This item is a finding aid to a ProQuest Research Collection in Microform. To learn more visit: www.proquest.com or call (800) 521-0600 This product is no longer affiliated or otherwise associated with any LexisNexis® company. Please contact ProQuest® with any questions or comments related to this product. About ProQuest: ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable information. Key to serious research, the company has forged a 70-year reputation as a gateway to the world’s knowledge – from dissertations to governmental and cultural archives to news, in all its forms. Its role is essential to libraries and other organizations whose missions depend on the delivery of complete, trustworthy information. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway ￭ P.O Box 1346 ￭ Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346 ￭ USA ￭ Tel: 734.461.4700 ￭ Toll-free 800-521-0600 ￭ www.proquest.com A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Research Collection in Women’s Studies General Editor: Anne Firor Scott The Papers of Eleanor Roosevelt, from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: General Correspondence, 1945–1952 Part 2: 1948–1949 A UPA Collection from Cover: Eleanor Roosevelt and United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Spanish text, November 1949. Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration. Research Collections in Women’s Studies General Editor: Anne Firor Scott The Papers of Eleanor Roosevelt, from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: General Correspondence, 1945–1952 Part 2: 1948–1949 Editor Robert E. Lester Guide Compiled by Kristen M. Taynor A UPA Collection from Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The papers of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1945–1952 [microform] : from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library / editor, Robert E. Lester. microfilm reels. (Research collections in women’s studies) “Microfilmed from the holdings of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, New York.” Accompanied by a printed guide compiled by Ariel W. Simmons and Kristen M. Taynor, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of the Papers of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1945–1952. Contents: pt. 1. General correspondence, 1945–1947 ; pt. 2. General correspondence, 1948–1949 ISBN 1-55655-848-1 (pt. 1) — ISBN 0-88692-662-9 (pt. 2) 1. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884–1962. 2. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884–1962— Correspondence. 3. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884–1962—Political and social views. 4. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884–1962—Friends and associates. I. Lester, Robert. II. Simmons, Ariel W., 1978– . III. Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. IV. University Publications of America (Firm) V. Series. E807.1.R48 973.917’092—dc22 2003066018 CIP © Copyright 2007 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS Scope and Content Note......................................................................................... vii Source Note............................................................................................................. xi Editorial Note........................................................................................................... xi Acknowledgements................................................................................................. xi Abbreviations .......................................................................................................... xiii Reel Index Correspondence, 1948 Reel 1 Abi–Chun ....................................................................................................... 1 Reel 2 Chur–English-Speaking Union........................................................................ 7 Reel 3 Ep–Harw ........................................................................................................ 12 Reel 4 Has–Lanigan, James S. ................................................................................. 17 Reel 5 Lape, Esther–Mill............................................................................................ 22 Reel 6 Miller: A–Pio ................................................................................................... 26 Reel 7 Plaine, Herzel–Stevenson, Adlai..................................................................... 30 Reel 8 Stew–Williams: A–E ....................................................................................... 36 Reel 9 Williams, Charl O.–Zw .................................................................................... 41 Correspondence, 1949 Aa–American Friends Service Committee ..................................................... 42 Reel 10 American: I–Bel.............................................................................................. 44 iii Reel 11 Bem–Brandeis University ............................................................................... 47 Reel 12 Bre–Chang ..................................................................................................... 49 Reel 13 Chanl–Cosmopolitan Club.............................................................................. 52 Reel 14 Couch–Douglas, Helen G. and Melvyn........................................................... 55 Reel 15 Dow–Fern....................................................................................................... 59 Reel 16 Ferr–Garl........................................................................................................ 62 Reel 17 Gara, Larry–Halt............................................................................................. 65 Reel 18 Hall, A–Hoz .................................................................................................... 69 Reel 19 Howard University–International Tracing Service ........................................... 73 Reel 20 Interp–Klep..................................................................................................... 75 Reel 21 Klet–Lincoln Center ........................................................................................ 79 Reel 22 Line–Marz ...................................................................................................... 83 Reel 23 Martin, A–Moz ................................................................................................ 86 Reel 24 Mt. Holyoke–New York: H .............................................................................. 90 Reel 25 New York: I–Paz............................................................................................. 93 Reel 26 Pea–Queen’s College..................................................................................... 96 iv Reel 27 Raa–Rosenberg, Anna M. ............................................................................. 100 Reel 28 Sam Rosenman–Seil..................................................................................... 104 Reel 29 Segovia, Louis–Stas...................................................................................... 107 Reel 30 State Department–Thompson, L.................................................................... 111 Reel 31 Thompson, Geraldine (Mrs. Lewis)–Vim........................................................ 114 Reel 32 Village Temple–Williams, E ........................................................................... 118 Reel 33 Williams, Aubrey–Zuckerman, Irving ............................................................. 121 Principal Correspondents Index .......................................................................... 125 Subject Index ......................................................................................................... 151 v SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE LexisNexis filmed The Papers of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1945–1952, Part 2: General Correspondence, 1948–1949, from holdings at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York. In addition to correspondence, the collection includes reports, newspaper and periodical clippings, poetry, musical scores, and short stories. The documents are organized by year, and folders within each year are broken into brief alphabetical ranges, resulting in over three thousand folders on thirty-three reels of film. Reels one through eight and part of nine contain correspondence from 1948, and reels nine through thirty-three contain the bulk of the correspondence from 1949. Correspondents include members of the Harry S. Truman administration and other government officials, especially from the Department of State, Charl Ormond Williams, Walter White, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Trygve Lie, Madam Chiang Kai-shek, Henry Morgenthau Jr., and members of the Roosevelt family. Most correspondents, however, were ordinary men and women simply seeking an audience with one of the most influential women of their time. Eleanor Roosevelt’s work as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations (UN) constitutes one of the major topics in this collection. Eleanor Roosevelt (ER) was not only a delegate to the UN, but she also served on the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHR), which had the task of drafting a Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Due to ER’s UN work, she received many letters related to the UN and world government. Many individuals expressed gratitude and admiration to ER for undertaking this task on behalf of the United States and the world. Not all of the correspondence, however, was favorable. ER often received letters critical of her work, the UNHR, and the declaration on which they worked. The following ER response to one critic of her UN work is typical: “It seems to me more practical to try to make the UN work as well as possible, learning constantly by association more about each