| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postcard of Maud and Her Son, circa 1905 | 1900/1910 | Portrait of a woman wearing a dark dress seated next to a young boy in a light suit. Written on verso: Maud and her little boy he is [?] years old. | African American children, African American families | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers |
| Unidentified Woman and Child, circa 1905 | 1900/1910 | An unidentified woman sits in a chair while her daughter stands next to her holding a basket of lilies. | African American women, African American children, Portraits and people | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers |
| Unidentified Woman and Child, circa 1905 | 1900/1910 | An unidentified woman sits in a chair while her daughter sits on the arm of the chair. | African American women, African American children, Portraits and people | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers |
| Irvin McDuffie, circa 1905 | 1900/1910 | Portrait of Irvin McDuffie sitting in a chair. | African American men, Portraits and people | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers |
| Hugh Inman, circa 1902 | 1897/1907 | A baby, possibly Hugh Theodore Inman II, sits in a crib. Written on recto: Precious Angel Hugh. | Children | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers |
| Elizabeth McDuffie, circa 1901 | 1896/1906 | Portrait of Elizabeth McDuffie. | African American women, Portraits and people | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers |
| Unidentified Women, circa 1900 | 1895/1905 | Portrait of two women, one in a light top (possibly Elizabeth McDuffie) and another in a darker top. | African American women, Portraits and people | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, circa 1900 | 1895/1905 | Portrait of Franklin Roosevelt at 18 years old. | Presidents, Portraits and people | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers |
| Unidentified Woman, circa 1900 | 1895/1905 | Portrait of a woman standing behind a chair. | African American women, Portraits and people | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers |
Nov 21, 2022
Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers
Irvin "Mac" Henry McDuffie and his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hall McDuffie were domestics in their hometown of Atlanta and later in the employ of Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his presidency. Born in Elberton, Georgia, Irvin moved to Atlanta to be a barber and eventually manage the McDuffie-Herndon Barbershop financed by Alonzo Herndon of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Upon the recommendation of a customer, Roosevelt interviewed McDuffie to be his valet at his retreat at Warm Springs, Georgia. McDuffie continued on with Roosevelt through his governorship in New York and his presidency, until McDuffie suffered a nervous breakdown in 1939. Elizabeth worked for 23 years as a maid with the prominent Atlanta family of Edward H. Inman. In 1933 she moved to Washington, D.C. to join her husband and became a maid in the White House where she remained until Roosevelt's death in 1945.
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