Eleanor Roosevelt to Frances Goodrich, 1933

Eleanor Roosevelt to Frances Goodrich, 1933

Allanstand Cottage Industries

Exhibitions

Handicraft

Quilts

This letter to Frances Goodrich was written by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt on December 8, 1933. In this letter, Roosevelt expresses her appreciation for a quilt that she had seen at a Southern Highland Handicraft Guild exhibition on Mountain Handicrafts that was featured at the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, D.C. Many items from the Guild's Allanstand Cottage Industries were exhibited which may be why Roosevelt's assistant, Miss Shanks, made the connection to Goodrich. It is unlikely that Goodrich made the quilt herself, but instead had a hand in reviving the market for the quilt and encouraging its creation. This is one of several notes that Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, wrote to crafts people in the Appalachians during this time period.

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

Financial Records

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1933-12-08

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Appalachian Region, Southern

9.25" x 6"(dimension)

Craft Revival