Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (left), an unidentified young woman (center), and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (right) at a nation-wide radio broadcast from the White House to promote fundraising efforts for infantile paralysis. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

President Harry S. Truman (left) visits with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (right) at the White House. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (standing at the podium on the right) is speaking at the Harry S. Truman Library dedication in Independence, Missouri. All other people are unidentified.

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (at podium) speaks at the Harry S. Truman Library dedication ceremony in Independence, Missouri. All other people are unidentified.

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (standing, fourth from left) is standing with a group of children while one of her sons places a wreath on the grave of her husband, former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York. Others are unidentified.

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (center) at the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Behind Mrs. Roosevelt is Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and partly visible behind Mr. Johnson is Senator Stuart Symington. Partly obscured on the right is former First Lady Bess W. Truman. All others are unidentified.

Chief Justice Earl Warren (left), Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (center), and Senator William Knowland (right) are sitting in the front row at the dedication ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Seated behind Mrs. Roosevelt and Mr. Knowland is former Attorney General James McGranery. Seated in the top row are, from left to right: unidentified man, unidentified woman in red hat, Orville Freeman, Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan, and Averell Harriman. All others are unidentified.

Basil O'Connor (at podium) speaks at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library dedication ceremony in Independence, Missouri. From left to right: three unidentified men, Charles Halleck (in front of man with the hat), Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, First Lady Bess W. Truman (in white hat, partly obscured by the podium), former President Herbert Hoover, former President Harry S. Truman, Mr.

Chief Justice Earl Warren is speaking at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library dedication ceremony in Independence, Missouri. The people seated behind Justice Warren that are visible include (from right to left): Senator William Knowland, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Rabbi Samuel Mayerberg, and Basil O'Connor. All others are unidentified.

The distinguished guests and speakers are standing in the front row at the dedication ceremony for the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Front row, from left to right: unidentified, Independence Mayor Robert Weatherford, Charles Halleck, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, former First Lady Bess W. Truman, Former President Herbert Hoover, former President Harry S. Truman, Phil Regan, Basil O'Connor, Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Senator William Knowland, and Missouri Governor James Blair. Others in the background are unidentified.