Roosevelt family collection, 1911-1959.

ArchivalResource

Roosevelt family collection, 1911-1959.

Consists of correspondence and documents of several members of the Roosevelt family.

.20 linear ft. (1 half-size archival box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6901511

Princeton University Library

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Roosevelt (Family)

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The Roosevelt family is an American business and political family from New York whose members have included two United States Presidents, a First Lady, and various merchants, politicians, inventors, clergymen, artists, and socialites. Progeny of a mid-17th century Dutch immigrant to New Amsterdam, many members of the family became locally prominent in New York City business and politics and intermarried with prominent colonial families. Two distantly related branches of the family from Oyster Ba...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler, 1889-1960

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Daughter-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt. From the description of Typed letter signed : Oyster Bay, NY., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1959 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868208 Wife of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : Oyster Bay, New York, to Arthur William Brown, 1940 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657351 Epithet: wife of President T Roosevelt British Library Archives and Manuscripts ...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944

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Theodore Roosevelt III (September 13, 1887 – July 12, 1944), known as Theodore Roosevelt Jr., was an American government, business, and military leader. He was the eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Roosevelt is known for his World War II service, including the directing of troops at Utah Beach during the Normandy landings, for which he received the Medal of Honor. Roosevelt was educated at private academies and Harvard University; after his 1909 gradua...

Roosevelt Memorial Association

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The Roosevelt Memorial Association conducted a competition to create a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt in Washington, DC. From the description of Roosevelt Memorial Association competition photographs, 1925. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 706653421 ...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...