929-1932],
[Series 11: Prohibition Correspondence, January-February 1933],
[Series 12: Miscellaneous Clippings, 1929-1932],
[Series 13: Membership (10), 1934-1945],
[Series 14: Patroness (20), 1934-1945],
[Series 15: Invitations (30), 1933-1945],
[Series 16: Messages Requested (40), 1934-1945],
[Series 17: Gifts (50), 1934-1945],
[Series 18: Business and Commercial Matters (60), 1934-1945],
[Series 19: Correspondence with Government Departments (70), 1934-1945],
[Series 20: Office of Civil Defense (71), 1942],
[Series 21: Old Age Pensions (75), 1935-1945],
[Series 22: Social Events at the White House (80), 1933-1945],
[Series 23: Congratulations and Greetings (90), 1933-1945],
[Series 24: Gifts to the Red Cross, etc. (91), 1942-1945],
[Series 25: "My Day" Comments (95), 1936-1945],
[Series 26: Personal Letters (100), 1933-1945],
[Series 27: Comments on Books by Eleanor Roosevelt (101), 1937-1943],
[Series 28: Refugee Letters (102), 1940-1945],
[Series 29: Contributions (105), 1933-1945],
[Series 30: Autographs (110), 1934-1945],
[Series 31: Photographs (120), 1934-1945],
[Series 32: News Items (130), 1934-1945],
[Series 33: Merchandise for Sale (140), 1934-1945],
[Series 34: Material Assistance Requested (150), 1934-1945],
[Series 35: Genealogy and Biography (160), 1934-1945],
[Series 36: Appointments (170), 1934-1945],
[Series 37: Manuscripts to Review (180), 1934-1945],
[Series 38: Miscellaneous (190), 1934-1945],
[Series 39: Girl Scouts of America (200), 1934-1945],
[Series 40: Receipts for Articles Mailed from the White House (210), 1933-1945],
[Series 41: Prohibition (220), 1934-1944],
[Series 42: Topical File, 1933-1945],
[Series 43: White House Telegrams, 1933-1939],
[Series 44: Address Books and Index Cards, 1933-1945],
[Series 45: Engagement Books, 1933-April 12, 1945],
[Series 46: Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings regarding Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933-1945],
[Series 47: Miscellaneous Reports, 1931-1945],
[Series 48: Scrapbooks Presented to Eleanor Roosevelt, 1933-1945],
[Series 49: Admist Crowded Days, 1942],
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