urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00493 Selwa Roosevelt: A Preliminary Inventory of Her Collection of Fleur Cowles in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Finding aid created by Stephen Cooper Harry Ransom Center, 2009 Finding aid encoded by Stephen Cooper, 5 October 2009 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin Roosevelt, Selwa, 1929- Selwa Roosevelt, Collection of Fleur Cowles 1964-1998 Manuscript Collection MS-05150 1 box (.42 linear feet) The Selwa Roosevelt Collection of Fleur Cowles is primarily made up of over 100 letters from Fleur Cowles to Selwa "Lucky" Roosevelt, but also present are a small number of copied letters from Lucky to Fleur, clippings, and photographs. English Scope and Contents

Over 100 letters from Fleur Cowles to Selwa "Lucky" Roosevelt (1964-1998) make up the majority of this collection, but also present are a small number of copied letters from Lucky to Fleur (1975-1983), correspondence regarding a Fleur exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library, a proposal and research notes for a Fleur article to be written by Lucky, a few clippings about Fleur, and some photographs and negatives. The material remains much as it arrived at the Ransom Center. The eighty letters that arrived in the 1998 shipment were combined with the small amount of correspondence arriving in 2002, and a very little organization was done to finalize the chronological order.

Acquisition:

Gift, 1998, 2002 (2009-10-01-G)

Access:

Open for research

Processed by:

Stephen Cooper, 2009

Container List Correspondence, 1964-1998 1.1-1.2 From Fleur, 1964-1998, undated 1.3 From Selwa, carbon/photo copies, 1975-1983 1.4 Folger Shakespeare Library exhibition and Fleur article, 1964-1983, undated 1.5 Clippings, photographs, negatives, 1964-1991, undated