Flandrau family papers, 1856-1969 (bulk 1890-1940).

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Flandrau family papers, 1856-1969 (bulk 1890-1940).

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Correspondence, printed and biographical material, manuscripts, travel diaries, artifacts, phonograph records and more relating to the Flandrau family members. The collection chiefly consists of correspondence and manuscripts of Grace Hodgson Flandrau, and those of Charles Macomb Flandrau. Correspondence concerns family news, travels, literary work, and careers. Manuscripts are novels, short stories, essays and travel books. Correspondents include family, Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, publishers and fans. There are a few letters from noted authors including Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Stephen Vincent Benet, Joseph Wood Krutch, and Dorothy Canfield Fisher responding to Grace's comments on their work. Materials of John Wallace Riddle include family and diplomatic correspondence from his foreign service. Correspondents include members of the Roosevelt family and people requesting diplomatic favors including Clara Barton and Mrs. Leland Stanford. Diplomatic documents are signed by Presidents Warren G. Harding, Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, and Calvin Coolidge, and Secretaries of State John Hay, Elisha Root, and Charles E. Hughes. A small amount of correspondence of Theodate Riddle is with family and friends concerning art and architecture, travels, politics, and construction of Avon Old Farms School and Roosevelt Memorial House.

43 linear ft. (86 boxes)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7416516

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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