Comer, Donald, May 13 1937 - August 16 1943

File — Box: 4, Folder: 24

Collection-level scope and contents note

From the Collection:

The Harry L. Hopkins Papers, the personal archives of the man who was FDR's most trusted advisor, consist of 26 linear feet (62 archival boxes) of material. The Papers contain appointment books and diaries, drafts of Hopkins' speeches and memoranda, photographs and drawings, and extensive correspondence with the most prominent figures of the 20th century including FDR, the Winston Churchill Family, Averell Harriman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George C. Marshall, Harry S Truman, Edward Stettinius, Jr., Charles De Gaulle, Senator Claude Pepper, Robert Sherwood, Philip Barry, Helen Keller, John Vassos, Anthony Eden, Harold Ickes, James Farley, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Further information: The Eleanor Roosevelt Oral History Project at the Library of Congress contains an interview with Hopkins daughter, Diana, reminescing on her time in the White House as a child.

Dates

May 13 1937 - August 16 1943

Conditions Governing Access note

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 26 Linear Feet (62 Hollinger Document Cases)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains 8 TLS, monograph, and clippings from Comer, then Governor of Alabama, as well as Hopkins' outgoing. *Note: Folder 23 is absent from both the original finding aid and Box 4 in the collection. It is unclear if this was done in error or if Folder 23 has been lost.*