John Boettiger Papers, 1900-1950

Collection Overview

Title: John Boettiger Papers, 1900-1950

ID: 30/32/

Creator: Boettiger, John R. (1900-1950)

Extent: 12.9 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: The papers have been arranged in one continuous series which is comprised of thirty-two containers. The content of each container is indicated in the shelf list which follows.

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

This collection chronicles the career of John Boettinger during and after FDR's presidency. A veteran Chicago newspaper reporter when he met Anna Roosevelt, Boettinger went on to become FDR's son-in law. While there is little here on their courtship, the two did collaborate as a husband and wife team in the newpaper business. Their dealings with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper may be found here along with much more on his career in media.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The John Boettiger Papers contains family, business and personal correspondence arranged alphabetically by subject or surname of correspondent. The bulk of the collection is for the 1932 to 1950 time period and covers Boettiger’s association with the Chicago Tribune , Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., the Seattle Post Intelligencer, the United States Army and the Arizona Times, Inc. Business dealings for 1945-1948 both in Seattle and in Phoenix have been filed under Arizona Times , Inc. since the corporation handled the legal and financial affairs for both operations.

John R. Boettiger, while researching a book about his parents, obtained additional materials from his father’s family, friends and colleagues, from his mother and from his father’s third wife, Virginia. These items appear in this collection. There is also correspondence, clippings, and matierals dealing with John Boettiger’s death and the life of his family after his death.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Material which might be used to embarrass, harass or injure living persons has been closed.

Use Restrictions: Material in this collection is subject to the Copyright law. Title 17 U.S. Code.

Acquisition Source: John R. Boettiger

Acquisition Method: The papers were presented to the library by John R. Boettiger, son of John and Anna Roosevelt Boettiger.

Related Materials: President’s Secretary’s File: Boettiger, John and Anna; President’s Personal File 7 - Anna Boettiger; Anna Roosevelt Halsted Collection; Eleanor Roosevelt Papers; Roosevelt Family Papers· Held by the Children; Harry l. Hopkins Collection (General Correspondence, 1933-1940).

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

A - General
Ailshie, Margaret, 1941-1942
Ames, Lt. Col. John D., 1944
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial (Inactive) [1], 1946-1949
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial (Inactive) [2], 1946-1949
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: Bernard M. Baruch, 1947
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: John and Anna Boettiger, 1947
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: Louis G. Cowan, 1945-1947
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: Joseph E. Davies, 1947
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: Marshall Field, 1947-1948

Box 2

Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: Irving Geist, 1947-1948
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: Joshua Green, 1945-1948
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: Nathan W. Levin, 1947
Arizona Times, Inc.:Financial: Robert H. Shoenberg, 1946-1947
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: Sydney M. Shoenberg, 1947
Arizona Times, Inc.:Financial: Emil Sick, 1947-1948
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: Albert O. Trostel, 1947
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: Joseph Ulhlein, Jr., 1947
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: Charles A. Ward, 1947
Arizona Times, Inc.: Financial: Sydney J. Weinberg, 1947
Arizona Times, Inc.: Legal Papers
Arizona Times, Inc.: Statements
Arizona Times, Inc.: Phoenix Shipping News: Financial
Arizona Times, Inc.: Republic and Gazette
Arizona Times, Inc.: Seattle Home News: Circulation
Arizona Times, Inc.: Seattle Home News: Howard Ellis, 1946-1948
Arizona Times, Inc.: Seattle Home News: Financial

Box 3

Arizona Times, Inc.: Seattle Home News: William Grettner, 1946-1947
Arizona Times, Inc.: Seattle Home News: Einar Larson, 1946-1947
Arizona Times, Inc.: Seattle Home News: Legal Papers
Arizona Times, Inc.: Seattle Home News: Miscellaneous
Arizona Times, Inc.: Seattle Home News: Production
Ash, Harry, 1936-1945
Ashley, Paul P., 1940-1947
Ba-Bo - General
Bancroft, William, 1937
Baruch, Bernard M. [See also Arizona Times, Inc.]
Beals, Walter B., 1942-1943
Beatty, Vernon D., 1946-1948
Bell, Ulric, 1937
Benson, Dr. Robert L., 1940-1942
Biddle, Francis, 1940-1941

Box 4

Boettiger, Adam C. and Dorothy (Parents), 1931-1940
Boettiger, Alice (First Wife), 1933-1946
Boettiger Children - Schools and Camps
Boettiger, Curtis R. (Step-son - Anna), 1940-1945
Boettiger, Dorothy (Step-daughter - Alice), 1935-1937
Boettiger, Dorothy, 1938-1946
Boettiger, Eleanor (Step-daughter - Anna), 1940-1950
Boettiger Family - Miscellaneous
Boettiger, Jack (Step-son - Alice), 1935-1942

Box 5

Boettiger, John and Anna: Boats
Boettiger, John and Anna: Cars
Boettiger, John and Anna: Correspondence, 1932-January 1935
Boettiger, John and Anna: Correspondence, 1935-March 1943
Boettiger, John and Anna: Seattle Post-Intelligencer Memoranda, 1938-1943
Boettiger, John and Anna: Correspondence, April 1943-October 1943

Box 6

Boettiger, John and Anna: Correspondence, November 1943-February 1945
Boettiger, John and Anna: Correspondence, 1947-1950
Boettiger, John and Anna: Financial Matters, 1947-1949
Boettiger, John and Anna: Financial: Bills, 1941-1946

Box 7

Boettiger, John and Anna: Financial: Income Tax, 1932-1945
Boettiger, John and Anna: Financial: Income Tax, 1946-1948
Boettiger, John and Anna: Financial: Stocks, Bonds, Trusts, etc.
Boettiger, John and Anna: Financial: Willis, 1947
Boettiger, John and Anna: Financial: General Operations Account, 1946

Box 8

Boettiger, John and Anna: Financial: Check-books, cancelled checks and deposit books, c.1930-1948

Box 9

Boettiger, John and Anna: Financial: Check-books, c.1931-1945

Box 10

Boettiger, John and Anna: Financial: Cancelled Checks, 1937-1943

Box 11

Boettiger, John and Anna: Financial: Cancelled Checks, 1937-1947

Box 12

Boettiger, John and Anna: Houses in Seattle, 1936-1941
Boettiger, John and Anna: Suggested Houses, 1937-1941
Boettiger, John and Anna: Mercer Island House, 1941-1943
Boettiger, John and Anna: Mercer Island House, 1944-1946
Boettiger, John and Anna: Phoenix House, 1946-1948
Boettiger, John and Anna: Government Shipment of Household Goods, 1945
Boettiger, John and Anna: Household File, 1937-1943
Boettiger, John and Anna: Household Help, 1936-1943

Box 13

Boettiger, John: Military Records
Boettiger, John: Wartime Diary, May 11, 1943-March 9, 1944; November 10,1944-December 8, 1944
Boettiger, John: School of Military Government
Boettiger, John: Military Reports, Press Releases, etc. [1]
Boettiger, John: Military Reports, Press Releases, etc. [2]
Boettiger, John: Military Clippings

Box 14

Boettiger, John: Printed Matter (Military)
Boettiger, John: Military Affairs [1]
Boettiger, John: Military Affairs [2]
Boettiger, John: Military Affairs [3]

Box 15

Boettiger, John: Personal
Boettiger, John: Writings
Boettiger, John: Death [1]
Boettiger, John: Death [2]
Boettiger, John R. (Son): Correspondence: Family
Boettiger, John R.: Correspondence: General
Boettiger, John R.: Legal Matters
Boettiger, John R.: Medical Records
Boettiger, John R.: Memorabilia
Boettiger, John R.: Schools
Boettiger, Louis (Half-brother), 1936-1942

Box 16

Boettiger, Wilfred O. (Brother), 1935-1960
Boettiger, W.O., Jr. (Nephew), 1938-1943
Bone, Homer T., 1936-1942
Bowman, Sydney, 1940-1941
Br-By - General
Brannon, Joe, 1939-1942
Brice, George F., 1941-1947
Broderick, Henry, 1938-1942
Brooks, C. Wayland, 1936-1937
Brougham, Royal (P-I), 1937-1945
Brown and Bigelow (Newsprint)
Brown, G. Stewart, 1945
Bullitt, Dorothy (Radio Station), 1945-1946
Bundesen, Dr. Herman N., 1937-1940
Burnett, Charles, 1944-1945
Bye, George T., 1937-1939

Box 17

Ca-Cl - General
California Newspapers, 1947
Casey, Pat, 1937-1942
Chalfant, E. N., 1938-1943
Clark, Kenneth, 1936-1939
Clark, Kenneth, 1940-1945
Clein, Dr. Norman, 1939-1942
Clifton, Louise [Pearl] and Family (Half-sister), 1936-1942
Clippings, c. 1936-1948
Co-Cu - General
Coffee, John M., 1939-1941
Costigan, Howard [See also Washington Commonwealth Federation]

Box 18

D - General
Danz, John, 1938-1942
Davis, Smith, 1945-1947
Delano, Frederic A., 1936-1943
Democratic Clubs and Committees, 1937-1942
Donaldson, Hugh, 1940-1941
Donogh, Stanley and Marie, 1939-1952
Dore, John F., 1936-1937
Douglas, W. A. S., 1939-1941
Douglas, William O., 1940-1941
Drury, John, 1941-1943
E - General
Early, Stephen T., 1937-1943
Eisenhower, D. D., 1941-1943
Elder, George and Dorothy (Sister), 1936-1950
Ellis, Charles, 1945-1947
Evans, George W., 1938-1941
Everett, Roy, 1942

Box 19

F - General
Farley, James A., 1938-1942
Flugstad, Wilson D., 1937-1943
Flynn, Edward J., 1940-1941
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Inc.
Fraser, Robert C., 1930-1942
Fuller, Helen, 1940-1941
Fussell, E. B., 1940-1943
G - General
Gasoline Rationing
Gorey, Edward L., 1938-1942
Gortatowsky, J. D. (Hearst Newspapers), 1941-1945
Grant, Joseph, 1938-1939
Gray, David and Maud, 1934
Grays Harbor Civil Rights Committee [See also Arizona Times, Inc], 1938-1943
Grey, Wheeler, 1945-1947

Box 20

Ha - General
Haas, Saul, 1937-1942
Halsted, Anna Roosevelt, 1963; 1975-1976
Harrison Hot Springs Hotel
Hart, Vincent G., 1938-1940
Hawaii - Trip, 1940
Hays, Hinkle C., 1936-1940
Hays, Will H., 1935-1937
Hays, Will H., 1938-1946
He-Hu - General
Hitchcock, W. A., 1944
Hodes, Barnet, 1937-1941
Holness, Ivan and Katie, 1940-1945
Hooker, Harry S., 1940-1942
Hopkins, Harry L., 1938-1944
Hulburd, Dave, 1940-1942
Hume, Edgar Erskine, 1944-1947
I - General
Ickes, Harold L. [See also U.S. Govt.: Interior], 1939-1947
Imperial, George, 1937-1938

Box 21

Insurance - General, 1936-1939
Insurance - General, 1940-1941
Insurance - General, 1942
Insurance - General, 1943-1948
Insurance - Life, 1938-1944
Insurance - National Service Life, 1943-1948
J - General
K - General
Kelly, Edward J., 1937-1942
Kennedy, Joseph P. [See also U.S. Govt.: Maritime Commission], 1937-1942
Kirschner, Walter, 1945-1947

Box 22

Kitchel, Denison (Arizona Times, Inc.), 1945-1947
KPHO - Phoenix, AZ Radio Station
L - General
Ladies Home Journal
Laski, Harold J., 1939
Laughead, Gordon, 1938-1942
Lewis, Sen. J. Hamilton, 1936-1943
Lewis, Marie (Sister), 1937-1942
Littell, Norman, 1938-1941
Littell, Norman, 1942-1943
Little Country Homes
Little, Herbert S., 1938-1940
Lubin, Isador, 1942
Mc-Mac - General
McCormick, Robert (Chicago Tribune), 1933-1940
McGovern, E. B., 1938-1940
McIntyre, Marvin, 1937-1943
McKenzie, Maurice (MPPDA), 1936-1940

Box 23

M - General
Magnuson, Warren G., 1937-1943
Malatesta, Andrew, 1944-1945
Maloney, J. L. [Pat] (Chicago Tribune), 1935-1942
Martin, Clarence D., 1937-1939
Maverick, Maury, 1943
Meigs, Merrill C., 1938-1941
Meisels, Max, 1939-1940
Mercer Island Nursery School
Milani, J. L., 1937-1938
Morgenthau, Henry, Jr. [See also U.S. Govt.: Treasury], 1938-1945
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc.
Mullen, J. A., 1937-1941
N - General
National Press Club, Washington
National Committee of Independent Voters - David K. Niles
Nizer, Louis, 1938-1941
Norway, Crown Prince of, 1942-1947
Norway - Newsprint

Box 24

Printed Matter - Reader's Digest (2 copies), July 1944
Printed Matter - It's Your Money by Burnet Hodes, 1935
Printed Matter - Journey for Margaret by W. L. White, 1941
Printed Matter - Northern Lights to Fields of Gold by Stanley Scearce, 1939
Printed Matter - Economic Survey of the American Merchant Marine, 1937
Printed Matter - Joaquin Miller, 1936

Box 25

O - General
O'Connor, J. F. T., 1937-1942
P - General
Pearson, Drew, 1937-1940
Perkins, S. A., 1937-1942
Peters, W. E., 1940-1943
Pettey, Tom (MPPDA), 1936-1940
Pettijohn, Charles C. (MPPDA), 1936-1942
Phoenix Country Club
Polvogt, Dr. L. M., 1941
President's Birthday Celebration, 1937-1940
Q - General
R - General
Rainier Club, Seattle
Rathbun, Charles F., 1937-1945
Richloy - Smelting Process
Robert, Lawrence W., Jr. ["Chip"], 1939-1943
Roberts, Joseph D., 1938-1943
Robertson, Ted, 1942-1943

Box 26

Roddan, Edward L., 1937-1943
Roosevelt, Eleanor [1], 1932-1949; 1963
Roosevelt, Eleanor [2], 1932-1949; 1963
Roosevelt, Elliott, 1937-1940
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1937-1943
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Western Trip, 1937
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Miscellaneous
Roosevelt, Franklin, Jr., 1937-1948
Roosevelt, G. Hall, 1940-1941
Roosevelt, James, 1937-1947
Roosevelt, John, 1937
Roosevelt, Sara D., 1937-1940

Box 27

Rosenbaum, L. N., 1937-1940
Rothacker, Watterson R., 1939-1942
Ruppel, Louis, 1936-1942
Ryan, George E., 1938-1939
Sa-Se - General
Sargent, John A., 1940-1942
Schmidt, Dr. Louis, 1937-1943
Schmitt, Nicholas (Seattle Home News), 1946
Schwellenbach, Hon. Lewis B., 1938-1942
Scoyen, E. T., 1936-1938
Secret Service
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Budget Matters
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Circulation
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Economy Measures, 1937

Box 28

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: General
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Profit and Loss Statements
Sh-Sw - General
Sheehan, Winfield, 1939-1941
Sick, Emil [See also Arizona Times, Inc.], 1938-1943
Socrates, Nicholas A., 1942-1943
Somerville, James W., 1939-1942
Southern Pacific Co.
Speeches
Steele, Dr. Kyle B., 1937-1942
Stevenson, Edward F., 1937-1940
Strack, Phil (People's National Bank), 1946
Sun Valley, Idaho
Swenson, Joel (MPPDA), 1938-1942

Box 29

T - General
Thomas, Lowell, 1936, 1940
Thompson, Lester (MPPDA), 1937-1941
Thompson, Malvina, 1937-1945
Time
Trumball, Walter (MPPDA), 1936-1943
U - General
Unidentified
United States Government: Department of Agriculture
United States Government : Department of Commerce
United States Government: Federal Works Agency
United States Government: Immigration Service
United States Government: Department of Interior, 1937-1940
United States Government: Department of Interior, 1941-1943

Box 30

United States Government: Department of Labor
United States Government: Maritime Commission
United States Government: Department of the Navy
United States Government: Office for Emergency Management
United States Government: Post Office Department
United States Government: Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States Government: Treasury Department
United States Government: Other Departments
V - General
W - General
Wallace, Henry A., 1940-1942
Wallgren, Mon C., 1940-1943
Ward, Charles A. [See also Arizona Times, Inc.], 1946-1947
Washington Commonwealth Federation
White House

Box 31

X-Y-Z - General
Yorke, Gabriel S. (MPPDA), 1937-1942
Young Democratic Clubs of Washington
Young, Russell, 1941; January-June 1946
Young, Russell, July-December 1946
Young, Russell [See also Arizona Times, Inc.], 1947

Box 32

Birthday card from the P-I Staff
Meritorious Service Award, April 9, 1945
Englewood High School Diploma, January 28, 1921