Invitations - New Zealand, September 1 1942 - April 14 1944; Undated
Collection-level scope and contents note
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
- September 1 1942 - April 14 1944; Undated
Conditions Governing Access note
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Extent
From the Collection: 26 Linear Feet (62 Hollinger Document Cases)
Language of Materials
English
Container Summary
Contains invitations from the New Zealand Embassy.
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
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