Lizzie McDuffie letter
Scope and Content
This collection contains one letter written by Emily M. Inman to Lizzie McDuffie expressing her sympathies to the first lady Eleanor Roosevelt in regards to the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Dates
- 1945
Creator
- Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965 (Person)
- McDuffie, Elizabeth (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
Administrative/Biographical History
Lizzie McDuffie served as housekeeper for the Inman famiy for thirty years with four of those years in the Swan House in Atlanta, Georgia. Her husband, Irvin "Mac" McDuffie, worked in Alonzo Herndon's barbershop until 1927 when he began working for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1927 at Warm Springs, Georgia. After Roosevelt was elected President, Lizzie left her position with the Inman family and went to work at the White House along with Mac, who served as personal valet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Extent
1 folder(s)
Language
English
- Title
- Lizzie McDuffie letter
- Author
- Paul Crater
- Date
- May 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository