Elizabeth Shoumatoff Papers, 1945-1994 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Collection Overview
Title: Elizabeth Shoumatoff Papers, 1945-1994
Primary Creator: Shoumatoff, Elizabeth (1888-1980)
Extent: -1.0 Cubic Feet
Date Acquired: 06/30/2004
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection consists primarily of legal materials, correspondence, speeches, photographs, news clippings, and printed materials related to the "Unfinished Portrait" she painted of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943. Correspondents include Grace Tully, Laura Delano, and Mary Thrash, an Interpretive Ranger at the Little White House Historic Site in Warm Springs, Georgia.
Collection Historical Note
Elizabeth Avinoff Schoumatoff was bron in Kharkov, Ukrain and in 1917 emigrated to the United States, where she settled in Locust Valley, New York. Around 1937 she met Lucy Mercer Rutherford, a long-time friend of Franklin D. Roosevelt. An experience watercolor painter, Shoumatoff painted a small portrait of Franklin Roosevelt in 1943. In 1945 Lucy Rutherford encouraged her to paint another portrait of Roosevelt. Along with Rutherford she traveled to Warm Springs, Georgia, in April 1945, where Roosevelt agreed to sit for the artist. Shoumatoff was painting the portrait when Roosevelt was sticken by the cerebral hemorrhage that killed him. The resulting "Unfinished Portrait" now resides at the Little White House in Warm Springs.
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: Antonia Foster Shoumatoff
Related Materials: Elizabeth Shoumatoff papers, 1945-1991. For more information please see http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/elizabeth-shoumatoff-papers-10779.
Box and Folder Listing
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Box 1 -
Correspondence, 1945-1991 -
1943 Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1971 -
Legal Material - "Last Photograph" of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945-1994 -
Legal Material - "Unfinished Portrait" of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945-1953 -
Legal Materials - Shoumatoff Papers Donated to Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, 1981-1991 -
Printed Materials - Brochures of the Little White House -
Printed Materials - Invitations and Programs -
Printed Materials - Pamphlets about the "Unfinished Portrait" of Franklin D. Roosevelt -
Printed Materials - Newsclippings -
Printed Materials - Photocopies of Photographs -
Printed Materials - Miscellaneous -
Speeches, 1952-1970 -
Miscellaneous Materials
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