| Title | Date Created | Author | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correspondence from Graham W. Jackson to Elizabeth McDuffie, September 27, 1949 | 1949-09-27 | A letter to Elizabeth McDuffie thanking her for Eleanor Roosevelt's autograph. | African American musicians, Household employees, African American women, Presidents' spouses | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| Correspondence from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm Springs Memorial Commission to Elizabeth McDuffie, January | 1949-01-04 | A letter to Elizabeth McDuffie regarding a newspaper clipping. | Associations, institutions, etc., African American women, Household employees | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| Correspondence from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm Springs Memorial Commission to Elizabeth McDuffie, December | 1948-12-08 | A letter to Elizabeth McDuffie regarding her donation of President Franklin Roosevelt's shaving brush. Written on verso: Ans.; Call for Miss Tamie; Hemlock-4273-W.; Lola, Ve. 8905-1st Ring; 15; 6 o'clock. | Associations, institutions, etc., African American women, Household employees | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| South View Cemetery Association Card, October 20, 1948 | 1948-10-20 | South-View Cemetery Association Card for Sarah Stanfield, Elizabeth McDuffie's mother, noting her place of burial. | African American women, Funeral rites and ceremonies | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| Condolence Telegrams, October 1948 | 1948-10 | A collection of telegrams offering condolences on the death of Sarah Stanfield, Elizabeth McDuffie's mother. | African American women, Household employees, Funeral rites and ceremonies | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| "Social Swirl", September 26, 1948 | 1948-09-26 | Photocopy of two newspaper clippings. One describes a party hosted by Elizabeth McDuffie in 1948 for her friends from Washington. The other describes an event honoring Mrs. McDuffie around 1933. | Household employees, African American women, African Americans--Politics and government | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| Statement of Employee's Record, June 30, 1947 | 1947-06-30 | An employee record for Thomas A. Glass, a clerk with the United Sates Post office. | African Americans--Employment | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| "Wallace Didn't Have 'It,' Farley Quotes 'Boss,'" June 27, 1947 | 1947-06-27 | Photocopy of a newspaper clipping describing President Franklin Roosevelt's rejection of other Democratic candidates for President. | Presidents, Political science, International relations | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| "My 13 Years in the White House", October 1946 | 1946-10 | Nesbitt, Henrietta | Photocopy of a newspaper clipping containing an article written by Henrietta Nesbitt in which she describes her time in the White House. | Household employees, Presidents, International relations | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers |
| "I Guarded FDR", Part Two, September 14, 1946 | 1946-09-14 | Photocopy of a newspaper article written by the Chief of the White House Secret Service, Michael F. Reilly, describing his work with President Franklin Roosevelt. | Presidents, Household employees | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| "I Guarded FDR", Part One, September 7, 1946 | 1946-09-07 | Photocopy of a newspaper article written by the Chief of the White House Secret Service, Michael F. Reilly, describing his work with President Franklin Roosevelt. | Presidents, Household employees | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| Notice of Settlement of Claim, August 7, 1946 | 1946-08-07 | A notice of settlement of claim for Irvin McDuffie. | Household employees, African American men, African Americans--Employment | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| "I Guarded FDR", Part Four, September 28, 1946 | 1946-07-28 | Photocopy of a newspaper article written by the Chief of the White House Secret Service, Michael F. Reilly, describing his work with President Franklin Roosevelt. | Presidents, Household employees | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| "I Guarded FDR", Part Three, September 21, 1946 | 1946-07-21 | Photocopy of a newspaper article written by the Chief of the White House Secret Service, Michael F. Reilly, describing his work with President Franklin Roosevelt. | Presidents, Household employees | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| "Pays Tribute To Roosevelt", April 12, 1946 | 1946-04-12 | Photocopy of a newspaper clipping paying tribute to President Franklin Roosevelt. | Presidents, Political science | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| Correspondence from Arthur Turner to Elizabeth McDuffie, March 3, 1946 | 1946-03-03 | A letter to Elizabeth McDuffie offering condolences on the death of Irvin McDuffie and President Franklin Roosevelt. | Household employees, African American women, African American men, Presidents, African Americans--Health and hygiene | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| "In Memoriam", January 30, 1946 | 1946-01-30 | Photocopy of a newspaper clipping featuring a poem in memoriam of Irvin McDuffie. | Household employees, African American men | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| New Vistas. Vol. 1, No. 6, January 1946 | 1946-01 | A journal featuring an article about Elizabeth McDuffie and her time with the Roosevelt's. 7 pages. | Household employees, African American women, African Americans--Politics and government, Presidents | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| Correspondence from Irvin McDuffie to Elizabeth McDuffie, June 26, 1945 | 1945-06-26 | A letter regarding Irvin's last days in Washington D.C. before returning to Atlanta. | Household employees, African American women, African American men | Elizabeth and Irvin McDuffie Papers | |
| "Mrs. McDuffie Tells of Last Day with Roosevelt", April 28, 1945 | 1945-04-28 | Photocopy of a newspaper clipping detailing Elizabeth McDuffie's last moments with President Franklin Roosevelt before his death. | Household employees, African American women, African Americans--Politics and government, Presidents | 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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