Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Part 2, 1884-1964 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

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Collection Overview

Title: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Part 2, 1884-1964

Primary Creator: Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962)

Extent: 889.62

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 2 covers boxes 1396-1505.

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Use Restrictions: The unpublished writings of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt are in the public domain.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

Browse by Series:

[Series 50: Speech and Article File, 1917-1962],
[Series 51: Book and Manuscript File, 1932-1963],
[All]

Series 51: Book and Manuscript File, 1932-1963

This file represents another aspect of Mrs. Roosevelt's writing career. In it, are the manuscripts, drafts, proofs, notes and correspondence relating to over 15 published works. The container list details the contents of each container. Also, in this file are the notes, drafts and sketches for Elliott Roosevelt's book, Hunting Big Game in the 80's, Letters of Elliott Roosevelt, which Mrs. Roosevelt edited in memory of her father in 1933; and a printers' proof of Alfred Steinberg's, Mrs. R.: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Box 1484

"When You Grow Up to Vote"-Sketches and Manuscript, 1932
"Hunting Big Game in the 80's; Letters of Elliot Roosevelt"-Notes and Drafts I, 1932
"Hunting Big Game in the 80's; Letters of Elliot Roosevelt"-Notes and Drafs II, 1932
"It's Up to the Women"-Forward & 3 Chapter: Drafts, 1933
"It's Up to the Women"-Draft-Forward & Chapters 1-9, 1933
"It's Up to the Women"-Draft-Chapters 10-20, 1933

Box 1485

"Seeing Washington with Betty and Bobby": Manuscripts, Notes, Drafts, 1935
"This is My Story": Corrections to the Galley
"This is My Story": Corrected Copies 1-4
"This is My Story": Corrected Copies 5-6
"This is My Story": Carbon Copies 1-4
"This is My Story": Carbon Copies 5-6

Box 1486

"This is My Story": Copies with Corrections and Notations 7-8
"This is My Story": Copies with Corrections and Notations 9-10
"This is My Story": Copies with Corrections and Notations 11-12
"This is My Story": Carbon Copies 7-8
"This is My Story": Carbon Copies 9-11
"This is My Story": Carbon Copies 12
"This is My Story": Copy Returned from Publisher 1-6
"This is My Story": Copy Retuurned from Publisher 7-12

Box 1487

"This is My Story": Uncorrected Proofs
"This is My Story": Galleys, 1937 (1)
"This is My Story": Galleys, 1937 (2)
"This is My Story": Printer's Proof, 1937
"This is My Story": Manuscript, 1937
"This is My Story": Miscellaneous Notes and Correspondence
"This is My Story": Copies-Ladies Home Journal-Galleys, 1937
"This is My Story": Clippings (1)

Box 1488

"This is My Story": Clippings (2)
"My Day": Correspondence and Contract, 1938
"My Day": Manuscript, 1938
"My Day": Galley, 1938
"The Moral Basis of Democracy": Proofs, Drafts, Correspondence, 1940
"The Moral Basis of Democracy": Notes and Drafts, 1940 (1)
"The Moral Basis of Democracy": Notes and Drafts, 1940 (2)
"The Moral Basis of Democracy": Notes and Drafts, 1940 (3)

Box 1490

"This I Remember": Author's Alterations
"This I Remember": Printer's Proofs, 1949
"This I Remember": Printer's Proofs
"This I Remember": Galleys
"This I Remember": Drafts-Chapters 1-2, 4-13

Box 1491

"This I Remember": Carbon-Chapters 1-10
"This I Remember": Carbon-Chapters 1-9, 1948
"This I Remember": Carbon-Chapters 10-18, 1948
"This I Remember": Carbon-Chapters 11-Appendix
"This I Remember": Drafts-Chapters 2-9
"This I Remember": Drafts-Chapters 10-15

Box 1492

"This I Remember": Drafts-Chapters 19-End, 1948
"This I Remember": Drafts, 1949
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (1)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (2)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (3)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (4)

Box 1493

"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (5)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (6)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (7)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (8)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (9)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (10)

Box 1494

"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (11)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (12)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (13)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (14)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (15)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (16)

Box 1495

"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (17)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (18)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (19)
"This I Remember": Miscellaneous Drafts (20)
"This I Remember": Draft-Chapters I-VIII, 1949
"This I Remember": Draft-Chapters IX-XV, 1949

Box 1496

"This I Remember": Draft-Chapters XVI-End, 1949
"This I Remember": Drafts and Carbons, 1949
"More of My Story" (This I Remember): Final Draft, 1949
"More of My Story" (This I Remember): Draft-Chapters I-X, 1949
"More of My Story" (This I Remember): Draft Chapters XVI-XXIII, 1949
"More of My Story" (This I Remember): Draft-More Chapters, 1949
"More of My Story" (This I Remember): A Plan to Preserve World Peace, 1949

Box 1497

"This I Remember": Notes, 1949
"This I Remember": Complete Draft (1), 1949
"This I Remember": Complete Draft (2), 1949
"This I Remember": Readers' Letters, 1949
"This I Remember": Letters and Contracts, 1949
"This I Remember": Letters and Research, 1949
"This I Remember": Correspondence re. Publication, 1948-1950
"This I Remember": Reviews, 1949

Box 1498

"This I Remember": Foreign Publication
"This I Remember": Readers' Letters, Mostly "If You Ask Me"- A-F
"This I Remember": Readers' Letters Mostly "If You Ask Me"-G-M
"This I Remember": Readers Letters Mostly "If You Ask Me"-N-W
"India and the Awakening East": Drafts (1)
"India and the Awakening East": Drafts (2)

Box 1499

"India and the Awakening East": Drafts (3)
"India and the Awakening East": Drafts (4)
"India and the Awakening East": Drafts (5)
"India and the Awakening East": Drafts (6)
"India and the Awakening East": Drafts (7)
"India and the Awakening East": Correspondence
"India and the Awakening East": Research
"India and the Awakening East": Proof, May 4,1953

Box 1500

"India and the Awakening East": Proof, May 19, 1953
"The UN Today and Tomorrow": Introduction and Drafts, 1953
"The UN Today and Tomorrow": Proof, 1953
"On My Own": Notes and Memos from Lorena Hickok and John Humphrey, 1958
"On My Own": Draft-Chapters 1-6, 1958
"On My Own": Draft-Chapters 7-16, 1958
"On My Own": Draft-Chapters 17-End, 1958

Box 1501

"You Learn by Living": Draft, 1960
"You Learn by Living": Manuscript, 1960
"You Learn by Living": Typescript, pp. 1-110, 1960
"You Learn by Living": Typescript, pp. 111-218, 1960
Autobiography: Draft, Part I, pp. 1-233, 1961

Box 1502

Autobiography: Draft, Part II, pp. 234-438, 1961
Autobiography: Draft, Part III, pp. 439-633, 1961
Autobiography: Draft, Part IV, pp. 634-761, 1961
Autobiography: Transcript, pp. 1-130
Autobiography: Transcript, pp. 131-250
Autobiography: Transcript, pp. 251-386
Autobiography: Transcript, pp. 387-523

Box 1503

Autobiography: Transcript, pp. 524-676
Autobiography: Proof, May 1, 1961 (1)
Autobiography: Proof, May 1, 1961 (2)
Autobiography: Proof, June 13, 1961 (1)
Autobiography: Proof, June 13, 1961 (2)

Box 1504

Autobiography: Saturday Evening Post, 1st Article, 1961
Autobiography: Saturday Evening Post, 2nd & 3rd Articles, 1961
Autobiography: Saturday Evening Post, 4th Article, 1961
Autobiography: Saturday Evening Post, 5th Article, 1961
"Book of Common Sense Etiquette": Letters & Notes
"Book of Common Sense Etiquette": Draft-Parts I & II, 1962
"Book of Common Sense Etiquette": Draft-Parts III & IV, 1962
"Book of Common Sense Etiquette": Draft-Part V, 1962

Box 1505

"Book of Common Sense Etiquette": Draft-Parts VI, 1962
"Book of Common Sense Etiquette": Draft-Part VII, 1962
"Book of Common Sense Etiquette": Draft-Parts VIII & IX, 1962
"Tomorrow is Now": Sketches & Drafts, 1962
"Tomorrow is Now": Draft, 1963
"Tomorrow is Now": Printer's Proof, 1963

Browse by Series:

[Series 50: Speech and Article File, 1917-1962],
[Series 51: Book and Manuscript File, 1932-1963],
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