The series, Biographical materials, contains several autobiographical writings. Included here is a short autobiographical essay, histories of the Kemp and Polk families, and reminiscences about Eleanor Roosevelt. Also contained here are complimentary notes from friends to whom Dorothy sent copies of her autobiography. Last is an oral history interview of Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt recorded for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in August 1979.
2 linear feet
The papers of Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt relate to her political and social interests and activities. The collection is divided into three series: Biographical materials, Correspondence, and Personal.
The largest series, Correspondence, is an alphabetical arrangement of letters from friends, family, and many notables in politics and music. The bulk of these letters reflect Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt's life-long interest in political developments. Political communicants on the state level include James J. Blanchard, Jerome P. Cavanagh, John B. Swainson, and G. Mennen Williams. From the national political arena, this collection contains correspondence from Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan, as well as Patrick McNamara and Hubert H. Humphrey. Dorothy's love of music is revealed through correspondence with Isaac Stern and Robert Shaw.