The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Volume 3
Volume 3, on which we are now working, picks up ER's story in 1953, shortly after she tendered her resignation from the United Nations and reentered life as a private citizen. “Private” though signaled no retreat from the public sphere she had toiled in so vigorously for the previous thirty years. Freer than she had been in decades to make political choices without reference to those of FDR’s White House or Truman’s State Department, her advocacy grew increasingly assertive in this period. Volume 3 follows ER as she took on McCarthy, critiqued Eisenhower's foreign policy, and continued her fight for human rights. While the staff at the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project continues to annotate, we invite you to see the selection of documents on which we're working.
Preview the Document Selection by Year
- 1953
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On Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1. Eleanor Roosevelt to Terry Duxler January 1953
2. Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Morss Lovett 1 January 1953
3. Eleanor Roosevelt to Samuel Freedman 4 January 1953
4. Eleanor Roosevelt to Carl Clarke 1 January 1953
On Resigning from the US Delegation to the United Nations
5. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman 2 January 1953
On Loyalty Tests in the US Department of State
6. Eleanor Roosevelt to Birkeland 4 January 1953
On Franklin Delano Roosevelt
7. My Day 9 January 1953
On Joseph McCarthy and Owen Lattimore
8. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Halstead 11 January 1953
On Keeping the Soviets in the United Nations
9. Eleanor Roosevelt to Alice Winters 11 January 1953
On the United Nations and Korea
10. Eleanor Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 11 January 1953
On H. L. Hunt, Facts Forum, and the Red Scare
11. Eleanor Roosevelt Remarks Before the New York University Forum 15 January 1953
12. Eleanor Roosevelt on UNESCO Pamphlet 16 January 1953
13. Haroldson Lafayette Hunt to Eleanor Roosevelt 26 January 1953
On Her Time at the United Nations
14. B. M. Rosenthal "On Dealing With the Russians" 18 January 1953
On The Red Scare, Part I
15. Eleanor Roosevelt to Joseph Alsop 21 January 1953
16. Arthur Boreman to Eleanor Roosevelt 29 January 1953
17. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Boreman 16 February 1953
On Race and Friendship
18. "Some of My Best Friends Are Negroes" 1 February 1953
On Settling Refugees in the United States
19. Eleanor Roosevelt to R. O. Francke 15 February 1953
On Palestinian Refugees
20. Eleanor Roosevelt to Jane Cochran 15 February 1953
On Prayer in the United Nations
21. Eleanor Roosevelt to W. E. Debnam 16 February 1953
On India, The United States, and International Relations
22. Eleanor Roosevelt to Virendra Modi 16 February 1953
23. Eleanor Roosevelt to Virendra Modi 11 March 1953
On Suffrage for the District of Columbia
24. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ruth Blevins 16 February 1953
On Foreign and Economic Policies
25. Eleanor Roosevelt to Gustav Ranis 16 February 1953
On the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and Soviet Influence
26. Eleanor Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Halsted 21 February 1953
On the Red Scare and Louis Budenz
27. Eleanor Roosevelt to Forrest Corson 23 February 1953
On H. L. Hunt, Facts Forum, and the Red Scare, Part II
28. Haroldson Lafayette Hunt to Eleanor Roosevelt 4 March 1953
29. Eleanor Roosevelt to Haroldson Lafayette Hunt 9 March 1953
30. Haroldson Lafayette Hunt to Eleanor Roosevelt 14 March 1953
On McCarthy, Voice of America, and Appearing Before Congress
31. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bonaro Overstreet 9 March 1953
On McCarthy and the House UnAmerican Activities Committee
32. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ruth Wilson 11 March 1953
On The Red Scare in Colleges and Universities
33. Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter McKay 11 March 1953
On Tidelands Oil Rights
34. Eleanor Roosevelt to Clara Johnson 11 March 1953
On Joseph McCarthy
35. Eleanor Roosevelt to Edward Lingenfelter 11 March 1953
On the Covenants on Human Rights
36. Eleanor Roosevelt to Durward Sandifer 20 March 1953
37. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Foster Dulles 20 March 1953
38. John Foster Dulles to Eleanor Roosevelt 30 March 1953
On H. L. Hunt, Facts Forum, and the Red Scare, Part III
39. Eleanor Roosevelt to Karl von Leuwen 25 March 1953
On the United States and the United Nations
40. "Our Responsibility to the United Nations" 30 March 1953
On the American Association for the United Nations
41. "Citizens Role in Public Opinion" 1 April 1953
On US Policy Toward Israel
42. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower 4 April 1953
43. Dwight Eisenhower to Eleanor Roosevelt 16 April 1953
On The League of Women Voters
44. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mable Eiler 6 April 1953
On Teaching About the United Nations in School
45. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary Lynch 8 April 1953
On FDR's Legacy and the Red Scare
46. Eleanor Roosevelt to Lucille Jurvis 10 April 1953
On New York City's Budget
47. Press Release, Citizen's Committee on Children 11 April 1953
On US Opposition to the United Nations
48. Eleanor Roosevelt to George O'Reilly 14 April 1953
On the Death of Stalin
49. Eleanor Roosevelt to Alexis Tatischeff 14 April 1953
On Korea, China, The Soviet Union, and Japan
50. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Murray, Viscount Elibank 17 April 1953
On Adlai Stevenson
51. Eleanor Roosevelt to Stephen Mitchell 29 April 1953
On Services for Military Personnel
52. Eleanor Roosevelt to Omar Bradley 29 April 1953
On the Covenants on Human Rights, Part II
53. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Green 30 April 1953
On the United Nations and the Daughters of the American Revolution
54. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bess Furman 4 May 1953
On the Covenants on Human Rights, Part III
55. Eleanor Roosevelt to Durward Sandifer 16 May 1953
Traveling in Japan
56. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Carman 26 May 1953
57. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Carman 27 May 1953
58. Eleanor Roosevelt to Kichisaburo Nomura 30 May 1953
59. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Carman 31 May 1953
60. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Carman 12 June 1953
61. Eleanor Roosevelt to Clark Eichelberger 12 June 1953
62. Unpublished Article on Japan June 1953
63. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Carman 21 June 1953
64. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Carman 24 June 1953
65. "Visit with the Emperor and Empress of Japan" (Draft) July 1953
Traveling in Asia
66. "Communist China Must Be Peace-Loving First" 27 June 1953
67. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Roosevelt 30 June 1953
On The "Moslem World"
68. Excerpt from India and the Awakening East 1 July 1953
Traveling in Greece and Yugoslavia
69. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dragan Stojilijkovic 8 July 1953
70. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Roosevelt 9 July 1953
71. Eleanor Roosevelt to Joseph Lash 18 July 1953
72. State Department Memorandum 21 July 1953
On McCarthy's Reputation Abroad
73. Eleanor Roosevelt to Phillips 10 August 1953
On the Creation of the National Issues Committee
74. Press Release, National Issues Committee 12 August 1953
On Americans for Democratic Action and Eleanor Roosevelt's Schedule
75. Edward Hollander to James Doyle and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 12 August 1953
On A United Nations Military Force
76. Eleanor Roosevelt Statement on UN Military Force 13 August 1953
On US Foreign Policy
77. Statement on United States Foreign Policy By Eleanor Roosevelt, James Doyle, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 26 August 1953
On India and the Awakening East
78. "Town Meeting" Radio Broadcast 8 September 1953
On Her Role on the National Issues Committee
79. Eleanor Roosevelt to Philip Schiff 11 September 1953
On The Daughters of the American Revolution
80. Eleanor Roosevelt to Gertrude Carraway 11 September 1953
On Organized Labor and Communism
81. Eleanor Roosevelt to Philip Linnik 16 September 1953
On McCarthy's Reputation Abroad, Part II
82. Statement on McCarthy for The Progressive 23 September 1953
On the Issues
83. "Youth Wants to Know" 18 October 1953
On Censorship of State Department Libraries Abroad
84. Eleanor Roosevelt to Max Bernstein 27 October 1953
On Alger Hiss
85. Eleanor Roosevelt to Burt Drummond 27 October 1953
On Loyalty in the Federal Government
86. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. C. Phillips 27 October 1953
On The Democratic Party
87. Eleanor Roosevelt to Anita Salvi 27 October 1953
On Conservation of Park Land
88. Eleanor Roosevelt to Livingston Lansing 30 October 1953
On Communism in Education
89. Eleanor Roosevelt to Margot Everly 2 November 1953
On Adlai Stevenson, Americans For Democratic Action, and the National Issues Committee
90. Eleanor Roosevelt to Martha Gellhorn 2 November 1953
On Tito and Yugoslavia
91. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Barber 9 November 1953
On Capital Punishment
92. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ella Mae Green 11 November 1953
On Censorship of State Department Libraries Abroad, Part II
93. Albert Cohn to Eleanor Roosevelt 12 November 1953
On Censorship
94. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. C. Phillips 18 November 1953
On Adlai Stevenson, The Democratic Party, and International Affairs
95. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Murray, Viscount Elibank 20 November 1953
On Censorship of State Department Libraries Abroad, Part III
96. Eleanor Roosevelt to Romaine Clinton 20 November 1953
97. Eleanor Roosevelt to Albert Cohn 20 November 1953
98. Albert Cohen to Eleanor Roosevelt 2 December 1953
99. Eleanor Roosevelt to Albert Cohen 8 December 1953
On The South and Joseph McCarthy
100. Eleanor Roosevelt to June Gordon 27 November 1953
On The National Issues Committee
101. Eleanor Roosevelt to Don Pryor 1 December 1953
On Discrimination Against Spanish-Speaking Americans
102. Eleanor Roosevelt to Faye Huesteden 7 December 1953
On The Americans Friends Service Committee and The Red Scare
103. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Stevenson 18 December 1953
On the Red Scare, Harry Truman, and Franklin Roosevelt
104. Eleanor Roosevelt to Muriel Downs 23 December 1953
105. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Grafflin 23 December 1953
On The Equal Rights Amendment
106. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary Anderson 26 December 1953
On Race Relations in The South
107. Eleanor Roosevelt to Raymond Berry 29 December 1953
On Her Travels
108. "Frankly Speaking" Notes 1953
- 1954
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On Americans for Democratic Action
109. Eleanor Roosevelt to Stephen Mitchell 6 January 1954
On Alger Hiss, Part II
110. Eleanor Roosevelt to C. Frederic Bell 8 January 1954
On Tito and Yugoslavia, Part II
111. Eleanor Roosevelt to C. Fuller Quinn 8 January 1954
On The Issues Facing The United States in 1954
112. "Prosperity as a Peace Prerequisite", National Issues Committee 23 January 1954
On Life Magazine and the United Nations
113. Eleanor Roosevelt to Henry Luce 25 January 1954
114. Henry Luce to Eleanor Roosevelt 28 January 1954
On The Middle East
115. My Day 28 January 1954
On Blacklisting in the Theater
116. Alvah Bessie to Eleanor Roosevelt and her response 29 January 1954
On Congressional Investigating Committees and the Red Scare
117. Paul Reusinger to Eleanor Roosevelt and her response 30 January 1954
On Police Violence Against African Americans
118. Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Stevens 3 February 1953
On Tito and Yugoslavia, Part III
119. Eleanor Roosevelt to Denise Archambault 7 February 1954
On The American Association for the United Nations
120. Eleanor Roosevelt to Herbert Lehman 8 February 1954
Seeking Help for a Correspondent
121. Eleanor Roosevelt to Adlai Stevenson 10 February 1954
On Her Time on the US Delegation to the United Nations
122. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Green 26 February 1954
On Spanish Refugees
123. My Day 26 February 1954
124. Eleanor Roosevelt to Agnes Caulfield 12 March 1954
On Aid For India and Pakistan
125. "A Constructive Policy for India and Pakistan" 26 February 1954
On The Equal Rights Amendment and the Hayden Rider
126. Helen Lesko to Eleanor Roosevelt and her response 11 March 1953
On South African Apartheid
127. Eleanor Roosevelt to D. F. Malan 12 March 1954
On Loyalty, Religion, and Communism
128. Eleanor Roosevelt to Louis Hrncir 12 March 1954
On Richard Nixon and The Mundt-Nixon Bill
129. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Wendell 12 March 1954
Seeking to Host Radio and Television Programs
130. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ted Ashley 12 March 1954
Defining Communism
131. Eleanor Roosevelt to Al Block 16 March 1954
On Israel and Palestinians
132. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. E. E. Bates 16 March 1954
On Communism in the United Nations
133. Eleanor Roosevelt to H. S. Brimsmode 29 March 1954
Supporting The United Nations
134. "Our Responsibility to the United Nations" 30 March 1954
On The Southern Conference Education Fund
135. Eleanor Roosevelt et al. to William Langer 1954
136. Eleanor Roosevelt to Virginia Durr 9 April 1954
On McCarthy, Franklin Roosevelt, India, and Indochina
137. Meet the Press 11 April 1954
On Tito and Yugoslavia, Part IV
138. Eleanor Roosevelt to Richard Hamilton 13 April 1954
On The Atomic Bomb and Oppenheimer's Loyalty
139. Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Oppenheimer 16 April 1954
On Infrastructure, Taxes, Korea, and Indochina
140. Eleanor Roosevelt to Maudyne Payne 19 April 1954
On The Kuomintang, Wu Kuo-Chen, and Formosa
141. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary Latch 24 April 1954
On Services for Military Personnel, Part II
142. Eleanor Roosevelt to Herbert Lehman 25 April 1954
On The Southern Conference Educational Fund, Part II
143. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. to Eleanor Roosevelt 29 April 1954
On The Source of Prosperity
144. Eleanor Roosevelt to Orren Zoder 30 April 1954
On Great Britain, France, and North Africa
145. Eleanor Roosevelt to Hilda Fitzwilliams 7 May 1954
On Atomic Tests
146. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ikeziri 11 May 1954
On the Southern Conference Educational Fund, Part III
147. Aubrey Williams to Eleanor Roosevelt 12 May 1954
148. Jack Hooper to Eleanor Roosevelt and her response 16 May 1954
On American Prisoners of War
149. Eleanor Roosevelt to Louise Gray 17 May 1954
Promoting The United Nations
150. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Randall 18 May 1954
Planning a Trip to the Soviet Union
151. Eleanor Roosevelt to Anna Halstead 20 May 1954
152. Eleanor Roosevelt to Gardiner Cowles 20 May 1954
On the Genocide Convention
153. Eleanor Roosevelt to Nina Smart 24 May 1954
On American Prisoners of War, Part II
154. Eleanor Roosevelt to Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 29 May 1954
155. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit to Eleanor Roosevelt 12 June 1954
156. Amrit Kaur to Eleanor Roosevelt 23 July 1954
157. Eleanor Roosevelt to Abba Schwartz 4 August 1954
158. Abba Shwartz to Eleanor Roosevelt 11 August 1954
On Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
159. Pauli Murray to Eleanor Roosevelt 1 June 1954
On Investigating Loyalty, Robert Oppenheimer, and Ralph Bunche
160. My Day 4 June 1954
On The Government's Responsibility to the Individual
161. "Social Responsibility for Individual Welfare" 5 June 1954
On Peacetime Uses for Atomic Energy
162. Eleanor Roosevelt to Laura Marxer 8 June 1954
Soliciting Funds for The Wiltwyck School
163. Eleanor Roosevelt to Marie and Averell Harriman 21 June 1954
On India and the Awakening East, Part II
164. Eleanor Roosevelt to Florence Willert 24 June 1954
On "Red Infiltration" of Greece and Turkey
165. Eleanor Roosevelt to Oscar Auguston 25 June 1954
On Democracy, Loyalty Investigations, and Alger Hiss
166. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mable Eiler 28 June 1954
167. Eleanor Roosevelt to Annie Benson 28 June 1954
Canceling Her Trip to the Soviet Union
168. Press Release 1 July 1954
Refusing to Run for Elected Office
169. Eleanor Roosevelt to Pauli Murray 7 July 1954
On Dinosaur National Park
170. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. Ernest Wharton 8 July 1954
171. Eleanor Roosevelt to the Editors of the Deseret News and Salt Lake Telegram 15 July 1954
On Federal Funds for Parochial Schools
172. Eleanor Roosevelt to Francis Zimmerman 13 July 1954
On Colorado Politics
173. Eleanor Roosevelt to Don Pryor 24 July 1954
On Atomic Tests, Part II
174. Eleanor Roosevelt to the Young Women's Christian Association in Tokyo 29 July 1954
On The House UnAmerican Activities Committee Hearings of 1939
175. Eleanor Roosevelt to Martin Dies 17 August 1954
176. Martin Dies to Eleanor Roosevelt 19 August 1954
177. Eleanor Roosevelt to Martin Dies 23 August 1954
178. Eleanor Roosevelt to Judith Grosse 8 October 1954
On Mental Health
179. Speech Notes 19 August 1954
On The Abduction of Rhodea Miller de Silva
180. Eleanor Roosevelt to Herbert Brownesll, Jr. 27 August 1954
On The Communist Control Act
181. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Doyle 2 September 1954
On the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
182. My Day 9 September 1954
On Europe
183. Eleanor Roosevelt to Nerin Gun 21 September 1954
On Martin Dies and Westbrook Pegler
184. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ted Stewart 22 September 1954
On Georgia's Gubernatorial Election
185. Lillian Smith to Eleanor Roosevelt 30 September 1954
On Politics and The United Nations
186. "The US and the UN" 1 October 1954
On Tito and Yugoslavia, Part V
187. "Why Are We Cooperating With Tito?" 5 October 1954
On McCarthy and Franklin Roosevelt
188. Eleanor Roosevelt to [Mrs. T] Gibbons 7 October 1954
On Franklin Roosevelt and Whether People Are Worth Saving
189. Eleanor Roosevelt to William Levy 9 October 1954
On Eleanor Roosevelt's 70th Birthday
190. Archibald MacLeish on Eleanor Roosevelt 1954
191. John Golden on Eleanor Roosevelt 1954
192. Helen Keller on Eleanor Roosevelt 17 September 1954
193. Thurgood Marshall on Eleanor Roosevelt 8 October 1954
194. Donal Donoval on Eleanor Roosevelt 13 October 1954
On Atomic Tests, Part III
195. Aikichi Kuboyama to Eleanor Roosevelt 25 October 1954
196. Eleanor Roosevelt to Aikichi Kuboyama 9 November 1954
On The 1954 Elections
197. Press Release, Americans for Democratic Action November 1954
On Guatemala, McCarthy, Southeast Asia, and Women in Power
198. "Supports Participation on Asia Security Pact" 1 November 1954
On Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Dwight Eisenhower
199. Harlan Reycroft to Eleanor Roosevelt and her reply 4 November 1954
On The Differences Between Republicans and Democrats
200. Eleanor Roosevelt to Judy Kissler 11 November 1954
On Carmine DeSapio and Tammany Hall
201. Eleanor Roosevelt to David Gurewitsch 18 November 1954
On The "China Hands" in the Department of State
202. My Day 22 November 1954
On Disarmament and the United Nations
203. Eleanor Roosevelt to Clifford Johnson 29 November 1954
On The Place of Organized Labor in The World
204. Eleanor Roosevelt Speech Before the Congress of Industrial Organizations 9 December 1954
On Franklin Roosevelt and the Americans for Democratic Action
205. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bernard Baruch 10 December 1954
On The United Nations
206. Eleanor Roosevelt's Seminar at Brandeis University 17 December 1954
On Mental Health, Part II
207. Eleanor Roosevelt to Herbert Lehman 24 December 1954
On Eisenhower's Economic Plan for Asia
208. Eleanor Roosevelt to Nelson Rockefeller 27 December 1954
Resigning from Americans for Democratic Action
209. Eleanor Roosevelt to Edward Hollander 28 December 1954
On Women and Paid Labor
210. "What Are the Motives For a Woman Working?" 1954
Supporting the American Association for the United Nations
211. Eleanor Roosevelt to Friends 1954
- 1955
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On Tito and Yugoslavia, Part VI
212. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bobich 4 January 1955
Resigning From the National Issues Committee
213. Eleanor Roosevelt to National Issues Committee Board of Directors 4 January 1955
On Adlai Stevenson, Part II
214. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Murray, Viscount Elibank 4 January 1955
On Clark Eichelberger and the American Association for The United Nations
215. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Randall 4 January 1955
On The Genocide Convention, Part II
216. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Frazen 25 January 1955
Asking Clemency for Egyptian Jewish Activists
217. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ahmed Hussein January 1955
On Admitting China to The United Nations
218. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mildred Harrigan 9 February 1955
On International Relations and Her Travel Plans
219. Eleanor Roosevelt to Durward Sandifer 9 February 1955
On The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
220. "The Best Day" 17 February 1955
On The United States Information Agency
221. Eleanor Roosevelt to Patricia Pratt 21 February 1955
On Her Refusal to Visit a Racially Segregated Club
222. Eleanor Roosevelt to Claude Bowers 2 March 1955
Traveling in Israel
223. Eleanor Roosevelt to Moshe Sharett 26 March 1955
224. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Nutting 26 March 1955
Celebrating The Polio Vaccine
225. Jonas Salk to Eleanor Roosevelt 26 March 1955
On The Yalta Papers
226. Eleanor Roosevelt to Connie Newman 2 April 1955
227. Eleanor Roosevelt to Porter 21 April 1955
On The Yalta Papers and Her Travel in Israel
228. Eleanor Roosevelt to June Gordon 8 April 1955
On The United Nations, South Asia, The Middle East, and Kenya
229. Eleanor Roosevelt to Estelle Hollibaugh 11 April 1955
On The Relations Between Jewish and Muslim People in Morocco
230. Eleanor Roosevelt to Eleanor Knight 11 April 1955
On Logging in Olympic National Park
231. Eleanor Roosevelt to James T. Sheehy 18 April 1955
On Quemoy and Matsu
232. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower 19 April 1955
Defending The United Nations
233. Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 22 April 1955
On Funding and Racial Segregation in Schools
234. Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter Reuther and Roy Wilkins 22 April 1955
235. Alfred Baker Lewis to Eleanor Roosevelt 27 April 1955
On Disarmament and Israel
236. Eleanor Roosevelt to Jawarhalal Nehru 26 April 1955
237. Jawarhalal Nehru to Eleanor Roosevelt 13 May 1955
On Congressional Investigations
238. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Eastland 13 May 1955
On Foreign Aid
239. Press Release, Americans for Democratic Action 23 May 1955
On The Daughters of the American Revolution, Part II
240. John Borden to Eleanor Roosevelt and her response 25 May 1955
On Israel and Palestinians, Part II
241. Eleanor Roosevelt to David Berkingoff 27 May 1955
On The Austrian State Treaty
242. "Total Disarmament as Goal" 28 May 1955
On Israel and The Middle East
243. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mossie Wyker 3 June 1955
On The Relationship Between the US Military and the United Nations
244. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. R. Heilbron 13 June 1955
Lobbying on Federal Funding Priorities
245. Eleanor Roosevelt to Thomas Hennings, Jr. 13 June 1955
On John F. Kennedy and The 1953 Refugee Relief Act
246. Abba Schwartz to Eleanor Roosevelt 17 June 1955
Seeking To Redistribute Unused Medical Equipment
247. Eleanor Roosevelt to Paul French 21 June 1955
On Soviet Propaganda
248. Eleanor Roosevelt to Frank Rivera 23 June 1955
On Colonialism, Great Britain, and India
249. Eleanor Roosevelt to Isabel Hogg 29 June 1955
Supporting Stevenson for President
250. Eleanor Roosevelt to William Benton 30 June 1955
On The Impact of Undesirable Discharges
251. Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Stevens 8 July 1955
On Property Rights and Human Rights
252. Eleanor Roosevelt to Phyllis Schlafly 15 July 1955
On Creating a Better World
253. "Patience, Persistence, Vision, and Work" July 1955
Encouraging Admission of South African Students to The United States
254. Eleanor Roosevelt to Alan Paton 3 August 1955
On Mental Health, Part III
255. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Sulzberger 8 August 1955
Traveling in Asia and to the World Conference for The United Nations
256. Eleanor Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Halstead 24 August 1955
257. Eleanor Roosevelt to Clark Eichelberger 8 September 1955
258. Eleanor Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Halstead 9 September 1955
259. Notes on Eleanor Roosevelt's Press Conference 19 September 1955
On Being Called a Housewife
260. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ceil Johnson 28 September 1955
Mobilizing Congress on Civil Rights
261. Meeting Minutes, NAACP Board of Directors 10 October 1955
On The United Nations, Part II
262. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Blackford 20 October 1955
On India, Her Schedule, And The American Association for the United Nations
263. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Sherman Cooper 21 October 1955
On The Upcoming Presidential Election
264. Eleanor Roosevelt to Al Lowenstein 25 October 1955
265. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Murray, Viscount Elibank 28 October 1955
266. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Murray, Viscount Elibank 28 November 1955
On The United Nations, Part III
267. Eleanor Roosevelt to Henry Hofing 3 November 1955
On The United Nations and the Middle East
268. My Day 3 November 1955
On Emmitt Till
269. Eleanor Roosevelt to Chas Smith 3 November 1955
On Racial Segregation
270. Eleanor Roosevelt to Elinor Cooper and her reply 17 November 1955
On Henry Wallace and Franklin Roosevelt
271. Eleanor Roosevelt to Donald Mackay 23 November 1955
On A Woman President
272. Meyer Perlstein to Paul Butler 2 December 1955
273. Eleanor Roosevelt to Meyer Perlstein n.d.
On The Upcoming Presidential Election, Part II
273. Eleanor Roosevelt to Al Lowenstein 8 December 1955
On The Place of American Labor in The World
274. Eleanor Roosevelt Statement to the AFL-CIO 8 December 1955
On Israel
275. Eleanor Roosevelt to Joseph Baratz 8 December 1955
Supporting Stevenson for President, Part II
276. Eleanor Roosevelt to Agnes Meyer 9 December 1955
277. Agnes Meyer to Eleanor Roosevelt 13 December 1955
278. Eleanor Roosevelt to Agnes Meyer 14 December 1955
Democratic and Republican Politics
279. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bernard Baruch 12 December 1955
On Food Surplus in The United States
280. Eleanor Roosevelt to Paul French 13 December 1955
Defending Truman's Use of Atomic Bombs
281. Eleanor Roosevelt to Edward Dubrork 14 December 1955
Defending Herself Against Her Critics
282. Eleanor Roosevelt to A. Burdick 16 December 1955
Supporting Foreign Aid
283. Press Release, Americans for Democratic Action 19 December 1955
On The Smith Act
284. Christmas Amnesty Petition 21 December 1955
On Promoting Democracy Abroad
285. Eleanor Roosevelt to Barratt O'Hara 27 December 1955
On Cyprus
286. Eleanor Roosevelt to C. Liacopoulos 27 December 1955
Aiding a Refugee
287. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Roosevelt 29 December 1955
On The US Delegation to The United Nations, The Eisenhower Administration, and Her Schedule
288. Eleanor Roosevelt to Durward Sandifer 30 December 1955
On Israel and Palestinians, Part III
289. Eleanor Roosevelt to Frances Windom 30 December 1955
On The Smith Act, Part II
290. Eleanor Roosevelt to Matilda Scarry 30 December 1955
On Israel, Part II
291. The Women of Israel 1955
292. Draft Statement on Israel 1955
Sample Documents
- Settling Refugees in the United States
- On Police Violence Against African Americans
- On The United States Information Agency