Lash, Joseph - Correspondence, 1976, February 7 - March 2
Scope and Contents
The Dorothy Dow Butturff papers comprise 2 boxes of her correspondence used in McClure's book, as well as other letters and related manuscript material. Box 1 consists of correspondence from such White House worthies as Mrs. Roosevelt; James Roosevelt; Malvina Thompson; Edith Helm; and George T. Bye, Mrs. Roosevelt's literary agent. The major portion of the correpsondence deals with a book Mrs. Butturff has proposed to publish. Box 2 contains manuscript copes of Mrs. Butturff's letters as a white House social secretary from 1933 - 1945 as well as related materials (i.e. book reviews). Photographs of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt; Fala; Dorothy Dow; Malvina Thompson; Donald Dawson; the John F. Kennedys; and the Lyndon B. Johnsons are found in Box 1.
Dates
- Other: 1976, February 7 - March 2
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
General
Contains 2 TLS (typed letters signed) from Joseph Las, noted Roosevelt biographer, regarding Dorothy Dow Butturff's manuscript of her White House years, and its marketing ability in conjunction with lash's work, Eleanor and Franklin. Also includes 2 Tl (Typed letter carbons) from Butturff.
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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