racial views and attitudes of, 647–48
received at Buckingham Palace, 264
receives Keynes’ letter on 1937 recession, 590
recklessness of surprises Oyster Bay relatives, 328
recognizes Soviet Russia, 749–50
and reconciliation with Eleanor, trip to Europe, 280–88 passim
relationship with children, 297
relationship with Eleanor during White House years, 575–77
relationship with Missy, 427, 428, 640–44, 645
relationship with Sara, 144–46, 148, 149
remains a Democrat, 206
resigns Navy post, 312
reticent to disclose self, 570
runs for state senate (1910), 205–6, 207–10
and Sabalo cruise to Campobello, 330
and sale of military planes to France, 735–36
and Sara’s death, 818
Sara’s objections and interference to engagement, 134–37, 138–42, 152, 160
selects Hopkins to head unemployment relief, 432
self-esteem leads to brashness, 245–46
shifts views on Prohibition and League of Nations issues, 433–35
and Sinclair’s effort to obtain White House support, 484
and Smith nomination, 361
and Smith re-nomination speech (1926), 389
Spanish Civil War, 720–21, 723, 725
stand on Prohibition issue, 390–91
strenuous schedule of following 1920 defeat, 320
studies law at Columbia, 178, 179, 186
and Subsistence Homestead Program, 495–99, 507–8, 510, 513, 514–17, 518
and summit conferences, 882, 883–85
and Sumner Welles’ appointment, Armistice Day conference idea, 726–27
sworn in as governor, 405
and Tammany opposition (1912), 218
tax-bill veto overridden, 887
teaches Eleanor how to inspect state institutions, 413
and UNRRA conference, 883
urges European powers to continue negotiations, 729–30
and Val-Kill cottage, 378–79
vetoes Eleanor’s trip to China, 865
victory in the making, Republican scare tactics, 564–66
victory of, 907–8
visits Arthurdale, 521
visits settlement-house child with Eleanor, 166
and Wagner Housing Act, 585
and Wallace-Jones RCF fight, 913–14
and Wallace’s nomination, 779
Washington in 1913, political prospects of, 229–30
wedding of, 170–74
White House familiars expendable, 645
and White House lifestyle, 462–65
and World Court issue, 706–10
and WTUL anniversary party, 409–10
and Yalta Conference, 913, 915–16
and youth movement, 679, 681, 682–85, 686, 692–95, 698–701, 763, 766–70, 773–74, 775
see also Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Hall (Brudie; brother), 40, 46, 53, 62, 64, 66, 73, 74, 75, 82, 84, 111, 132, 168, 178, 179, 195–96, 197, 207, 215, 216, 319, 352, 543, 599, 612
death of, 819
and death of son, 616–17
divorce of, 430
drinking habits of, 634
enlists in air force (World War I), 257
enrolled at Groton, 117–18
at Groton, Eleanor worries over, 128
relationship with Eleanor and Franklin, 200
on Sara and Cousin Susie, 349
on Sara’s interference with Eleanor’s household, 242
Roosevelt, Helen (Rosy Roosevelt’s daughter; Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Jr.), 113, 140–41, 163, 170, 178, 187, 188, 195, 205, 342, 384, 551, 739, 782–83, 818
Roosevelt, Henry, 369
Roosevelt, Isaac, 143
Roosevelt, James (Franklin’s father), 14, 22, 34, 141–46, 165, 178
Roosevelt, James Roosevelt (Franklin’s half brother; Rosy), 113, 125, 140–41, 143–44, 171, 210, 336, 338, 378
Eleanor’s letters to on Franklin’s paralysis, 331–32, 333–34
marriage to Betty Riley, 235
Roosevelt, James (son), 203, 280, 294, 312, 334, 342, 364, 370–71, 373, 388, 394, 401, 405, 543, 557, 599, 612, 613–14, 618, 622–24, 625–26, 627, 634, 640, 699, 865, 872, 892
birth of, 194–95
“father a lonely man,” 645
on father’s suffering due to Mrs. Nesbitt, 633
letter to father as child, 201
on mother’s canteen work (World War I), 261
and Palmer assassination attempt, 295
placed in Groton, 315
prepares to go to war, 786
quoted, 241, 243
resents Howe, 364
on Sara’s domination, 198
in uniform after Pearl Harbor, 824, 832
upbringing and education of, 236–44 passim, 296, 297–98
Roosevelt, John Aspinwall (son), 341, 364, 369, 401, 436, 437, 438, 463, 465, 543, 613, 616, 618, 621–22, 765–66, 801, 805, 884, 887
birth of, 237
and Christmas party for children of WTUL members, 247
and European trip with mother, 410, 414–16
and philosophies-of-government discussion, 533–34
upbringing and education of, 236–44 passim, 296, 297
Roosevelt, Kermit, 217, 473
Roosevelt, Lorraine, 163
Roosevelt, Margaret (Mrs. Hall Roosevelt), see Richardson, Margaret
Roosevelt, Martha Bulloch (grandmother; Mittie), 3, 4, 5, 29, 61
Roosevelt, Mrs. James (Betsy), see Cushing, Betsy
Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore, Jr., 846
Roosevelt, Quentin, 257
Roosevelt, Rebecca, see Howland, Rebecca
Roosevelt, Ruth (Mrs. Elliott son Roosevelt), 615, 618, 887
Roosevelt, Sara Delano (mother-in-law; Cousin Sally), 23, 34, 84, 109, 124–25, 126, 129, 130, 158, 160, 164, 165, 166, 210, 214, 224, 225, 228, 229, 237, 238, 249, 251, 256, 257, 259, 265, 267, 276–77, 285, 287, 299, 318, 328–29, 330, 345, 346–47, 361, 365–66, 367, 369–70, 389, 392, 432, 457, 465, 609, 619, 645, 801, 805, 812–13, 891, 907
admires Eleanor’s managerial abilities, 220
aeroplane flight from London to Paris, 328–29
at Albany after Franklin’s election, 209
allies with Eleanor on Prohibition issue, 433
and Anna’s wedding gift, 373–74
approves of Morgenthau, 263
attitude toward Eleanor’s public life, 370
attitude toward Franklin’s entering politics, 205, 208
autocratic personality of, 197
on birth of grandchild Franklin Jr. (1st), 199
on birth of grandchild James, 195
builds new house for Franklin and Eleanor, 197–98
buys Kuhn cottage, 199
at Campobello, 335
character traits of, 144
controls raising of grandchildren, 189–90, 196, 236, 238, 240–43
couple’s honeymoon letters to, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184–85, 186
death of, 818
disagrees with Eleanor over Franklin’s care, 339–40, 341, 342–43
discovers Eleanor has typhoid (1912), 219
divided loyalties in 1912 campaign, 216, 219
does not wish to sell 65th St. house, 599
Draper house furnished and staffed by, 186
in early eighties, still dominates Hyde Park house, 609
Eleanor prods Franklin to write, 194
Eleanor rebels against, 301–2
Eleanor’s best defense against to get away from, 378
Eleanor’s campaign reports to, 315–16
and Eleanor’s desire to please, 179
Eleanor’s devotion to, 187
Eleanor’s household planning runs athwart of, 214
Eleanor’s new relationship with, 320–21
on Eleanor’s propensity for trav
el, 616
on Eleanor’s Val-Kill cottage, 379
enjoys limelight, 633
entertains British monarchs at Hyde Park, 739–40
family background of, 141–42
family picture on eightieth birthday, 612
on Franklin as a child, 146
and Franklin and Eleanor’s wedding, 171, 172, 173–74
on Franklin Jr.’s illness and death, 202–3
and Franklin’s decision to run for governor (1928), 396
and Franklin’s nomination for vice president, 308, 309, 310
and Franklin’s notification ceremonies, 312
and Franklin’s presidential nomination, 436
and future-of-Hyde-Park argument, 259–60
gives WTUL anniversary party, 409
on grandchild Anna’s birth, 189
greets couple in New York, 178
interferes with Eleanor’s European trip plans, 411
interferes with Eleanor’s household, 363, 365, 376
is feudal in outlook, 348–49
is ill with pneumonia, 432
and Lucy Mercer affair, 270, 271, 276, 277, 278, 279
manages Hyde Park, 191
marriage to James Roosevelt, 141–45
and Maude’s romance with David Gray, 222
on 1928 Democratic convention, 395
objects to and interferes with son’s marriage plans, 134–37, 138–42
opposes Rosy Roosevelt’s marriage, 235
oppresses Eleanor, 196, 197–200, 236, 238
relationship with granddaughter, 372–73
and relationship with and influence on Franklin, 141–42, 144–46, 148
resents son’s match but yields gracefully, 162
returns to Hyde Park, 210
sets Eleanor’s lifestyle during first year of marriage, 187, 188, 189–90
summers at Campobello, manages household, 191
told that Franklin has polio, 335
unaware of Eleanor’s frustration, 198–99
upbraids Franklin over Rogers’ party incident, 192
worries over Eleanor’s treatment of royalty, 737–38
Roosevelt, Theodore (uncle), 3, 4, 29, 100, 117, 118–19, 125, 133, 154, 160, 163, 189, 211, 213, 216–17, 224, 226, 229–30, 232, 233, 256–57, 262, 313, 406, 462, 564, 613, 643, 644
brother Elliott and, 3, 9, 13–14, 22, 28, 37–38, 49, 50, 56, 63, 65, 69–70
childhood and education of, 6–7
death of, 283
Eleanor favorite niece of, 89
at Eleanor’s wedding, 173–74
influence on Franklin, 148, 205, 206
plans to head division in France, 256
and public life, 14, 31, 32, 108, 170–71, 173–74, 184, 216–18, 219, 229–30, 250–51
racial sympathies of, 32
reaction to Eleanor’s engagement, 169–70
World War I and, 250
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. (cousin), 314, 361–62
Roosevelt, Theodore, Sr. (grandfather), 3–14, 29, 72
Roosevelt, William Donner (grandson), 891
Roosevelts, the, Civil War loyalties of, 5, 32, 126, 142
Root, Elihu, 246
Root Grace C., 314
Rose, Alex, 897
Rose, Flora, 454, 535
Rosenberg, Anna, 677–78, 816
Rosenman, Samuel I., 432, 433, 436, 550, 638, 642, 795, 805, 814, 894, 900–901, 914
Roser, Frederic, 52, 59, 60, 73, 74, 75–78, 86
Ross, Malcolm, 919
Ross, Nellie Tayloe, 393, 404
Rosy, see Roosevelt, James Roosevelt
Rowe, James H., 623
Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 456, 480, 486
Russell, Dean William, 512, 798
Rutherfurd, Lucy, see Mercer, Lucy Page
Rutherfurd, Wintie, 279
Sachs, Alexander, 590
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 292, 293
Saltonstall, Gladys, 267, 297
Samaia, Signorina, 93, 99, 101–2, 112
Sayre Frank, 883
Scanlan, Patrick, 721
Schaeffer-Bernstein, Carola von, 93, 249, 712, 720, 731, 741
Schall, Thomas D., 502
Scheider, Malvina, see Thompson, Malvina
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 272
Schneiderman, Rose, 291, 348–49, 357, 387, 410, 471
Schwab, Charles M., 283
Schwartz, Nell, 403, 404
Scudder, Vida, 66
Selmes, Isabella (Mrs. Robert Ferguson), 163, 170, 173, 183, 190, 208, 216, 219, 310, 357, 787
Sforza, Count Carlo, 910–11
Shaposhnikova, Ludmilla, 751
Shaw, George Bernard, 156, 845
Sherwood, Robert E., 637, 639, 906, 908
Simon, Abbott, 692, 693, 694, 698, 767, 773
Sims, Adm. William S., 285
Sinclair, Upton, 484, 501
Sisty, see Dall, Sisty
Sloan, Alfred, 548, 561
Sloane, Jessie, 74, 88
Smith, Alfred E., 213, 308, 346, 347, 400, 425, 432, 433, 548, 551, 647, 912
and Franklin’s gubernatorial nomination, 395–98
and 1924 campaign, 359–62
and 1928 campaign, 389–99 passim
and power struggle with Franklin, 402–5, 551
relationship with Eleanor, 389–91
Smith, C. R., 792, 865
Smith, Harold, 825
Smith, Moses, 611
Smith, Winifred, 326
Smuts, Gen. Jan Christiaan, 716, 751
Sohier, Alice, 130
Souvestre, Marie, 90, 91–92, 93–94, 104, 105, 110, 111, 112, 118, 155, 172, 179, 180, 181, 239, 340, 380, 382, 388, 389
background of, influence on Eleanor, 97–104, 110–11
compared to Endicott Peabody, 147
and trip to Florence with Eleanor, 104
Spring, Blanche, 189, 194, 195, 199–200, 202, 203, 237
Spring-Rice Sir Cecil, 233, 249, 251, 253, 255, 262–63, 292, 780
Stalin, Joseph, 716, 741, 743, 758, 775, 846, 860, 882, 884–85, 915
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 110
Stanton, Jessie, 512
Stark, Adm. Harold R., 839, 844
Starnes, Joseph, 762
Steinberg, Isaac H., 918
Stephenson, Frances L., 555n
Stettinius, Edward R., 910, 911, 917
Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., 866
Stimson, Henry L., 669–70, 671, 673, 674, 677, 797, 837, 848n
Stix, Thomas L., 434
Stokes, Anson Phelps, 733
Stokes, Frederick A., 489
Stokes, Thomas, 563
Storm, Frederick A., 555n
Strachey-Bussy, Dorothy, 91n, 93, 98
Straight, Dorothy, 348, 349
see also Elmhirst, Dorothy
Straus, Nathan, 585, 812
Strayer, Martha, 457
Strong, Anna Louise, 720–21, 751–53, 756, 758–59
Strunsky, Simeon, 592
Studebaker, Dr. John W., 701n, 768
Suckley, Margaret (Daisy), 892, 893, 916, 921
Sullivan, Mark, 119, 452
Sumners, Hatton W., 584
Sunrise at Campobello, 397
Susie, see Parish, Susan
Swan, Nathalie, 187, 384
Swanson, Claude, 650
Swartz, Maud, 291, 348–49, 357, 360
Sweet, Thaddeus, 345
Swope, Gerard, 503
Szilard, Leo, 898, 901, 902, 918
Taft, Charles, 835
Taft, William H., 205, 206, 217
Talmadge, Eugene, 561, 658
Tarbell, Ida, 416, 425
Taussig Charles, 683, 686, 687, 698, 919
Tchernavin, Vladimir V., 757
Teapot Dome scandal, 361–62
Terry, Edmund R., 211
This I Remember (E. Roosevelt), 398, 431, 617, 789, 921
This Is My Story (E. Roosevelt), 539–45, 606
Thompson, Dorothy, 538,
541
Thompson, Malvina (Tommy), 393, 458, 466–67, 530, 531, 536, 540, 544, 564, 571, 593, 598, 599–600, 601–2, 604, 637, 639, 642, 655, 657, 735, 780, 786, 788, 837, 838–39, 847, 860, 863, 868, 873
relationship with Eleanor, Val-Kill apartment of, 606
Thompson, Mildred, 907
Tillettt, Gladys, 917
Tissie, Aunt, see Hall, Elizabeth
Tito, Marshal (Josip Broz), 910
Tobias, Channing, 855
Todhunter School, 380–83, 401, 416, 444, 601, 602
see also Roosevelt, Eleanor
Tolstoy, Alexandra, 754
Tommy, see Thompson, Malvina
Tone, Aileen, 231, 271
Toombs, Henry, 379
Townsend, Dr. Francis E., 548
Trevor, Caroline, 384
Trigg, Daniel, 55, 56
Truman, Harry S, 903, 920–21
Tucker, Ray, 583
Tugwell, Rexford G., 432, 560, 574, 576, 579, 746, 887
and Subsistence Homestead Project, 508–9, 513–20, 521, 523
Tully, Grace, 166n, 393, 436, 437, 438, 570, 592, 595, 636, 892, 900, 921
Tumulty, Joseph, 288
Turner, Georgiana, 600
Tuttle, Charles H., 419, 651
Twining, Gen. Nathan, 877
Uncle Tom’s Children (Wright), 663
United Nations, 30, 174, 915–16, 919
see also Roosevelt, Eleanor
Val-Kill Industries, 601–2
see also Roosevelt, Eleanor
Vanderbilt, Frederick, 610
Vanderlip, Narcissa (Mrs. Frank), 321–22, 323, 324, 351, 353
Van Dyke, Henry, 438
Van Kleeck, Mary, 120–22
Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 716
Van Rensselaer, Martha, 419
Vasilikos, Steve, 572
Vaughn, Mrs. Phillip, see Bennett, Marjorie
Wadsworth, Alice, 289, 307, 314
Wadsworth, James W., 323, 387, 796
Wagner, Rev. Charles, 101
Wagner, Robert F., 213, 387, 733
and anti-lynching bill, 651–56
Wald, Lillian, 748
Walker, Frank, 789, 805
Walker, James J., 441, 522
Wallace, Henry, 496, 534, 573, 590, 659, 746, 789, 792–95, 799, 853, 882, 903, 904, 913–14
mistrusts Eleanor’s influence, 574
Wallace, Mrs. Henry, 751
Waller, Odell, 853–55
Walsh, David I., 684, 707
Walters, Jennie, see Delano, Mrs. Warren
Warburg, James P., 555
Ware, Harold, 507
Warm Springs, 397, 399
see also Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Warner, John A., 406
Washington, Booker T., 32
Washington, Martha, 454
Waterbury, Larry, 104, 221
Watson, “Pa,” 634, 669, 677, 777, 784, 787, 804, 805, 893, 904
Weaver, Robert, 659
Webb, Beatrice, 94, 98, 99, 101, 147, 184, 207, 220, 310
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