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Eleanor Roosevelt

Roosevelt spoke in Memorial Hall at UNC on January 31, 1942 to a capacity audience of about 2,000, closing a two-day conference on post-war planning run by the Carolina Political Union and the International Student Service. She also appeared at a birthday ball in Lenoir dining hall.

Source: Daily Tar Heel (DigitalNC): February 1, 1942, page 1

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Danziger's: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)

1950

… 4 photographs in the Society's Businesses A-L binder: Advertisement and sign (2 photos); Eleanor Roosevelt and Charles Long, Anne Deal, John Sanders, William Geer inside Danziger's; Owner Edward Danziger and employees in the gift shop portion of the restaurant; Storefront of the Old World Gift Shop.

Eleanor Roosevelt visit to UNC, January 31, 1942

Morton, Hugh M. · 1942

… Eleanor Roosevelt speaking with a group of unknown men in a room hung with maps or plans, during Roosevelt's January 1942 visit to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, as the keynote speaker at a jointly-sponsored International Student Service-Carolina Political Union conference on “Youth’s Stake in War Aims a

Eleanor Roosevelt visit to UNC, January 31, 1942

Morton, Hugh M. · 1942

Eleanor Roosevelt reaching for a glass, in line at the dining hall with students Ridley Whitaker, Chairman of the Carolina Political Union, and Lucy Darvin, Carolina Political Union leader. Taken during Roosevelt's Janu…

Eleanor Roosevelt visit to UNC, January 31, 1942

Morton, Hugh M. · 1942

… Eleanor Roosevelt conversing in a room full of people during her January 1942 visit to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, as the keynote speaker at a jointly-sponsored International Student Service-Carolina Political Union conference on “Youth’s Stake in War Aims and Peace Plans.” At right is student Ridley

Eleanor Roosevelt visit to UNC, January 31, 1942

Morton, Hugh M. · 1942

… Eleanor Roosevelt talking with students Ridley Whitaker, Chairman of the Carolina Political Union, and Lucy Darvin, Carolina Political Union leader, during Roosevelt's January 1942 visit to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, as the keynote speaker at a jointly-sponsored International Student Service-Carolina

Eleanor Roosevelt visit to UNC, January 31, 1942

Morton, Hugh M. · 1942

… Eleanor Roosevelt making radio appearance during her January 1942 visit to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, as the keynote speaker at a jointly-sponsored International Student Service-Carolina Political Union conference on “Youth’s Stake in War Aims and Peace Plans.” A nationwide radio discussion over The

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Eleanor Roosevelt visit to UNC, January 31, 1942

Morton, Hugh M. · 1942

… Eleanor Roosevelt (at head of table) sitting in a dining hall with students, faculty, and staff, during Roosevelt's January 1942 visit to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, as the keynote speaker at a jointly-sponsored International Student Service-Carolina Political Union conference on “Youth’s Stake in War

Eleanor Roosevelt visit to UNC, January 31, 1942

Morton, Hugh M. · 1942

… Eleanor Roosevelt with Frank Porter Graham (left) and student leader Louis Harris (right) on campus during Roosevelt's January 1942 visit to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, as the keynote speaker at a jointly-sponsored International Student Service-Carolina Political Union conference on “Youth’s Stake in

Eleanor Roosevelt visit to UNC, January 31, 1942

Morton, Hugh M. · 1942

… Eleanor Roosevelt standing at the stage entrance to Memorial Hall with her secretary Malvina Thompson on the left, Frank Porter Graham (second from left), and Josephus Daniels (right), during Roosevelt's January 1942 visit to the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, as the keynote speaker at a jointly-sponsored In

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