Lot 224
Roosevelt, Eleanor. Collection of fourteen typed letters signed, one as First Lady of New York, on Executive Mansion / Albany" letterhead, the remainder on personal letterhead, most 7 x 6 in., twelve from 211 East 62nd St., New York, between 1953 and 1955. To Anna McGowan, who served as head of the Roosevelt's household staff at Campobello; her husband Edgar was groundskeeper. The 1932 letter from Albany acknowledges a telegram of congratulations after FDR had won the presidential election. The letters mention spending time with various Roosevelt children and grandchildren at Hyde Park, moving into her apartment on 62nd St., lecture tours, trips to Washington, work for the American Association for the UN, the annual memorial service held in the rose garden at Hyde Park (where Franklin was buried and Eleanor would join him in 1962), and her world tour in 1955, after which she wrote, "My trip was most interesting and I enjoyed every bit of it, especially the parts of the world I had not seen before. It is good to be home though and surrounded with family and friends." An additional letter, written in 1956 to Dan Paonessa, congratulates him on his success in writing abut his traumatic experiences. (15 letters) With two 8 x 10 in. photos of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, one on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1941, and one with their 13 grandchildren on FDR's fourth Inauguration Day, January 20, 1945; also, three different postcards of Mrs. Roosevelt.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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