Eleanor Roosevelt’s Wallet

Contents of Eleanor Roosevelt’s wallet, 1962

These items were found inside Eleanor Roosevelt’s wallet after her death. They include materials reflecting her travels and professional associations as well as more personal items, including a number of poems and prayers. To learn more about the contents of Eleanor's wallet, visit our Digital Artifact Collection.

Travel Related Items

01. Calling cards / MO 1972.24.2-16

02. St. Christopher card and medal / MO 1972.24.18

03. Short snorter from World War II trips / MO 1972.24.17

04. Diners’ Club card / MO 1972.24.21

05. Diners’ Club card / MO 1972.24.22

06. Diners’ Club directory / MO 1972.24.40

07. Sheraton Hotels card / MO 1972.24.23

08. Air Travel Card / MO 1972.24.27

09. American Airlines Admirals Club card / MO 1972.24.35

10. Telephone credit card / MO 1972.24.28

11. Telephone credit card / MO 1972.24.29

12. Driver’s license renewal application / MO 1972.24.42

13. Driver’s license, 1958-‘61 / MO 1972.24.43.a-b

14. Driver’s license, 1961-‘64 / MO 1972.24.44

Professional and Other Membership Cards

15. United Nations press pass, 1961-1962 / MO 1972.24.30

16. United Nations press pass, 1962-1963 / MO 1972.24.31

17. Newspaper Guild Press Club of N.Y. / MO 1972.24.32

18. National Federation of Press Women / MO 1972.24.33

19. National Federation of Business & Professional Women’s Clubs / MO 1972.24.34

20. Theodore Roosevelt Association / MO 1972.24.36

21. Metropolitan Museum of Art / MO 1972.24.37

Poems and Prayers

22. Prayer composed by Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596)/ MO 1972.24.46

23. Prayer composed by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) / MO 1972.24.47

24. Prayer For All Those Who Work Or Fight In The War / MO 1972.24.48

25. Two verses: “Written on a Sundial”; “A Benediction By A Negro Preacher” / MO 1972.24.49

26. A Prayer— Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Grave—Hyde Park, October 7, 1947 / MO 1972.24.50

27. Edwin Markham (1852-1940), Outwitted, with note from Bette Campbell Short / MO 1972.24.51

28. Untitled poem in German / MO 1972.24.57

29. Robert Browning Hamilton (1812-1889), untitled poem; Anonymous epigram / MO 1972.24.52

30. Harry H. Shapiro, Variation on the Sherwood Theme / MO 1972.24.54

31. Portion of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831-1891), Lucile / MO 1972.24.55

32. Verse adapted from an aphorism by Mohandas Gandhi. / MO 1972.24.56

33. Letter fragment, Florence B. McGuire to ER, October 9, 1947 / MO 1972.24.53

Medical Related Cards

34. Eye bank donation / MO 1972.24.19

35. Calling card of Dr. Milan Kuna / MO 1972.24.20

36. Medical insurance identification / MO 1972.24.38

37. Hospital insurance identification / MO 1972.24.39

Other

38. Pistol permit, 1957 / MO 1972.24.41

39. Photo of ER’s friend Joseph Lash, January 1944 / MO 1972.24.45

40. Department store credit cards / MO 1972.24.24; MO 1972.24.25; MO 1972.24.26