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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Arthurdale Papers, A&M 1347, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes microfilm of six letters from Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and her personal secretary concerning the school and Woman's Club at Arthurdale (1936-1937); a picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt with Arthurdale graduating class of 1938; and a pamphlet illustrating the products of the Mountaineer Craftsmen's Co-operative Association. Also includes a mimeographed fact sheet (1937); a news story on the resettlement project (1936); and an article titled "Footnote on Arthurdale," by Millard Milburn Rice, Harper's Magazine , March 1940. There are three copies of this article, including one cut out of the magazine, one inside the complete issue of the magazine, and one typescript copy. The fact sheet, news story, and articles are originals.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Arthurdale Homestead Project.
• Education - Arthurdale
• Mountaineer Craftman's Co-Operative Association
• New Deal, 1933-1939
• Rice, Millard Milburn
• Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
• Women's Club of Arthurdale -- Arthurdale (W. Va.)