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Minnewa Bell Papers, circa 1942-1962 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Collection Overview

Title: Minnewa Bell Papers, circa 1942-1962Add to your cart.

Primary Creator: Bell, Minnewa

Extent: -1.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: This collection is arranged into two series. Series 1, Correspondence, is arranged chronologically. Series 2, Miscellaneous Materials, is arranged alphabetically.

Date Acquired: 00/00/1979

Abstract

Correspondence, radio scripts, clippings, printed booklets, and photographs documenting part of the life of Minnewa Bell.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains correspondence between Elliott and Minnewa Bell Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, Mrs. Alphonzo Bell, and others, several of Elliott Roosevelt's radio scripts, clippings, printed booklets, and photographs.

Collection Historical Note

Daughter of a prominent West Coast businessman, Minnewa Bell became in Elliott Roosevelt's fourth wife 1951. In 1960, the couple divorced, and Bell became actively involved in her family's businesses. During her marriage Ms. Bell became close to her mother-in-law, Eleanor Roosevelt, and remained so for the rest of Mrs. Roosevelt's life.

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Access Restrictions: Some material in this collection has been closed for reasons of privacy. The rest of the collection is available for use by the general public.

Use Restrictions: Minnewa Bell has donated copyright of her unpublished writings to the Federal Government. Copyrights of the writings of Eleanor Roosevelt have been retained. Information regarding copyrights should be sought from her literary executor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.

Acquisition Source: Minnewa Bell

Separated Materials: 29 photographs in this collection have been placed in the Library's Audiovisual Collection.

Box and Folder Listing


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Series 1: CorrespondenceAdd to your cart.

Box 1Add to your cart.

to Elliott Roosevelt, 1942-1957Add to your cart.

to Elliott Roosevelt, undatedAdd to your cart.

Eleanor Roosevelt to Elliott and Minnewa Roosevelt, circa 1957 - circa 1959Add to your cart.

Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Alphonzo Bell, 1955, 1958Add to your cart.

Eleanor Roosevelt to Minnewa Roosevelt, 1960-1962Add to your cart.