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Box 6

 Container

Contains 35 Results:

Roosevelt, Eleanor Addressee: Mr. Clayton Wheeler Writer's location: Eastport, ME, September 2, 1921

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 21a
Scope and Contents

"Franklin…had a mild case of poliomyelitis…but the doctors hope for a complete recovery." Also included in this file is an archive of Franklin Roosevelt - Clayton Wheeler letters, as well as Eleanor Roosevelt photos and stamps, and a Franklin Roosevelt Memorial Coin. Rudin # A-203

Dates: September 2, 1921

Roosevelt, Eleanor Addressee: Mr. Sladdin Writer's location: New York, NY, October 25, 1932

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

"Paintings of myself are not my idea of joy!" Rudin # A-204

Dates: October 25, 1932

Roosevelt, Eleanor Addressee: Mr. Lewis C. Reimann Writer's location: New York, December 9, 1932, January 10, 1933

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 22
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"I am dry personally...temperance must be preached..."; included is a copy of her 12/9/1932 radio speech about the girl of today and a copy of an "Excerpt from letter from Methodist Minister of Kansas" regarding drinking. Rudin # A-204A

Dates: December 9, 1932, January 10, 1933

Roosevelt, Eleanor Addressee: Mr. Crowinshield Editor, Vanity Fair Writer's location: The White House Washington, November 9, 1935

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 23
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Declining an appointment to have a photograph taken. "I am not particularly fond of photographs". Rudin # A-205

Dates: November 9, 1935

Roosevelt, Eleanor Addressee: "Tiny" (Mayris Chaney) Writer's location: Washington DC, April 17, 1945

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 24
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"It was a great shock but I'm so glad there was no pain, no long illness". Rudin # A-206

Dates: April 17, 1945

Roosevelt, Eleanor Addressee: "Uncle Fred" (Frederick Adrian Delano) Writer's location: New York City, December 4, 1945

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 25
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Eleanor indicates that FDR wanted a memorial similar to Thomas Jefferson. Rudin # A-207

Dates: December 4, 1945

Roosevelt, Eleanor Addressee: Mr. Heuschkel Writer's location: New York, NY, October 13, 1949

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

"It is never enough to simply vote." Rudin # A-208

Dates: October 13, 1949

Roosevelt, Eleanor Addressee: Mr. Salgo Writer's location: New York, NY, February 23, 1951

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 27
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FDR never allowed anyone to sign his name after he became President. With printed free-franked envelope. Rudin # A-209

Dates: February 23, 1951

Roosevelt, Eleanor Addressee: Mr. Moore Writer's location: New York, NY, April 11, 1955

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 28
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"History should not be written from casual remarks...there is no necessity to lie ever...". Rudin # A-210

Dates: April 11, 1955

Roosevelt, Eleanor Addressee: (Her children) Anna, James, Elliott, Franklin Jr. and John Writer's location: n.p., December 12, 1956

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents

Eleanor writes to her children regarding the production of a play or motion picture based on the life of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Rudin # A-210A

Dates: December 12, 1956