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  • Collection: Eleanor Roosevelt: We Make Our Own History

Letters between ER and John Henry Lambert, 1934

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Letter to ER from John Henry Lambert, October 30, 1934
Response from ER to John Henry Lambert, November 12, 1934

ER Calls for Order

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ER playfully calls for order. She introduces FDR for an address before the National Education Association at the World’s Fair.

ER receives honorary degree at Bard College.

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ER in front of Warden’s Hall after receiving honorary degree from Bard College.

ER receives honorary degree at Bard College

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June 1951

Young Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt at Blithewood

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FDR with Col. Zabriskie, NY Governor Dix, and ER at Blithewood Manor, in Annandale NY. Adapted.

Sample of Response to Letters Addressed to ER

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Response from ER's staff to letters received.

A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt

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A letter addressed to Mrs. Roosevelt. It is one of the 4,713 letters received during August, 1937.

ER Volume of Mail, 1933, 1937, 1938

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Volume of mail as indexed by ER and staff in the years 1933, 1937, and 1938. Compiled and adapted by Jonian Rafti.

WPA Children Painting, Jacksonville Negro Federal Gallery

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Original caption reads: "Negro creative work based on spirituals. Jacksonville Negro Federal Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida. Opportunities for negro children in painting and sculpture have resulted in works which are extremely rhythmic and…

The Skyscrapers

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The fruits of the PWAP were exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery in 1934. The Roosevelt family attended the exhibition, and Eleanor personally choose a number of paintings to purchase. “The Skyscapers,” one of the paintings chosen by Mrs. Roosevelt,…