Photographs, 1934 (?) - 1967

File — Box: 1, Folder: 18

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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: 1934 (?) - 1967

Conditions Governing Access

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: 1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

General

Contains various White House photographs. Packet 1 Contains 8 photographs of Eleanor Roosevelt (in swimsuit); Sistie and Buzzie Roosevelt; Dorothy Dow Butturff; Malvinia Thompson, Earl Miller; Maude Gray; and the chauffeur's daughter at Hyde Park., Packet 2 Contains 1 photograph of Dorothy Dow Butturff (in swimsuit) at Hyde Park., Packet 3 Contains 1 photograph signed from Eleanor Roosevelt to Dorothy Dow Butturff in 1936, and used in her book., Packet 5 Contains 1 early kodacolor print of Franklin Roosevelt's funeral cortege in April, 1945., Packet 6 Contains 1 photograph signed from Donald Dawson, President Truman's personal assistant. Also includes a January 16, 1953 Government Standard newspaper clipping., Packet 7 Contains 1 photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in 1951 at Val-Kill cottage., Packet 8 Contains 1 photograph of the John F. Kennedy family in a church setting., Packet 9 Contains a color photograph of the Lyndon Baines Johnson family in 1967., Packet 10 Contains an artisitc plate depicting a fanciful scene of A Notre Dame gargoyle.