Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Part 1, 1884-1964 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

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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

This collection contains material accumulated by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt during her lifetime. The pre-White House material includes early family papers, school exercise books, and correspondence with family and friends up to her years as the wife of the governor of New York. The White House material contains correspondence with family, friends, the general public, and government officials. The general public wrote requesting material assistance; commenting on her activities as First Lady, including her trips, speeches and articles; seeking her patronage; requesting an autograph, photograph or invitation to the White House; invitations to events, and sending her gifts. The correspondence with government officials asks their help in finding work, saving homes and farms and other assistance requests. The post-White House material contains correspondence with family, friends, the general public and government officials. This material also includes her correspondence and other material pertaining to her term as a delegate to the United Nations and as Chairman of the Human Rights Committee. The collection also contains copies of a number of her speeches and articles including her "My Day" column.

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Use Restrictions: The unpublished writings of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt are in the public domain.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

Series 36: Appointments (170), 1934-1945

Correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, transcripts of conferences and meetings, pamphlets, programs, newspaper and periodical clippings, cross reference sheets and various enclosures. Arranged chronologically and thereunder in rough alphabetical order by name of correspondent.

This file contains requests to visit Mrs. Roosevelt in the White House from school and civic groups and other organizations planning trips to Washington; letters from individuals asking for appointments; invitations to attend or speak before various conferences, forums and gatherings. The papers also contain information on Mrs. Roosevelt's trips and speaking engagements. Correspondence from organizations often includes detailed information about projects for which Mrs. Roosevelt's support or interest was solicited. Her replies, always signed by others, do indicate her civic and charitable interests. There is material on education, housing, Negro affairs, economic and social rehabilitation, civil defense, consumer and cooperative activities, the role of women in American life, art projects, Democratic Party affairs, peace movements, youth, Spanish Civil War, refugees and the internment of Japanese Americans.

Printed materials concerning the activities of the following organizations will be found in the files: American Friends of German Freedom, American Friends Service Committee, American Labor Party, American Student Union, American Youth Commission, American Youth Congress, American Youth Hostels, Good Neighbor League, International Student Service, Labor's Non Partisan League, National Conference of Christians and Jews, National Consumers Conference, National Farmers Union, National League of Women Voters, National Negro Congress, National Student Federation, National Urban League, National Youth Administration, Southern Conference for Human Welfare, Southern Regional Conference, U.S. Student Assembly, World Youth Congress.

Box 1175

A, 1934
Ba-Bl, 1934
Beecher, Beatrice B., 1934
Bo-By, 1934
C, 1934
D, 1934
Dewhurst, J. Frederic, 1934
Dunn, James C., 1934
E, 1934
F, 1934

Box 1176

G, 1934
H, 1934
I-J, 1934
K, 1934
Knuckles, Amanda J., 1934
L, 1934
Langfeld, Elizabeth & Millard, 1934
Ma-Mc, 1934

Box 1177

Me-My, 1934
Moore. Hazel, 1934
N-O, 1934
P-Q, 1934
R, 1934
Sa-Si, 1934
Sl-Sw, 1934

Box 1178

T, 1934
U-Z, 1934
Woodsmall, Ruth, 1934
A, 1935
B, 1935
Byam, Kathleen, 1935
C, 1935
Calhoun, Elizabeth, 1935
D, 1935
Diller, Horace S., 1935
E-F, 1935

Box 1179

G, 1935
H, 1935
I-K, 1935
L, 1935
Ma-Mc, 1935
Magna, Mrs, Russell W., 1935
Me-Mu, 1935
N-O, 1935
P-Q, 1935

Box 1180

R, 1935
Sa-Si, 1935
Sl-Sy, 1935
T-V, 1935
W-Z, 1935
Wilhelm, Mrs, Karl B., 1935
A-Be, 1936

Box 1181

Bi-By, 1936
Byrnes, James F., 1936
C, 1936
D, 1936
E-F, 1936
G, 1936
H, 1936
I-K, 1936

Box 1182

L, 1936
Ma-Me, 1936
Meirowitz, Fanny, 1936
Mi-Mu, 1936
N-Q, 1936
R, 1936
Sa-Si, 1936
Sl-Sw, 1936
T, 1936
Taylor, Charles H., 1936

Box 1183

V-Z, 1936
A, 1937
Acree, Mrs. H.G., 1937
Alfred, Helen, 1937
Ascenzi, Louis G., 1937
B, 1937
Brown, Clara K., 1937
C, 1937
Campbell, Wallace J., 1937

Box 1184

D, 1937
Duke, Charles S., 1937
E-F, 1937
Fries, Margaret E., 1937
G, 1937
Ha-He, 1937
Hi-Hu, 1937
I-J, 1937

Box 1185

K, 1937
L, 1937
M, 1937
N-O, 1937
P, 1937
R, 1937

Box 1186

Sa-So, 1937
Sp-Sy, 1937
T-V, 1937
W-Z, 1937
A, 1938
Ba-Bi, 1938
Bethune, Mary M., 1938

Box 1187

Bl-Bu, 1938
Bransford, Maria N., 1938
Ca-Cl, 1938
Cavanagh, George B., 1938
Co-Cu, 1938
D-E, 1938
Eddy, Sherwood, 1938
F, 1938
Florence, Will P., 1938
G, 1938
Garrett, Paul W., 1938

Box 1188

H, 1938
I-K, 1938
Jackson, Gardner, 1938
L, 1938
Ma-Mc, 1938
Me-My, 1938
N-Q, 1938

Box 1189

R, 1938
Rainey, Homer P., 1938
Sa-Si, 1938
Sm-Sy, 1938
Smakwitz, Charles A., 1938
Smith, Carrie Weaver, 1938
Stelzle, Charles, 1938
Strong, Anna L., 1938
T-V, 1938
Wa-Wilk, 1938
Will-Z, 1938

Box 1190

A, 1939
Ba-Bl, 1939
Bo-By, 1939
C, 1939
D, 1939
E-F, 1939

Box 1191

Ga-Goo, 1939
Gor-Gu, 1939
Ha-He, 1939
Hi-Hy, 1939
I-J, 1939
Immanuel, Max, 1939
K, 1939
L, 1939

Box 1192

Ma-Mc, 1939
Me-Mu, 1939
N-O, 1939
Ottenberg, Mrs. Louis, 1939
P-Q, 1939
Phillips, Lena M., 1939
R, 1939
Rhoads, Mae E., 1939
Rothschild, John, 1939
Ryan, Philip E., 1939

Box 1193

Sa-Sl, 1939
Schuck, Franz, 1939
Sm-Sw, 1939
T-V, 1939
Wa-Wh, 1939
Ward, David E., 1939
Wi-Z, 1939
A, 1940

Box 1194

Ba-Bj, 1940
Bl-By, 1940
C, 1940
Chanler, Mrs. William Astor, 1940
Da-Di, 1940
Do-Dy, 1940
E, 1940
Ernst, Morris L., 1940
Exton, Elaine, 1940

Box 1195

F, 1940
Fahy, Kathleen M., 1940
G, 1940
Ha-He, 1940
Hapgood, Charles H., 1940
Hi-Hy, 1940
I-J, 1940
Jelliffe, Russell W., 1940

Box 1196

K, 1940
La-Le, 1940
Li-Ly, 1940
Ma-Mc, 1940
Me-Mu, 1940
N-O, 1940
Nowell, Virginia, 1940

Box 1197

Pa-Pl, 1940
Po-Q, 1940
R, 1940
Rothschild, John, 1940
Sa-Si, 1940
Sm-Sy, 1940

Box 1198

T-V, 1940
Wa-We, 1940
Wh-Wy, 1940
Y-Z, 1940
A, 1941
Ba-Bl, 1941

Box 1199

Bo-By, 1941
Ca-Cl, 1941
Co-Cz, 1941
Cook, William A., 1941
D, 1941
E, 1941

Box 1200

F, 1941
G, 1941
Ha, 1941
He-Hy, 1941
I-J, 1941
Inglis, Agnes King, 1941

Box 1201

K, 1941
La-Le, 1941
Li-Lu, 1941
Ma-Mb, 1941
Mc, 1941
Me-My, 1941

Box 1202

N-O, 1941
P-Q, 1941
R, 1941
Rankin, Thomas V., 1941
Roosevelt, Mrs. Kermit, 1941
Rothschild, John, 1941
Sa-Se, 1941
Schairer, Reinhold, 1941
Sh-Sm, 1941

Box 1203

Sn-Sy, 1941
T, 1941
U-We, 1941
VanDeman, Ruth, 1941
Wh-Z, 1941
A-Ba, 1942

Box 1204

Be-Bo, 1942
Br-By, 1942
Ca-Cl, 1942
Co-Cu, 1942
Cousins, Norman, 1942
D, 1942
E-Fe, 1942

Box 1205

Fi-Fu, 1942
G, 1942
Ha, 1942
Hahn, Soon K., 1942
He-Hy, 1942
I-J, 1942
K, 1942

Box 1206

L, 1942
Ma-Mc, 1942
Me-My, 1942
N-O, 1942
P-Q, 1942
R, 1942

Box 1207

Sa-Sh, 1942
Si-Sy, 1942
Sisk, Neal H., 1942
T-Wa, 1942
Tabouis, Genevieve, 1942
We-Z, 1942
A, 1943
B, 1943

Box 1208

C, 1943
D, 1943
E-F, 1943
Fauset, Crystal B., 1943
G, 1943
H, 1943
Hahn, Soon K., 1943

Box 1209

I-K, 1943
L, 1943
M, 1943
N-Q, 1943
R, 1943
S, 1943

Box 1210

T-V, 1943
W-Z, 1943
A, 1944
B, 1944
Bolte, Charles G., 1944
C, 1944
D, 1944

Box 1211

E-G, 1944
Fauset, Crystal B., 1944
H, 1944
I-K, 1944
L, 1944
M, 1944
N-Q, 1944

Box 1212

R, 1944
S, 1944
T-V, 1944
Tabouis, Genevieve, 1944
W-Z, 1944
Williams Charl O., 1944
A-C, 1945
D-G, 1945

Box 1213

H-J, 1945
K-R, 1945
S-Z, 1945