Correspondence from Irvin McDuffie to Elizabeth McDuffie, 1936

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Title: Correspondence from Irvin McDuffie to Elizabeth McDuffie, 1936
Date: 1936
Decade: 1930-1939
Description: A letter from Irvin McDuffie in which he recounts his travels aboard the U.S.S. Indianapolis with President Franklin Roosevelt. Of note is McDuffie's account of being left at the port in Rio de Janiero as well as the ceremony marking the crossing of the equator and the subsequent "visit" by Neptunus Rex.
Subject: Household employees
African American men
Presidents
Travel
Document Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Medium: correspondence
Collection: Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers
Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:090
Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Geographic Location: Brazil--Rio de Janeiro
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.090:0238
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