Eleanor Roosevelt (center) seated in the Cape Cod Lounge (Student Union), reading a book report presented by two young girls, during Roosevelt's Distinguished Visitors Program appearance at UMass Amherst

Item Information

Title:
Eleanor Roosevelt (center) seated in the Cape Cod Lounge (Student Union), reading a book report presented by two young girls, during Roosevelt's Distinguished Visitors Program appearance at UMass Amherst
Description:
From a series of images documenting Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to the University of Massachusetts. Roosevelt was the first person brought to campus under the Distinguished Visitors Program, although earlier in the year, Aaron Copland had been jointly sponsored by the DVP and Fine Arts Festival. She spoke in the Student Union Ballroom on US foreign policy and met informally with students afterward.
Date:
March 9, 1961
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white photographs
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
University of Massachusetts Amherst Photo Negative Collection
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Distinguished Visitors Program (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Student Union Building (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Extent:
1 photograph ; 5.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/murg171-sl61_053-i005
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Amherst (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
murg171-sl61_053-i005