Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Arthurdale Homesteaders Club Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0182
Overview
Records of the Homestead group and their efforts at self government. Copy of recording secretary's diary (1935-1938) includes entries about organizing committees and managing projects at Arthurdale such as athletics, maintenance, social programs and medical care. Noteworthy is the mention of organizing efforts by the Homesteaders in their relations with the federal government, particularly lobbying for higher pay scales. Also included is a typescript copy of a diary of the founding days by...
Dates:
1933-1938
Arthurdale Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1347
Scope and Contents
The collection includes microfilm of six letters from Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and her personal secretary concerning the school and Woman's Club at Arthurdale (1936-1937); a picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt with Arthurdale graduating class of 1938; and a pamphlet illustrating the products of the Mountaineer Craftsmen's Co-operative Association. Also includes a mimeographed fact sheet (1937); a news story on the resettlement project (1936); and an article titled "Footnote on...
Dates:
1936-1940
Carl Feiss, Architect, Letter
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2985
Overview
Letter written by Carl Feiss of Gainesville, Florida, describing his experiences as a young architect supervising the construction of the vacuum cleaner plant at Arthurdale, West Virginia. Mentions living conditions, Eleanor Roosevelt, and offers an assessment of the impact that the project had in community planning.
Dates:
ca. 1976
Mary Behner Christopher, Missionary, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3131
Overview
The microfilm collection contains 10 diaries and inserted supplementary letters, clippings, and photographs kept by Presbyterian missionary Mary Behner during her years as the first director of The Shack, a settlement house in the Scotts Run Area of Monongalia County. In addition to the microfilm, there is an addendum to this collection dating from 2006. It includes a photograph album kept by Anna Santore DeLancy, who was a Sunday School teacher at the Shack, a Presbyterian neighborhood...
Dates:
1928-1937
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- Arthurdale (W. Va.) 3
- Arthurdale Homestead Project. 2
- Depression. 2
- Architects and architecture 1
- Church buildings 1
- Churches -- Presbyterian and Reformed 1
- Clergy 1
- Coal miners 1
- Coal miners' spouses 1
- Coal mining families. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Education - Arthurdale 1
- Missionaries 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Pursglove (W.Va.) 1
- Pursglove, Monongalia County - 1
- Schools 1
- Scotts Run (W. Va.) 1
- Teachers 1
- Women's Club of Arthurdale -- Arthurdale (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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