Eleanor Gamble James oral history interview, November 15, 1975

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Eleanor Gamble James oral history interview, November 15, 1975

1975

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0028/

Mrs. James describes her life as the favorite niece of Secretary of War Henry Stimson and as the wife of a Navy admiral. She relates personal experiences in visiting with and traveling with Stimson in New York, the Philippines, post W.W. I Europe, and Great Britain. As wife of Admiral James she relates experiences pertaining to their life in W.W. II Bermuda and Charleston, S. C.; post W.W. II Italy; and peacetime duty at Annapolis and Washington, D.C. Individuals discussed include Henry Stimson, Theodore Roosevelt, Felix Frankfurter, William Howard Taft, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Princess Yolanda of Naples, Italy.

0.01 Cubic Feet; 2 audiocassette, 2.5 hours, 34 pages

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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