Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (right) shaking hands at the United Nations Speakers Services reception at the Hotel Muehlebach, Kansas City, Missouri. James Amick is in the background.

Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry S. Truman, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York where they were guests of honor at the Annual Front Page Dinner Dance given by the New York Newspaper Women's Club. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) visits with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor following a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel honoring the President on his 70th birthday. The dinner was given by the Truman Library Committee to raise $1,500,000 to build a Library in Independence, MO. See 97-2099 through 97-2107.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) visits with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor following a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel honoring the President on his 70th birthday. The dinner was given by the Truman Library Committee to raise $1,500,000 to build a Library in Independence, MO. See 97-2099 through 97-2107.

From left to right, Bess Wallace Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Earl Warren, Herbert Hoover, Basil O'Connor, and former President Harry S. Truman. Dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library.

From left to right in the front row: Sam Rayburn, Bess Truman, Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman, Basil O'Connor, Phil Regan, and Eleanor Roosevelt. This was the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.

Former First Lady Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt giving a speech at the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library. Also seen in the pictured, but slightly obscured, is Herbert Hoover (front left in hat) and former President Harry S. Truman (left of Mr. Hoover). Seated behind Mrs. Roosevelt is Chief Justice Earl Warren.

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (left) and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (right) are seen holding the plaques that they received at the "Daughter of the Year" ceremony. Also pictured in the photograph is former President Harry S. Truman (center).

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt chat as they stand on the parch of the library at the Hyde Park estate of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt during dedication ceremonies making the home and grave site a national shrine. Man at right is unidentified. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (center, on porch) and guests stand during ceremonies at the Hyde Park, New York estate of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, dedicating the home and grave site as a national shrine. This is a distance view of the ceremony. Donor: New York Herald Tribune