Elliott Roosevelt Papers, 1929-1952 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Collection Overview
Title: Elliott Roosevelt Papers, 1929-1952
Extent: -1.0 Cubic Feet
Date Acquired: 03/10/2008
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection contains roughly 800 pages of photocopied family correspondence once belonging to Elliott Roosevelt, son of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Letters are mostly personal in nature and date between 1928-1952. Correspondants are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Sara Delano Roosevelt, and Ruth Googins, Elliott's second wife.
Collection Historical Note
Elliot Roosevelt was the fourth child of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and their second surviving son. During World War II, Elliott served as a distinguished combat pilot and unit commander in the US Army Air Corps, and was an aide to his father at the Atlantic, Casablanca, and Cairo-Teheran Conferences. Following the war, he had an active career in business, and for a time served as Eleanor Roosevelt's business partner and communications manager. He also became an author and family biographer.
Administrative Information
Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Access Restrictions: This collection is available for use by the general public.
Use Restrictions: This material is subject to copyright restrictions under Title 17 of the U.S. Code.
Acquisition Source: Chandler Roosevelt Lindsley
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
[All]
-
Box 1
-
Eleanor Roosevelt Correspondence with Elliott and Ruth Googins Roosevelt, 1934-1943
-
Eleanor Roosevelt Correspondence to Elliott Roosevelt, 1928-1930
-
Eleanor Roosevelt Correspondence with Elliott Roosevelt, 1933-1939
-
Eleanor Roosevelt Correspondence with Ruth Googins Roosevelt, 1933-1939
-
Eleanor Roosevelt Correspondence with Ruth Googins Roosevelt /Edison, 1943-1952
-
Franklin D. Roosevelt Correspondence with Elliot and Ruth Googins Roosevelt, 1929-1943
-
Sara Delano Roosevelt Correspondence with Elliot and Ruth Googins Roosevelt, 1929-1939
-